Lewiston City Zoning Code

B-1 SERVICE

BUSINESS DISTRICT

§ 152.135 PERMITTED USES.

The following are permitted uses in the B-1 Service Business District:

(A) Armories, convention halls or exhibition halls;

(B) Bowling alleys, billiard or pool halls;

(D) Bus station;

(E) Cabinet, carpenter, upholstering or furniture repair shops employing not more than four persons in the construction or repair process;

(F) Dry cleaning establishments, laundries, laundromats, self-servicing or employing not more than four persons in the laundering, cleaning and pressing process;

(G) Frozen food lockers for individuals or family;

(H) Grocery, fruit, vegetable and meat stores;

(I) Greenhouses, nurseries and garden stores;

(J) Laboratories, medical and dental;

(K) Marine and boat sales and servicing establishments;

(L) Miniature golf courses, par three golf courses or archery or golf driving ranges operated for commercial purposes;

(M) Monument sales, not including processing;

(N) Mortuaries or funeral homes;

(O) Motels, hotels or apartment hotels;

(P) Newspaper distribution agencies;

(Q) Orthopedic and medical appliance stored, but not including the assembly or manufacture of such articles;

(R) Pet and animal hospitals;

(S) Plumbing, heating and air conditioning shops and showrooms;

(T) Photographic studio and processing;

(U) Printing and publishing shops;

(V) Public utility structures;

(W) Municipal and government buildings;

(X) Radio and television service and repair shops;

(Y) Recording studios;

(Z) Restaurants;

(AA) Skating rinks;

(BB) Taverns;

(CC) Telephone booths (outside);

(DD) Theaters; and

(EE) Vending machines for water, ice, milk or soda pop sales.

(Prior Code, § 909.01)

§ 152.136 CONDITIONAL USES.

The following are conditional uses in the B-1 Service Business District:

(A) New or used automobile sales or storage lots, new or used implement sales or storage lots, automobile laundries or car washes, automobile service stations or repair shops; provided:

(1) The parking lot shall be surfaced with a dust-free material, and plans for the arrangement of entrances, exits, screening of exterior storage lots and parking stalls shall accompany the request for a special use permit; and

(2) Artificial lighting shall be directed away from any public right-of-way and any residential district.

(B) Drive-in restaurants, car washes or similar uses that provide goods and services to patrons in automobiles, provided:

(1) A screen of acceptable design shall be constructed along the property line when said use is abutting any residential property;

(2) The parking area shall be surfaced with a dust-free material, and plans for the arrangement of entrances, exits and parking stalls shall accompany the request for a special use permit; and

(3) Lighting shall be directed away from any public right-of-way and any residential district.

(D) Other business activities of the same general character as those permitted, but not specifically listed.

(Prior Code, § 909.02)

§ 152.137 HEIGHT, YARD AND AREA REGULATIONS.

(A) Height regulations.

(1) Structures shall not exceed four stories or 45 feet in height, except that church spires, belfries, domes which do not contain useable space, water towers, chimneys or smoke stacks, cooling towers and elevated penthouses may be erected with no height limitations except airport requirements.

(2) On any lot abutting an R-1 District, no structure shall exceed two and one half stories or 30 feet in height, except that church spires, belfries, domes which do not contain usable space and chimneys may be of any height which does not conflict with airport requirements.

(B) Front yard regulations. There shall be a front yard or dust-free surfaced parking lot having a depth of not less than 30 feet.

(1) No specific side yard width shall be required, except that reasonable access for firefighting equipment and setbacks for traffic safety (if adjacent to street, alley or driveway) may be required.

(2) On every lot having common lot line with a lot located in any residential district, the side yard regulation of that residential district shall be observed.

(D) Rear yard regulations. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet, except that on any lot which abuts any other district in which a rear yard of less than 20 feet is allowed, the rear yard regulations of that district may be used.

(E) Lot coverage regulations. Not more than 50% of a lot shall be occupied by buildings.

(F) Screening requirements. Prior to issuance of any zoning or building permit for any commercial, business or industrial use, an applicant shall agree to provide adequate screening to reduce or eliminate possible nuisance-like effects of the proposed use, such as noise, glare, dust and the view of parking or storage areas and signs, if the use would share a common lost line with any residential district (R-1 or R-2). Such screening shall include a fence, not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height, which is designed in a manner compatible with both the proposed building and any fences or the immediately adjacent outside covering of homes or other buildings in the residential district. The fence shall be located within the five-foot strip immediately adjoining the common lot line. The screening may also, in the discretion of the City Council upon recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, include required planting of trees, bushes and other plant materials designed to provide a minimum year-round opaque barrier of 80% at the time of maturity. Nothing herein shall prevent the use of existing trees, walls of the proposed building or sodded and maintained earthen berms from being used as a substitute for fencing; provided they offer the same buffer and sight relief from parking lots and nuisance-like effects of the proposed use and are approved by the Council.

(Prior Code, § 909.03)

§ 152.138 PARKING REGULATIONS.

The required parking and loading spaces shall be provided on the premises of each use. No parking shall be allowed in any required yard except as a conditional use. Each parking space shall contain a minimum area of not less than 300 square feet including access drives, and a width of not less than nine feet, and a depth of not less than 20 feet. The minimum number of required off-street parking spaces for various uses shall be as follows:

(A) Automobile service station: four parking spaces plus two parking spaces for each service stall. Such parking spaces shall be in addition to gas pump service areas;

(B) Sales establishments for autos, trailers, boats and marine equipment, farm implements, garden supplies, building materials and auto repair services: six parking spaces plus one additional parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet;

(D) Drive-in restaurant: 20 parking spaces or one space for each twenty square feet of floor area whichever is greater;

(E) Motel: one parking space for each rental room or suite;

(F) Miniature golf course, archery range or golf driving range: ten parking spaces;

(G) Assembly or exhibition hall, auditorium, theater or sports arena: one parking space for each four seats, based on design capacity;

(H) Restaurant, café, night club, tavern or bar: one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area;

(I) Skating rink or dance hall: one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area;

(J) Other retail stores and service establishments: one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area plus one space for each employee on the major shift or one space for each 350 feet of gross floor area within the building, whichever is greater; and

(K) Professional offices, medical and dental clinics, and animal hospitals: four parking spaces plus one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet.

(Prior Code, § 909.04)

§ 152.139 PERMITTED SIGNS REQUIRING A PERMIT.

(A) Wall signs and projecting signs.

(1) Individual establishments. Individual detached establishments or enterprises not clustered in a shopping center complex or in a multi-tenant office or industrial building may have wall signs and projecting signs on each wall; provided the aggregate area of such signs does not exceed 20% of the area of the wall supporting the signs.

(2) Clustered establishment. Attached establishments or enterprises clustered in a shopping center complex or in a multi-tenant office or industrial building may have wall signs and projecting signs subject to the following.

(a) Each establishment or enterprise may have such signs on each of its exterior walls; provided the aggregate area of such sign does not exceed 20% of the wall supporting the signs.

(b) In lieu of the division (A)(2)(a) above, the aggregate of the establishments or enterprises may have a wall or projecting sign on each wall identifying the tenants collectively, or identifying the complex or building; provided the area of each sign does not exceed 30% of the area of the wall supporting it, or 100 square feet, whichever is less.

(B) Freestanding signs.

(1) The gross surface area of any freestanding sign shall not exceed 80 square feet.

(2) Freestanding signs shall be limited to one for a lot of 100-foot frontage or less, and to only one for each additional 100 feet for lot frontage (i.e., lots with frontage of 150 feet shall only be allowed one freestanding sign; lots with 200 feet of frontage shall be allowed two signs). Corner lots or pie-shaped lots shall be assigned frontage pursuant to the section of the city code relating to special assessment of curb and gutter and street assessments.

(3) No freestanding sign shall project higher than ten feet above the highest point of any building on the lot.

(C) Roof signs. Each lot eligible for a freestanding sign may instead elect to have a roof sign for identification (in lieu of a freestanding identification sign); provided that the sign does not extend more than six feet above the roof line or exceed respective area limits.

(D) Canopy signs. Individual and clustered establishments may have canopy signs, to be considered a type of wall sign; provided the sign in all other respects is consistent with the provisions of this chapter for wall signs.

(Prior Code, § 909.05)