(A) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the CN - Neighborhood-Commercial District:
(1) Office buildings, provided that no goods, wares or merchandise shall be prepared on the premises;
(2) Personal service shops such as beauty shops and barber shops;
(3) Studios of artists and photographers;
(4) Retail stores;
(5) Parking lots, provided that the parking area shall be paved and used for passenger vehicle parking only and in no case for sale of vehicles;
(6) Commercial schools;
(7) Commercial greenhouses and nurseries;
(8) Shops for repair and servicing of bicycles, electrical radio and television appliances, keys, typewriters and similar articles where no individual establishment provides more than 2,500 square feet of floor space;
(9) Sale of goods and products at retail but excluding new and used car sales;
(10) Theaters but not drive-in theaters;
(11) Commercial recreation facilities;
(12) Banks;
(13) Mortuary parlors;
(14) Dressmaking, millinery, tailoring, shoe repair and similar trades, and bakeries, laundries and dry cleaning, provided that no individual establishment provides more than 2,500 square feet of floor space;
(15) Animal hospitals;
(16) Restaurants;
(17) Laundromats;
(18) Service stations and auto body shops;
(19) A single-family dwelling which is part of a building used for purposes permitted in a Neighborhood Commercial District, and which dwelling is occupied by the owners of the commercial enterprises being conducted in such building;
(20) Drilling/extraction of natural gas, methane gas or oil (not including permanent compressor stations/facilities); and
(21) Single-family dwelling.
(B) Uses permitted by special exception. Permanent compressor stations/facility buildings associated with the extraction of natural gas, methane gas or oil.
(C) Accessory uses.
(1) Detached private garage;
(2) Garage, shed or building for domestic storage (sheds or similar small structures less than 144 square feet shall be exempt from permitting, but shall meet the required setbacks for this district);
(3) Fence or ornamental wall, not over six feet in height;
(4) Swimming pool;
(5) Private greenhouse (noncommercial);
(6) Raising and keeping of domestic animals as pets, but not on a commercial basis or on a scale objectionable to neighboring property owners, and provided specifically that all horses, pigs, cattle, poultry, sheep, goats and similar farm animals not be permitted, unless the property is operated as a farm or farmette (no permit required);
(7) Farmette as defined under § 154.004;
(8) Home occupation-home office; and
(9) Small scale wind generators, as per § 154.088.
(D) Area regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area. There shall be a minimum lot area of not less than 5,000 square feet. Each lot shall have a minimum width of not less than 80 feet.
(2) Yard areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yard areas are provided and maintained:
(a) Front yard. Not less than 25 feet; fences or ornamental walls shall be not less than ten feet when located along a public street;
(b) Side yard. Not less than ten feet on each side; side yards on corner lots shall be not less than 20 feet; and
(c) Rear yard. Not less than 20 feet.
(E) Height. The maximum height, to the highest point of the roof, of buildings hereafter erected or altered shall be as follows:
(1) Primary buildings. Not greater than 60 feet; and
(2) Accessory buildings. Not greater than 35 feet.
(F) Dwelling standards. Every one-story single-family dwelling hereafter erected shall contain a minimum 900 square feet of habitable living area. Every two-story dwelling hereafter erected shall contain a minimum of 1,200 square feet of habitable living area.
(G) Building area. All buildings, including accessory uses, shall cover not more than 75% of the area of the lot.
(Ord. 678, passed 10-20-2010)