There is established the C-1 zone and the standards and regulations by which certain land uses may be permitted therein.

(Ord. 285 §22, 1960).

The essential purpose of the C-1 zone is to provide a place and create an environment which will encourage the location of varied retail, office, residential, civic and recreational activities which will benefit and contribute to the overall economic vitality of the community.

(Ord. 876 §84, 1999: Ord. 285 §23, 1960).

The land uses permitted in the C-1 zone are as follows:

(1)

Specified wireless communications facilities pursuant to MLMC Chapter 17.52, Wireless Communications Facilities;

(2)

Banks and professional offices;

(3)

Barbershops, beauty parlors;

(4)

Billiard and pool parlors;

(5)

Theaters, recreational centers and other places of amusement;

(6)

Restaurants, cafes, taverns;

(7)

Small machinery rental and repair (individual machine weighing less than five hundred pounds);

(8)

Studios, undertaking establishments;

(9)

Package liquor sales;

(10)

Bus depots;

(11)

Commercial garages, automobile sales, service, motor vehicle drive-yourself auto and truck rentals, gasoline service stations;

(12)

Lumberyards having as the essential purpose the sale of merchandise to customers;

(13)

Laundries and dry-cleaning establishments;

(14)

Heating and plumbing equipment sales, supplies, installation and service;

(15)

Accessory uses, such as repair service relating to the sales in the essential and permitted uses;

(16)

Operation of motors and other equipment relating to the function of the essential use;

(17)

Signs in accordance with MLMC Chapter 17.39, Signs;

(18)

Mini-storage facilities provided that they are not located within the established central business district boundaries;

(19)

Animal hospitals and clinics for the treatment and the hospitalization of dogs and cats and other small animals, excluding livestock, while actually undergoing medical treatment; the conduct of a kennel for the board or keeping of animals is not a permitted use in a C-1 zone;

(20)

Post offices, library, government offices;

(21)

Parking in accordance with MLMC Chapter 17.36, Off-Street Parking;

(22)

Newspaper offices, printing and copying services;

(23)

Nursery, greenhouse;

(24)

Upholstery shop;

(25)

Hotel, motel, bed and breakfast;

(26)

Carwash;

(27)

Educational services;

(28)

Residential dwelling units (apartments or condominium-type) in conjunction with the primary commercial business, provided that any such dwelling unit is located on floors above the first story, and that use of said first story remains at a minimum of eighty percent commercial use;

(29)

Grocery and convenience stores;

(30)

Fraternal halls;

(31)

Exercise facility/spa;

(32)

Any uses not listed may be permitted if it is found that the proposed use conforms with the spirit and intent of all sections of the C-1 zone.

(33)

Day care center.

(Ord. 876 §85, 1999: Ord. 828 §1, 1996: Ord. 719 §3, 1990: Ord. 452 §1, 1975: Ord. 285 §24, 1960).

The following conditional uses may be permitted in the C-1 zone through a conditional use permit as described in MLMC, Chapter 17.48, Variances, Conditional Use Permit and Appeals.

(1)

Home businesses operated by residential property owners.

(Ord. 876 §86, 1999: Ord. 624 §2, 1984).

(Ord. No. 1130, § 45, 11-19-2024)

Unless otherwise stipulated in this chapter all property uses permitted in the C-1 zoning district including permitted and conditional uses shall conform to the following development standards:

(1)

Lot Size and Coverage.

(A)

Minimum lot size is three thousand and five hundred square feet.

(B)

Minimum street frontage is thirty feet.

(C)

Minimum lot width is thirty feet.

(D)

Maximum lot coverage is one hundred percent.

(2)

Setback Requirements. There are no setback requirements for the commercial zoning district except what is required by landscaping, or if off-street parking is provided on-site.

(A)

Front Yard. None.

(B)

Rear Yard. None.

(C)

Interior Side Yard. None.

(D)

Corner Side Yard. None.

(3)

The maximum building height is forty feet. The following types of structures or structural parts are not subject to the maximum building height limitation: aerials, chimneys, church spires, cupolas, domes, fire and hose towers, flagpoles, monuments, radio or television antennas, communication towers and associated antennas, and other similar projections.

(4)

Off-street parking shall be in accordance with MLMC Chapter 17.36, Off-Street Parking.

(5)

Landscaping shall be in accordance with MLMC Chapter 17.40, Landscaping.

(6)

All developments, including site-specific, shall include a stormwater management plan that will comprehensively provide for all on-site drainage. The stormwater management plan shall meet approval of the city public works director, and shall be completed or bonded prior to issuance of a final occupancy permit. When possible, the stormwater management plan should work in conjunction with MLMC Chapter 17.40, Landscaping.

(7)

Signs shall be in accordance with MLMC Chapter 17.39, Signs.

(8)

Sidewalks shall be required in accordance with MLMC Chapter 11.20, Street and Sidewalk Classification and Specifications.

(Ord. 876 §87, 1999: Ord. 731 §2, 1991: Ord. 719 §4, 1990).

All uses permitted in the C-1 zone shall meet the following standards:

(1)

Within the central business district, parking areas and refuse collection/storage areas will not be permitted between the street (or streets on a corner lot), and the commercial establishment they service.

(2)

Facilities or establishments that generate or depend upon traffic flow for business, such as drive-in or drive-through banks, restaurants, laundries, etc., will not be permitted unless they meet the following criteria:

(A)

The drive-in or drive-through facility and its associated driveways and parking spaces have a dedicated site of not less than eight thousand square feet;

(B)

Each drive-in or drive-through facility will have a dedicated entrance and exit from the street, independent of any other co-located users.

(3)

Exterior Mechanical Devices. All HVAC equipment, pumps, heaters and other mechanical devices shall be screened from view from all public right-of-way with a one hundred percent sight-obscuring fence or Type I landscaping as outlined in subsection (6) of this section.

(4)

Outdoor Lighting. Within one hundred feet of any residential use or zone, outdoor lighting and aerial mounted floodlighting shall be shielded from above in such a manner so that the bottom edge of the light shield shall be below the light source. Such lighting shall be shielded so that direct illumination shall be confined to the property boundaries of the light source. Temporary outdoor lighting intended to advertise a temporary promotional event shall be exempt from this requirement.

(5)

Trash Receptacles. Trash receptacles shall be screened from view with a one hundred percent sight-obscuring fence or Type I landscaping as outlined in subsection (6) of this section.

(6)

Screening of Commercial Uses. Commercial uses hereafter established shall provide and maintain sight- obscuring fencing and/or Type I landscaping in accordance with MLMC Chapter 17.40, Landscaping, between the commercial use and any pre-existing residential use or residential zone, regardless of development status. Residential uses hereafter shall provide and maintain sight-obscuring fencing or landscaping between the residential use and any pre-existing commercial use or commercial zone, regardless of development status. If sight-obscuring fencing is chosen, the height of the barrier shall be six feet except in the front yard setback, in which case the provisions of MLMC Section 17.37.020(b)(2)(A)(i), shall apply. If the landscaping option is chosen the provisions of MLMC Section 17.37.080(6)(a)and(b) shall apply.

(7)

All development permit applications are subject to a concurrency test as stipulated in MLMC Chapter 16.02, Concurrency Management.

(Ord. 876 §88, 1999: Ord. 742 §2, 1992).