(A) Purpose. The B-1 Central Business District is intended to allow retail and service business sites within the central “downtown” of the city.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted, as regulated herein, without special application requirements or conditions attached. Highly similar uses not listed may be allowed at the discretion and review of the Planning Commission and approval of the City Council:
(1) Automobile repair and service shops;
(2) Bakeries;
(3) Banks;
(4) Barber shops;
(5) Candy and ice cream shops;
(6) Convenience food stores;
(7) Gas stations;
(8) Offices;
(9) Postal stations;
(10) Drug stores;
(11) Book stores;
(12) Flower shops;
(13) Laundromats and dry cleaning establishments;
(14) Shoe repair and sales shops;
(15) Food services including grocery stores, fruit, vegetable and meat markets, supermarkets, restaurants, and delicatessens;
(16) Hardware stores;
(17) Medical services including clinics, hospitals, rest homes, and animal clinics;
(18) Hair salons;
(19) Photographic shops;
(20) Funeral homes;
(21) Apparel shops;
(22) Commercial greenhouses;
(23) Public utility buildings;
(24) Any similar commercial establishment or professional service or commercial service not specifically stated or implied elsewhere in this section;
(25) Residence when included as an integral part of the principal building to be occupied by the owner or his or her employee;
(26) Buildings and uses customarily necessary to any of the above uses which may include the repair, alteration, finishing, assembly, fabrication, or storage of goods; and
(27) Such uses shall not be detrimental either by reason of odor, smoke, noise, dust, or vibration to the surrounding neighborhood.
(C) Conditional uses.
(1) Automobile service that includes auto equipment sales, car wash service, new and used car sales lot, and trailer sales areas;
(2) Recreation services including theaters, bowling alleys, pool and billiard rooms, dance halls, and roller and ice skating rinks;
(3) Hotels, motels, private clubs and lodges, wholesale establishments, taverns, night clubs, on-off liquor stores, trade schools, commercial parking garages, and ramps;
(4) Drive-in restaurants, drive-in banks, and other drive-in services; and
(5) Buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the uses listed in this section when located on the same property and which will not be detrimental either by reason of odor, smoke, noise, dust, or vibration to the surrounding neighborhood.
(D) Accessory uses.
(1) Any accessory use, building, or structure customarily incidental to a principal use permitted above, and located on the same lot; and
(2) Parking and loading facilities, as regulated in §§ 151.105 et seq.
(E) Dimensional regulations. For uses permitted in B-1 Districts, there will be no requirements for lot area, height, frontage, lot coverage, yard sizes, or loading space. For uses requiring conditional uses permits - lot area, height, frontage, lot coverage, yard size, and loading space shall be specified by the Planning Commission.
(F) Other requirements. Refer to §§ 151.105 et seq., Special Provisions, for additional regulations pertaining to the following:
(1) Site plan review;
(2) Access, parking, and loading;
(3) Landscaping and lighting;
(4) Fences;
(5) Outdoor storage and displays; and
(6) Building facade materials.
(Prior Code, § 151.082) (Ord. 149, passed 3-9-1998)