The regulations set forth in this article or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this article are the "B-1A" Local Business District regulations.

(Ord. of 4-23-96)

This district is intended to provide primarily for retail shopping and personal service uses to be developed either as integrated units or as individual parcels to serve the needs of a relatively small area, primarily nearby, low-density or medium-density residential neighborhoods. To enhance the general character of the district, its function of local and neighborhood service, and its compatibility with its residential surroundings, the size of certain uses is limited.

(Ord. of 4-23-96)

[The following uses are permitted by right:]

(1)

Retail stores, convenience shops, personal service establishments, restaurants, drive-in or otherwise, food and drug stores.

(2)

Governmental, business and professional offices and financial institutions.

(3)

Vehicle fuel stations consisting of an office and pumps for the sale of fuel and lubricants, so long as bulk storage of flammable liquids is underground.

(4)

Religious, educational, charitable and benevolent institutional uses which do not provide housing facilities.

(5)

Public and privately owned parking lots.

(6)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above-listed uses.

(7)

Public uses.

(Ord. of 4-23-96; Ord. of 8-12-03)

[The following uses are permitted by special use permit only:]

(1)

Reducing required parking areas to permit fewer than the required number of vehicle parking spaces for any use, provided that an amount of open space equal to the amount of space that would have been used for the required number of vehicle parking spaces is left available for parking in the event that, at the discretion of the city council, it is needed at some time in the future. Open space used for this purpose shall be so noted in the deed and shall not be used to meet any conflicting requirements of the zoning ordinance.

(2)

Public uses which deviate from the requirements of title 10, chapter 3.

(Ord. of 4-23-96; Ord. of 6-24-97; Ord. of 9-23-14(12); Ord. of 8-22-17(13))

Except as provided in article T, the following area and dimensional regulations shall apply:

Minimum Setback:

Front—Thirty (30) feet.

Side—Ten (10) feet.

Rear—Ten (10) feet, except on the side of a lot abutting a residential district, then thirty (30) feet.

Maximum Building Height:

Stories—Two and one-half (2½), not to exceed thirty-five (35) feet.

(Ord. of 4-23-96; Ord. of 11-25-08(2))

(a)

Provisions for off-street parking and loading regulations within this district shall comply with article G.

(b)

Provisions for parking lot landscaping regulations within this district shall comply with article G also.

(c)

Unless modified or superseded by other ordinances which directly apply to the general health, safety and welfare of the public, all accessory storage or products to be processed or being processed, and supplies and waste materials resulting from such work, shall be completely enclosed within the structures of permanent and durable construction.

(d)

Private refuse collection facilities shall be provided at a designated point and shall meet the requirements in section 10-3-110(h).

(Ord. of 4-23-96; Ord. of 1-14-14(11); Ord. of 7-23-24)