501 Main St Council Bluffs, IA 51503-6790

The C-3 district is intended to accommodate office, retail and related activities in the traditional commercial center of the city as well as other appropriate commercial sites. (Ord. 5469 § 1 (part), 1999) 15.16.020 Principal Uses The following principal uses shall be permitted outright in a C-3 district: Automobile service establishment; Business, professional office; Business goods and service establishment; Club or lodge; College or university; Commercial recreation (indoor); Consumer service establishment; Cultural service; Financial service; Funeral service; General government use; Hospital; Hotel/motel; Mixed commercial/residential structure; Newspaper printing; Park and recreation service; Pawn shop; Private parking lot; Public parking lot; Religious assembly; Restaurant (drive-in, limited and general); Retail shopping establishment; School; Second hand store; Tattoo parlor; Tavern; Small alcohol production facility; Dwelling, multifamily; Consumer fireworks sales. (Ord. No. 6027, § 1, 2-23-2009; Ord. No. 6292, § 1, 5-8-2017; Ord. No. 6343, § 1, 8-13-2018) Editor's note- Ord. No. 6027, § 1, adopted Feb. 23, 2009, repealed the former § 15.16.020, and enacted a new CBMC 15.16.020 as set out herein. The former CBMC 15.16.020 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 5556, § 1, adopted 2001. HISTORY Amended by Ord. 6455 on 6/14/2021 Amended by Ord. 6508 on 7/11/2022 15.16.030 Conditional Uses The following conditional uses shall be permitted in a C-3 district in accordance with the requirements set forth in CBMC 15.27: Communication towers; Day care service. (Ord. 5469 § 1 (part), 1999) 15.16.040 Accessory Uses The following accessory uses shall be permitted in a C-3 district: Uses of land or structures customarily incidental and subordinate to one of the principal uses in the C-3 district, unless otherwise excluded. (Ord. 5469 § 1 (part), 1999) 15.16.050 Site Development Regulations Lots or parcels of land zoned C-3 on or before the effective date of this ordinance and lots or parcels of land in areas less than two acres rezoned to C-3 after the effective date of this ordinance shall not be subject to Minimum Lot Size , set back or lot coverage requirements. Maximum height is limited to one hundred (100) feet for principal structures and twenty-four feet for accessory structures.