The C-1 Commercial Districts are hereby established as districts
in which regulations are intended to provide for the special requirements
of retail, convenience-type commercial establishments which serve
primarily the day-to-day needs of the immediately surrounding neighborhood,
and encourage attractive, compact retail commercial development in
locations that are close to the individuals served.
Applications for permits pursuant to this article shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements of Article XX.
A detached or semidetached building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any one or a combination of the following purposes. Such uses shall be in conformity with the performance standards set forth in Article XX.
A.
Retail store designed primarily to provide daily service to residents
of the immediately surrounding area and with a gross floor area not
in excess of 10,000 square feet.
B.
Restaurant or similar establishment.
C.
Personal service shop, such as barbershop, beautician, or clothes
cleaning and pressing pickup point, but not including laundry, dry-cleaning
or clothes-pressing establishment.
D.
Retail service shop, such as a bakery, ice cream, or similar shop,
custom tailoring or millinery shop, clock, watch, or jewelry shop,
or household appliance repair shop, provided that:
(1)
Any processing activity shall be not less than 15 feet from the front
of the building and shall be screened by a wall or partition from
the front portion of the building used by customers;
(2)
Any article made shall be sold at retail from the premises; and
(3)
The area devoted to processing shall constitute not more than 30%
of the gross floor area.
E.
Office or studio.
F.
Bank or similar financial institution.
G.
An automatic self-service laundry, when authorized as special exception,
providing public sewers are provided.
H.
Accessory use on the same lot and customarily incidental to the above
permitted uses.
I.
Motor vehicle service stations and fuel-dispensing stations limited
to minor repairs and excluding auto body repair by special exception.
A.
Lot area and width. A lot served by both an approved public sanitary
sewage system and an approved public water supply shall have an area
of not less than 30,000 square feet, a lot width of not less than
80 feet, a frontage of not less than 80 feet at the building line
and one principal building.
B.
Building area. Not more than 20% of the area of a lot 40,000 square
feet or larger may be occupied by buildings and not more than 30%
of the area of a lot of 30,000 to 40,000 square feet may be occupied
by buildings.
C.
Front yards. Any building or use served with public water and public
sewer facilities shall have a front yard on each street or road on
which the lot abuts, the depth of which shall be at least 50 feet
measured from the street line.
D.
Side yards. Any building or use served with public water and public
sewer facilities shall have two side yards not less than 40 feet in
aggregate width and neither less than 15 feet in width.
E.
Rear yards. Any building or use served with public water and public
sewer facilities shall have a rear yard, the depth of which shall
be at least 30 feet.
F.
Height. No building shall exceed two stories or 35 feet in height.
In order to encourage sound and attractive development, the
following special requirements shall apply:
A.
Every use other than a parking lot shall be completely enclosed within
a building.
B.
No restaurant or similar use shall be conducted as a drive-in service
establishment, providing food directly to customers in automobiles.
C.
Along each side or rear property line which directly abuts a residential
district, a fifty-foot wide buffer yard shall be provided.
E.
No permanent storage of merchandise, articles or equipment shall
be permitted outside a building and no goods, articles, or equipment
shall be stored, displayed, or offered for sale beyond the front lines
of the building.
F.
No outdoor vending machine, self-service fuel station, or similar
use shall be allowed in any required yard setback.
