(A) Intent. The Commercial Business District (B-1) is intended to provide for commercial uses which are appropriate for high density development, such as in the Central Business District. Uses in this district occasionally occupy buildings which share common walls and front directly on the sidewalks. Where off-street parking is provided it is behind the business or at a nearby parking lot. Residential uses are not permitted in the district, with the exception of dwellings in the upper floors of commercial establishments and as a special land use authorized by permit.
(Prior Code, § 1271.01)
(B) Permitted principal uses.
(1) Banks and financial institutions;
(2) Barber and beauty shop;
(3) Bed and breakfast establishments and bed and breakfast inn;
(4) Bowling alley;
(5) Business service establishment;
(6) Commercial printing;
(7) Conference center;
(8) Convenience retail;
(9) Cultural facility;
(10) Essential services;
(11) Flea market and farmer’s market;
(12) Fuel sales establishment;
(13) Funeral home;
(14) Greenhouse, greenhouse with nursery;
(15) Health care facility, out-patient or in-patient;
(16) Hotels, motels;
(17) Indoor recreational facility;
(18) Laundromat;
(19) Library;
(20) Lodge hall;
(21) Office building;
(22) Office parks;
(23) Personal service establishment;
(24) Public buildings;
(25) Religious institutions;
(26) Residence, upper floor commercial building;
(27) Restaurants with or without drive thru;
(28) Retail food establishment;
(29) Retail outlet store;
(30) Retail sales establishment;
(31) Sidewalk café;
(32) Tavern;
(33) Theater;
(34) Trade or technical schools;
(35) Veterinary clinic;
(36) Video arcade; and
(37) Wholesale sales establishment.
(Prior Code, 1271.02)
(1) Automobile sales or showrooms, new or used;
(2) Day care center;
(3) Dry cleaning establishment;
(4) Fairground;
(5) Food processing establishment;
(6) Motel, hotel, cabin and resort;
(7) Planned unit development;
(8) Recreational uses: campground; passive park;
(9) Recycling collection point;
(10) Residence, single-family;
(11) Residence, multiple-family;
(12) Retail warehouse outlet;
(13) Vehicle repair garage; and
(14) Wireless communication facilities, attached.
(Prior Code, § 1271.03)
(D) Permitted accessory uses. Any accessory use or structure that is normally associated with a permitted use.
(Prior Code, § 1271.04)
(E) General regulations.
(1) Site plan. No building permit, certificate of occupancy or zoning compliance permit shall be issued authorizing any development on a lot in the Business District (B-1) without first securing the approval of the Planning Commission of a site plan pursuant to §§ 156.125 through 156.130 and with all other requirements of this section.
(2) Obscuring wall, fence, or shrub. Whenever the parking plan for a development in the Commercial Business 1 District (B-1) is laid out so as to bring automobile headlights toward any residential land, an obscuring wall, fence, or shrub four feet, six inches in height shall be provided along that side of the parking area.
(3) Height of buildings. No building or structure shall exceed a height of 75 feet.
(4) Prohibited uses. Any process or activity resulting in the emission of odor, fumes, smoke, dust, excessive noise, or vibration, or of a character generally detrimental and disturbing to the district as a whole shall be prohibited, unless such processes or activities meet federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to health and safety, and do not affect other properties.
(5) Front facing doorways.
(6) Any new development must provide at least three non-motorized bicycle parking spots.
(7) Tree preservation standards.
(Prior Code, § 1271.05) (Ord. passed 7-19-2012; Ord. passed 9-8-2022)