Amherst Township City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1135
C-1 Commercial or Local Business District
1135.01 PERMITTED USES.
In a C-1 District land may be used for, and buildings may be erected, altered or enlarged for, the following:
(a) All uses permitted in a C-1 District together with their accessory uses.
(Ord. 72-23. Passed 6-12-72.)
(b) Grocery stores.
(c) Drug stores.
(d) Flower shops, variety and gift shops, book or stationary stores.
(e) Barber shops, beauty parlors, photographic studios, shoe repair shops, dressmaking, tailoring and pressing shops and radio repair shops.
(f) Motor courts, motel, restaurants or tourist homes.
(g) Nursing homes, lodges, funeral parlors.
(h) Office of a church, or a social or welfare group. Office of a doctor, dentist, attorney, architect, engineer, real estate broker, agent, insurance company or a public utility.
(Ord. 65-82. Passed 12-27-65.)
1135.011 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES NOT PERMITTED.
Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter to the contrary, no sexually oriented business, as defined in Section 1145.17, shall be permitted in any portion of a C-1 District.
(Ord. 00-168. Passed 12-11-00.)
1135.02 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
Within a C-1 District no building or structure shall exceed two and one-half stories except as otherwise provided in Chapter 1145.
(Ord. 65-82. Passed 12-27-65.)
1135.03 AREA REGULATIONS.
(a) Front Yard. The depth of a front yard shall be thirty-five feet, except that where a uniform building line has been established or observed nearer to the street line, on one side of the street, between two intersecting streets, such building line shall be observed.
(Ord. 65-82. Passed 12-27-65.)
(b) Side Yards. None required, except that where such use abuts a residential use, a ten foot buffer area across the side length of such abutting property shall be required and shall consist of a barrier of natural evergreens with a minimum height of six feet at planting, consisting of two rows staggered at five foot centers. Prior to the issuance of the building permit the property owner shall place upon the land a deed restriction which shall run with the land and shall require the owner, or any subsequent owner, to maintain in perpetuity the buffer strip provided in this section, in the manner provided in this section, including the replacement of trees as necessary.
(c) Rear Yards. None required, except where such use abuts a residential use where it shall be equal to that required in abutting residential districts. When abutting a residential use, a thirty foot buffer shall be provided across the rear length of such property which shall consist of a barrier of natural evergreens with a minimum height of six feet at planting, consisting of six rows staggered at five foot centers. Prior to the issuance of the building permit the property owner shall place upon the land a deed restriction which shall run with the land and shall require the owner, or any subsequent owner, to maintain in perpetuity the buffer strip provided in this section, in the manner provided in this section, including the replacement of trees as necessary.
(Ord. 89-72. Passed 10-9-89.)
(Ord. 89-72. Passed 10-9-89.)
(d) Intensity of Use. Every lot of land, or tract shall have a width of not less than twenty feet at the street line. See parking regulations in Chapter 1145.
(Ord. 87-44. Passed 5-26-87.)
1135.04 ACCESS DRIVES.
Access drives to major streets shall be controlled in the interest of public safety and to maintain the designed capacity of the major street system.
(a) Drives shall be so designed and located that vehicles can safely enter and leave the facility with no need to park, stand or maneuver back and forth on the major thoroughfare right of way.
(b) These positions of the access drive located within the highway right of way shall be paved with material equal to the highway pavement, shall be no greater than thirty-five feet wide, shall be designed to prohibit surface drainage from flowing directly onto the highway pavement, shall include a minimum twenty-feet turning radii between the edge of the drive and the highway pavement and shall be curbed.
(Ord. 65-82. Passed 12-27-65.)
(Ord. 65-82. Passed 12-27-65.)
(c) Each lot shall not have more than two access drives to any one street or highway. The width of any access drive shall not be less than twenty-six feet nor shall it exceed thirty-five feet. Insofar as practicable the use of common accessways by two or more uses shall be encouraged to reduce the number of such highway access points. The fronting of uses on a marginal service street shall also be encouraged.
(Ord. 72-23. Passed 6-12-72.)
(Ord. 72-23. Passed 6-12-72.)