(a) Purpose. The Convenience Shopping District is designed for the convenience shopping of persons residing in adjacent residential areas, and to permit only such uses as are necessary to satisfy those basic shopping needs which occur daily or frequently and so require shopping facilities in relative proximity to places of residence.
Business establishments are restricted to a maximum floor area of 10,000 square feet each so as to limit the volume of vehicular and pedestrian traffic in and around convenience shopping centers to a level consistent with their function and location.
(b) Permitted Uses.
1. a. Uses permitted in the B1 District are subject to the following conditions:
(1) Dwelling units and rooming units are not permitted below the second floor, and business uses are not permitted on any floor above the ground floor, except in those buildings or structures where dwelling units are not established.
(2) All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.
(3) All business, servicing, or processing, except for off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.
(4) Excluding automobile service stations, establishments of the "drive-in" type offering goods or services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles are not permitted.
(5) The parking of trucks as an accessory use, when used in the conduct of a permitted business use listed hereafter in this section shall be limited to vehicles of not over one and one-half (1-1/2) tons capacity when located within 75 feet of a Residence District boundary line.
b. The following uses are permitted in the B1 District:
(1) Dwelling units and rooming units, above the ground floor.
(2) Art and school supply stores,
(3) Barber shops,
(4) Beauty parlors,
(5) Candy and ice cream stores,
(6) Clothes pressing establishments,
(7) Drug stores,
(8) Dry cleaning and laundry receiving stations, processing to be done elsewhere,
(9) Food stores, grocery stores, meat markets, and delicatessens,
(10) Hardware stores,
(11) Laboratory, dental. or medical,
(12) Launderettes, automatic, self-service only or hand laundries--employing not more than two (2) persons in addition to one (1) owner or manager,
(13) Medical and dental clinics,
(14) Newspaper distribution agencies for home delivery and retail trade,
(15) Office: Any office in which chattels or goods, wares or merchandise are not commercially created, duplicated, exchanged, or sold,
(16) Restaurants, not including entertainment or dancing on the premises,
(17) Shoe, clothing, and hat repair stores,
(18) Telephone booths and coin telephones,
(19) Wearing apparel shops,
(20) Variety stores,
(21) Accessory uses, incidental to, and on the same zoning lot as a principal use,
(22) Package goods,
(23) Liquor store,
(24) Post office.
(c) Lot Requirements In the B1 District there shall be provided not less than 5,000 square feet of lot area for each business establishment, and for each dwelling unit on a lot there shall be provided additional lot area as specified below.
(d) Yard Requirements.
1. a. Residential Yards. For residential uses locations above the ground floor in the B1 District, there shall be provided a rear yard equivalent to those prescribed in the R3 District. Such yard shall begin at a level no higher than the level of the finished floor of the lowest residential unit.
b. Front Yard. Uses allowed in the B1 District shall provide a front yard not less than 15 feet in depth.
c. Transitional Yards. In the B1 District, the minimum transitional yard requirements shall not be less than those specified below:
(1) Where the property utilizes fences or walls a minimum thirty-foot buffer shall be used. Said fences or walls shall be six feet in height and constructed of wood, iron, decorative aluminum, stone, brick or decorative block or concrete. Where new fencing would create a continuous surface greater than ten feet in length, such new fencing shall be required to have tree and/or shrub plantings with a minimum of three feet.
(2) Where the property utilizes screen plantings a minimum twenty foot buffer shall be used. Said screen plantings shall have a minimum height when planted of six feet and should be of such size, species and spacing as can reasonably be maintained within the property line.
(3) Should a safety or fire zone or lane be deemed necessary by the Village safety forces, the Code Enforcement Officer, Police, Fire Department, Street Department, Planning Commission, or Village Administrator such area shall be in addition to any landscaped or buffer area described herein.
(Ord. 2001-12. Passed 6-5-01; Ord. 2023-09. Passed 4-20-23.)
(e) Floor Area Ratio. In the B1 District, floor area ratio limitations shall not exceed 1.5
(f) Signs. In the B1 District, non-flashing business signs are permitted, subject to the following conditions:
1. a. Area. The gross area in square feet of all signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed two (2) times the lineal feet of frontage of such zoning lot; however, the gross surface area of all illuminated signs shall not exceed the lineal feet of frontage of such zoning lot. Where more than four (4) signs are located on any zoning lot, the fifth such sign and each succeeding sign, respectively, shall reduce the total allowable sign area by 20 percent.
b. All signs must meet the requirements previously stated in Section 1147.01.
(g) Off-Street Parking Requirements. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided in accordance with Section 1145.01
et seq.
(h) Off-Street Loading Requirements. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with Section 1145.03
et seq.