(A) Purpose. A B-1 District is established to accommodate those types of businesses that require an accessibility to highways to successfully function. To minimize unmanageable strip development, B-1 should only allow the type of businesses that absolutely require highway accessibility.
(B) Conditional and interim uses.
(1) Conditional uses.
(a) Essential services - utility lines and other necessary appurtenant structures; and
(b) Subdivisions, minimum size of one acre; and
(c) Churches.
(2) Interim uses.
(a) Drive-in movie theater;
(b) Drive-in restaurant;
(c) Recreation equipment sales;
(d) Motels;
(e) Auto service stations;
(f) Seasonal produce stand;
(g) Auto sales lot;
(h) Cafés and restaurants;
(i) Parking lots;
(j) Any other incidental repair, processing and storage necessary to conduct a permitted principal use; provided that, said accessory use does not exceed 30% of the floor space of the principal building;
(k) Other highway-oriented business activities of the same general character as listed;
(l) Commercial recreation;
(m) Commercial day care centers;
(n) Convenience-type retail outlets with high customer turnover rate;
(o) Solar energy farms;
(p) Solar energy systems as regulated under § 155.108; and
(q) Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Ports.
(C) Performance standards. B-1 Districts shall be located only adjacent to thoroughfares. Service roads shall be encouraged in the B-1 Districts. The service roads shall have access to thoroughfares only. No service roads shall have access to local residential streets, nor shall highway business oriented traffic be routed on or directed to local residential streets.
(1) Service road standards.
(a) Each service road shall have a minimum of 30 feet of right-of-way exclusive of adjoining thoroughfare right-of-way.
(b) Each service road shall be at least 24 feet wide and must be surfaces and have curbs.
(c) Two-way traffic shall be allowed on service roads.
(d) No parking shall be allowed on service roads.
(e) Access from service roads shall be no more frequent than one access for each 500 feet of thoroughfare frontage.
(2) Height regulations. No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet in height.
(3) Front yard regulations.
(a) Setbacks:
Required Setback Distance From Road Centerline | Road Class |
160 | State/Federal Highway |
160 | County Road and State Aid Highway |
95 | Local Road |
(b) Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more roads or highways which bound two or more sides of the lot, no building shall project beyond the front yard line of either road.
(4) Side yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a side yard having a width of not less than 20 feet on each side of a building.
(b) No building shall be located within 50 feet of any side lot line abutting a lot in any Residential or Agricultural District.
(5) Rear yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a minimum rear yard of 35 feet.
(b) No building shall be located within 50 feet of any side lot line abutting a lot in any Residence or Agricultural District.
(6) Lot width and depth regulations. There shall be a minimum lot width and depth of 150 feet.
(7) Water and sewer system. The developer shall be required to indicate the proposed water and sewage disposal system to serve the development.
(8) Screening and fencing. The county may require the screening and fencing of commercial uses especially on side and rear yards facing Residential and Agricultural Districts.
(9) Coverage. No more than 50% of the lot ground area shall be covered by buildings.
(D) Multiple use buildings. In general, only one principal use may be permitted per lot. Where buildings are proposed which will contain more than one use, each use or change of use shall require a separate conditional use permit.
(Ord. passed 7-28-2015; Ord. 16-8, passed 12-27-2016; Ord. 22-4, passed 11-29-2022; Ord. 23-1, passed 5-2-2023)