(A) The regulations of this district are intended to provide the town with compact and efficient retail shopping, consumer services, financial and governmental center.
(B) The following uses shall only be permitted:
(1) Principal uses.
(a) All uses permitted in the O-I Office and Institutional District;
(b) Appliance repair (no front yard storage);
(c) Automobile accessories sales;
(d) Coffee/bakery shop;
(e) Banks and other financial establishments;
(f) Churches and other places of worship;
(g) Clubs and lodges;
(h) Convenience store (without gas);
(i) Drug stores and pharmacies;
(j) Dry cleaning;
(k) Florist;
(l) Funeral homes and mortuaries;
(m) Laundromat;
(n) Publishing establishments;
(o) Radio, TV and computer repair;
(p) Restaurants (without drive-through);
(q) Retail sales (less than 3,000 square feet gross floor area);
(r) Retail sales and shopping centers (3,000 to 10,000 square feet gross floor area);
(s) Theaters housed in a permanent indoor structure; and
(t) Customary accessory uses and structures when located on the same block as the principal structure, excluding, however, open storage, provided:
1. Such facilities are essential to the service of the immediate area; and
2. No vehicles or materials shall be stores on the premises and no offices shall be permitted, except in the case of fire stations, water treatment plants, sewage lagoons and plants.
(2) Special uses. The following uses shall be permitted subject to a Board of Adjustment review and approval:
(a) All uses special uses permitted in the O-1 Office and Institutional District;
(b) Bakery (production and distribution);
(c) Convenience store (with gas) or gas station;
(d) Group project commercial; and
(e) Restaurants (with drive-through).
(4) Dimensional requirements. Within any C-B Central Business District as shown on the zoning map, the following dimensional requirements shall be complied with:
(a) Residences shall comply with the dimensional requirements of an R-15 Residential District;
(b) Minimum square footage for a commercial structure: none required;
(c) Minimum front yard setback: 30 feet;
(d) Minimum required side yard: 15 feet. Corner lots must have an additional ten feet along the side street line. Where a commercial use abuts a residential district, commercial buildings shall maintain a ten-foot side and rear setback as well as an eight-foot high planted buffer strip. No such buffer strip, however, shall extend nearer to a street right-of-way line than the established building setback line of the adjoining lots;
(e) Minimum required rear yard: 25 feet. Where a lot abuts a residential district, an eight- foot high planted buffer strip is required except in the case of where a lot abuts a public street; and
(f) Height of buildings shall not exceed 80 feet.
(5) Minimum lot sizes and maximum lot coverage. Within the C-B Central Business District the minimum lot size shall be 10,000 square feet, and principal and accessory buildings can cover 40% of the lot area; however, if the development activity requires a Sedimentation/Erosion Control Plan, the maximum permissible impervious surface coverage, as defined in this chapter, shall not exceed 36% of the total lot area, or 24% of the total lot area if the lot abuts a curb and gutter street system, or if the lot is located in the WS-4 Critical Area.
(Ord. passed 4-5-2010; Ord. passed 5-3-2021)