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§154.458 Accessory Uses and Structures Not Listed. Standards for accessory uses and structures that are permitted in all districts, or in all residential buildings in any district, are listed in Article 7, Specific Development Standards. These include uses such as family and group family day care, bed and breakfast facilities, and home occupations, and structures such as swimming pools and solar equipment. SECTION 7. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Title XV: Land Usage; Chapter 154: Zoning Ordinance, by adding the following language: ARTICLE 12 - COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS 5154.550 Purpose and District Description 5154.551 Permitted, Conditional and Interim Uses 9154.552 Lot Dimensions and Building Bulk Requirements 9154.553 General Site Design Considerations, Commercial Districts 5154.554 Development Standards for Specific Uses 5154.555 Commercial District Design Standards §154.550 Purpose and District Descriptions. The commercial districts are established to provide a range of goods and services for City residents within the City's existing commercial corridors and districts, to promote employment opportunities and the adaptive reuse of existing commercial buildings, and to maintain and improve compatibility with surrounding areas. In all the commercial districts, consideration should be given to building and site design to provide for efficient and well -integrated use of land, ensure compatibility with adjacent residential districts, to control traffic and improve the pedestrian environment. The commercial districts are as follows: A. LC Neighborhood Office/Limited Commercial District. The purpose of the LC district is to provide for the establishment of limited scale neighborhood commercial centers that offer basic convenience type goods and services to the immediately surrounding residential neighborhoods in areas that are not planned for public sanitary sewer services. Office uses and other business uses are allowable on a limited scale. It is the intent of this district to promote a high quality of business design and development that produces a positive visual image and minimizes adverse effects from traffic congestion, noise, odor, glare, and similar impacts. B. CC Convenience Commercial District. The CC District is established to provide for smaller scale commercial development and attractive neighborhood shopping centers that are compatible with surrounding residential and business park development, ideally located at the intersection of two or more collector streets or at the intersection of an arterial and collector street. Convenience goods and services are those which are purchased frequently, i.e., at least weekly; for which comparison buying is not required; and which can be sustained in a limited trade area. Such uses include convenience markets, personal services and repair shops. A limited number of other uses, including but not limited to restaurants, gas stations, medical centers, religious institutions, transit -related park -and -ride lots, and facilities with drive -up windows, are also allowed. C. C Commercial District. The purpose of the C District is to provide for the establishment of commercial and service activities which draw from and serve customers from the entire community or region and are located in areas that are well served by collector or arterial street facilities outside the Village Area. It is intended to allow the widest range of commercial uses, especially those that are oriented towards the travelling public or that need large sites with highway access and visibility. Residential uses may be appropriate as part of a mixed -use commercial development, with unit densities being determined by either the 30