Bridgeport City Zoning Code
§ 8 “C” COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
USE REGULATIONS.
In the Commercial District no land shall be used and no building shall be used, erected, or converted to any use other than:
1.
Any use permitted in the Residence Use Districts.
2.
Automatic Laundry.
3.
Bakery, retail only.
4.
Bank and office.
5.
Cafeteria.
6.
Commercial billboard or advertising signs.
7.
Cleaning and pressing shops.
8.
Drugstore.
9.
“Fix-it” shops, not exceeding 400 square feet in area.
10.
Florist shops.
11.
Gasoline filling stations, but not including major auto repair work.
12.
Grocery Store.
13.
Ice Delivery Station.
14.
Meat Market.
15.
Moving picture theater (not drive-in).
16.
Restaurants.
17.
Retail store or shop for custom or the making of articles to be sold at retail on the premises only.
18.
Shoe repair.
19.
Tailor.
20.
Washateria.
21.
Auto repair garage.
22.
Automobile[,] truck and bus service and repairs.
23.
Baggage, transfer, storage and warehouse.
24.
Cabinet maker.
25.
Carpenter shop.
26.
Carpet cleaning if dust-proof rooms and dust-catching washing and scouring equipment is provided.
27.
Ice Manufacture.
28.
Lumber yard (building materials).
29.
Motorcycle repairing.
30.
Paint shop.
31.
Penal or correctional institution for the care of insane, liquor or narcotic patients, feeble-minded.
32.
Sheetmetal shop.
33.
Stone monument works, retail only.
34.
Storage warehouse.
35.
Taxicab storage and repair.
36.
Used car lot.
37.
Hospitals and clinics except veterinary hospitals and clinics.
38.
Drive-in Theaters.
39.
Any other retail or wholesale use, provided such use is not noxious or offense by reason of emission of odors, soot, dust, noise or vibrations, but excluding such uses as are enumerated in the Industrial District.
40.
Freestanding vending machines, subject to the issuance of a specific use permit as provided by Section 11A.03(4) of this Ordinance.
41.
Telecommunication antennas or towers, subject to the issuance of a specific use permit as provided by Section 11A.03(6) of this Ordinance.
42.
Any restaurant, food sales store (grocery or convenience store), or other permitted use that derives less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the establishment’s gross revenues from the on-premise sale or service of alcoholic beverages. The City may require an audit of the accounts of an establishment to determine compliance with this subsection.
43.
Any establishment that derives seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the establishment’s gross revenues from the on-premise sale or service of alcoholic beverages, subject to the issuance of a specific use permit as provided by Section 11.A.03(2) of this Ordinance.
44.
Outdoor display and/or sales of portable storage buildings, subject to the issuance of a specific use permit as provided by section 11A.03(9) of this Ordinance.
45.
Smoke Shop, subject to the issuance of a specific use permit as provided by section 11A.03(11) of this Ordinance.
46.
Pool and Billiard Hall, subject to the issuance of a specific use permit as provided by Section 11A.03(11) of this Ordinance.
(Ordinance adopted 10/21/65; Ordinance 09-20, sec. 2, adopted 5/5/09; Ordinance 09-28, sec. 2, adopted 7/7/09; Ordinance 2016-35 adopted 12/12/16; Ordinance 2017-27, sec. 2, adopted 8/28/17; Ordinance 2020-21, sec. 2, adopted 8/10/20; Ordinance 2022-08 adopted 4/25/2022; Ordinance 2024-12 adopted 5/13/2024)