Attica City Zoning Code
18.40 Commercial
Districts
18.40.010 Local business use, B1 districts.
A. Definition. Commercial uses primarily of a retail or service nature.
B. Interpretation. The following named uses shall be deemed to include those uses or buildings in general keeping with and appropriate to the uses hereinafter specified:
C. Location Permitted. The following classifications of business uses specifically stated or implied are permitted in the B1 and B2 districts:
1. Automobile Service.
a. Filling station.
b. Commercial garage.
c. Commercial parking lot.
d. Sales room.
e. Automobile repair, entirely within enclosed buildings.
f. Open automobile sales area.
2. Business Service.
a. Bank.
b. Office.
c. Postal station.
d. Telegraph office.
3. Clothing Service.
a. Laundry agency.
b. Self service laundry.
c. Laundry and dry cleaning establishment using not more than two clothes cleaning units, neither of which shall have a rated capacity of more than 40 pounds using cleaning fluid which is nonexplosive and nonflammable.
d. Dressmaking.
e. Millinery.
f. Tailor and pressing shop.
g. Shoe repair shop.
4. Equipment Service.
a. Radio shop.
b. Electric appliance shop.
c. Record shop.
d. Locksmith shop.
e. Upholstering shop.
f. TV repair shop.
5. Food Service.
a. Grocery.
b. Meat market.
c. Supermarket.
d. Restaurant.
e. Delicatessen.
f. Cold storage lockers, for individual.
g. Roadside sales stand.
h. Catering establishments.
i. Ice cream shop.
j. Pizza restaurant (carry out).
6. Personal Service.
a. Barber shop.
b. Beauty shop.
c. Reducing salon.
d. Photographic studio.
7. Retail Service, Retail Stores Generally.
a. Drugstore.
b. Hardware.
c. Stationer.
d. Newsdealer.
e. Show room, for articles.
f. Commercial greenhouse, not exceeding 1,000 square feet in area.
g. Apparel shop.
h. Flower shop.
i. Painting and decorating shop.
j. Printing shop.
k. Department store.
l. Furniture store.
m. Massage parlors and adult entertainment businesses.
8. Commercial Recreational Uses Conducted Only within Buildings So Constructed That No Noise of Any Kind Produced Therein Shall Be Audible Beyond the Confines of the Building.
a. Theater.
b. Bowling alley.
c. Billiard room.
d. Dancing academy.
9. Hotel.
10. Private club or lodge.
11. Advertising sign or billboard.
12. Veterinary hospitals (excluding kennels).
D. Heights of Buildings.
Districts | Normal Maximum Height |
|---|---|
B1 | 45 feet or 4 stories |
B2 | 60 feet or 5 stories |
E. Front Yard. Fifteen feet.
F. Side Yard.
1. Along the side street line of a corner lot in a B1 district within the block, there shall be a side yard of at least five feet.
2. Where a B1 district adjoins an S or R2 district within the block, there shall be a side yard of at least five feet.
3. In blocks included entirely in B1 or B2 districts, no side yards are required. However, if a side yard is provided, the minimum dimension shall be five feet.
G. Rear Yard. Ten percent of the depth of lot with a minimum depth of 15 feet and need not exceed 25 feet in depth.
H. Lot Coverage. Ninety percent, but this shall not waive provision of yards where required. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 13-1; Code 1999 § 10-78.]
18.40.020 General business uses, B2 districts.
A. Definition. Commercial uses including wholesale and storage uses conducted within enclosed, substantially constructed buildings.
B. Location Permitted. The following classifications of business uses specifically stated or implied are permitted in the B2 districts:
1. Local business uses as listed above.
2. Storage warehouse.
3. Wholesale establishment.
4. Open agricultural implement or trailer sales area.
5. Tavern and night club, only in conformity with requirements of laws or ordinances governing such uses.
6. Motor bus or railroad passenger station.
7. Any commercial use not specifically stated or implied elsewhere in this title and complying with the above definition.
C. Height of Buildings.
Districts | Normal Maximum Height |
|---|---|
B2 | 60 feet or 5 stories |
D. Front Yard. Ten feet.
E. Side Yard. None required. However, if a side yard is provided, the minimum dimension shall be five feet.
F. Rear Yard. Ten percent of the depth of lot with a minimum depth of 15 feet and need not exceed 25 feet in depth.
G. Lot Coverage. Ninety percent, but this shall not waive provision of yards where required. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 13-2; Code 1999 § 10-79.]