(A) Purpose. This district is established to provide for various retail sales activities, along with specific services and offices which not only serve the year-round and seasonal village population, but also support and attract tourist activity because of a unique and historic atmosphere. Typically, the uses permitted in this district are less automobile oriented and lend themselves more toward tourist activity, casual shopping, dining, and personal services.
(B) Permitted uses. In the C-1 Zoning District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) Jewelry and gift stores;
(2) Restaurants;
(3) Souvenir sales;
(4) Professional offices;
(5) Banks, savings or loan businesses;
(6) Service businesses, such as barber and beauty shops;
(7) Newspaper, printing or reproduction services;
(8) Florists;
(9) Shoe sales;
(10) Clothing and apparel shops;
(11) Antique sales;
(12) Private parking lots serving more than one property;
(13) Dry cleaning and laundry establishments;
(14) Hardware sales;
(15) Drug stores;
(16) Furniture stores;
(17) Grocery store; and
(18) Any other use deemed to be similar in accordance with § 152.085.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses may be approved by the Planning Commission in accordance with § 152.086:
(1) Hotel;
(2) Motel, auto court;
(3) Single family residential dwellings;
(4) Accessory uses and structures on an individual lot without a principal use or structure.
(D) Area regulations.
(1) Minimum front yard depth. Twenty-five feet from the edge of the street right-of-way (see § 152.010(C) for additional yard requirements).
(2) Minimum side yard depth. If the lot adjoining a particular side yard is vacant, then the side yard shall be six feet. If the lot adjoining a particular side yard is built upon and such structure is constructed on the property line, then the side set back shall be 12 feet (see § 152.010(C) for additional yard and buffering requirements).
(3) Minimum rear yard depth. Ten feet (see § 152.010(C) for additional yard and buffering requirements).
(4) Height regulations. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height from average finish grade of yard to the highest portion of the structure, except for accessory structures including but not limited to radio towers, antennas, flag poles and chimneys. A more restrictive height limitation may be required if a property is within the Environmental Protection Overlay District.
(E) Sign regulations.
(1) Maximum sign area. Within the C-1 Zoning District, the maximum total sign area permitted for any one business shall be 45 square feet. No any one sign shall be more than 15 square feet of total sign area. Section 152.011(E) describes provisions for additional sign area.
(2) Maximum number and location of signs.
(a) Number and location. Businesses are permitted to have up to three signs which may include wall signs, roof signs, and free standing signs. Under no circumstances shall signs project into the public right-of-way, nor shall any sign be located above the roof.
(b) Window signs. A business may have window signs in addition to those signs permitted above, provided however, that the maximum area does not exceed 12 square feet to total area.
(3) Sign illumination and materials. No free standing, roof or wall sign may be illuminated from a light source within the sign itself. All external light sources shall be designed so as to illuminate only the sign itself and shall not shine on any adjacent property. No sign may be made of plastic.
(F) Parking requirements. The C-1 Central Business Zone is intended to apply to the downtown area of the village, where it is not feasible to provide off-street parking for existing buildings. As such, the parking and loading requirements in § 152.048 shall not apply when the use changes within an existing building. Any new construction, however, which takes place, shall provide for off-street parking (in accordance with site plan review requirements of § 152.016) consistent with the historic and architectural character of this area, as determined by the Design Review Board in accordance with the provisions of § 152.042. Parking and loading shall not be located within the required front yard.
(Ord. 1993-0-2, passed 3-13-93; Am. Ord. 1994-O-25, passed 11-10-94; Am. Ord. 1996-O-2, passed 3-9-96)