The purpose of this district is to provide locations for neighborhood shopping facilities in which are found retail commercial uses which have a neighborhood orientation and which supply necessities usually requiring frequent purchasing with a minimum of consumer travel. Such facilities should be located so that their frequency and distributional patterns reflect their neighborhood orientation. In addition, such facilities should not be so large or so broad in scope of services as to attract substantial amounts of trade from outside the neighborhood commercial zone and should not be located in close proximity to other commercial areas.

Retail sales, displays of merchandise, and storage must be within a completely enclosed building, except that the commission may grant an exception to this requirement (as a conditional use) where it finds that enforcement would create an unreasonable hardship. No single business activity shall occupy more than 40,000 square feet of building area.

Residential uses may be permitted in the C-1 district as conditional uses after review and approval by the planning commission and city council.

Extended stay hotel/motel is a prohibited use in the C-1 district.

(Ord. No. 2020-397, § 2, 12-7-2020)

[The following uses are permitted in the C-1 district:]

a)

Appliance stores, including repairs and services.

b)

Art and antique stores.

c)

Bakeries employing not more than ten persons.

d)

Health clubs, spas, and other similar activities.

e)

Bicycle stores.

f)

Book, stationery, camera, or photographic supply stores, and newsstands.

g)

Confectionery stores.

h)

Clothing, shoe, millinery, dry goods and notion stores.

i)

Ice cream parlor.

j)

Drugstores.

k)

Furniture and home furnishings stores.

l)

Florist, nurseries, and gift shops.

m)

Grocery, fruit, vegetable, meat markets, delicatessens, catering stores, and supermarkets.

n)

Hardware and paint stores.

o)

Jewelry stores.

p)

Barber and beauty shops.

q)

Dressmaking and tailoring shops.

r)

Laundry and dry cleaning pickup stations and self-service laundries.

s)

Shoe repair shops.

t)

Garden supply stores.

u)

Any other retail sales or service establishments similar in character to those permitted.

v)

Professional and business offices, including banks and financial institutions.

w)

Accessory buildings and uses located on the same lot or parcel of land as the main structure and customarily incidental to the permitted or conditional use.

x)

Pet shops, pet grooming.

y)

Cafes, grills, lunch counters, and restaurants.

z)

Adult entertainment establishment, so long as the establishment is not located in the historic area which has been defined in exhibit A of the adult entertainment regulation ordinance and which is also set forth herein as exhibit A.

aa)

Amusement game room establishments, so long as the establishment is not located in the historic area which has been defined in exhibit A of the amusement game room regulation ordinance and which is also set forth herein as exhibit A.

(Ord. No. 231, § 1, 11-7-2005)

[The following conditional uses are permitted in the C-1 district:]

a)

Automobile service stations.

b)

Auction houses.

c)

Print shops.

d)

Theater, but not including drive-in theaters.

e)

Public utility structures and buildings, including electric and natural gas substations, telephone exchanges, and similar structures for the storage of supplies, equipment, or service operations when properly screened.

f)

Churches and other places of worship attendant educational and recreational buildings.

g)

Veterinary hospitals, treating small animals only, provided any structure or outside area used for such purposes shall be a minimum of 100 feet from any residential district.

h)

Kindergartens, playschools, and day care centers and group personal care homes.

1.

At least 200 square feet of outdoor play or open space area must be provided;

2.

At least 35 square feet of indoor space per child/person must be provided;

3.

Outdoor play areas must be enclosed by a fence at least four feet high;

4.

A buffer (see definition) must be provided along all side and rear property lines.

i)

Golf, swimming, tennis, or country clubs, public and private community clubs or associations, athletic fields, parks and recreational areas. The size and intensity of the proposed use as it relates to adjacent land uses shall be a determining factor.

j)

Private clubs, and fraternal order of lodges.

k)

Variety stores.

l)

Hospitals, clinics, and convalescent or nursing homes.

m)

Temporary uses including sale of Christmas trees, carnivals, church bazaars, and sale of seasonal fruits and vegetables from roadside stands, but such use is not to be permitted for a period to exceed two months in any calendar year.

n)

Dry cleaning and laundry establishments, provided that such operation is for local service only and no work is done on the premises for other similar establishments or pickup stations.

o)

Shopping centers. The following guidelines govern construction of shopping centers.

1.

Shopping centers should not exceed 60,000 square feet in gross floor area.

2.

Leading tenants shall be a grocery store or a drug store, neither shall exceed 40,000 square feet in gross floor area.

3.

Shopping centers shall be located along arterial, collector or secondary streets.

4.

Required green space and open space buffers as required by this ordinance.

p)

Colleges, public and private schools, and libraries.

q)

Group personal care homes and personal care homes.

r)

Recreational or entertainment facilities.

s)

Tent revivals.

t)

Funeral homes.

u)

Used car sales lot; provided, however, that such lot shall not maintain for sale more than ten cars at any one time, and provided further that said used car sales lot is located on an arterial [street].

v)

Self-serve car washing facilities, provided they are located on an arterial [street].

w)

Bed and breakfast inns; provided all parking can be maintained on the lot and not along collector or secondary streets.

x)

Residential uses.

y)

On-premises service of beer and wine in cafes, grilles, lunch counters, and restaurants, so long as they are properly licensed by the city and are geographically located in the portion of the C-1 neighborhood commercial zoning classification known as the State Route 27 Corridor/LaFayette Highway Corridor, the outer perimeter of said area of which is shown on the map which is attached to this ordinance and incorporated herein.

z)

Smoke shops.

(Ord. No. 279, § 1, 6-1-2009; Ord. No. 2023-401, § 2, 9-5-2023)

The following minimum building setback requirements shall be provided for all buildings and structures as measured from street right-of-way lines:

a)

Front yard: 35 feet;

b)

Rear yard: 25 feet; and

c)

Side yard: 20 feet.

No building or structure shall exceed 45 feet in height.