[R.O. 1998 § 400.280; CC 1988 App. A
§7; Ord. No. 1424 §1, 9-5-1989]
The regulations set forth in this
Article, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter when referred to in
this Article, are the regulations in the "C-1" Local Commercial District.
[R.O. 1998 § 400.290; CC 1988 App. A
§7.1; Ord. No. 1424 §1, 9-5-1989; Ord. No. 1509 §1, 11-5-1990; Ord.
No. 2262 §2, 11-4-2002]
A.
Retail sales, including but not limited
to a book store, card and gift shop, clothing, drug store, food store,
hardware store, health foods, hobby shop, jewelry store, newsstand,
radio and TV store and sporting goods, excluding retail sales of any
used goods, wares or merchandise.
B.
Personal services, including but not limited
to a barbershop, beauty parlor, cleaning and laundry pickup establishments,
photographers, shoe repair, tailoring and dressmaking, but excluding
pawn shops and establishments whose primary business is check cashing
and related services.
C.
Offices, including but not limited to business,
dental, general and medical.
D.
Dwelling or residence unit above the ground
floor level of any building.
E.
Single-family dwelling.
F.
Public building or facility of any kind.
G.
Uses having the same or similar characteristics
as the foregoing uses.
[R.O. 1998 § 400.300; CC 1988 App. A
§7.2; Ord. No. 1424 §1, 9-5-1989]
Accessory building and uses customarily
incident to the above uses.
[R.O. 1998 § 400.310; CC 1988 App. A
§7.3; Ord. No. 1424 §1, 9-5-1989; Ord. No. 1532 §1, 3-4-1991; Ord.
No. 1586 §1, 12-2-1991; Ord. No. 1634 §1, 8-3-1992; Ord.
No. 2001 §1, 2-2-1998; Ord. No. 2012 §1, 4-6-1998; Ord.
No. 2053 §1, 1-4-1999]
A.
The following uses may be permitted under the procedures and subject to the requirements specified in Article XVI of this Chapter, Special Use Regulations.
1.
Automobile repair.
2.
Bar.
3.
Gas station.
4.
Delicatessen.
5.
Bakery.
6.
Cleaning plants, laundromats and
laundries.
7.
Instruction in martial arts and aerobics.
8.
Instruction in dance and music.
9.
Automobile rental facilities, including
offices for administrative purposes and customer services for such
facility, provided that:
a.
The site is located within three
thousand (3,000) feet of an interstate highway;
b.
The site shall have a minimum frontage
of eighty (80) feet and contain at least ten thousand (10,000) square
feet of lot area;
c.
Business hours shall be not earlier
than 6:00 A.M. nor later than 11:00 P.M.;
d.
There shall be no auto repair or
servicing on the site, other than periodic oil changes, tire maintenance
and car washes for the automobiles provided for rental, which such
services shall be provided within an enclosed structure on site;
e.
There shall be no sales of new or
used vehicles;
f.
There shall be no exterior public
address system;
g.
All other regulations of the "C-1"
Zoning District shall be applicable.
[R.O. 1998 § 400.320; CC 1988 App. A
§7.4; Ord. No. 1424 §1, 9-5-1989]
A.
Location Of Parking Spaces And Vehicle
Types That May Be Parked.
1.
Parking spaces shall be ten (10)
feet by twenty (20) feet and they may be located and vehicles may
be parked in the front, side or rear yards.
2.
Parking requirements for uses not
specifically listed shall be the same as required for a similar use.
When fractional spaces result, the spaces required are the next whole
number. In the case of mixed uses, the spaces required are the sum
of the uses computed separately. Whenever an existing building is
changed as to use or is enlarged in floor area, the spaces provided
shall comply with these full parking requirements set forth herein.
Whenever an existing building is enlarged, all existing and additional
parking spaces and drives shall be paved with hard surface material.
3.
No trucks, truck trailers, or vehicles
of any type shall be on skids, jacks, or any other device that will
make them immobile or inoperable, except for emergency repairs for
a period of forty-eight (48) hours.
B.
Number Of Required Spaces:
1.
Business, Professional Or Public
Office Building, Studio Or Bank. Three (3) parking spaces, plus one
(1) additional parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet
of floor area over one thousand (1,000).
2.
Community Center, Library, Museum
Or Art Gallery. Ten (10) parking spaces plus one (1) additional space
for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area in excess of
two thousand (2,000) square feet.
3.
Dwellings, Single- Or Two-Family.
One (1) parking space for each dwelling unit.
4.
Medical Or Dental Offices. One (1)
parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.
5.
Retail Store, Personal Service Establishment
Or Household Service Establishment. Two (2) parking spaces plus one
(1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of
floor area.
6.
Handicapped Parking. With a minimum
of one (1) space for the first twenty-five (25) spaces in the parking
lot; with one (1) additional space for every fifty (50) spaces in
the lot over twenty-five (25) spaces; with dimension of twelve (12)
feet by twenty (20) feet; located in the spaces nearest the front
entrance; with level (sidewalk or ramp) access to the front entrance
of the building.
[R.O. 1998 § 400.330; CC 1988 App. A
§7.5; Ord. No. 1424 §1, 9-5-1989]
A.
Minimum Depth Of Front Yard. Thirty (30)
feet.
B.
Minimum Width Of Side Yard. No side yards
are required except on the side of a lot abutting a residence district,
in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than five (5)
feet.
C.
Minimum Depth Of Rear Yard. Thirty (30)
feet.
D.
Where a lot is located at the intersection
of two (2) or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street
side of a corner lot, except that the buildable width of such lot
shall be reduced to less than thirty (30) feet. No accessory building
shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.
E.
Where lots have a double frontage, the
required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
F.
Minimum Lot Area For Single-Family Residents.
Six thousand five hundred (6,500) square feet. Minimum lot area for
all other uses: ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
G.
Minimum Lot Width For Residences. Sixty
(60) feet at the building line. Minimum lot width for all other uses:
eighty (80) feet at the building line.
[R.O. 1998 § 400.340; CC 1988 App. A
§7.6; Ord. No. 1424 §1, 9-5-1989]
No building hereafter erected or
structurally altered shall exceed forty-five (45) feet. One-family
dwellings shall not exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet.
[R.O. 1998 § 400.350; CC 1988 App. A
§7.7; Ord. No. 1424 §1, 9-5-1989]
A.
Whenever an existing non-residential building
is enlarged by more than twenty-five percent (25%) of its floor area
or a new non-residential building is erected, the following site design
requirements shall be provided:
1.
Access And Circulation. All developed
parcels shall provide an interior drive with a minimum width of twenty
(20) feet. Parking lots shall provide ingress and egress at both ends
of each parking bay or parking lot, with a provision for circulation
of vehicles around the main building on the premises. Driveway openings
shall be limited to one (1) drive per one hundred (100) feet of lot
frontage and shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in width.
2.
Sidewalks And Drives.
a.
Sidewalks shall be provided along
the front property line on the property or on the street right-of-way
between the property line and the edge of the street paving or curb;
the location and design to be approved by appropriate Highway Department
and/or Director of Public Services or his/her designee.
b.
All roads and drives shall be paved
with concrete or asphalt. Curb and gutters shall be provided along
all roads and drives that do not abut parking spaces. All parking
areas shall be edged with curb and gutter.
3.
Lighting. All parking areas and walkways
shall be illuminated so as to produce a minimum illumination of one
(1) footcandle within said areas. All exterior lighting shall be erected
so as to not create more than five (5) footcandles of light or direct,
objectionable light onto adjacent residential property. All lighting
shall be served with underground cable. All exterior lighting shall
be provided with high-pressure sodium vapor equipment.
4.
Landscaping.
a.
Any part of lot area not used for
buildings or other structures, or for parking, loading, or accessways
shall be landscaped with grass, ground covers, trees, shrubs and pedestrian
walks.
b.
When the rear or side yard of a business
use lot abuts any residential zone, a ten-foot landscaped buffer area
shall be established and maintained along each such rear or side property
lines. The buffer area shall contain a six-foot-high fence with fifty
percent (50%) air flow but no line of sight, from four (4) to nine
(9) feet from the property line and evergreen plant material, as specified
by the Director of Public Services, with a minimum height of six (6)
feet, planted on twelve-foot centers.
c.
Where practical, foundation plantings
shall be planted and maintained in a two-foot-wide bed along the front
and side exterior walls of all buildings at the ratio of one (1) twenty-four-inch
evergreen shrub for every ten (10) lineal feet of exterior wall.
d.
A ratio of one (1), two-inch caliper
tree shall be planted in a two hundred (200) square foot landscaped
island provided for every ten (10) consecutive parking spaces. The
required landscaped islands shall be placed to evenly divide or proportion
the parking spaces. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total plantings
shall be of the large shade tree category, as specified by the Director
of Public Services.
5.
Drainage. Surface or underground
storm drainage facilities shall be provided for all roads and drives
and parking areas. All storm drainage shall be directed into established
surface or underground storm drainage facilities.
6.
The Board of Aldermen, after report
and recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission, may vary
the foregoing requirements where the character of the use or site
is such to make unnecessary the full provisions of these requirements
or create an unnecessary burden on the use of the site.
7.
Rooftop HVAC units shall have an
enclosure surrounding them which will effectively screen the units
from public view.
8.
All trash receptacles and dumpsters
shall have an enclosure surrounding them which will effectively screen
the units from public view.
9.
There shall be no more than two (2)
vending machines outside of a building on any premises.
