45 W Jefferson St #310, Waterloo, IA 50701

Planned Commercial District

The C-P Planned Commercial District is intended and designed to provide a means for the residential and compatible commercial development of tracts of land on a unit basis, allowing greater flexibility and diversification of land uses and building locations than the conventional single lot method. It is the intent of this Section that the basic principles of good land use planning be maintained and that sound zoning standards as set forth in this Ordinance concerning orderly growth and development, traffic patterns, and compatible design and use be preserved.; The ideals of the Planned Commercial District stem from the Mixed Use Commercial categorization on the Future Land Use Map contained within the City of Waterloo Comprehensive Plan. The areas designated for Mixed Use Commercial work to direct such developments into areas of transition from commercial to residential, based on current developments. The compatibly designed commercial uses allowed in C-1 or C-2 Districts may be specifically and selectively authorized by the City Council upon recommendation of the Commission, except that no commercial uses will be allowed which appear detrimental to the intent of this district or the essential character of the neighborhood. Commercial uses will be compatibly designed to blend in with the built or planned environment and shall incorporate the following elements into their design; building façade, landscaping, signage, screening, and site orientation and layout. Special attention will be paid to outside storage and whether it is limited, screened, or nonexistent. This shall not be deemed all inclusive and specific uses may require other elements for consideration. Furthermore, the failure to produce an aesthetically compatible site design and layout may result in a specific lot location within the district for such uses, to screen the site appearance from the traveled way or residential, or denial in the use.