(a) Purpose. The intent of the Commercial District is to provide within the City of St. Clairsville an area for commercial and business establishments.
(b) Permitted Principal Uses.
Restaurants and cafes | Theatres | Copy shops | Offices of veterinarians |
Barber and beauty shop | Bake goods shop | Candy and ice cream store | Electronics retail and repair |
Drug store | Dry cleaning establishments | Laundromats | Shoe repair |
Hardware | Health studios | Photo studios | Watch, clock, and jewelry sales and service |
Antique shops | Parks | Variety stores | Sporting goods |
Indoor recreation facilities | Farm Markets | Equipment rental and lease | Retail sales establishment, day care center, furniture stores |
Fast-food and drive- thru eating establishments | Churches and other places of worship | Educational Institutions | Office facilities providing personal service |
Office facilities providing professional services | New and used car lots | Public or semi- public institutions, and parks | Bowling alleys, pool rooms, skating rinks |
Video Rental Stores | Florists | Supermarket | Fast-food eating establishments |
Hotels and motels | Offices of credit agencies, banks, loan offices, or similar offices | Convenience food market | Automobile Convenience Mart |
Automobile Repair Services and Garages (Does not include truck repair) | Retail Plant Nursery | Child Care Nursery | Residential uses |
(Ord. 2021-38. Passed 1-3-22.)
(c) Permitted Accessory Uses.
(1) Accessory uses, buildings or other structures customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses.
(d) Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed in the C-1 District subject to meeting the requirements of that use and subject to approval in accordance with Chapter 1135
:
(1) Kennels and Veterinary Hospitals. All buildings must be on solid permanent foundations. Outdoor pens are prohibited. Outdoor exercise runs must be enclosed by a solid wall or fence unless it adjoins an industrial district. The incineration of refuse or offal is be prohibited. Sanitation practices shall be adequate to assure that odors shall not be noticeable off the lot. In no case shall odors or noise create a nuisance for adjacent land uses.
(2) Automobile Service Stations. Gasoline service stations provided no portion of a structure or its appurtenances, including ancillary, associated or auxiliary equipment shall be located in front of the established building line. Storage of vehicles on premise for more than a 24 hour period is prohibited unless such vehicles are in an enclosed area. No bodywork is permitted on-site.
(3) Drive-up window service. Drive-up window service or outdoor service facility developed in association with and subordinate to a permitted use. Drive-up window service shall be limited to the rear of the building. Landscaping and buffering shall be required.
(4) Automobile Wash/Automatic Car Wash. Car washes provided that the car wash is oriented on-site to prevent icing of public street. Does not include a truck wash.
(5) Mortuaries/Funeral Homes.
(6) Automobile Sales. (Does not include truck sales).
(e) Dimensional Requirements. In addition to any other provisions of this Ordinance, all lands and uses within the C-1 District shall be developed in strict compliance with the standards hereinafter established:
(1) No area, frontage or yard regulations shall apply except for a lot which abuts a Residential District. In this case, the front yard of the business shall be equal to the front yard requirement of the abutting Residential District. Each side yard shall be equal to the height of the building plus five (5) feet and the rear yard requirements shall also be equal to the rear yard requirement of the abutting Residential District.
(2) Building height limits: no building in this district shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height measured from the finished grade established not closer than fifteen (l5) feet to any exterior wall of the structure. No aerial antenna or tower shall be constructed to a height greater than the distance from the center of the base thereof to the nearest property line less (10) feet of said tract.
(3) Lot coverage: on no lot or parcel in this zoning district shall buildings be constructed which cover more than fifty (50) percent of the lot area.
(Ord. 2007-06. Passed 3-19-07.)