Dubois City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
C Commercial District
§ 450-67 Uses permitted.
A.
A use permitted in any residence district and subject to the controls set forth therein; and further provided that such residential use shall be permitted only when accessory and incidental to one or more commercial uses.
B.
Stores and shops for the conducting of any retail business.
C.
Personal service shops (barbershops, beauty parlors, etc.).
D.
Banks and similar community services.
E.
Public garages, and filling stations when permitted by conditional use and subject to the following provisions:
(1)
Must be a part of and incidental to an approved parking facility.
(2)
No repair work is performed out of doors.
(3)
Pumps, lubricating or other devices are located at least 20 feet from any street line or highway right-of-way.
(4)
All fuel, oil or similar substances are stored at least 35 feet from any street or lot line.
(5)
All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles and similar articles are stored within a building.
F.
Shops for custom work. Shops for making articles or products to be sold at retail on the premises.
G.
Restaurants, cafes, tearooms, motels and similar establishments.
H.
Theaters, assembly halls, billiard or pool parlors, bowling alleys, and any public recreation use.
I.
Motor vehicle salesroom.
J.
Mortuaries, funeral homes and undertaking establishments.
K.
Parkway or bus passenger station, telegraph office, express office, electric substation, printing plant.
L.
Accessory buildings and accessory uses on the same lot customarily incidental to any of the above-permitted uses.
M.
Offices.
N.
Any use of the same general character as the above-permitted uses when authorized as a conditional use, but not to include any uses which are permitted only in a less restricted use district.
[Amended 11-20-2014 by Ord. No. 1798[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that all uses previously permitted by special exception are reclassified as conditional uses.
O.
Signs, only those signs referring or relating to the uses conducted on the premises or to the materials or products made, sold or displayed on the premises shall be permitted; and further provided that all signs and advertising structures shall be maintained in accordance with Chapter 350, Signs and Billboards.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
§ 450-68 Regulations.
B.
Area regulations. A commercial lot shall be no less than 10,000 square feet and shall have a minimum lot width of 100 feet.
C.
Coverage regulations. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than 65% of the lot area.
D.
Yard regulations. Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than the depth or width indicated below.
(1)
Front-yard depth: 10 feet.
(2)
Side-yards' (two) width: 10 feet each side of a principal building, provided that, when a written agreement is provided by adjoining property owners, no side yard shall be required where two or more commercial uses abut side to side. However, in no case shall party walls be permitted between properties of separate ownership. In the case of a series of abutting structures abutting and paralleling a public right-of-way, an open and unobstructed passage for vehicles and pedestrians of at least 20 feet in width shall be provided at grade level at intervals of not more than 400 feet.
(3)
Rear-yard depth: 30 feet.
§ 450-69 Off-street parking.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Article IV of this chapter.
§ 450-70 Loading and unloading space.
See Article IV of this chapter.
§ 450-72 Conditional uses.
[Amended 11-20-2014 by Ord. No. 1798[1]]
Apartments for the elderly, which are financed by federal funds and meeting Labor and Industry and/or HUD requirements and administered by a nonprofit authority and/or corporation.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that all uses previously permitted by special exception are reclassified as conditional uses.