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Hobart City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXII

C-1 Limited Commercial District

§ 295-246 Purpose.

The Limited Commercial District is intended to serve the office and professional needs of nearby residential areas. The following regulations shall apply in C-1 Districts.

§ 295-247 Permitted uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C-1 District:
Accountants
Attorneys
Architects
Banks and financial institutions
Beauty salon — barber shop
Business consultants
Clinics — doctor and dentist offices
Computer and data processing services
Engineers, drafting, designers
Estate planners
Executive search consultants
Financial planning services
Insurance agencies
Medical clinics, chiropractor, physical therapy, sports medicine, dental, optometry and similar uses
Offices, business and professional
Real estate offices
Security brokers
Title companies
Travel agencies

§ 295-248 Permitted accessory uses.

The following are permitted accessory uses in the C-1 District:
A. 
Uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as the principal use.
B. 
Satellite dish antennas.
C. 
Telephone, cable television, and public utility installations.

§ 295-249 Conditional uses.

The following are conditional uses in the C-1 District:
A. 
Religious institutions in the form of convents, seminaries, monasteries, churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, rectories, parsonages, and parish houses.
B. 
Public utility and service uses, and civic buildings as follows:
(1) 
Substations.
(2) 
Fire stations.
(3) 
Gas regulator stations.
(4) 
Police stations, public works facilities.
(5) 
Railroad right-of-way, but not including railroad yards and shops, other than for passenger purposes.
(6) 
Telephone exchanges, transmission equipment buildings and microwave relay towers.

§ 295-250 Lot requirements per use.

A. 
With public sewer.
(1) 
Area: 15,000 square feet minimum.
(2) 
Zoning lot frontage: 100 feet minimum.
B. 
Without public sewer.
(1) 
Area: 40,000 square feet minimum.
(2) 
Zoning lot frontage: 100 feet minimum.

§ 295-251 Height regulations.

All structures 35 feet maximum; except as provided by § 295-13, Height regulations.

§ 295-252 Building setbacks.

Principal Structure
Accessory Building
Driveways
Front yard
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
10 feet from property line
Side yard
10 feet minimum
10 feet minimum
10 feet from property line
Rear yard
15 feet minimum
15 feet minimum
10 feet from property line
Corner lot
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
75 feet from center line of intersection

§ 295-253 Building size.

Minimum of 1,500 square feet.

§ 295-254 Accessory building.

All accessory buildings hereinafter constructed in the C-1 District shall meet the district requirements and those identified in § 295-11, Building and uses.

§ 295-255 Parking.

Parking shall conform to the requirements as set forth in Article XXVIII, Off-Street Parking Requirements.

§ 295-256 Signs.

Signs shall be regulated as set forth in § 295-361, Regulation of signs.

§ 295-257 Site review requirements.

All structures and buildings allowed in the C-1 Limited Commercial District shall meet the requirements of Article XXXIII, Site Review/Development and Design Standards, of this chapter.

§ 295-258 Other requirements.

A. 
Structures and buildings allowed in the C-1 Limited Commercial District shall meet the regulations of this district and the other articles of this chapter, as determined by the Village Zoning Administrator/Building Inspector and approved by the Site Review Committee.
B. 
All business, services, and storage (except for motor vehicles in operable condition) shall be conducted within a completely enclosed structure.
C. 
The parking or storage of operable motor vehicles, if not within an enclosed building structure, shall be effectively screened by shrubbery, or solid wall or fence if not less than six feet. Walls and fences shall not exceed eight feet in height.
D. 
Any use found and determined by the Village Planning and Zoning Commission to be incompatible with the purpose of the C-1 District may be prohibited by the Village Board, including but not limited to outdoor wood burners/solid-fuel heating devices.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
E. 
A detailed landscaping plan, showing placement of shrubbery, trees and other vegetative plantings, shall be submitted to the Village Board for approval prior to the issuance of a building permit, to insure appropriateness and compatibility with adjoining development.
F. 
Absent a permit for a special occasion, businesses may not be open to the public between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. This provision does not apply to emergency type facilities.