The purposes of a downtown commercial district is to provide for the everyday shopping needs and related convenience of the community. It is not the intent of this district to draw vehicular trade from outside the immediate area. In C-1 downtown commercial district, the following regulations shall apply.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

A building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes:

A.

Permitted uses.

1.

Business service:

a.

Bank;

b.

Office;

c.

Postal office.

2.

Clothing service:

a.

Laundromat;

b.

Dressmaking and tailor shop;

c.

Shoe repair shop;

d.

Dry cleaning and pressing, employing not more than four persons on any one shift and using only cleaning materials safe from fire hazards.

3.

Equipment service:

a.

Electric sales and service;

b.

Appliance repair.

4.

Food service:

a.

Grocery;

b.

Meat market;

c.

Supermarket;

d.

Restaurant;

e.

Delicatessen;

f.

Bakery, employing not more than four persons on any one shift.

5.

Personal service:

a.

Barber shop;

b.

Beauty shop;

c.

Health club;

d.

Photographic studio.

6.

Retail service (retail stores generally):

a.

Drug store;

b.

Office supply;

c.

Newsstand/bookstore;

d.

Apparel shop;

e.

Show room, for articles to be sold at retail (including antique malls);

f.

Flower shop.

7.

Commercial recreational uses (conducted only within buildings so constructed that no noise of any kind, produced therein, shall be audible beyond the confines of the building):

a.

Theater;

b.

Bowling alley;

c.

Billiard room;

d.

Dancing academy.

8.

Business or professional office, studio, financial institution, municipal building, library, museum, or public transportation station.

9.

Residential, limited to one dwelling unit occupied by owner, tenant or successor or apartment, where residential dwelling unit occupies the second floor of the structure.

10.

Accessory uses.

B.

Special uses - granted by the board of zoning appeals.

1.

Automobile services including:

a.

Filling station;

b.

Commercial garage;

c.

Commercial parking lot;

d.

Sales room;

e.

Open automobile or trailer sales area;

f.

Automobile repair, entirely within enclosed buildings.

2.

Any use of the general character as any of the above-permitted uses.

3.

Planned unit developments of not less than two acres in accordance with the provisions of title XII of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

The maximum height of any building or other structure shall be 2½ stories or not more than 35 feet.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

A.

Minimum lot area and width. A minimum lot area of not less than 2,750 square feet, and a lot width of not less than 22 feet at the building line shall be provided for every building or other structure erected or used for any use permitted in this district.

B.

Front yard. There shall be no required front yard, however, where adjacent properties are set back from the front property line, all new buildings shall conform to the average set back dimension of the adjacent buildings located on adjoining zoning lots.

C.

Side yards. No side yards shall be required.

D.

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot, the depth of which shall be not less than ten feet from the rear lot line. If the rear yard will be used for vehicular parking the depth shall be increased to 20 feet.

E.

Building coverage. There shall be no requirements limiting building coverage, other than the rear yard requirements.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

Landscaping requirements will be in accordance with the provisions of title XIII, section 17 of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

No parking requirements are required in this district. Loading shall be provided at the rear of the building, accessed from the alley.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

Sign requirements will be in accordance with the provisions of title XIII, section 13 of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

All business shall be conducted within the completely enclosed building, except for off-street parking, unless authorized as a special use.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)