This district is established with the intention of designating the Ada Village area as a compact community activity center with a mix of retail establishments, service businesses, governmental services and cultural facilities serving the needs of the entire community, with an emphasis on traditional building architecture, small-scale buildings and pedestrian traffic. In addition to meeting the convenience needs of the local community, businesses located in this district also serve a significant visitor and tourist clientele.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 12.01, 4-26-1982; Ord. No. O-021201-1, § 3, 2-12-2001)

In the C-1 district, no land or building shall be used, and no building shall be erected or converted, for any use or under any condition other than the following when conducted within a completely enclosed building:

(1)

Retail food establishments which sell groceries, fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, baked goods, confections, or similar commodities on the premises.

(2)

Other retail businesses, including but not limited to general merchandise, drug, hardware, sporting goods, bicycles, motorized scooters having an engine displacement of 150 cubic centimeters or less, variety, dry goods, gift, jewelry, clothing, notions, antique, hobby, music and book stores, florists and similar uses serving the convenience needs and specialty shopping market of the area.

(3)

Personal service establishments, including but not limited to barber shops, hair salons, day spas, dry cleaning, personal and household goods repair, formal wear and costume rental, video tape and disc rental, packaging and shipping service centers, photocopy centers and similar uses.

(4)

Eating and drinking establishments, including those serving alcoholic beverages, but excluding those having drive-through service windows.

(5)

Professional and administrative offices, including accounting, advertising, architectural, specialty design, engineering, financial services, governmental, insurance agency, legal, management and technical consulting services, telecommunications and information services, real estate brokerage and tax preparation services.

(6)

Offices of health care professions, including, but not limited to chiropractors, dentists, optometrists and physicians, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use.

(7)

Craft and artisan shops and studios such as woodworking, glassblowing, painting, sculpture, metalworking, and photography where material is produced and/or sold on the premises.

(8)

Places of worship, assembly halls for private clubs, veterans' clubs, fraternal organizations and similar organizations, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use.

(9)

Continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use.

(10)

Schools for music, dance and the performing arts.

(11)

Funeral homes.

(12)

Veterinary care offices, excluding boarding services, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use.

(13)

Ambulatory health care centers, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use.

(14)

Public parks, community centers, libraries, museums, post offices, fire stations and governmental service centers, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use.

(15)

Public and private elementary and secondary schools, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use.

(16)

Residential uses including single-family, two-family, and multiple-family, either independent of or in the some building with any other permitted use in the C-1 district when authorized by the planning commission as a special use.

(17)

Any use, such as a bank or dry cleaning establishment, having drive-in facilities, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use, but excluding drive-in restaurants.

(18)

Day care centers, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use, according to the standards of article XXI of this chapter, provided the following minimum requirements are met:

a.

Adequate fencing exists for the safety of the children in care,

b.

Identifying signs on the property comply with regulations of article XXVI of this chapter.

c.

Off-street parking for all employees of the facility and off-street pickup and drop off areas shall be provided.

d.

All state requirements governing the licensing of the facility are met.

(19)

Antenna towers and masts for cellular phone and other personal communications services, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use, subject to conformance with the standards of section 78-152(14).

(20)

Land divisions, as regulated in article XXII.

(21)

Uses in a planned unit development as approved pursuant to the provisions of article XIX of this chapter.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 12.02, 4-26-1982; Ord. No. O-011485-1, 1-14-1985; Ord. No. O-110893-1, 11-8-1993; Ord. No. O-062695-1, § 12, 6-26-1995; Ord. No. O-021296-1, § 8, 2-12-1996; Ord. No. O-100900-1, § 4, 10-9-2000; Ord. No. O-021201-1, § 4, 2-12-2001; Ord. No. O-041403-1, § 6, 4-24-2003; Ord. No. O-091100-1, § 1, 3-10-2008)

No building shall exceed 35 feet in height.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 12.03, 4-26-1982)

No building nor any enlargement thereof, shall be hereafter erected except in compliance with the following yard and lot area requirements:

(1)

Front yard. Where all the frontage on the same side of a street between two intersecting streets is located in the PO, C-1, C-2 or I zoning district and a setback has been established by 50 percent of such frontage, then this established setback shall determine the required front yard. In all other cases, there shall be a front yard of no less than 40 feet.

(2)

Side yard.

a.

No side yard shall be required when directly abutting other commercial uses or land included in a C or I zoning district; in all other areas, each side yard shall be at least 25 feet.

b.

There shall be a side yard of not less than 40 feet on the street side of a corner lot.

(3)

Rear yard.

a.

Where the rear of a lot in a C-1 zoning district abuts upon the side yard of a lot in any AGP, RP-1, RP-2 or R zoning district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet.

b.

In all other cases, there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten feet.

c.

No accessory building shall be allowed closer than five feet from the rear lot line.

(4)

Screening. Side yards and rear yards adjoining any lot in an AGP, RP-1, RP-2 or R zoning district shall be screened by:

a.

A compact hedge which will reach a minimum of five feet in height after one growing season;

b.

A solid wall or tight board fence six feet in height; or

c.

Such method as is approved by the planning commission.

(5)

Lot area and width. The minimum lot area shall be 15,000 square feet. The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.

(6)

Maximum building footprint size. The maximum ground coverage or building footprint size for any individual building shall be 8,000 square feet.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 12.04, 4-26-1982; Ord. No. O-012698-1, § 1, 1-26-1998; Ord. No. O-021710-1, § 10, 2-17-2010)

The storage of all materials, objects, equipment, machinery and unlicensed, unused or inoperable motor vehicles shall be wholly within a completely enclosed building or screened from public view.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 12.05, 4-26-1982)

Other standards applicable to all development in this district shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

a.

General provisions contained in article I.

b.

Landscaping requirements and standards contained in article XXV.

c.

Sign regulations contained in article XXVI.

d.

Off-street parking and loading regulations contained in article XXVII.

e.

Public street access and private road and driveway standards contained in article XXVIII.

(Ord. No. O-061305-2, § 11, 6-13-2005)