New Franklin "C-2" Highway Commercial District ordinance (§ 405.120)
Chapter 405: Zoning Code · Article II. Districts and District Regulations
In short: The Highway Commercial district allows everything the C-1 district does plus car washes, drive-in restaurants, motels, car and mobile home sales lots, boat sales and repair, and veterinary clinics or kennels.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. The "C-2" District is designed to provide convenient commercial areas for shopping centers, drive-in and highway oriented businesses and those commercial enterprises requiring relatively large land areas for their operation.
B. Permitted Uses.
1. Any use permitted in the "C-1" District.
2. Auto body shop.
3. Automatic car wash establishments.
4. Boat sales and repair.
5. Drive-in eating establishments.
6. Motels and motor hotels.
7. New and used car sales lots.
8. Sales lots for new and used mobile homes.
9. Veterinarian, animal hospital or kennel.
Official source: New Franklin City Code, page 27 of the city's PDF
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.