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Norton City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1274

B-1 Central Business Districts

1274.01 APPLICATION OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF CODE.

   The provisions of Section 1258.03 and Chapter 1296, as set forth in this Zoning Code, shall apply to all B-1 Districts.
(Ord. 1-1988. Passed 4-11-88.)

1274.02 USES PERMITTED.

   Permitted uses in B-1 Central Business Districts are:
   (a)   The following retail business uses of a character similar to:
      (1)   Food stores, dairy products and bakery goods stores.
      (2)   Book stores and rental libraries.
      (3)   Drug stores, including soda fountains and food service.
      (4)   Florists, pet shops and hardware, furniture and accessory stores.
      (5)   Department stores, variety shops and gift and specialty shops.
      (6)   Recreation and amusement enterprises, excluding skill-based amusement arcades.
      (7)   Business colleges and music and dance studios.
      (8)   Photography and blue-printing shops.
      (9)   Catering shops, cafes and restaurants.
      (10)   Art, antique, dressmaking, apparel, tailor, fur and millinery shops.
      (11)   Indoor theaters, auditoriums, lodge halls and social clubs.
      (12)   Newspaper and commercial printing shops.
      (13)   Mortuaries.
      (14)   Bakeries employing not more than five persons, full or part-time, exclusive of sales personnel.
      (15)   Dry cleaners and laundries, provided that the solvents used in the cleaning process shall be non-flammable and non-explosive and are used in fluid-tight cleaning units approved by the Building and Zoning Inspectors.
      (16)   Smoke shops and newsstands.
   (b)   Professional offices, studios and clinics.
   (c)   Public utility offices.
   (d)   Banks and financing institutions.
   (e)   Services of a character similar to the following:
      (1)   Barber shops and beauty parlors.
      (2)   Repair shops for shoes, radios and televisions.
      (3)   Self-operated laundries, but not self-operated dry cleaning facilities.
      (4)   Real estate, insurance, bookkeeping and advertising agencies.
   (f)   Motels.
   All of the aforesaid uses shall be so placed, constructed and operated as not to be offensive or objectionable because of odor, dust, smoke, noise or vibration.
(Ord. 1-1988. Passed 4-11-88; Ord. 69-2007. Passed 11-12-07.)

1274.03 AREA REQUIREMENTS.

   Area requirements in a B-1 District are as follows:
   (a)   Minimum Lot Area. Zero.
   (b)   Minimum Lot Width. Zero.
   (c)   Minimum Lot Depth. Zero.
   (d)   Minimum Lot Coverage. Zero.
   (e)   Maximum Yards. The front yard shall be a minimum of fifty feet, except where front yard is used an off-street parking area, in which case the minimum shall be 100 feet.
      (1)   When adjacent to an "R" District, there shall be a front yard having a minimum depth the same as the adjoining "R" District for at least 100 feet, as measured from the "R" District.
      (2)   No part of any building arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any use within this class shall be located within twenty feet of any "R" District.
(Ord. 1-1988. Passed 4-11-88.)

1274.04 MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT.

   The maximum building height in a B-1 District is three stories, but not to exceed forty feet if within 200 feet of any "R" District.
(Ord. 1-1988. Passed 4-11-88.)

1274.05 OFF-STREET AUTOMOBILE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

   Off-street parking requirements in a B-1 District are five car spaces for every 1,000 square feet of building floor space.
(Ord. 1-1988. Passed 4-11-88.)

1274.06 OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS.

   Off-street loading requirements in a B-1 District are one off-street loading space for every 5,000 square feet of building floor space.
(Ord. 1-1988. Passed 4-11-88.)