7 Commercial Districts
Appliance store | ||
Bakery, retail only | ||
Bank | ||
Barbershop and beauty shop | ||
Bicycle shop | ||
Bus and/or cab depot | ||
Clothing store | ||
Department store | ||
Drugstore | ||
Dry cleaning and/or laundry pick up station | ||
Dwellings, above first floor only in the case of structures consisting of two or more stories, not including any basement; no dwelling in a basement area; dwellings permitted on the first floor (of a 1 story building only-basement level not counted as a story); provided, that all of the following requirements are met: | ||
A. | There is a business establishment open to the public on a regular basis (with the proprietor, principal, or at least 1 of the principals, of the partnership or corporation, or manager being available to conduct business with the public at least 35 hours per week in any week of a calendar year, not less than 48 weeks per year, which requirements shall be deemed the minimum in order to be considered an "ongoing" business as the term is used in this entry, "Dwellings"), said commercial establishment occupying the front, or street side, 55% of the available floor space of the principal structure located on the premises subject to the zoning requirements of the central commercial district, no portion of the 55% being devoted to the permanent or long term storage of goods and wares, other than to the extent such goods and wares are part of the goods and wares displayed in connection with the conduct of the business on the premises and available for immediate sale and delivery to the public; | |
B. | The dwelling area shall not occupy more than 45% of the available floor space and may not be used for storage of goods or wares or materials and supplies normally utilized in the conduct of the business to which the 55% or any portion thereof of the structure is devoted; | |
C. | The dwelling area may only be occupied by the persons owning the building or structure, or the manager who is actively operating the business in the 55% of the building and the family of any such person, "family" being limited to spouse of the owner or manager, and children, as well as any stepchild or ward legally in the custody of the owner or the owner's spouse, or manager or manager's spouse; | |
D. | There shall be a wall dividing the front portion where the business is located from the rear portion where the dwelling area is located, said wall to have a 1 hour or greater fire rating and containing not more than 2 doors opening into the business area, each door being a solid core door; | |
E. | One or more separate rear entrances are provided for the dwelling area and are not used for ingress or egress by the public to gain entrance to the business area located in the front of the structure; | |
F. | At least 1 off street parking space is provided on the zoned premises at the rear of the building generally not for use by the public, but rather for the general parking of the building owner/business owner's personal vehicle; | |
G. | The owner of the building/business establishment gives written permission at the time the certificate of occupancy is applied for permitting the code compliance officer to make an annual inspection of the premises, such annual inspection to be conducted during reasonable business hours for the purpose of determining that the structure, including the interior dividing wall between the business and the dwelling portions of the first floor of the structure, meets all applicable City ordinances, and all other requirements as set forth previously herein, are being met on an ongoing basis; and | |
H. | The building owner/business owner executes an agreement in a form provided by the City, at the time application is made for a certificate of occupancy, that the dwelling area shall be occupied only so long as the business establishment continues to be in operation and open to the public on an ongoing basis; that once the business establishment ceases to be open to the public on an ongoing basis, that the structure owner/business owner agrees to vacate the dwelling area within a period not less than 3 months after receiving written notice from the code compliance officer that the business has been deemed no longer to meet the previous stated requirements of being open to the public on an ongoing basis; that the dwelling area shall not again be occupied unless it is by a person meeting all the aforesaid qualifications; and that the building owner/business owner shall be subject to a fine as provided in Title 1, Chapter 1-4, of this Code for each day the dwelling area is occupied after the period ending 3 months from the date written notice is given to the structure owner/business establishment owner that the business is no longer deemed to comply with the requirements as previously stated herein. | |
I. | A fine as provided in Title 1, Chapter 1-4, of this Code for each day a violation of this entry, "Dwellings", occurs is hereby adopted. Each day that a violation occurs shall be considered a separate violation of this title. | |
Fire and/or police station | |||
Food market | |||
Furniture store | |||
Gift shop | |||
Government offices | |||
Hardware store | |||
Insurance and/or real estate office | |||
Laundromat | |||
Law offices | |||
Medical and/or dental office | |||
Newspaper or printing shop | |||
Parking lot | |||
Places of amusement and assembly | |||
Restaurant | |||
Shoe repair shop | |||
Sporting goods shop | |||
Tavern and/or liquor store | |||
Variety store | |||
(Note: Permitted uses in this district as well as in the C-2 highway-oriented district, to the extent that this list of permitted uses is included, all or any portion hereof, in the list of permitted uses of said district, shall not be deemed to include storage or warehouse uses other than in connection with another otherwise permitted use of the property within the district, said permitted use being required to exist on the same premises, i.e., for example a retail or wholesale business on the premises, at least a portion of which premises is devoted to a display and sales area while the rest may essentially involve storage or warehousing of the goods available for sale or distribution.) |
All permitted uses in the C-1 district, except taverns and liquor stores (unless by special permitted use in accordance with this title) |
Automobile and truck sales |
Automobile service stations |
Building materials sales (no assembly, construction, millwork or manufacture) |
Concrete products sales (no assembly, construction, millwork or manufacture) |
Drive-in establishments, except drive-in theaters, drive-in taverns and drive-in liquor stores |
Express, cartage and trucking facilities |
Farm implement sales and service |
Frozen food lockers |
Garages and auto servicing |
Hotels and motels |
Laundry and dry cleaning plants |
Metal products sales |
Motorcycle sales and service |
Plumbing and heating shop |
Theaters, except drive-in type |
Truck stop |
7 Commercial Districts
Appliance store | ||
Bakery, retail only | ||
Bank | ||
Barbershop and beauty shop | ||
Bicycle shop | ||
Bus and/or cab depot | ||
Clothing store | ||
Department store | ||
Drugstore | ||
Dry cleaning and/or laundry pick up station | ||
Dwellings, above first floor only in the case of structures consisting of two or more stories, not including any basement; no dwelling in a basement area; dwellings permitted on the first floor (of a 1 story building only-basement level not counted as a story); provided, that all of the following requirements are met: | ||
A. | There is a business establishment open to the public on a regular basis (with the proprietor, principal, or at least 1 of the principals, of the partnership or corporation, or manager being available to conduct business with the public at least 35 hours per week in any week of a calendar year, not less than 48 weeks per year, which requirements shall be deemed the minimum in order to be considered an "ongoing" business as the term is used in this entry, "Dwellings"), said commercial establishment occupying the front, or street side, 55% of the available floor space of the principal structure located on the premises subject to the zoning requirements of the central commercial district, no portion of the 55% being devoted to the permanent or long term storage of goods and wares, other than to the extent such goods and wares are part of the goods and wares displayed in connection with the conduct of the business on the premises and available for immediate sale and delivery to the public; | |
B. | The dwelling area shall not occupy more than 45% of the available floor space and may not be used for storage of goods or wares or materials and supplies normally utilized in the conduct of the business to which the 55% or any portion thereof of the structure is devoted; | |
C. | The dwelling area may only be occupied by the persons owning the building or structure, or the manager who is actively operating the business in the 55% of the building and the family of any such person, "family" being limited to spouse of the owner or manager, and children, as well as any stepchild or ward legally in the custody of the owner or the owner's spouse, or manager or manager's spouse; | |
D. | There shall be a wall dividing the front portion where the business is located from the rear portion where the dwelling area is located, said wall to have a 1 hour or greater fire rating and containing not more than 2 doors opening into the business area, each door being a solid core door; | |
E. | One or more separate rear entrances are provided for the dwelling area and are not used for ingress or egress by the public to gain entrance to the business area located in the front of the structure; | |
F. | At least 1 off street parking space is provided on the zoned premises at the rear of the building generally not for use by the public, but rather for the general parking of the building owner/business owner's personal vehicle; | |
G. | The owner of the building/business establishment gives written permission at the time the certificate of occupancy is applied for permitting the code compliance officer to make an annual inspection of the premises, such annual inspection to be conducted during reasonable business hours for the purpose of determining that the structure, including the interior dividing wall between the business and the dwelling portions of the first floor of the structure, meets all applicable City ordinances, and all other requirements as set forth previously herein, are being met on an ongoing basis; and | |
H. | The building owner/business owner executes an agreement in a form provided by the City, at the time application is made for a certificate of occupancy, that the dwelling area shall be occupied only so long as the business establishment continues to be in operation and open to the public on an ongoing basis; that once the business establishment ceases to be open to the public on an ongoing basis, that the structure owner/business owner agrees to vacate the dwelling area within a period not less than 3 months after receiving written notice from the code compliance officer that the business has been deemed no longer to meet the previous stated requirements of being open to the public on an ongoing basis; that the dwelling area shall not again be occupied unless it is by a person meeting all the aforesaid qualifications; and that the building owner/business owner shall be subject to a fine as provided in Title 1, Chapter 1-4, of this Code for each day the dwelling area is occupied after the period ending 3 months from the date written notice is given to the structure owner/business establishment owner that the business is no longer deemed to comply with the requirements as previously stated herein. | |
I. | A fine as provided in Title 1, Chapter 1-4, of this Code for each day a violation of this entry, "Dwellings", occurs is hereby adopted. Each day that a violation occurs shall be considered a separate violation of this title. | |
Fire and/or police station | |||
Food market | |||
Furniture store | |||
Gift shop | |||
Government offices | |||
Hardware store | |||
Insurance and/or real estate office | |||
Laundromat | |||
Law offices | |||
Medical and/or dental office | |||
Newspaper or printing shop | |||
Parking lot | |||
Places of amusement and assembly | |||
Restaurant | |||
Shoe repair shop | |||
Sporting goods shop | |||
Tavern and/or liquor store | |||
Variety store | |||
(Note: Permitted uses in this district as well as in the C-2 highway-oriented district, to the extent that this list of permitted uses is included, all or any portion hereof, in the list of permitted uses of said district, shall not be deemed to include storage or warehouse uses other than in connection with another otherwise permitted use of the property within the district, said permitted use being required to exist on the same premises, i.e., for example a retail or wholesale business on the premises, at least a portion of which premises is devoted to a display and sales area while the rest may essentially involve storage or warehousing of the goods available for sale or distribution.) |
All permitted uses in the C-1 district, except taverns and liquor stores (unless by special permitted use in accordance with this title) |
Automobile and truck sales |
Automobile service stations |
Building materials sales (no assembly, construction, millwork or manufacture) |
Concrete products sales (no assembly, construction, millwork or manufacture) |
Drive-in establishments, except drive-in theaters, drive-in taverns and drive-in liquor stores |
Express, cartage and trucking facilities |
Farm implement sales and service |
Frozen food lockers |
Garages and auto servicing |
Hotels and motels |
Laundry and dry cleaning plants |
Metal products sales |
Motorcycle sales and service |
Plumbing and heating shop |
Theaters, except drive-in type |
Truck stop |