The following regulations shall govern the construction, alteration and use of buildings and premises within the "E" and "F" Business Districts:

   (A)   No building or premises within "E" Business Districts shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended, or designed for other than the following specified or similar uses.

Business establishments as follows:

Group 1.

Bakeries

Banks

Beauty shops

Beauty parlors

Book stores

Camera and photo supply stores

Candy stores

Carpet and rug stores

China and glassware stores

Clothing stores

Delicatessens

Department stores

Drug stores

Dry cleaning receiving stations

Dry cleaning establishments, using no explosive or flammable cleaning agents

Dry goods stores

Electrical and household appliance stores

Florist shops and greenhouses

Food stores

Frozen food stores including locker rental

Furniture stores

Garden supply and seed stores

Gift shops

Grocery stores

Hardware stores

Haberdasheries

Ice cream and soft drink parlors, snack bars

Hobby shops

Jewelry stores, including watch and clock repair

Kennels and dealers in animals

Launderettes

Laundries

Leather goods and luggage stores

Liquor stores, package

Meat and fish markets

Millinery shops

Musical instrument sales and repair

Newspaper distribution agencies

Offices, business and professional

Office supply stores

Optical sales, retail

Paint and wallpaper stores

Pet shops

Phonograph, record and sheet music stores

Photography studios, including developing

Plumbing showrooms and shops

Picture framing

Retail stores (no automobiles)

Radio and televisions sales, service and repair

Secondhand stores and rummage shops

Shoe and hat repair shops

Shoe stores

Sporting goods stores

Tailor shops

Telegraph and telephone offices

Tobacco shops

Toy shops

Upholstery stores and shops

Variety stores

Group 2.

Cartage, express and hauling business

Commercial storage establishments (no automobiles)

Handwork shops (no automobiles)

Post office

Printing establishment

Sales office and sample room (no automobiles)

Carpentry, heating and roofing supply and work shops

Group 3.

Billboards and signs

Exhibition halls

Motels

Hotels

Parking lots

Railroad station

Restaurants, no liquor served

Theatres (Ord. 81-4, 6-23-81)

   (B)   No building or premises within an "F" Business District shall be erected or altered and no building shall be used which is arranged, intended or designed for other use than the following specified uses:

      1.   Any use permitted in an "E" Business District.

      2.   Taverns, Bowling Alleys, Skating Rinks and Dance Halls, Pool and Billiard Parlors or Halls.

   (C)   Height of Buildings: No building shall exceed thirty feet (30') or two (2) stories in height; provided, that chimneys, stacks, penthouses and elevated water towers may extend to a height of fifty five feet (55').

   (D)   Building Line Setback: There shall be no building line setbacks in an "E" or an "F" zoning district, and, subject to the other applicable provisions of the Village Code, the building may be constructed to the property line.

   (E)   Intensity of Use of Lot and Automobile Parking Space: The building area shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the area of the lot where Village sewers are available and shall not exceed sixty five percent (65%) of the area of the lot where Village sewers are not available. The building area may be at the front side, or rear of the lot and the open space shall be available for parking of customers' and employees' automobiles, parking of trucks, for loading and unloading of supplies and such other uses as tend to reduce obstruction to traffic on public streets, as required in Chapter 8; provided, that public garages having enclosed parking spaces may occupy the entire lot area.

   (F)   Minimum Building Size: Any dwelling erected or altered in the "E" or "F" Districts shall comply with the regulations of the District applicable to the type of the dwelling. Any apartments erected or altered in the "E" or "F" Districts shall comply with the regulations of the "D" District, except that the front yard need not exceed five feet (5'), measured from the building line as established in Subsection (D). Not to exceed one (1) apartment may be erected over any store building for each twenty five feet (25') of frontage thereof.

   (G)   The owner of any lot or plot classified in this Title as in an "E" or "F" District, which has no public alley in the rear thereof, shall provide a public alley along the rear of the lot or plot, not less than twenty feet (20') in width, by dedication or other legal conveyance to the Village before any building permit for construction or alteration on the lot or plot having a depth of one hundred fifty feet (150') or more, an alley may not be required if the owner provides off-street loading and unloading areas adequate to serve the use intended for the lot or plot in addition to the off-street parking spaces as required in Chapter 8 thereof; and provided further, that the use and development of adjacent property will not be adversely affected by the alley not being provided. (1965 Code)

   (H)   Screening And Landscaping: All open automobile parking areas, containing four (4) or more parking spaces, located less than forty feet (40') from the nearest property line of a lot in a residence district, shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on such property line by a wall, solid fence, or densely planted compact hedge, not to exceed four feet (4') in height.

   (I)   Lighting: Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as not to create a nuisance and in a parking area containing four (4) or more parking spaces such lighting shall be extinguished not more than one-half (1/2) hour after the close of business, except as may be required for safety precautions. (Ord. 86-31, 11-11-1986)

   (J)   Exterior Design Standards: Brick or other approved masonry materials shall be used for all sides of all nonresidential development, within any zoning district designated as Class "E" or "F" business. All materials shall be installed per Village Building Code Specifications. (Ord. 95-22, 1-9-1996)