(A) Purpose. The purpose of this district is to provide for encouragement, and protect the orderly development and growth of activities that are normally associated with small town shopping and service facilities and to the motoring public and highway department.
(B) Permitted uses - retail establishments.
(1) Antique store;
(2) Apparel store;
(3) Appliance store;
(4) Auto and truck sales and service;
(5) Auto parts sales (retail);
(6) Bait and tackle store;
(7) Bakery goods sales store;
(8) Book store;
(9) Convenience store;
(10) Delicatessen;
(11) Drug store;
(12) Dry goods store;
(13) Farm and garden supplies;
(14) Farm implement sales and service;
(15) Farmers’ market;
(16) Florist;
(17) Gift shop;
(18) Greenhouse or plant nursery;
(19) Hardware store;
(20) Hearing aid sales and service;
(21) Hobby shop;
(22) Home furnishings store - retail;
(23) Jewelry store;
(24) Music store;
(25) Newsstand;
(26) Office equipment sales and service store;
(27) Optical goods store;
(28) Pet shop;
(29) Seed and feed store;
(30) Shoe sales and repair store;
(31) Specialty goods store;
(32) Sporting goods store;
(33) Stationery store and printing shop;
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(34) Swimming pool sales and service;
(35) Toy store; and
(36) Variety store.
(C) Permitted uses - consumer services.
(1) Accountant, bookkeeping service;
(2) Advertising agency office;
(3) Ambulance service;
(4) Animal hospital, veterinary clinic or animal boarding place;
(5) Appliance repair shop;
(6) Art studio;
(7) Attorney or legal offices;
(8) Audiology services;
(9) Auto upholstery shop;
(10) Bank savings and loan institution;
(11) Barber shop;
(12) Beauty shop;
(13) Chamber of Commerce;
(14) Dance studio;
(15) Dry cleaning and laundering pick-up station;
(16) Finance and/or investment services office;
(17) Fire station;
(18) Freezer locker service or ice storage;
(19) Funeral home;
(20) Loan office;
(21) Motel;
(22) Newspaper office;
(23) Office building and offices as an accessory use;
(24) Opthamology and optician services;
(25) Photo studio;
(26) Physician or dentist office;
(27) Post office;
(28) Restaurant;
(29) Tailor or dressmaker;
(30) Taxi stand;
(31) Telephone and telegraph office;
(32) Theater;
(33) Ticket agency;
(34) Tire service;
(35) Town Hall and administration offices; and
(36) Travel bureau.
(D) Permitted uses - other uses.
(1) Public utility building or use; and
(2) Single-family homes.
(E) Special uses.
(1) Principal use sign;
(2) Temporary sign;
(3) Outdoor advertising sign; and
(4) Service station.
(F) Non-permitted uses. Big box or big box-type stores, and drive through restaurants are not permitted.
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(G) Commercial building design. Commercial buildings, if made of metal, must have exterior cladding and design on the front and sides of the building that are visible from thoroughfares that is consistent with the character of the town.
(H) Dimensional requirements. Principal buildings and uses in this zoning district shall comply with the dimensional requirements of this district:
(1) The minimum lot size is 20,000 square feet;
(2) The minimum lot width is 90 feet;
(3) The minimum front building setback requirement is 35 feet;
(4) The minimum side yard setback is 20 feet;
(5) The minimum rear yard setback is 50 feet; and
(6) Building height shall not exceed 32 feet above grade to the peak excluding chimney.
(Ord. passed 2-10-2009, § 7.6; Ord. passed 8-12-2014; Ord. passed 7-6-2022, § 2.18; Ord. passed 2024)