(A) Description of District. The C-1 Local Shopping District is intended to provide areas to be used by retail or service establishments to supply convenience goods or personal services for the daily needs of the residents living in adjacent residential neighborhoods. The district is designed to encourage shopping centers with planned off-street parking and loading and provide for existing individual or small groups of local stores. This district is normally located on primary or secondary thoroughfares, is relatively small in size, and has bulk standards comparable to the bulk standards for low-density residential districts.
(B) Uses permitted. No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied or used, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:
(1) Retail businesses, which supply commodities on the premises, such as but not limited to:
(a) Apparel store.
(b) Bakery, in which the manufacture of goods is limited to goods retailed on the premises only.
(c) Book and stationery store.
(d) Camera store.
(e) Candy and confectionery store.
(f) Dairy products store.
(g) Delicatessen.
(h) Drug store.
(i) Dry goods store.
(j) Floral shop.
(k) Grocery and food store.
(l) Hardware store.
(m) Ice cream store.
(n) Jewelry store.
(o) Liquor store, package.
(p) Meat market.
(q) Restaurants, excluding drive-in and drive through establishments.
(r) Shoe store.
(s) Sporting goods store.
(t) Toy store.
(u) Variety store.
(2) Personal service establishments, which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to:
(a) Barber shop.
(b) Beauty parlor.
(c) Dancing school or studio.
(d) Dry cleaner, but not a central plant serving more than one retail outlet.
(e) Laundry and dry cleaner, self- service only.
(f) Music school.
(g) Photographic studio.
(h) Shoe repair shop.
(i) Tailor shop.
(3) Business service establishments, which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to:
(a) Bank, not including drive through establishments.
(b) Currency exchange.
(c) Financial institution.
(d) Insurance agency.
(e) Loan company (except pay day loan store).
(f) Real estate office.
(g) Savings and loan, not including drive-in facilities.
(4) Professional office establishments, such as but not limited to:
(a) Attorney and law office.
(b) Chiropodist's office.
(c) Chiropractor's office.
(d) Dentist's office.
(e) Doctor's, surgeon's, and/or physician's office.
(f) Medical and dental clinic.
(g) Optician's office.
(h) Osteopath's office.
(i) Private clinic.
(5) Public, quasi-public and governmental buildings and facilities, such as but not limited to:
(a) Church.
(b) Essential services - gas regulator stations, telephone exchanges, electric substations.
(c) Off-street parking facility.
(d) Office building.
(e) Post office.
(f) Public utility establishments.
(1) Similar and compatible uses to those allowed as permitted uses in this district.
(2) Amusement places, including swimming pools, ice skating rinks, billiard parlors and bowling alley.
(3) Automobile service station, for the sale of gas, lubricants, coolants and minor accessories only, and the performance of incidental services such as tire changing, battery changing and accessory installations.
(4) Child care nursery.
(5) Home occupations.
(6) Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use.
(7) Residence, when on the second floor and secondary to the business use of the premises.
(8) Theaters, indoor only.
(9) Outdoor general advertising device, that advertises a group of commercial uses.
(10) Planned unit development.
(11) Automobile repair shop.
(D) Temporary permit uses permitted. The following uses may be operated as temporary uses, provided compliance with § 156.201.
(1) Temporary building or yard for construction materials and/or equipment, both incidental and necessary to construction of a permitted or special use on the property or within the same development project. Each permit shall specify the location of the building or yard and the area of permitted operation. Each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than six calendar months and shall not be renewed for more than four successive periods at the same location.
(2) Temporary office, both incidental and necessary for the sale or rental of real property. Each permit shall specify the location of the office and the area of permitted operation. Each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than one year and shall not be renewed for more than five successive periods at the same location.
(3) Real estate subdivision sign not to exceed 100 square feet for each face. The sign shall be nonilluminated. Each permit shall specify the location of the sign. Each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than one year and shall not be renewed for more than five successive periods at the same location.
(4) Bazaar, festival, market, dance and/or carnival, provided, however, that each permit shall be valid for a period of not more than seven days, and provided, further, that a period of at least 90 days shall intervene between the termination of one permit and the issuance of another permit for the same location.
(5) Christmas tree sales; each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than 60 days.
(6) Parking lot designated for a special event. However, each permit shall be valid only for the duration of the designated special event.
(E) Accessory uses permitted. Accessory uses, buildings, or other structures and devices customarily incidental to and commonly associated with a permitted use or special use may be permitted, provided that they are operated and maintained under the same ownership, on the same parcel, and do not include structures or features inconsistent with the permitted use or special use.
(F) Prohibited uses. All uses not expressly authorized in divisions (B), (C), (D) and (E) of this section, including but not limited to:
(1) Bars and cocktail lounges.
(2) Drive-in and drive-through establishments.
(3) Hotels and motels.
(4) Residential uses, except as a special use.
(5) Signs and billboards.
(6) Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors.
(7) Pay day loan store.
(8) Air-inflated and air-supported structures, excluding temporary inflatable playground structures.
(9) Sexually oriented businesses, as defined in Chapter 115.
(G) Site and structure requirements.
(1) Minimum lot area. None required, except that each residential use shall have a ground area of not less than 7,500 square feet.
(2) Front yard. All structures shall be set back at least 20 feet from the front lot line.
(3) Side yard. None required; however, if a yard is provided, it shall be not less than five feet adjoining a residential district, a side yard of not less than ten feet shall be provided.
(4) Rear yard. All structures shall be set back at least 20 feet from the rear lot line.
(5) Maximum height. No structure or portion thereof shall exceed a height of two stories, or 25 feet.
(6) Floor area ratio. Not to exceed 1.0.
(7) Design requirements. All buildings constructed in commercial zoning districts shall have continuous concrete foundations from below the frost line to above grade.
(a) Adjacent to minor streets.
1. All sides of such buildings facing or fronting a minor street shall be completely covered to the top of the eve with one or more of the following materials: brick, masonry, glass, stone, wood, stucco or other siding with similar materials and appearances, as may be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to its site plan review authority.
2. Each sidewall (wall not facing or fronting a street) shall have at least 10% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(b) Adjacent to secondary or collector thoroughfares.
1. All sides of such buildings facing or fronting a secondary or collector thorough-fare shall be completely covered to the top of the eve with one or more of the following materials: masonry, brick, stone, decorative concrete block (excluding plain concrete block), architectural steel and glass, precast panels, EIFS or natural materials.
2. Aluminum or vinyl siding shall not be allowed.
3. Each sidewall visible from a street shall have at least 50% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials.
4. Each sidewall not facing or visible from a street shall have at least 10% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(c) Adjacent to major thoroughfares.
1. All sides of such buildings adjacent to a major thoroughfare shall be constructed of masonry, brick, stone, or decorative concrete block (excluding plain concrete block), architectural steel and glass, precast panels, EIFS or natural materials.
a. Building facades, parapet walls and roofs shall not be colored in a manner that attracts attention to the building.
b. Screening of all heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment shall be provided on all sides of the building that are exposed to public view.
c. Roof screens shall be allowed, provided they are designed to blend with the architectural style and color of the building.
d. Flues, goosenecks or other equipment mounted on the roof shall also be screened when heights exceed four feet.
e. All structures and pavement, with the exception of ingress or egress isles, shall be setback at least 20 feet from the front lot line.
f. Landscaping shall be in accordance with Chapter 158: Landscape Ordinance.
2. Aluminum or vinyl siding shall not be allowed.
(H) Special provisions.
(1) Enclosure of operations. All business, servicing or processing shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, except:
(a) Off-street parking or loading.
(b) Accessory uses when allowed by the special exception procedure.
(2) Parking requirements. In accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in §§ 156.150 and 156.151. In addition, the parking of trucks when accessory to the conduct of a permitted use shall be limited to vehicles having not over 1-1/2 tons capacity, except for pick-up and delivery services.
(4) Performance standards. All activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the I-l Limited Manufacturing District.
(5) Scope of operations. All business establishments shall be retail trade or service establishments dealing directly with consumers, and all goods produced on the premises shall be sold on the premises where produced.
(6) Screening. Where a commercial use abuts or is across the street from a residential district, adequate screening shall be provided.
(Ord. 95, passed 4-5-71; Am. Ord. 313, passed 3-7-83; Am. Ord. 636, passed 3-4-91; Am. Ord. 1238, passed 6-17-02; Am. Ord. 1451, passed 12-18-06; Am. Ord. 1477, passed 3-19-07; Am. Ord. 1501, passed 8-20-07; Am. Ord. 1530, passed 4-7-08; Am. Ord. 1570, passed 1-19-09; Am. Ord. 2018, passed 7-6-20)