(A) Residential specialty shops may be allowed as conditional uses in the R-2 district.
(B) Residential specialty shops shall be restricted to the following uses:
(1) Antiques and collectibles shops, including rare coin and rare book dealers;
(2) Art, craft and hobby shops, including instruction;
(3) Gifts, novelty and souvenir shops;
(4) Interior decorating studios;
(5) Jewelry shops;
(6) Tailoring and custom clothing shops; and
(7) Tea rooms, if combined with another permitted use listed above and not occupying more than 200 square feet. A “tea room” shall, for purposes of this section; be defined as the serving of limited food and beverage items that do not involve the preparation by cooking or processing on the premises. In determining whether to allow a tea room, the Planning Commission and City Council shall review the proposed sale of food items to insure that the sale is incidental to the primary use of the premises and that such sale of food items will not itself tend to generate retail traffic, as opposed to being complementary to the retail use.
(C) Performance standards for residential specialty shops shall be as follows:
(1) The minimum lot area of each lot where a residential specialty shop is established shall be 10,000 square feet.
(2) All trash and refuse must be contained and all refuse receptacles shall be enclosed in opaque fencing at least six feet in height. Screening, in the form of shrubbery, trees or a fence, to a height of at least five feet, shall be installed along all property lines abutting a residential use.
(3) The entire front yard space shall be landscaped with grass or other natural materials, with the exception of areas needed for access drives. At least 50% of the rear yard space shall be landscaped with grass or other natural materials.
(4) A parking plan shall be submitted which shall be approved only upon the terms and conditions as result in preservation of a residential character of the property related to lot coverage and screening.
(5) Not more than 25% of the properties on any block shall be occupied by the permitted nonresidential uses listed in § 154.130(B).
(6) Signs for each permitted specialty retail or service business shall be limited to one sign per permitted business, having a maximum sign area of six square feet and a height not exceeding six feet.
(7) Each specialty retail or service property must front on U.S. Highway 14 or on State Highway 13 (Elm Avenue or State Street) and must abut an established commercially zoned area.
(8) Each property shall maintain an exterior residential appearance and character. The term “residential” shall, for purposes of this section, mean a building that has an exterior facade that is compatible with the surrounding single-family or duplex houses. That is, “residential” shall mean an appearance that would be found in a structure designed for and occupied by a family as a detached single- or double-family residence.
(9) Business hours shall be limited to 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
(`86 Code, § 9.76) (Am. Ord. 648, passed 12-7-93; Am. Ord. 1040, passed 1-5-16)