A.

Purpose

The B-1 District is established to provide areas of local business that can directly serve the general public with retail sales and services.

B.

Uses Permitted as a Matter of Right

1.

Adult book or video stores, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.H.

2.

Ambulatory health care facilities.

3.

Animal hospitals, completely enclosed.

4.

Antique shops, art galleries, craft shops.

5.

Bakeries, provided all goods baked on the premises shall be sold at retail from the premises.

6.

Banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, credit unions, brokers, and similar financial institutions.

7.

Bicycle repair shops.

8.

Blueprinting, printing, duplicating or engraving services limited to 2,000 square feet of net floor area.

9.

Carnivals and fairs sponsored by and operated on a nonprofit basis for the benefit of charitable, social, civic or educational organizations, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

10.

Carpet and floor covering stores.

11.

Catering establishments and banquet facilities.

12.

Child day care centers and nursery schools.

13.

Clothing and apparel stores with goods for sale or rent.

14.

Commercial communication antennas.

15.

Commercial communication towers with a height of less than 200 feet measured from ground level, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.E.2. and 128.0.E.3.

16.

Conservation areas, including wildlife and forest preserves, environmental management areas, reforestation areas, and similar uses.

17.

Convenience stores.

18.

Convents and monasteries used for residential purposes.

19.

Day treatment or care facilities.

20.

Drug and cosmetic stores.

21.

Farmers markets and farm produce stands.

22.

Farming, provided that on a residential lot or parcel of less than 40,000 square feet no livestock shall be permitted. However, residential chicken keeping is allowed as noted in Section 128.0.

23.

Food stores.

24.

Funeral homes and mortuaries.

25.

Furniture, appliance and business machine repair, furniture upholstering, and similar services.

26.

Government structures, facilities and uses, including public schools and colleges.

27.

Hardware stores.

28.

Home improvement stores including, but not limited to, the following: electrical supplies, glass, garden supplies, hardware, plumbing supplies, wallpaper, and building materials and supplies related to home improvements, provided such building materials and supplies are enclosed in a building.

29.

Hotels, motels, country inns and conference centers on parcels at least 1.5 acres in area.

30.

Laundry and/or dry cleaning establishments, except that pickup and delivery services shall not be provided.

31.

Lawn and garden sheds and equipment sales, maintenance and repair.

32.

Liquor stores.

33.

Mobile home and modular home sales and rentals, but not including occupancy, provided that any such use is located on a lot which adjoins a lot zoned R-MH pursuant to Section 113.1 of these Regulations.

34.

Motor vehicle parts or tire stores, without installation facilities.

35.

Museums and libraries.

36.

Nonprofit clubs, lodges, community halls.

37.

Nursing homes and residential care facilities, in the Non-Planned Service Area for Water and Sewerage.

38.

Offices, professional and business.

39.

One square foot of residential space is permitted for each square foot of commercial space and must be located within the same structure.

40.

Personal service establishments.

41.

Pet grooming establishments and daycare, completely enclosed.

42.

Religious facilities, structures and land used primarily for religious activities.

43.

Repair of electronic equipment, radios, televisions, computers, clocks, watches, jewelry, and similar items.

44.

Restaurants, carryout, including incidental delivery service.

45.

Restaurants, standard, and beverage establishments, including those serving beer, wine and liquor.

46.

Retail greenhouses, garden centers and nurseries, including incidental sale of firewood.

47.

Rooftop solar collectors and ground-mount solar collectors.

48.

Seasonal sale of Christmas trees or other decorative plant materials, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

49.

Schools, Commercial.

50.

Schools, private academic, including colleges and universities.

51.

Service agencies.

52.

Specialty stores.

53.

Swimming pools, commercial or community.

54.

Underground pipelines; electric transmission and distribution lines; telephone, telegraph and CATV lines; mobile transformer units; telephone equipment boxes; and other similar public utility uses not requiring a Conditional Use.

55.

Volunteer fire departments.

(Bill No. 35-2015(ZRA-151), §§ 1, 2, 10-10-2015; Bill No. 80-2017(ZRA-178), §§ 1, 2, 5-12-2018; Bill No. 17-2021(ZRA-197), § 1, 5-6-2021)

C.

Accessory Uses

1.

Any use normally and customarily incidental to any use permitted as a matter of right in this district.

2.

Communication towers and antennas which are accessory to a principal use on the lot and which exclusively serve that use. Towers are subject to the requirements of Sections 128.0.E.2 and 128.0.E.3.

3.

Retail sale of propane on the site of a principal retail business.

4.

Snowball stands, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

5.

Private parks, athletic fields, exercise facilities, tennis courts, basketball courts, and similar private, noncommercial recreation facilities.

6.

Small Wind Energy System, building mounted, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.L.

7.

Accessory storage buildings and shipping containers, as accessory storage structures, subject to the requirements in Section 128.0.D.

(Bill No. 53-2017(ZRA-169), § 1, 11-13-2017; Bill No. 17-2021(ZRA-197), § 1, 5-6-2021)

D.

Bulk Regulations

(Also see Section 128.0.A, Supplementary Bulk Regulations.)

1.

The following maximum height for structures shall be observed:

a.

Maximum height .....40 feet

b.

Maximum height for a structure with a pitched roof .....48 feet

2.

The following minimum structure and use setback requirements shall be observed:

a.

From public street right-of-way .....30 feet

Except for parking uses .....10 feet

b.

From a residential district other than a public street right-of-way .....30 feet

E.

Conditional Uses

Conditional Uses in the B-1 District are subject to the detailed requirements for Conditional Uses given in Section 131.0. For the list of permitted Conditional Uses, refer to the chart in Section 131.0.