Fowler Municipal Code Art. 13 C-H—highway Commercial District

This district is intended for commercial uses that are located at or near freeway interchanges and are oriented toward serving the needs of the traveling public.

All uses shall be subject to the provisions of Article 21.

A. General and service commercial establishments, including:

1. Transportation depots;

2. Fruit and vegetable stores, and sales incidental thereto, conducted entirely within a building enclosed on all sides;

3. Restaurants;

4. Service stations, including auto repair, but not including a convenience store.

B. Retail and service establishments:

1. Automobile supply stores, not including repair garages;

2. Barber shops and beauty shops;

3. Cleaning agencies (pickup and delivery only);

4. Gift shops;

5. Video rentals and sales;

6. Other uses added to this subsection by the Commission according to the procedure set forth in this article.

C. Offices incidental to and on the same site with a commercial service establishment.

D. Electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, public service pumping stations, and elevated pressure tanks.

E. Incidental and accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a permitted use.

(Ord. No. 2013-01, § 8, 9-3-2013)

A. The following uses shall be permitted, subject to the provisions of Article 24:

1. Electrical distribution substations, communication equipment buildings, gas regulator stations, and utility pumping stations;

2. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval, or conditional use;

3. Subdivision signs—Off-site;

4. Sidewalk sales and use of the public right-of-way for the display and sales of merchandise, or for outdoor dining;

5. Murals subject to Article 21;

6. Expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty (50) percent or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use that has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and nonconforming fences, walls, and hedges.

A. Uses permitted subject to a conditional use permit shall be as follows (see Article 25):

1. Any use serving or selling alcohol;

2. Bars, cocktail lounges, and nightclubs;

3. Cellular communication towers;

4. Convenience stores, with or without gasoline sales;

5. Drive through uses;

6. Hotels and motels;

7. Offices;

8. One-family dwellings over or to the rear of a permitted use provided such dwellings shall be subject to the use, site area, coverage and yard requirements of the RM-3 district;

9. Palm reader;

10. Petroleum products storage, provided that gasoline, kerosene and similar highly inflammable products are stored underground;

11. Planned Unit Development subject to provisions of Article 28;

12. Public buildings and grounds;

13. Recreational vehicle parking—Overnight;

14. Self-service car wash;

15. Signs in excess of twenty (20) feet in height, subject to provisions of Article 22;

16. Smoking bars and hookah lounges;

17. Swap meets;

18. Transit terminals and truck stops.

(Ord. No. 2013-01, § 9, 9-3-2013)

A. Where a site adjoins or is located across a street or alley from any residential or PO district, a decorative masonry wall six (6) feet minimum in height, or such other height or type of screening device as may be required by the City, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.

B. Open storage of materials and equipment attendant to a permitted use or conditional use shall be permitted only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence six (6) feet minimum in height, except as may be modified under Site Plan Review. Said storage shall not be visible above said fence or wall.

A. No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment, or materials shall be used that are found by the Commission to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinder, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness, or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.

A. The minimum front yard shall be fifteen (15) feet. A minimum of ten (10) feet of the required front yard shall be landscaped.

B. Except as specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 hereunder, no side yard or rear yards shall be required.

1. The minimum side yard abutting any residential district shall be ten (10) feet and shall be landscaped.

2. The minimum rear yard abutting any residential district shall be ten (10) feet and shall be landscaped.

The minimum distance between a dwelling unit and another structure shall be ten (10) feet.

The maximum building height shall be fifty (50) feet, except as may be provided under the provisions of Article 27.

Off-street parking facilities and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Article 20.

No sign shall be provided except as prescribed in Article 22.

A site plan shall be submitted and approved pursuant to the provisions of Article 26.

Commercial projects within the C-H zone district shall be subject to the design review provisions of Article 16.