(A) Purpose. The B-1 District is designed to accommodate convenient and accessible business and service establishments with less than 7,500 square feet of floor area. The intent is to serve the daily convenience needs of surrounding residential neighborhoods.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Bakery shop, to include only the baking and processing of food products for retail sale only on the premises;
(2) Barber and beauty shops;
(3) Book store;
(4) Candy/ice cream shop;
(5) Delicatessen;
(6) Drug store;
(7) Dry cleaning, pick up or delivery;
(8) Florist;
(9) Food store, retail;
(10) Laundromat;
(11) Medical and dental offices and clinics;
(12) Offices, business and professional;
(13) Restaurant or café, excluding drive-in restaurant, serving non-alcoholic beverages only, and including outdoor dining up to 50% of the interior seating;
(14) Police and fire stations, located on a primary or thoroughfare street;
(15) Post office branch;
(16) Other retail sales and service business serving the immediate neighborhood
; and
(17) Therapeutic massage and/or massage therapy when conducted in a massage establishment by a professional masseuse/masseur, who has completed training at a state certified school of massage and who has earned certification as a "massage therapist" or similar designation..
(C) Special exception uses.
(1) Churches;
(2) Convents, monasteries, rectories, parish houses;
(3) Parks, playgrounds and community centers;
(4) Public utilities and public service uses including, but not limited to:
(a) Fire station, located on streets other than primary or thoroughfare;
(b) Police station, located on streets other than primary or thoroughfare; and
(c) Public utility facilities.
(5) Recreational buildings, public or non-profit;
(6) Public schools, elementary and secondary;
(7) Sheltered living home;
(8) Funeral homes, crematories and similar services; and
(9) Meeting hall/banquet facility.
(D) Yard requirements. Yard requirements for the B-1, Neighborhood Business District are as follows: (All standards are minimums except as noted.)
(1) Lot size: No minimum.
(2) Frontage: No minimum.
(3) Setbacks:
(a) Front yard: Established building setback or 15 feet if no established setback.
(b) Side yards: 10 feet for building; 6 feet for drives.
(c) Rear yard: 20 feet for building; 5 feet for drives.
(d) Corner side yard: The corner side yard setback is determined by measuring the average established setback of the structures within the same block between 2 intersecting streets. This calculation would equal the established front yard setback for the side street.
(4) Maximum structure height: 35 feet.
(5) Maximum lot coverage for structures: 50%.
(6) Floor area ratio: 1.
(E) Development conditions.
(1) The business activity must be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building.
(2) The business establishment shall not offer goods, service, food, beverages or make sales directly to customers in motor vehicles.
(3) All businesses shall be of a retail or service character, selling to or performing services directly for the ultimate customer.
(4) No business establishment in this district shall create a nuisance from noise, smoke, or odor.
(5) Landscape requirements: In addition to the requirements specified in §§ 151.225et seq., the following landscape requirements shall apply:
(a) In the event a property to be developed in this district is adjacent to a residentially zoned or used property along a common side or rear lot line, whether separated by an alley or not, a ten foot landscaped area shall be provided consisting of a combination of ornamental or shade trees, shrubs and ground cover. At least 50% of the common lot line landscape area shall contain shrubs and/or trees. A minimum of 1 tree per every 40 feet of common lot line shall be provided.
(b) All business and office service areas (loading docks/doors, dumpsters, mechanical equipment and the like) located in a side or rear yard abutting a residentially zoned or used property shall be screened by a solid 6 foot high fence, wall or dense evergreen hedge. Fences and walls shall be consistent with the architecture of the development or principal building. Any vegetative or architectural screening located along a side property line shall not extend beyond the front facade of the residential structure located on the adjacent lot.
(F) Supplemental regulations.
(1) Special flood hazard area regulations: §§ 151.120et seq.
(2) Wetlands Conservation District regulations: §§ 151.145et seq.
(3) Air Space Control Area regulations: §§ 151.210et seq.
(4) Accessory structures and swimming pool requirements: § 151.225.
(5) Landscape and screening requirements: § 151.226.
(6) Permitted obstructions in required yards: § 151.227.
(7) Fence requirements: § 151.228.
(8) Intersection visibility area requirements: § 151.229.
(9) Primary street setback requirements: § 151.229.
(10) Off-street parking and loading requirements: § 151.231.
(11) Sign regulations: § 151.234.
(1979 Code, § 151.051) (Ord. 4370, passed 7-20-1998; Am. Ord. 4431, passed 7-12-1999; Am. Ord. 4683, passed 7-1-2002
; Am. Ord. 5044, passed 7-9-2007; Am. Ord. 5175, passed 7-20-2009)
Penalty, see § 151.999