The C-1 District is intended to provide for the convenience shopping of persons living in neighborhood residential areas and for general uses and activities of a retail and personal service character. Only those uses are permitted which are necessary to satisfy the local needs which occur so frequently as to require commercial facilities in proximity to residential areas. In addition, low-intensity business and professional offices are permitted.
1. Principal Permitted Uses. Only the following uses of structures or land shall be permitted in the C-1 District:
A. Any uses permitted in the R-3 District, provided that any new residential uses shall be located only in mixed use buildings that also contain, usually on the first floor, other allowable commercial or office uses.
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B. Retail businesses or service establishments, such as the following:
(1) Antique shops,
(2) Apparel shops,
(3) Art shops,
(4) Automotive stores for the retail sale of automotive parts, supplies and accessories; provided, that all merchandise sold or services performed shall be within an enclosed building or structure, and specifically excluding body and fender shops, automotive repair shops, and junk shops or junkyards,
(5) Baby and children stores,
(6) Bakeries or bakery outlets - retail sales only,
(7) Banks, savings and loan associations, and similar financial institutions,
(8) Bicycle shops, sales and repairs;
(9) Bookstores,
(10) Camera stores,
(11) Clothes cleaning and laundry pickup stations,
(12) Collection offices of public utility companies,
(13) Confectionery stores, including ice cream or snack bars,
(14) Dairy stores - retail only,
(15) Dance studios and physical culture establishments,
(16) Delicatessens,
(17) Drugstores,
(18) Dry goods stores,
(19) Florist shops and greenhouses,
(20) Funeral homes and mortuaries,
(21) Furniture stores,
(22) Gas stations, including minor automobile repairs as accessory but not principal use,
(23) Gift shops,
(24) Grocery stores including supermarkets,
(25) Hardware stores,
(26) Hobby shops,
(27) Household appliances sales and repair,
(28) Jewelry stores and watch repair shops,
(29) Key shops,
(30) Launderettes, coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments, and dry-cleaning or pressing establishments using only nonflammable solvents,
(31) Locker plants for storage and retail sales only,
(32) Leather goods stores,
(33) Music stores,
(34) Music studios,
(35) Paint and wallpaper stores,
(36) Photographic studios,
(37) Post office substations,
(38) Radio and television sales and repair shops,
(39) Restaurants,
(40) Shoe and hat repair shops,
(41) Sporting goods stores,
(42) Tailor and dressmaking shops,
(43) Theaters,
(44) Toy stores,
(45) Variety stores,
(46) Bowling alleys,
(47) Taverns and lounges, provided that such establishments are not located within 300 feet from a church, school or R-1 zoning district; and provided further, that the tavern or lounge is housed in a building or shopping center which is occupied by other retail businesses or service establishments.
(48) Preschool and child day care centers, subject to the following provisions:
a. The childcare center/preschool shall have 35 square feet per child of usable indoor floor space maintained in a clean and sanitary manner; when floor space occupied by cribs is counted as usable floor space, there shall be 40 square feet of floor space per child in those rooms. Kitchens, bathrooms, and halls may not be counted in the square footage per child or used as regular program space.
b. There shall be 75 square feet of outdoor recreation area per child using the space at any given time. Such space shall be located in the side or rear yard and be totally enclosed by a fence of no less than 42 inches in height.
c. There shall be adequate off-street area for traffic circulation allowing child drop-off and pick-up activity entirely in the property.
C. Combinations of the above uses.
D. Business and professional offices supplying commodities or performing services primarily for residents of the neighborhood.
2. Permitted Accessory Uses. Permitted accessory uses in the C-1 District are as follows:
A. Accessory uses permitted in the R-3 District.
B. Storage of merchandise incidental to the principal use, but not to exceed forty percent of the floor area used for such use.
A. Lot Area: Same as required in the R-3 District for residential uses. No minimum requirement for any other permitted uses.
B. Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit: Same as required in R-3 District.
C. Lot Width: Same as required in R-3 District for residential uses. No minimum requirement for any other permitted uses.
D. Front Yard: 35 feet.
E. Side Yards: Same as required in R-3 District for residential uses. No minimum requirements for any other permitted uses, except when adjoining any R district, in which case, 25 feet. Any side yard adjoining an R district shall be buffered by use of landscaping, walls, or fences to effectively screen the commercial use from the adjoining R district.
F. Rear Yard: 40 feet. Any rear yard adjoining an R district shall be buffered by use of landscaping, walls, or fences to effectively screen the commercial use from the adjoining R district.
G. Maximum Height: 35 feet.
H. Maximum Number of Stories:
Residential uses – 3 stories;
All other permitted uses – 2 stories.
4. Off-Street Parking and Loading. Spaces for off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 194.01 of this Zoning Ordinance.