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Newark City Zoning Code

§ 16 C-1

COMMERCIAL DISTRICT - OFFICE, LIGHT RETAIL, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

16.1 
General Purpose and Description
The Commercial District - 1 is intended for office facilities, neighborhood shopping facilities, and retain [retail] and commercial facilities of a service character. The C-1 District is established to accommodate the daily and frequent needs of the community. The following regulations shall be applicable to all uses in the district:
16.1.1 
The business shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building;
16.1.2 
Required yards shall not be used for display, sale, or storage or [of] merchandise or for the storage of vehicles, equipment, containers, or waste material;
16.1.3 
All merchandise shall be sold at retail on the premises; and
16.1.4 
Such use shall not be objectionable because of odor, excessive light, smoke, dust, noise, vibration, or similar nuisance.
16.2 
Permitted Uses
A building or premise shall be used only for the following purposes:
16.2.1 
Discount, variety, or department store of not greater than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet floor space.
16.2.2 
Food store with floor space not greater than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
16.2.3 
Gasoline service station (no garage or automobile repair facilities).
16.2.4 
Other uses as listed in Section 22 of this ordinance.
16.3 
Permitted Specific Uses
The following specific uses shall be permitted in the C-1 District, when granted in accordance with Section 25:
16.3.1 
Broadcasting facilities, radios, television, or microwave tower.
16.3.2 
Gasoline service station with associated minor automobile repair facility with floor space not greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.
16.3.3 
Other uses as listed in Section 22 of this ordinance.
16.4 
Height and Area Regulations
See Appendix 1, Area, Setback, Height, and Coverage Regulations.
16.5 
Parking Regulations
Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as set forth in Section 26.
(Ordinance A-358 adopted 7/16/09; Ordinance A-363, sec. 1, adopted 4/22/10)