The B-1 district is established to provide areas for a wide range of retail stores and personal service establishments which are desirable to provide for both day-to-day and occasional shopping needs.

(Ord. 2002-3 § 6, 2002: Ord. 802 (part), 1983: Ord. 280 § 9.00(1), 1968.)

The following retail business and service uses are permitted, provided they are operated entirely within a building, except for off-street parking and loading facilities:

1.

Apparel shops;

2.

Art and school supply stores;

3.

Art galleries and studios;

4.

Auto accessory stores;

5.

Bakery shops, including the baking and processing of food products when prepared for retail sales on the premises only;

6.

Banks and financial institutions;

7.

Barbershops and beauty parlors;

8.

Bicycle sales and repair;

9.

Book and stationery stores, excluding adult book stores;

10.

Camera and photographic supply shops for retail sale;

11.

Candy and ice-cream shops;

12.

Carpet, rug and linoleum stores;

13.

Catalog offices for mail order stores;

14.

China and glassware stores;

15.

Coin and philatelic stores;

16.

Computer and electronics equipment stores;

17.

Contractors' offices, limited to administrative and/or clerical functions;

18.

Costume rental shops;

19.

Currency exchanges;

20.

Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring or shoe repair shops, when conducted for retail sales on the premises only;

21.

Dental Lab: manufacturing of dentures, crowns and bridges;

22.

Drugstores;

23.

Dry cleaning and pressing establishments, when cleaning is not done on the premises;

24.

Dry goods stores;

25.

Electrical appliance stores and repairs, but not including appliance manufacture or assembly;

26.

Florist shops and conservatories for retail trade on the premises only;

27.

Food, meat and fruit stores;

28.

Furniture stores, and upholstery when conducted as a part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use;

29.

Furrier, when conducted for retail trade on the premises only;

30.

Garden supply stores;

31.

Gift and card shops;

32.

Hardware stores;

33.

Hobby stores;

34.

Interior decorating shops, including upholstery and making of draperies, slipcovers, and other similar articles, when conducted as a part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use;

35.

Jewelry and watch sales and repair shops;

36.

Laundries, automatic, self-service types, or hand;

37.

Leather goods and luggage stores;

38.

Loan offices and finance companies;

39.

Locksmiths;

40.

Meat markets;

41.

Millinery shops;

42.

Musical shops, musical instrument sales and repair, retail trade only;

43.

Office, business and professional, including clinics, medical or dental;

44.

Orthopedic and medical appliance stores, but not including the assembly or manufacture of such articles;

45.

Package liquor stores;

46.

Paint and wallpaper stores;

47.

Pet shops and pet supplies;

48.

Picture framing, when conducted for retail trade on the premises only;

49.

Photography studios, including the development of film and pictures when done as part of the retail business on the premises;

50.

Postal substations;

51.

Public utility collection offices;

52.

Residential glazing services;

53.

Restaurants, tearooms or cafes, when the establishment is not of the drive-in type;

54.

Savings and loan associations, and credit unions;

55.

Second hand, antiques, rummage and resale stores;

56.

Sewing machines, sales and service;

57.

Shoe and hat stores, and repairing when done as part of the retail business;

58.

Signs, as regulated by Chapter 17.42;

59.

Sporting goods stores;

60.

Stationery stores;

61.

Taxidermists;

62.

Telegraph offices;

63.

Telephone and telephone equipment stores;

64.

Telephone answering services;

65.

Telephone booths, public;

66.

Toy stores;

67.

Travel bureau and transportation ticket offices;

68.

Typewriter and adding machine sales and service;

69.

Variety stores;

70.

Accessory uses, including off-street parking and loading facilities as permitted or required in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.44.

(Ord. 2002-3 § 7, 2002: Ord. 802 (part), 1983: Ord. 690 § 1, 1979; Ord. 625 § 1, 1977; Ord. 567 § 3, 1976; Ord. 493 § 2, 1973; Ord. 280 § 9.00(2), 1968.)

The following uses may be applied by special use permit:

1.

Other retail business uses not specifically listed in Section 17.20.020 when found to have economic compatibility with established uses on adjoining property;

2.

Animal hospitals, clinics and grooming services when conducted wholly within an enclosed building;

3.

Automobile repair, minor, provided all activities are conducted in building areas equipped with facilities which will prevent the escape of noxious fumes or noise incompatible with the normal use of other zoning lots in the vicinity;

4.

Automobile service stations; automobile service stations/mini-marts;

5.

Clubs or lodges (nonprofit), fraternal or religious institutions;

6.

Contractors offices and shops, if operated as an integral part of a retail business enterprise otherwise permitted in Section 17.20.020; provided that:

a.

No manufacturing, fabricating or assembly of products is performed on the premises;

b.

All operations, all dispatching areas and facilities for workers and equipment, and materials are within the principal enclosed building; and

c.

No outside parking of commercial vehicles or equipment will be allowed except for normal deliveries and shipments during business hours;

7.

Department stores;

8.

Dry-cleaning and pressing establishments, when cleaning is done on the premises;

9.

a.

Apartment, condominium or townhouse dwellings; provided, that all of the lot area, parking requirements and other regulations affecting residential developments as set forth in an R-5 district are complied with. Such use shall be allowed if it does not adversely affect the appropriate and orderly development of the surrounding area as well as the uses permitted in this zoning district and the proposed residential use does not have a negative impact on existing uses in the immediate area.

b.

The total conversion of existing commercial use to a residential use should not be permitted. However, when converting a portion of commercial to residential use, at least 50% of the ground floor must be maintained as commercial in such a manner as to maintain the commercial appearance of the property and provided there is sufficient parking to satisfy both the residential and commercial use.

10.

Hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes and nursing homes;

11.

Hotels and motels, including restaurants and meeting rooms;

12.

Massage, tanning or similar personal service shops;

13.

Newsstands;

14.

Parking lots and garages, other than accessory, and subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.44;

15.

Planned developments, business, as defined in Chapter 17.04;

16.

Parks;

17.

Public utility and public services uses, including:

a.

Electric substations;

b.

Fire stations,

c.

Police stations,

d.

Public art galleries and museums,

e.

Public libraries,

f.

Telephone exchanges, repeater stations and other outdoor equipment essential to the operation of the exchange in the interest of public convenience and necessity,

g.

Bus terminal or other public transportation terminal facilities,

h.

Water filtration plants,

i.

Water pumping stations,

j.

Water reservoir,

k.

Other similar uses;

18.

Railroad rights-of-way and trackage;

19.

Restaurant, drive-in type;

20.

Retail or service business establishments in buildings of two hundred twenty-five square feet or less;

21.

Schools: music, dance, business, commercial, trade, or private elementary, junior high, high and other types of training schools including playground and athletic fields auxiliary thereto; nursery and child day care facilities, whether public or private;

22.

Stables, public, subject to the provisions of subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of subsection H of Section 17.08.020 applicable to private stables as amended from time to time; and, provided that the zoning lot to be used is a minimum area of twenty thousand square meters (five acres); and, provided that the number of horses on the premises and the conditions of operating, advertising, and use of such public stable shall be such as to not substantially affect adversely the neighboring properties, nor the general neighborhood area in which the stable is to be located; and, provided further, that no horses are to be used or held for rental for public use, whether or not for instructional purposes, or so-called riding academies or the like;

23.

Taverns, sports bars, pubs and cocktail lounges;

24.

Tobacco shops;

25.

Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors, mortuaries;

26.

Other retail business or personal service shops not specifically listed in this section, when found to be economically compatible with established uses on adjoining properties.

(Ord. 2002-3 § 8, 2002: Ord. 91-11 § 2, 1991; Ord. 88-4 § 1 (part), 1988; Ord. 690 § 2, 1979; Ord. 658 § 1, 1978; Ord. 625 § 2, 1977; Ord. 580 § 4, 1976; Ord. 533 § 1, 1975; Ord. 442 § 1(C), 1973: Ord. 412 § 1, 1972; Ord. 280 § 9.00(3), 1968.

All permitted and special uses in this district, except residence district uses, shall be retail and service establishments dealing directly with consumers and shall be subject to the following conditions:

A.

The sale of food stuffs or articles intended for human consumption shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building;

B.

Drive through operations such as drive through restaurants, banks, savings and loans, credit unions, and drug stores are permitted provided they are not objectionable due to noise, odor, bad screening of lights, and traffic congestion;

C.

There shall be no manufacture, processing or treatment of products other than that which is clearly incidental and essential to the retail business conducted on the same premises;

D.

Such uses, operations or products shall not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration or other similar causes;

E.

Any exterior sign displayed shall pertain only to a use conducted within the building.

(Ord. 2002-3 § 9, 2002: Ord. 802 (part), 1983; Ord. 690 § 2, 1979; Ord. 658 § 1, 1978; Ord. 625 § 2, 1977; Ord. 580 § 4, 1976; Ord. 533 § 1, 1975; Ord. 442 § 1 (C), 1973: Ord. 412 § 1, 1972; Ord. 280 § 9.00(3), 1968.)

Where a B-1 district adjoins a residence district, transitional yards shall be provided in accordance with the following regulations:

A.

Where lots in a B-1 district front on the street and at least eighty percent of the frontage directly across the street between two consecutive intersecting streets is in a residence district, the front yard regulations for the residence districts shall apply to the said lots in the business district.

B.

In a B-1 district, where a side lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line of property in an adjacent residential district, a yard shall be provided along such side lot line. Such yard shall be equal in dimension to the minimum side yard which would be required under this title for a residential use on the adjacent property in the residence district.

C.

In a B-1 district, where rear lot line coincides with a side lot line of property in an adjacent residential district, a yard shall be provided along such rear lot line. Such yard shall be equal in dimension to the rear lot line. Such yard shall be equal in dimension to the minimum side yard which would be required under this title for a residential use on the adjacent property in the residence district.

D.

In a B-1 district, where a rear lot line coincides with a rear lot line of property in an adjacent residential district, a yard shall be provided along such rear lot line. Such yard shall be six meters (twenty feet) in depth.

E.

In a B-1 district, where the extension of a front or side lot line coincides with the front lot line of an adjacent lot located in a residence district, a yard of not less than three hundred centimeters (ten feet) shall be provided.

F.

Transitional yards shall be unobstructed from lowest level to sky except as allowed in Chapter 17.34.

(Ord. 802 (part), 1983; Ord. 280 § 9.00(5), 1968.)

Signs shall be permitted as allowed in the 1981 sign ordinance.

(Ord. 802 (part), 1983: Ord. 280 § 9.00(6), 1968.)

Parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required or permitted in Chapter 17.44.

(Ord. 802 (part), 1983: Ord. 280 § 9.00(7), 1968.)

The maximum floor area ratio and the maximum lot coverage, including accessory buildings, shall be as permitted in accordance with the following table:

(Ord. 802 (part), 1983: Ord. 280 § 9.00(8), 1968.)