The C-1, Central Business District is designed to cater to the needs of the local and regional consumer population. It is generally characterized by an integrated cluster of establishments serviced by a common parking area, and generating large volumes of pedestrian traffic and ancillary vehicular trips.

In the central business district, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance:

1.

Office-type business related to executive, administrative, or professional occupations including, but not limited to, offices of a lawyer, accountant, insurance/real estate agent, architect, engineer, and similar occupation.

2.

Clinics, except veterinary clinics having outdoor runs.

3.

Medical, dental, and optical laboratories that provide testing services or provide medical or dental devices such as artificial limbs, teeth, eye glasses, etc.

4.

Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and similar uses, not offering drive-through facilities.

5.

Business service establishments such as typing services, photocopying services; quick-printing establishments, office supply stores, and similar establishments.

6.

Other uses similar to the above uses.

7.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses.

8.

Any retail business whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise in an enclosed building, such as, but not limited to: groceries, meats, dairy products, baked goods or other foods, drugs, dry goods, clothing and notions or hardware.

9.

Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises, such as, but not limited to: repair shops (watches, radio, television, shoe and etc.), tailor shops, beauty parlors or barber shops, photographic studios, and self-service laundries and dry-cleaners.

10.

Dry cleaning establishments, or pickup stations, dealing directly with the consumer. Central dry cleaning plants serving more than one retail outlet shall be prohibited.

11.

Standard or carry-out restaurants.

12.

Theaters, assembly halls, concert halls or similar places of assembly when conducted completely within enclosed buildings.

13.

Post office buildings.

14.

New and used car salerooms, showrooms, or offices which do not provide outdoor sales space and/or service and repair activities.

15.

Health and athletic clubs.

16.

Discount, department, or variety stores.

17.

Any service establishment of an office, showroom or workshop nature of an electrician, decorator, dressmaker, tailor, baker, painter, upholsterer or an establishment doing radio or home appliance repair, photographic reproduction, and similar service establishments that require a retail adjunct.

18.

Local municipal administration buildings, museums, and libraries.

19.

Other uses similar to the above uses.

20.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses.

The following special condition uses shall be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter required for each use, subject to any and all reasonable conditions which may be imposed in accordance with section 4c.(2) of the City-Village Zoning Act, as may be amended, and further subject to the review and approval by the planning commission and city commission as specified in section 13.3, "Review and Approval of Conditional Uses," and section 13.1, "Review and Approval of Site Plan," of this Ordinance.

1.

Residential units when the following conditions are met:

a.

The dwelling unit(s) shall be provided on any floor other than a floor where grade level access is provided.

b.

The minimum floor area per unit shall equal 500 square feet for a one bedroom unit, 700 square feet for a two bedroom unit, 900 square feet for a three-bedroom unit, and 1,100 square feet for units containing four bedrooms.

c.

Off-street parking shall be provided in the ratio of two parking spaces for each residential unit provided.

Outdoor storage of commodities shall be expressly prohibited.

See article 17, Schedule of Regulations, limiting the height and size of buildings, the minimum size of lot by permitted land use, and providing minimum yard setback requirements.