Low Impact Commercial activities would include and be similar to those listed below. A list of activities is intended to be illustrative of the types uses, which will be considered by the Village Board to be Low Impact Commercial uses, but is not intended to be an exhaustive list of such activities. Said Low Impact Commercial zoning designation may be applied to any parcel which abuts one or more parcels which are zoned residential.
(A) Permitted uses. The following are permitted uses:
(1) Professional offices;
(2) Personal service providers;
(3) Financial institutions;
(4) Lodging establishments;
(5) Low volume and specialty retail sales;
(6) Limited food service (see minimum standards); and
(7) Other lawful uses similar or customarily incident to any of the foregoing.
(B) Prohibited uses. The following are prohibited uses:
(1) Major retail sales establishments over 1,200 square feet display area: department, hardware, appliance, furniture and grocery stores, pharmacies, fruit, vegetable, meat, and fish market;
(2) Convenience stores;
(3) Video sales and rental;
(4) Video arcades, theaters, and dance halls;
(5) Sales, repair, painting, or storage of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, boats, and farm implements;
(6) Sales of gasoline or alcohol;
(7) Fast food or full service restaurants, or drive-ins;
(8) Outdoor sales;
(9) Outdoor entertainment: music and dancing (except for occasional celebrations: three maximum per year);
(10) Outdoor recreation: miniature golf, and go-carts;
(11) Warehouse and storage space rental;
(12) Clubs, fraternal organizations, and lodges, whether operated for profit or not; and
(13) Any other use which is deemed objectionable to the quiet enjoyment of owners of adjacent residential property.
(C) Minimum standards. Minimum standards are those listed for residential, with the following additional minimum standards:
(1) New buildings are to be aesthetically similar to those in the area;
(2) Space for off-street parking for five cars per building;
(3) Residential use in part or all of the property in the low impact zone is allowed;
(4) Business signs in the low impact commercial zone allowed: signs are permitted in the low impact commercial zone subject to the recommendations of the Planning Commission and approval of the Village Board.
(a) Signs that are flat on the building with a maximum of 32 square feet per sign per business.
(b) Signs protruding from the building with a maximum of six square feet in size with a maximum of 3.6 feet of distance from the building.
(c) Freestanding signs are permitted when building is setback 20 feet from the lot line. They are not to exceed six feet in height or total of 24 square feet.
(5) Signs are permitted in the Low Impact Commercial Zone as proscribed in § 151.060;
(6) Retail business: no more than 1,200 square feet for display area in each building. No exterior display;
(7) Food service in low impact commercial shall be ancillary to another business, serving such things as cold sandwiches, soup, pastries, and ice cream. No grills, griddles, or grease fryers. A maximum of 600 square feet allowed indoors, including kitchen and a maximum of 300 square feet of outdoor seating. No alcohol allowed;
(8) Lighting for businesses in low impact commercial: no flashing signs and all lighting be indirect and non-intrusive with sign lighting being turned off between 10:00 p.m and 6:00 a.m.;
(9) There will be no building in low impact commercial over 4,000 square feet; and
(10) Any one building in approved Low Impact Commercial will be limited to four operators, partners, or employees.
(D) Application. Application of the Low Impact Commercial Zone and changes from other zoning designations to Low Impact Commercial shall be accomplished using the same procedures as presently set forth in the state statutes concerning such requests.
(Ord. 151.37(a), passed 11-10-2003; Ord. 151.37(a), passed 11-8-2004) Penalty, see § 151.999