1.   Uses. This district is composed of land and structures used primarily to provide retail trade, personal and business services of all kinds that contribute to the construction of a concentrated regional shopping and business center. The regulations are designed to permit a highly concentrated development of the permitted uses within the district. Residential uses are not permitted in the C-1 District, EXCEPT for the following:

      Apartment units above the first floor; and

      First floor apartments that do not exceed 50% of the square footage of the floor and which do not front on Sumner Avenue.

   The following are the uses permitted in this district:

      Advertising sign pertaining only to a use conducted within the building, which sign shall not exceed 100 square feet in area unless attached flat against the wall of a principal structure

      Bakeries whose products are sold primarily at retail in the premises;

      Banks and other financial institutions

      Barber shops or beauty parlors

      Bowling alleys

      Business or commercial schools

      Dancing or music studio for private instruction

      Electrical and shoe repair shops with retail sales

      Grocery stores

      Hotels or motels

      Interior decorating shops

      Laundry, dry cleaning, and dyeing shops or Laundromats

      Messenger or telegraph service stations

      Mini-storage units

      Offices or office buildings

      Petroleum automobile service stations and convenience stores Photographer studios

      Printing shop and newspaper printing shop

      Private clubs and lodges

      Restaurants

      Retail stores

      Sales show rooms

      Shops for retail sales

      Taverns

      Theaters (except open-air drive-in theaters)

      Public parks

   2.   Lot Sizes.

      Minimum Lot Size   No restriction

      Minimum Frontage   No restriction

      Maximum Building Height   No restriction

      Maximum Lot Coverage by Buildings   No restriction

      Minimum Front Yard   No restriction

      Minimum Side Yard   No restriction

      Minimum Rear Yard   No restriction

   3.   Off-Street Loading Space. Every principal building or part thereof hereinafter erected, enlarged or converted, having a gross floor area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, light industry, storage warehouse, laundry, truck terminal, or other uses, involving the frequent receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building not less than one off-street loading space for each 10,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of gross floor space of the building. Minimum loading space dimensions shall be 10 feet by 25 feet.

   4.   Architectural Standards. The following architectural requirements and standards shall apply in the Central Business District.

      A.   Building Placement. Buildings shall be sited parallel to the street frontage and shall have a well-defined front façade with primary entrances addressing the primary street frontage and secondary entrances located at additional convenient locations. At intersections, buildings shall have front façades on both streets.

      B.   Building Materials. The following materials are NOT acceptable for front façades, except as a secondary or trim material:

         (1)   Masonite

         (2)   Visible asphaltic exterior wall

         (3)   Aluminum/steel siding or panels

         (4)   Non-architectural sheet metal

         (5)   Non-textured concrete block

         (6)   Non-finished/non-painted plywood or particle board siding

      C.   Design Elements. All buildings shall have at least three design elements that contribute to the appearance and character of the building such as:

         (1)   Display windows

         (2)   Peaked roof forms

         (3)   Arches/recessed archways

         (4)   Overhangs

         (5)   Integrated tile/molding

         (6)   Awnings/canopies

         (7)   Window and door framing/shutters/sills

         (8)   Change in material/massing/texture

         (9)   Change in color