A.

[Use and purpose of district.] This district is provided primarily for retail shopping and personal service uses to be developed either as a unit or in individual parcels to serve the needs of a relatively small area, primarily nearby residential areas. Often located on one or more thoroughfares, these districts are small and are within convenient walking distance of most of the areas they will serve. The district regulations are designed to enhance the general character of the district and its compatibility with its residential surroundings.

B.

Permitted uses. In C-1 neighborhood commercial districts, the following uses are permitted:

1.

Any use permitted in the GO-M general office/mixed use district. Existing single-family dwellings shall be considered a conforming use and shall conform to all R-1A or R-1B single-family residential district regulations.

2.

Altering and repairing of wearing apparel.

3.

Antique store.

4.

Appliance store.

5.

Bakery, retail, having no more than five employees on the premises.

6.

Bank and homesteads.

7.

Barbershop or beauty shop.

8.

Bookstore.

9.

Business machines store or agency.

10.

Cosmetic studio.

11.

Dancing or music academies or similar nonindustrial training schools.

12.

Dry cleaning shops having no more than five employees on the premises and using no cleaning fluid whose base is petroleum or one of its derivatives.

13.

General retail services. The square footage allowable by the City of Harahan in general retail services, occupying more than 10,000 square feet in floor area, will be decided on a case by case basis upon the square footage requested on the original application to the City of Harahan; also upon the review and recommendation decision of the requested square footage by the Harahan Planning and Zoning Commission, and upon the approval and final vote by the Harahan City Council on an ordinance permitting the use and square footage of the individual project application, subject to the veto power of the mayor.

13a.

Repair establishments similar in character to those enumerated in this section, but occupying not more than 10,000 square feet in floor area.

14.

Health or athletic club or studio.

15.

Laundries having no more than five employees on the premises.

16.

Lawnmower, yard and garden equipment, rental, sales and services.

17.

Restaurants, including facilities providing drive-in food services.

18.

Accessory buildings or similar uses customarily incidental to the above uses, including accessory flat signs limited in area to one square foot per two lineal feet of street frontage. In no case shall there be more than one pole sign per lot.

19.

Monopoles (see telecommunication requirements).

20.

Roadside stand.

21.

Small animal hospitals or veterinary clinic; provided, however, [that] no outside kennels are maintained on the premises and all kennels are located in the main building.

22.

Kennels where domesticated animals are kept, cared for, or boarded, under the following conditions:

a.

All operations shall take place within a structure.

b.

Any outside animal run structure, pen or enclosure shall be fully fenced (including overhead) and shall only be used for outdoor animal recreation with the conditions of this Code.

c.

A secondary or perimeter fence or wall shall be constructed around all outside animal runs structures, pens, or enclosures.

d.

No outdoor operations shall take place within ten feet of the property line.

e.

No outdoor operations shall take place between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

f.

All other applicable municipal and state regulations shall be adhered to.

C.

Height regulations. No building or structure shall exceed 45 feet in height.

D.

Area regulations.

1.

Yard.

a.

Front yard.

i.

There shall be a front yard having a depth of 20 feet.

ii.

On through lots the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

iii.

Parking is permitted in the front yard area except where the frontage on one side of the street between two intersecting streets is partially in a C-1 district and partially in a residential district, in which case the front yard regulations of the residential district shall apply.

b.

Side yard.

i.

No side yard is required, except that on the side of a lot abutting on a residential district, a side yard of not less than five feet shall be provided.

ii.

On corner lots, the side yard on the side of the lot abutting the side street shall not be less than ten feet, except an accessory building which is not part of the main building may locate as near as five feet from the side of the lot abutting the side street, provided the lot in the rear of the corner lot does not front the side street.

iii.

In cases where a C-1 district abuts a residential district, a seven-foot wood or masonry fence shall be erected to screen and separate the districts.

c.

Rear yard.

i.

A rear yard is not required except where a lot abuts upon a residential district, in which case there shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet in depth. Where a rear yard, though not required, is provided, such rear yard shall not be less than five feet in depth.

2.

Lot area. The minimum width of lots shall be 60 feet at the front property line or at the front building line in the case of irregular shaped lots. Each lot shall contain a minimum area of 6,000 square feet.

E.

Off-street parking requirements. Off-street parking requirements are provided in section XVI of this ordinance.

F.

Loading zone requirements. Loading zone requirements are provided in section XVI of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 1351, § 1, 8-15-2002; Ord. No. 1410, § 1, 9-18-2003; Ord. No. 1588, § 1, 8-16-2007; Ord. No. 1643, § 1, 1-15-2009; Ord. No. 1738, § 1, 6-21-2012; Ord. No. 1969, § 2, 6-14-2023)