Glasgow City Zoning Code
B-1, CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT
§ 158.155 PURPOSE.
The purpose of the B-1 Central Business zoning district is to accommodate the commercial, office, service, residential and public activities and uses commonly found in a central business area of an urban city. It is also the intent of the B-1 district to encourage the preservation of the historic nature of the central business area of the city within its present context while no discouraging its continued development and redevelopment as a viable center of employment. There shall be only one contiguous B-1 district area.
(1989 Code, § 154.090) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.156 PERMITTED USES AND STRUCTURES.
The following uses and structures are permitted in the B-1 District:
(A) Retail stores, sales and display rooms and shops, such as department, variety, apparel and shoe stores, drug stores, food stores and flower shops; provided that, incidental manufacturing is permitted only for production of goods for sale at retail on the premises;
(B) Personal and business service establishments, such as barber or beauty shops, shoe repair shops, tailor shops, self-service laundries and laundry pick-up stations;
(C) Offices, studios, business schools and financial and lending institutions;
(D) Hotels, motels and eating and drinking establishments, bars or lounges;
(E) Indoor amusement and recreation establishments and places of assembly such as theaters, poolrooms, bowling alleys, dance halls and auditoriums;
(F) Parking lots and parking garages;
(G) Public buildings and lands;
(H) Churches, parish houses, Sunday school buildings, hospitals, clinics, clubs, lodges and mortuaries;
(I) Used car lots, automobile service stations and public garages for major or minor repair;
(J) Establishments providing repair and service for radio, television and appliances;
(K) Printing and publishing establishments;
(L) Multiple-family dwellings;
(M) Townhomes as provided in § 158.320;
(N) Assisted living facilities, residential care facilities; and
(O) Other uses or buildings which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental to the above permitted uses.
(1989 Code, § 154.091) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2319, passed 11-8-1999; Am. Ord. 2774, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.157 PROHIBITED USES AND STRUCTURES.
The following uses and structures are prohibited in the B-1 District:
(A) Warehousing (except storage incidental to principal permitted uses) and transfer and storage establishments;
(B) Manufacturing, except as provided under retailing above;
(C) Manufactured home parks or manufactured homes; halfway home; residential treatment program;
(D) Medical cannabis cultivating, producing, processing, safety compliance facilities or dispensaries; and
(E) All uses and structures not of a nature specifically or provisionally permitted herein.
(1989 Code, § 154.092) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2774, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018; Am. Ord. 2024-3055, passed 9-23- 2024)
§ 158.158 MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS.
The following minimum lot requirements shall apply in the B-1 District: multiple-family dwellings same as medium density residential set forth in §§ 158.075 et seq.
(1989 Code, § 154.093) (Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.159 MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS.
The following minimum yard requirements shall apply in the B-1 district: all buildings located on lots adjacent to a residential district shall be located so as to conform on the adjacent side with the side yard requirements for the adjacent residential district.
(1989 Code, § 154.093A) (Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.160 HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES.
No building shall exceed three stories or 40 feet in height.
(1989 Code, § 154.093B) (Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.161 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING.
(1989 Code, § 154.094) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2774, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2802, passed 10-22-2012; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.162 PERMITTED SIGNS.
Business signs and advertising structures are permitted; provided:
(A) They do not extend any closer than one foot to the street pavement;
(B) They are not fixed or supported by a beam, post or pier into the sidewalk or street pavement;
(C) They extend not less than nine feet above the sidewalk; or
(D) They are approved in writing by the administrative official.
(1989 Code, § 154.094) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 1112, passed 3-11-1968; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.163 FENCING.
Fencing for privacy or security purposes within the B-1 zoning district shall adhere to the following:
(A) Materials for fencing shall be restricted to materials whose intended original use is for providing privacy and/or security. No used materials are to be utilized or re-purposed as fencing including, but not limited to, pallets, metal roofing, tires, barrels, etc.
(B) (1) A fence can be placed directly on a property line(s), with the exception of the front yard property line, which must be a minimum of ten feet from the property line/right-of-way.
(2) A fence may be permitted to be located on the front yard property line provided it is no more than three feet in height and does not intrude into the visibility triangle found in § 158.022.
(Ord. 2023-3038, passed 11-13-2023)