The C-1, general shopping district, is intended to permit retail business and service uses which are needed to serve the nearby residential areas. In order to promote such business developments so far as is possible and appropriate in each area, uses are prohibited which would create hazards, offensive and loud noises, vibration, smoke, glare, or heavy truck traffic. The intent of this district is also to encourage the concentration of local business areas to the mutual advantage of both the consumers and merchants and thereby to promote the best use of land at certain strategic locations and to avoid the continuance of encouraging marginal strip, business development along major thoroughfares.

(Ord. No. 442, § 10.1, 8-19-81)

In the C-1 district, no uses shall be permitted unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except the following:

(1)

Business service, including the following:

a.

Bank.

b.

Office.

c.

Post office or postal station.

d.

Uses similar to the above.

(2)

Clothing service, including the following:

a.

Laundry agency, self-service laundry.

b.

Dry cleaning establishment using not more than two clothes-cleaning units, neither of which shall have a rated capacity of more than 40 pounds, using cleaning fluid which is nonexplosive and nonflammable.

c.

Dressmaking.

d.

Millinery.

e.

Tailor and pressing shop.

f.

Shoe repair shop.

(3)

Equipment service, including the following:

a.

Radio or television shop.

b.

Electric appliance shop.

c.

Record shop.

d.

Watch repair shop.

e.

Shoe repair shop.

f.

Uses similar to the above.

(4)

Food service (excluding drive-in type businesses), including but not limited to the following:

a.

Grocery, including beer, wine and liquor, fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy products and baked goods.

b.

Restaurant and delicatessen.

c.

Uses similar to the above.

(5)

Offices, including the following:

a.

Business.

b.

Medical.

c.

Professional.

(6)

Personal service, including the following:

a.

Barber shop.

b.

Beauty shop.

c.

Health salon.

d.

Photographic studio.

e.

Uses similar to the above.

(7)

Retail service and retail stores generally, including the following:

a.

Drug store.

b.

Hardware store, paint, wallpaper.

c.

Stationer.

d.

Newsdealer.

e.

Apparel shop.

f.

Household appliances.

g.

Flower shop.

h.

Gift shop.

i.

Antique shop.

j.

Variety store.

k.

Sporting goods.

(8)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses.

(9)

Off-street parking in accordance with the requirements of article XVII.

(10)

Signs, in accordance with the requirements of applicable city ordinances and article XVIII.

(11)

Residential uses existing as of 8-16-2000. The residential use shall not be expanded in size or character of the use existing on 8-16-2000.

(12)

Churches and other facilities normally incidental thereto, provided that the minimum site size shall be two acres and all ingress and egress must be directly to a major thoroughfare.

(Ord. No. 442, § 10.2, 8-19-81; Ord. No. 641, art. I, 9-6-00; Ord. No. 694, art. I, 6-4-03)

The following uses may be permitted subject to the conditions imposed in sections 24-119 and 24-413 and subject further to the approval of the planning commission:

(1)

Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformers.

(2)

Department stores.

(3)

Shopping centers containing five or more stores.

(4)

Radio and television towers.

(5)

Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work.

(6)

Drive-in restaurants and other drive-in establishments.

(7)

Uses similar to the principal permitted uses of section 24-292, and not listed elsewhere in this chapter as a principal permitted use or special approval use.

(8)

Funeral homes or mortuaries.

(Ord. No. 442, § 10.3, 8-19-81; Ord. No. 676, art. I, 9-10-01; Ord. No. 704, art. I, 7-21-04)

The following conditions are required for all uses in the C-1 district:

(1)

All business, service or processing shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building; provided further, that all lighting in connection with permitted business uses shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from all adjoining residence buildings or residentially zoned property.

(2)

All business or service establishments shall be for the purpose of dealing with consumers. All goods produced or processed on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced and/or processed.

(3)

All exterior walls of any building hereinafter erected which faces a street or property classified as residential shall be architecturally finished in a uniform manner similar to the exterior surface of the front of such building.

(Ord. No. 442, § 10.4, 8-19-81)

Site plan review requirements are as provided in section 24-118.

(Ord. No. 442, § 10.5, 8-19-81)

Area, height, bulk and placement requirements, unless otherwise specified, are as provided in section 24-412.

(Ord. No. 442, § 10.6, 8-19-81)