The B-1 Neighborhood Business District, as herein established, is intended to permit those uses as are necessary to satisfy the basic convenience shopping and/or service needs of persons residing in nearby residential areas.

(Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

   In the B-1 Neighborhood Business District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code. These uses may be subject to additional standards as specified in Chapter 1293 Use Standards:

   (a)   Office buildings.

   (b)   Medical offices, including clinics only for human care.

   (c)   Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, loan companies, insurance offices, real estate offices and similar uses.

   (d)   Drive-in or drive-through facilities, when accessory or incidental to the above uses.

   (e)   Commercial television and radio towers accessory to uses permitted in this section.

   (f)   Funeral homes.

   (g)   Child care centers.

   (h)   Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations (without storage yards).

   (i)   Business or professional schools, operated for profit.

   (j)   Schools, operated for profit, for the training or instruction of non-academic subjects such as, but not limited to, dance, music, martial arts and similar artistic or athletic pursuits

   (k)   Private or public athletic clubs, health spas or figure salons.

   (l)   Veterinary clinics and hospitals, including facilities for overnight keeping of animals.

   (m)   Restaurants or other similar places serving food or beverages, excluding catering and banquet halls and drive-in/drive-through fast-food restaurants.

   (n)   Retail businesses.

   (o)   Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises, such as repair shops for watches, radios, televisions, shoes, etc., tailor shops, beauty parlors, barber shops, photographic and interior decorating studios and self-service laundries, but excluding repair shops such as for lawnmowers, large appliances, furniture, etc.

   (p)   Dry cleaning establishments or pick-up stations dealing directly with the consumer.

   (q)   Florists and card and gift shops.

   (r)   Carry-out restaurants.

   (s)   Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transfer stations and substations, gas regulator stations with service yards, but without storage yards, and water and sewer pumping stations, when operation requirements necessitate the locating of said buildings within the District in order to serve the immediate vicinity. The Planning Commission and the Township Board may require walls and landscaping in order to screen such uses where they deem the same to be necessary.

   (t)   Other uses similar to the above uses.

   (u)   Accessory uses customarily associated with an above permitted principal use.

   (v)   Schools, operated for profit, for the training or instruction of non-academic subjects such as, but not limited to, dance, music, martial arts and similar artistic or athletic pursuits, provided that the Department of Planning and Community Development determines that available off-street parking is adequate to serve the use.

   (w)   Churches.

   (x)    Internet sales establishments.

   (y)   Mixed-use buildings. If residential is a component of a mixed-use building, it shall be located above the first (1st) floor.

   (z)   Festivals. These shall meet the conditions set forth in Chapter 1293.

   (aa)   Outdoor sales and display of goods which are accessory to a principal permitted use. These shall meet the conditions set forth in Chapter 1293.

      (Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. 260-A-80. Passed 11-13-84; Ord. 260-A-221. Passed 1-20-92; Ord. 260-A-292. Passed 8-18-97; Ord. 260-A-393. Passed 6-1-04; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

   (a)   All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.

   (b)   All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.

   (c)   The outdoor storage of goods or materials shall be prohibited irrespective of whether or not they are for sale.

   (d)   Warehousing or indoor storage of goods or materials, beyond that normally incidental to the above-permitted uses, shall be prohibited.

(Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. 260-A-292. Passed 8-18-97; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

   The following uses may be permitted within the B-1 District, subject to the requirements and conditions set forth in Chapter 1293:

   (a)   Commercial television and radio broadcasting towers and cellular telephone antennae, subject to conditions in 1293.01(a)(71). (Ord. 260-A-277. Passed 9-30-96; Ord. 260-A-438. Passed 10-6-08; Ord. 260-A-440. Passed 7-13-09; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

   All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements.

 

 

   FOOT NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS CHART

   (a)   Modifications in height requirements above the 35 feet allowed within the district may be permitted subject to the requirements and conditions set forth in Chapter 1293.

   (b)   All required front yard setbacks shall be measured from the proposed right-of-way line of any abutting thoroughfare. In the instance of a corner lot or parcel of land abutting more than one public thoroughfare, all frontages shall require the minimum front yard setback specified in the district. Off-street parking shall be permitted to occupy a front yard setback in excess of the minimum setback of 25 feet.

   (c)   The minimum distance between any two buildings shall be 20 feet. In no instance shall a building be located closer than 25 feet to a residentially-zoned district.

   (d)   Off-street loading and unloading space shall be provided in the rear yard or an interior side yard, unless the side yard abuts a Residential District and shall, in no instance, be permitted in a front yard. In those instances where exterior side yards abut an Industrial District, loading and unloading may take place in the exterior side yard, except that in those instances where exterior side yards have a common relationship with an Industrial District across a public thoroughfare, loading and unloading may take place in the side yard when the setback is equal to at least 50 feet. Off-street loading space shall further meet the requirements of Chapter 1263. Where an alley exists or is provided at the rear of the buildings, the rear building setback and loading requirements may be computed from the centerline of such alley, but separately from the off-street parking requirements.

(Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)