[CC 1985 §42.300]
A.
Within
the "B-1" Central Business District, the following shall apply:
1.
Permitted uses.
a.
Any use permitted in the "R-3" Multiple-Family Dwelling District, subject to the restrictions that shall apply to the Downtown Overlay Sub-District as set forth in Section 405.165 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 772-C §1, 5-16-2016]
b.
Amusement establishments—bowling alleys, dance halls, and other
similar places of recreation when conducted wholly within a completely
enclosed building.
c.
Art, book, school supply and stationary stores.
d.
Auto accessory store—where there is no driveway entrance across
the sidewalk into the main building.
e.
Bakery shop, including the baking and processing of food products
when prepared for retail use on the premises only.
f.
Banks, financial institutions, savings and loan associations.
g.
Barber shops, beauty parlor, massage or similar personal service
shops.
h.
Bicycle repair, sales and rental.
i.
Blueprinting and photostating establishments.
j.
Bus passenger terminal.
k.
Camera and photographic supply shops for retail sales.
l.
Candy and ice cream stores.
m.
Clubs and fraternal organizations, catering establishments.
n.
Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring or shoe repair when conducted
for retail sales on the premises only.
o.
Department stores.
p.
Drug stores.
q.
Dry-cleaning and pressing establishments, when employing facilities
for the cleaning and pressing of dry goods received on the premises
from retail trade only and not including any wholesale cleaning or
pressing business, and when using carbon tetrachloride, perchlorethylene,
or other similar non-flammable solvents approved by the Fire Department.
r.
Dry goods store, haberdashery, and wearing apparel stores.
s.
Dyeing, dry cleaning and laundry works having a boiler with a steam
generating capacity no greater than one thousand five hundred (1,500)
pounds of steam per hour, having no more than five (5) employees employed
at any one (1) time on the premises, having a portion of the premises
devoted to the pickup and delivery to customers of items to be dyed,
dry-cleaned or laundered and which does not operate before the hours
of 7:00 A.M. in the morning nor after the hour of 9:00 P.M. in the
evening and which utilizes only underwriter-approved non-flammable
solutions and materials in its operations.
t.
Electrical appliance store and repair, but not including appliance
assembly or manufacturing.
u.
Florist shop and conservatory for retail trade on premises only.
v.
Food and fruit stores.
w.
Frozen food lockers.
x.
Funeral homes and mortuaries.
y.
Furniture store and upholstery.
z.
Furrier, when conducted for retail trade on the premises only.
aa.
Garden supplies and seed stores.
bb.
Gift shops.
cc.
Hardware stores.
dd.
Hobby stores.
ee.
Hotels, including dining and meeting rooms, when business uses occupy
the street frontage except for an entrance way to the hotel lobby,
also motels and motor hotels.
ff.
Household appliance store and repair shops.
gg.
Interior decorating shops, including upholstery and making of draperies,
slip covers, and other similar articles, when conducted as part of
the retail operations and secondary to the main use.
hh.
Jewelry store and watch repair.
ii.
Launderette, laundromat, or similar self-service laundry or self-service
dry-cleaning establishments.
jj.
Leather goods and luggage store.
kk.
Liquor store, package goods only.
ll.
Meat markets.
mm.
Medical clinics.
nn.
Messenger or telegraph service station.
oo.
Newsstands.
pp.
Offices, business and professional.
qq.
Off-street parking facilities in an open lot or a covered building.
rr.
Paint and wallpaper store.
ss.
Photography studio, art gallery or studio, including the developing
of film and pictures when conducted as part of the retail business
on the premises.
tt.
Plumbing showroom, without shop or repair facilities.
uu.
Post office.
vv.
Public utility collection offices.
ww.
Restaurant, tea room, cafe when establishment is not of the drive-in
type where food is served to occupants remaining in motor vehicle.
xx.
Service stations, excluding any such operation which may include
the repair or servicing of motor vehicles, except as defined under
"Minor Automobile Repair".
yy.
Service stations, public garages and other motor vehicle services
provided no major repair work is performed out-of-doors; provided
all pumps, underground storage tanks, lubricating and other devices
are located at least twenty (20) feet from any street right-of-way;
provided all fuel, oil or similar substances are stored inside or
underground; and provided all automobile parts, dismantled vehicles
and similar articles are stored within a building.
zz.
Sporting goods store.
aaa.
Tailor shop.
bbb.
Theaters, indoor.
ccc.
Tobacco stores.
ddd.
Typewriter and office equipment sales and services.
eee.
Variety store.
fff.
Wearing apparel store.
ggg.
Any other similar type retail store not specifically listed
herein, when authorized by Board of Aldermen after receipt of review
and recommendations from the Planning Commission.
hhh.
Any accessory use or building customarily incidental to the
above permitted uses and as regulated by subsequent Sections of this
Chapter.
2.
Conditions of use. All commercial activities
in the B-1 Central Business District shall be conducted within a closed
structure with the following exceptions:
[Ord. No. 737-C §1, 9-15-2014]
a.
Outdoor displays and sales shall only be ancillary to the business
conducted within the structure and cannot be operated as a separate
business.
b.
Only items that will normally be used out of doors may be displayed
and sold out of doors.
(1)
Goods, merchandise or products normally located
within a permanent building or structure such as clothing, interior
furniture, indoor appliances and any other non-weatherproof products
shall not be included in an outdoor display or offered for sale out
of doors.
(2)
Goods, merchandise or products normally intended
for use and storage out of doors such as garden tools, outdoor furniture,
garden or lawn tractors, outdoor sporting goods, outdoor plumbing
fixtures, wood-fired furnaces, or other related outdoor products may
be included in an outdoor display or offered for sale out of doors.
c.
Outdoor displays or areas shall not be located on any public
or private right-of-way.
d.
No outdoor display area shall be located within fifty (50) feet
of any single-family residentially zoned district exclusive of rights-of-way.
e.
Outdoor display areas shall be limited to twenty percent (20%)
of the gross floor area of the primary building or tenant space to
which the outdoor display is accessory.
f.
Outdoor display areas must be located on concrete, asphalt,
or brick paved areas and shall not be located on any gravel areas,
lawn areas or landscaped areas.
g.
Where an outdoor display is located on a sidewalk and/or walkway,
an unobstructed portion of the sidewalk and/or walkway measuring not
less than three (3) feet in width from the street curbing shall be
continuously maintained for pedestrian access, and no point of entry
or exit from any building or any individual unit within any building
shall be blocked at any time.
h.
Outdoor display areas may be located within existing parking spaces, but only if there are a sufficient number of other parking spaces available to meet the minimum parking requirements of the use of the property as required by Section 405.210 of this Code. Outdoor display areas shall not be located within any handicap-accessible parking spaces or loading areas.
i.
Outdoor display areas may be located in front of, on the sides
of, or behind the primary building, but shall not encroach upon the
required minimum yard setbacks for the B-1 Central Business District.
j.
No outdoor display shall obstruct visibility at the intersection
of two (2) or more roadways and/or driveways.
k.
Permit required.
(1)
No outdoor display or area shall be installed,
erected, operated or used within the City prior to receiving a permit
therefor.
(2)
Applications for permits shall be in writing on
such application form as provided by the City. The application shall
contain the following information:
(a)
A plat drawn to scale indicating the exact locations
and dimensions of the proposed outdoor display area in relation to
property lines for the subject property.
(b)
The distance of the proposed outdoor display to
the property line shown in feet.
(c)
The location and dimension of all structures existing
on the site, including the primary building and any accessory buildings.
(d)
Street lines, driveways, sidewalks and walkways.
(e)
A written description of the general types of items
to be displayed and the maximum height of the items.
(f)
The gross floor area of the primary building to
which the outdoor display is to be accessory.
(g)
A list of dates or a range of dates for which the
outdoor display is proposed.
(3)
No permit shall be issued until it has been approved
for compliance with this Chapter by the Chief of Police of the City
of Canton.
(4)
The outdoor display permit is good for one (1)
year, or part thereof, from July 1 of the year of issue to June 30
of the following year. If the permit is issued after July 1 it shall
expire June 30 of the following year.
[Ord. No. 746-C §1, 2-17-2015]
(5)
The permit fee for each permit shall be twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) which shall be the fee for one (1) year or fraction
of a year if the permit is issued after July 1. There shall be no
proration of the permit fee for a permit issued after July 1 of the
year of issue, expiring on June 30 of the following year.
[Ord. No. 746-C §1, 2-17-2015]
l.
All outdoor display areas must be maintained and displayed in
a neat, orderly and safe manner. Failure to do so will result in revocation
of the permit, if revocation is approved by a majority vote of the
Board of Aldermen of the City.
3.
Height of building. The height of all buildings
or structures shall be a maximum of two (2) stories or thirty (30)
feet in height.
4.
Yard areas. No building or structure shall be constructed
or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained
in connection with such building.
a.
Front yard. No front yard should be required when
all frontage between two (2) intersecting streets lies within this
district. However, when lots within this district are adjacent to
and adjoining lots in an "R" District, all of which front upon the
same street between two (2) intersecting streets, there should be
established the same front yard setback for all the frontage as has
been established in the abutting "R" District.
Exception: When existing buildings located in this district
have already established a building line at the street line at a depth
less than is required above, then all new buildings shall conform
to the same building line, except for the first fifty (50) feet of
the "B-1" District frontage adjacent to the "R" District, whereupon
there shall be provided a front setback of not less than ten (10)
feet.
b.
Side yard. No side yard is required except for
a corner lot which abuts an "R" District or upon an alley separating
this district from an "R" District. There should then be provided
a side yard equal to one-half (½) the front yard required in
the abutting "R" District, but in no case more than ten (10) feet.
The same setback shall apply also if business buildings front the
intersection street, commonly referred to as the side street.
c.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard depth of
not less than twenty (20) feet, provided however, that a one-story
accessory building may be located thereon, except for the five (5)
feet adjacent and parallel to the rear lot line or alley line, for
the storage of motor vehicles and the unloading and loading of vehicles
under roof.
[Ord. No. 772-C §2, 5-16-2016]
A.
Within the "B-1" Central Business District there shall be a Sub-District
designated as "the Downtown Overlay Sub-District".
B.
The intent of the Downtown Overlay Sub-District is to enhance and
maintain the traditional main street area of the City of Canton by
preserving and promoting the architectural style of the area as a
traditional downtown Midwestern small town business core, and developing
a commercial district that is an attractive and desirable place to
live, work and do business.
D.
All structures that meet the definition of "dwellings" as defined in Section 405.050 of the Municipal Code of the City of Canton, Missouri, that are located within the Downtown Overlay Sub-District on the date of the adoption of this ordinance shall be exempt from the requirements of this Section.
E.
Permitted Residential Usage.
1.
No building located in the Downtown Overlay Sub-District shall
have less than five hundred (500) square feet exclusively reserved
for commercial activity. Any residential usage shall be on the upper
floors or in the rear of street level buildings only.
2.
Ground floor spaces that face onto a street shall not be used
for residential purposes, and buildings with mixed residential and
non-residential uses shall have no residential units that are ground
floor areas that face onto a street.
3.
The property located within the Downtown Overlay Sub-District
not in compliance with the requirements of this Section on the date
of its adoption and approval shall be exempt from the provisions of
this Section until such time as there shall be a change in the majority
ownership interest of any property or until such time as the non-conforming
use of the property shall have been discontinued for a period of sixty
(60) days or more.
[CC 1985 §42.310; Ord. No. 550-C §1, 5-19-2003]
A.
Within
the "B-2" Highway Business District, the following regulations shall
apply:
1.
Permitted uses.
a.
Any use permitted in the "B-1" Central Business District.
b.
Air-conditioning and heating sales and services.
c.
Automobile motor repair, sales and service shop, including automobile
body repair and rebuilding, and painting of automobiles.
d.
Automobile washing, including the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers
and steam cleaning.
e.
Battery and tire service stations.
f.
Beverages, non-alcoholic, bottling and distributing.
g.
Bicycle and motorcycle sales, repair and rental.
h.
Boat show room.
i.
Feed and seed store.
j.
Motel.
k.
Plumbing, heating and roofing supply shops when conducted wholly
within a building.
l.
Pet shop or animal hospital when conducted wholly within an enclosed
building.
m.
Recreation places, including bowling alley, dance halls, gymnasium,
skating rink, archery range, miniature golf course, or other similar
places of amusement or entertainment when operated for pecuniary profit.
n.
Restaurant, non-drive-in and drive-in car service.
o.
Trailer sales or rental (house trailers) on an open lot or within
a building.
p.
Trailer parks for dwelling purposes.
q.
Uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses and accessory
buildings when located on the same premises.
2.
Height. No building or structure shall exceed three
(3) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height excepting the following:
a.
Permitted distance from right-of-way. Outdoor advertising
shall be permitted within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the nearest
edge of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 61 (the actual highway right-of-way,
exclusive of and not included the right-of-way of any off ramp or
frontage road).
b.
State regulations and laws to apply. All height,
size, lighting, spacing and other regulations of advertising signs
adjacent to U.S. Highway 61 shall be controlled by the laws of the
State of Missouri, and shall conform to the laws of the State of Missouri
in effect and pertaining to all advertising signs or other advertising
structures.
3.
Lot size. Every building hereafter erected should
be on a lot having an area of not less than ten thousand (10,000)
square feet and a width at the established building line of not less
than eighty (80) feet, except as otherwise provided in subsequent
Sections of this Chapter.
4.
Yard areas. No building or structure shall be constructed
or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained
in connection with such building.
a.
Front yard. The front yard depth of each lot upon
which a building is constructed should be not less than fifty (50)
feet.
b.
Side yard. No side yard is required, except for
a lot which abuts upon an "R" District or upon an alley separating
this district from an "R" District. There shall be then provided a
side yard width equal to twice the front yard required in the abutting
"R" District, but in no case less than forty (40) feet.
c.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less
than forty (40) feet, provided however, that a one-story accessory
building may be located thereon, except for the five (5) feet adjacent
and parallel to the rear lot line or alley line, for the storage of
motor vehicles and the loading and unloading of vehicles under roof.
5.
Buffer area. On lots abutting an "R" District,
there shall be provided a twenty (20) foot wide planting strip extending
the length of the lot adjoining the "R" District planted with trees
and shrubs to provide a dense screen at maturity.
