Rock Port City Zoning Code
SECTION 400
070 "C-1" General Business District Regulations.
[Ord. No. 530 §7, 11-2-1965]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter, when referred to in this Section, are the regulations in the "C-1" General Business District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
1.
Any use permitted in the "R-2" Residential District.
2.
Automobile parking lots.
3.
Bowling alleys, dance halls, or skating rinks.
4.
Dressmaking, tailoring, shoe repairing, repair of household appliances and bicycles, dry cleaning and pressing, and bakery with sale of bakery products on the premises and other uses of similar character.
5.
Farm implements, sale or repair.
6.
Funeral homes or mortuaries.
7.
Hotels and motels.
8.
Offices and office buildings.
9.
Automotive sales, public garages, and automobile repair shops.
10.
Outdoor advertising structure or non-flashing sign pertaining only to a use conducted within the building, and any sign or display in excess of thirty (30) square feet in area shall be attached flat against a wall of the building and in no case shall any sign or display project above the roof line.
11.
Personal service uses, including barber shops, banks, beauty parlors, photographic or artists' studios, messengers, taxicabs, newspapers or telegraphic service stations, dry cleaning receiving stations, restaurants, and other personal service uses of a similar character.
12.
Retail stores, including florist shops and greenhouses in connection with such shops, but there shall be no slaughtering of animals or poultry on the premises of any retail store.
13.
Self-service laundries and dry cleaning establishments.
14.
Service stations.
15.
Theatres, drive-in theatres and assembly halls.
16.
Accessory buildings and uses.
C.
Parking Regulations. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set out in Section 400.130.
D.
Height Regulations. The height regulations are the same as those in the "R-1" Residential District.
E.
Area Regulations.
1.
Yards.
a.
The front and rear yard regulations are the same as those in the "R-1" Residential District.
b.
The side yard regulations for dwellings are the same as those in the "R-1" Residential District. No side yards for commercial buildings are required except on the side of a lot abutting an "R" District, in which event a side yard of not less than seven (7) feet shall be provided.
2.
Minimum lot area. The minimum lot area requirements are the same as those in the "R-1" Residential District.