(A) Purpose. The B-1 Limited Business District is intended to encourage the concentration of a broad range of commercial establishments, including drive-in businesses, establishments requiring outdoor storage and display areas, and businesses operating with late hours. It is important that businesses in this district provide adequate off-street parking with safe ingress and egress to the adjoining streets. Equally important are the provisions of adequate safeguards between business establishments and residential uses when the two are adjoining.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the B-1 Limited Business District:
(1) Retail stores primarily engaged in selling merchandise for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of that merchandise:
(a) Any grocery store, meat market, supermarket, fruit market, bakery or other store selling food or beverages;
(b) Any drug store, apparel shop or store, hardware store, bookstore, stationery store, flower shop or home furnishings store; and
(c) Any automotive service station.
(2) Personal services generally involving the care of the person or his or her personal effects:
(a) Any cleaning or laundry establishment, self-service laundry including any pressing, cleaning or garment repair;
(b) Any dressmaking, millinery, tailor shop or shoe repair shop;
(c) Any beauty shop or barber shop;
(d) Any photographic studio; and
(e) Any eating or drinking establishment.
(3) Administrative, business or professional offices:
(a) Any bank, savings and loan institution or credit union;
(b) Any insurance or real estate agent or broker;
(c) Any professional office, including any physician, dentist, chiropractor, engineer, architect, lawyer, financial planner, accountant or other recognized profession; and
(d) Any veterinary clinic where there are no outside runs or kennels.
(4) Entertainment and recreation establishments: any theater, dance hall, bowling alley, pool or billiard hall, or roller or ice rink, those businesses not regulated under I-2.
(5) Motor vehicle and implement sales and service:
(a) Any automobile sales or services, car wash, trailer sales or service, auto repair garage or automobile rental;
(b) Any motor vehicle fuel station;
(c) Any agricultural equipment sales or service;
(d) Any truck sales or service, truck wash or truck repair garage;
(e) Any boat sales or repair; and
(f) Any mobile home or travel trailer sales or repair.
(6) Repair services:
(a) Any electrical repair shops;
(b) Any watch, clock or jewelry repair;
(c) Any reupholstery and furniture repair;
(d) Any miscellaneous repair shop; and
(e) Any repair service carried on in conjunction with any permitted use.
(7) Business services: any duplicating, printing, addressing, blueprinting, photocopying, mailing or stenographic service;
(8) Building materials and contractors: any building materials sales or contractor’s office provided the uses shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building;
(9) Drive-in establishments:
(a) Any drive-in establishment including banks and restaurants;
(b) Any motel; and
(c) Any shopping center.
(10) Miscellaneous uses:
(a) Any utility facility necessary for local service;
(b) Any church;
(c) Any residence when included as an integral part of the principal building to be occupied by the owner or his or her employee;
(d) Any distributors, warehouses and wholesale outlets provided the uses shall be conducted wholly within a building. No processing or fabrication shall be permitted in conjunction with those uses; and
(e) Any municipal administration building, police or fire station, community center building, public library, museum, art gallery, post office or other municipal service building; except those customarily considered industrial in use.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses may be allowed in the B-1 Limited Business District subject to obtaining a conditional use permit in accordance with the provisions of § 156.64:
(1) Any water supply building, reservoir, well, elevated tank or similar essential public utility or service structure;
(2) Any railroad rights-of-way, but not including any railroad yard or shop; and
(3) Any radio or television transmitting or receiving apparatus.
(D) Permitted accessory uses. The following shall be permitted accessory uses in the B-1 Limited Business District: any accessory use customarily incident to the uses permitted in divisions (B) and (C) above.
(E) Height, yard, area and lot width and depth regulations. Every lot in the B-1 Limited Business District on which any permitted or conditionally permitted use is erected shall meet the following minimum standards.
(1) Height regulations. No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed 30 feet in height.
(2) Front yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 25 feet on a lot or plot that abuts a minor street or a marginal access service street.
(b) There shall be a front yard having a depth of 35 feet on a lot or plot that abuts a thoroughfare as shown on the adopted City Thoroughfares Plan.
(c) There shall be a front yard on each street side of a corner lot. No accessory buildings shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.
(3) Side yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a side yard, on each side of a building, having a width of not less than ten feet.
(b) No building shall be located within 20 feet of any side lot line abutting a lot in any of the classes residence districts.
(4) Rear yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet.
(b) No building shall be located within 25 feet of any rear lot line abutting a lot in any of the classes residence districts.
(5) Lot area, width and depth regulations. No minimum lot area width or depth shall be required, however, the lot size shall be adequate to meet the setback, yard and other requirements of this chapter.
(6) Lot coverage regulations. Not more than 50% of the lot area shall be occupied by buildings.
(Ord. 266, passed 5- -2008)