(A) Intent. This District is designed to provide for a wide range of retail, office, amusement and service uses normally found in a Central Business District. Highest density and intensity of use are permitted in this District.
(B) Permitted principal uses and structures. The following shall be permitted as uses by right:
(1) Apartments on floors other than ground floor;
(2) Automobile sales and services;
(3) Automotive wash facilities;
(4) Bakery;
(5) Banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, and finance companies;
(6) Barbershops, beauty parlors and shoeshine shops;
(7) Business offices;
(8) Child care homes and centers;
(9) Commercial recreation facilities (bowling alleys, miniature golf courses and similar uses);
(10) Convenience store or filling station;
(11) Detached banking facilities (ATM);
(12) Dry cleaning or laundry establishments;
(13) Food service, restaurants and taverns;
(14) Food storage lockers;
(15) Funeral homes and mortuaries;
(16) Garden centers;
(17) Motels and hotels;
(18) Museums and art galleries;
(19) Office buildings;
(20) Parking lots and other off-street parking facilities;
(21) Personal and professional services;
(22) Photography studios;
(23) Private schools, including but not limited to business or commercial schools, and dance or music academies;
(24) Public and private charitable institutions;
(25) Public parks, buildings and grounds;
(26) Public uses of an administrative, public service or cultural type including city, county, state or federal administrative centers and courts, libraries, police and fire stations and other public buildings, structures, and facilities;
(27) Retail store or business;
(28) Public utility facilities;
(29) Sales and showrooms, including service facilities and rental of equipment, provided all displays and merchandise are within the enclosure walls of the buildings;
(30) Service stations; and
(31) Stores or shops for the sale of goods at retail and/or wholesale.
(C) Permitted accessory uses and structures. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted: accessory uses and structures normally appurtenant to permitted uses and structures and to uses and structures permitted as special uses.
(1) Single-family dwellings;
(2) Multi-family dwellings;
(3) Bed and breakfast guest home;
(4) Recycling center; and
(5) Mini storage facilities.
(E) Prohibited uses and structures. All other uses and structures which are not specifically permitted or not permissible as special uses shall be prohibited from the C-1 Commercial Business District.
(F) Screening requirements.
(1) All business, service, repair, processing, storage or merchandise display on property abutting or facing a lot within a Residential District shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building unless screened from the residential district by a sight-obscuring barrier permanently maintained at least six-foot in height.
(2) Open storage of materials attendant to a permitted use or special permit use shall be permitted only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence.
(G) Prohibited uses. No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the village to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, noise, vibrations, illumination, glare, or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.
(H) Height and area regulations. The minimum area regulations shall be as follows:
Lot Area (Square Feet) | Lot Width (Feet) | Required Front Yard (Feet) | Required Side Yard (Feet) | Required Rear Yard (Feet) | Height (Feet) | |
Permitted uses | 3,500 | 25 | 0 | 0 or 10 when abutting a Residential District | 15 | 45 |
Multi-family dwelling | 2,250 per family | 50 | 25 | 7 or 7-1/2 on corner lots | 15 | 45 |
(I) Fence regulations. Fences within the C-1 General Commercial District shall be in conformance with the provisions of § 154.097 of this chapter.
(J) Sign regulations. Signs within the C-1 General Commercial District shall be in conformance with the provisions of § 154.098 of this chapter.
(Ord. 2009-04, passed 4-23-2009) Penalty, see § 154.999