This district is intended to protect and encourage the development of a community core area that functions as a center of community business activity.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 1, 1990)

The following uses shall be permitted in this district:

(1)

Multifamily dwellings provided the ground floor is used as retail space;

(2)

Small business machine sales, repair and service shops, auto accessory and supply stores, bicycle shops, household appliance sales, repair and service shops;

(3)

Amusement places, taverns, package liquor stores, bowling alleys and commercial recreation uses;

(4)

Antique shops and stores, providing all merchandise is displayed and sold inside a building, art and art supply stores, artist studios;

(5)

Apparel and accessory stores, clothing and costume rental shops, clothing stores, custom dressmaking, millinery tailoring and similar trades, furrier shops, department stores, jewelry, metal and hand craft stores and shops, specialty shops, watch and watch repair shops, leather goods and luggage stores, shoe and shoe repair stores, sporting and athletic goods stores, toy stores, variety stores, thrift shops, mail order catalog stores and pawn shops;

(6)

Government buildings and services, auditoriums and similar places of public assembly, libraries, museums and theaters;

(7)

Financial institutions, offices and office buildings, office supply and office equipment sales and service stores, newspaper offices, news stands, printing shops and printing supply stores, printing and publishing houses;

(8)

Barber and beauty shops, chiropody, massage or similar personal services, laundries and dry cleaning establishments, books and stationery stores, cigar and tobacco co stores, drug stores and prescription shops, retail florist and garden shops, gift shops and pet shops;

(9)

Business and technical schools, schools for photography, music and dance, photographic equipment sales and supply stores, photographic studios, picture framing shops, music instrument sales and repair shops, and music stores and studios;

(10)

Churches;

(11)

Delicatessen and catering establishments, retail bakery and pastry shops, grocery stores and restaurants;

(12)

Hotels and motels, private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges;

(13)

Medical, dental and health clinics, medical and orthopedic appliance stores, optician and optometrist shops, funeral homes and mortuaries;

(14)

Railroad and railroad rights-of-way, railway, taxi and bus passenger stations, travel bureaus, messenger and telegraph service stations;

(15)

Hardware stores, wallpaper, paint, and glass stores, lock and key shops, interior decorator shops, furniture and home furnishing stores;

(16)

Radio and television studios, and utility company offices;

(17)

New and used automobile sales;

(18)

Other retail uses similar in nature to those enumerated;

(19)

Public and private child care facilities;

(20)

Customary accessory uses and structures located on the same tract as the principal use.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 2, 1990)

The following uses shall be conditionally permitted:

A.

Parking lots, ramps and garages;

B.

Gasoline and service stations;

C.

Car washes.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 3, 1990)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 4, 1990)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 5, 1990)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 6, 1990)

The minimum floor area for a dwelling unit, excluding attached garage, shall be four hundred fifty square feet.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 7, 1990)

Except as otherwise provided in the additional height, area, and use regulations of this title, no building shall exceed sixty feet in height.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 3, 1990)

See Chapter 19.30 for general sign regulations.

(1)

One wall, marquee, awning, or electric awning sign may be erected per street side for each ground floor commercial establishment not exceeding three square feet for each foot of building frontage. The total sign face shall not exceed four hundred square feet. No illumination for any sign or premises shall be directly visible in any portion of a residential district after ten p.m.

(2)

Flashing signs shall be allowed only upon approval of the building official, providing it is first determined that the sign will in no way create a traffic hazard or confusion with traffic lights or with lights on emergency vehicles.

(3)

One nonilluminated ground sign, for identification of commercial users only, may be erected provided:

(A)

All buildings are set back a minimum of fifty feet from the public right-of-way;

(B)

No portion of the sign located in or overhanging any required yard area or right-of-way;

(C)

The sign face does not exceed twelve square feet;

(D)

The sign does not exceed six feet in height.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 9, 1990)

See Chapter 19.32 for off-street parking requirements. Required off-street parking shall be provided in such a manner that vehicles do not encroach on a public right-of-way.

(Ord. 304, Art. 12, § 10, 1990)