(a) Purpose. The B-1 Central Commercial District is intended to provide an area for the business, financial, professional, and commercial needs of the community, especially those which can be most suitably located in compact and centrally located business districts. The B-1 District is intended to:
(1) Provide for present and future commercial activities within traditional business area of the Village of Edgar;
(2) Accommodate community service functions, public and quasi-public land-use needs, at a central location;
(3) Permit residential units above established businesses in accordance with Village building codes and zoning requirements;
(4) Protect the commercial character of the District by prohibiting the incursion of incompatible land use.
(b) Permitted Uses. The following are permitted uses in the B-1 District:
(1) Paint, glass and wallpaper stores. [523]
(2) Hardware stores. [525]
(3) Department stores, variety stores, general merchandise stores. [53]
(4) General grocery stores, supermarkets, fruit and vegetable stores, delicatessens, meat and fish stores and miscellaneous food stores. [54]
(5) Candy, nut or confectionery stores. [544]
(6) Dairy products stores, including ice cream stores. [545]
(7) Retail bakeries, including those which produce some or all of the products sold on the premises, but not including establishments which manufacture bakery products primarily for sale through outlets located elsewhere or through home service delivery. [546]
(8) Clothing and shoe stores. [56]
(9) Furniture, home furnishings, floor covering and upholstery shops/stores. [57]
(10) Restaurants, lunch rooms and other eating places, except drive-in type establish- ments. [5812]
(11) Taverns, bars and other drinking places with permit by Village Board. [5813]
(12) Drug stores and pharmacies. [591]
(13) Liquor stores. [592]
(14) Antique stores and secondhand stores. [593]
(15) Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops. [5941]
(16) Bookstores, not including adult books. [5942]
(17) Stationery stores. [5943]
(18) Jewelry and clock stores. [5944]
(19) Camera and photographic supply stores. [5946]
(20) Gift, novelty and souvenir shops. [5947]
(21) Florist shops. [5992]
(22) Mini-warehouses. [5993]
(23) News dealers and newsstands. [5994]
(24) Wholesale merchandise establishments, only for retail items listed above; e.g., #19 would allow wholesale camera sales.
(25) Banks and other financial institutions. [60-62]
(26) Offices of insurance companies, agents, brokers and service representatives. [63-64]
(27) Offices of real estate agents, brokers, managers and title companies. [65-67]
(28) Miscellaneous business offices.
(29) Heating, electrical, and plumbing supplies (provided all material storage is inside a building).
(30) Retail laundry and dry cleaning outlets, including coin-operated laundries and dry cleaning establishments, commonly called laundromats and launderettes. Tailor shops, dressmakers' shops, and garment repair shops, but not garment pressing establish- ments, hand laundries, or hat cleaning and blocking establishments. [721]
(31) Photographic studios and commercial photography establishments. [722]
(32) Churches and places of worship.
(33) Shoe repair shops and shoe shine parlors. [725]
(34) Trade and contractor's offices (office only).
(35) Advertising agencies, consumer credit reporting, news agencies. agencies, employment [731-2, 735-6]
(36) Duplicating, blueprinting, photocopying, addressing, mailing, mailing list and stenographic services; small print shops. [733]
(37) Computer services. [737]
(38) Commercial parking lots, parking garages, parking structures. [752]
(39) Watch, clock and jewelry repair services. [763]
(40) Motion picture theaters, not including drive-in theaters. [7832]
(41) Miscellaneous retail stores. [5999]
(42) Offices/clinics of physicians and surgeons, dentists and dental surgeons, osteopathic physicians, optometrists, massage therapists, counselors and chiropractors, but not veterinarian's offices. [801-4]
(43) Law offices. [811]
(44) The offices, meeting places, churches, and premises of professional membership associations; civic, social, and fraternal associations; business associations, labor unions and similar labor organizations; political organizations; religious organizations; charitable organizations; or other non-profit membership organizations. [86]
(45) Engineering and architectural firms or consultants. [891-3]
(46) Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping firms or services. (8721]
(47) Professional, scientific, or educational firms, agencies, offices, or services, but not research laboratories or manufacturing operations. [899]
(48) The offices of governmental agencies and post offices. [91-92, 431]
(49) Public transportation passenger stations, taxicab company offices, taxicab stands, but not vehicle storage lots or garages. [411-14]
(50) Telephone and internet service providers. [481-2]
(51) Day care centers; public and private schools. [481-2]
(52) Class 2 collocation of a new mobile service facility on an existing support structure without substantial modification, per Section 13-1-182.
(53) Bowling alleys.
(54) Existing residential developments, including existing dwelling units above established businesses, provided they comply with the Village Building Codes and the basic provisions of the R-3 Residential Zoning District as set forth herein.
(c) Conditional Uses. The following are permitted as conditional uses in the B-1 District; provided that no nuisance shall be afforded to the public through noise, the discharge of exhaust gases from motor-driven equipment, unpleasant odors, smoke, steam, harmful vapors, obnoxious materials, unsightly conditions, obstruction of passage on the public street or sidewalk, or other conditions generally regarded as nuisances; and provided that where operations necessary or incident to the proper performance of these services or occupations would tend to afford such nuisances, areas, facilities, barriers, or other devices shall be provided in such a manner that the public is effectively protected from any and all such nuisances. These uses shall be subject to the consideration of the Village Board with regard to such matters.
(1) Miscellaneous repair shops and related services. [769]
(2) Garment pressing establishments, hand laundries, hat cleaning and blocking shops and coin-operated dry cleaning establishments. [721J
(3) Establishments engaged in the publishing and printing of newspapers, periodicals or books. [2711]
(4) Dwelling units as a secondary use, provided that no dwelling shall be permitted below the second floor and business uses are not permitted on any floor above the ground floor, except in those buildings or structures where dwelling units are not established.
(5) Farm supplies, wholesale trade. [5191]
(6) Establishments engaged in the retail sale of automobiles, trailers, mobile homes, or campers. [551-2, 556]
(7) Stores for the sale and installation of tires, batteries, mufflers or other automotive accessories. [553]
(8) Gasoline service stations; provided, further, that all gasoline pumps, storage tanks and accessory equipment must be located at least thirty (30) feet from any existing or officially proposed street line. [5541]
(9) Establishments engaged in the daily or extended-term rental or leasing of house trailers, mobile homes or campers. [703J
(10) Establishments engaged in daily or extended-term rental or leasing of passenger automobiles, limousines or trucks, without drivers, or of truck trailers or utility trailers. [751]
(11) Establishments for the washing, cleaning or polishing of automobiles, including self- service car washes. [754]
(12) Hotels, motor hotels, motels, tourist courts, tourist rooms, etc. [70]
(13) Farm implement sales.
(14) Mini-warehouses.
(15) Outdoor sports facilities or beer gardens at licensed premises (see Section 7-2-19).
(16) Animal hospitals; pet shops (excluding kennels).
(17) Undertaking establishments.
(18) Public facilities and uses including governmental, cultural, public buildings or uses, such as fire and police stations, community centers, libraries, public emergency shelters, parks, playgrounds and museums.
(19) Siting and construction of any new mobile support structure and/or facility or a Class 1 collocation of a new mobile service facility on an existing support structure, per Section 13-1-182.
(d) Lot, Yard and Building Requirements.
(1) Lot Width. Minimum sixty (60) feet, or building width plus required side yards.
(2) Lot Area. Minimum four thousand (4,000) square feet for new sites; no minimum for existing parcels.
(3) Principal Building.
a. Front Yard: Minimum - none.
b. Side Yard: Minimum ten (10) feet if sideyard is necessary to be compatible with neighborhood; otherwise none.
c. Rear Yard: Minimum twenty-five (25) feet if rear yard is necessary to be compatible with neighborhood; otherwise none.
NOTE: Pre-existing structures may be nonconforming. In blocks in the business districts which are already developed, the dimensional requirements of this Chapter can be modified if in the opinion of the Zoning Board of Appeals, such action would be in keeping with the purpose of this Zoning Code where a practical difficulty or hardship would result from a literal enforcement of the requirements.
(4) Building Height. Maximum forty-five (45) feet.
(5) Minimum Floor Area. As required to serve business needs.
(6) Alley Setback. Minimum fifteen (15) feet.
(e) Other Development Regulations. For new structures in the B-1 District:
(1) A site development plan, prepared in accordance with Section 13-1-224, shall be submitted before a permit can be granted for any expanded or all new use in this District.
(2) No outdoor storage of any material shall be permitted in this District except within enclosed containers or properly screened, as determined by the Village Board.
(3) No lighting shall be permitted which would excessively glare from this District onto any street right-of-way or onto any adjacent property.