The purpose of the local business district, B-1, is to provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of retail shopping, office uses, and miscellaneous service activities to serve the needs of a relatively small portion of the county, either in outlying rural areas or in nearby urban or urbanizing areas. To enhance the general character of the district, its function of local service, and its compatibility with its surroundings, the size of certain uses is limited and signs are limited generally to those accessory to businesses conducted on the premises and the number, area and types of signs are limited.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.1)

In business district B-1, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one (1) or more of the following uses:

(.1)

Adult establishments, individual or collectively, including adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult cabarets, adult motion picture theaters, adult theaters and massage parlors, with a condition use permit, provided that such uses shall not be located within two thousand six hundred forty (2,640) lineal feet of any church, school or residence.

(1)

Automobile service stations and self-service stations, as defined, so long as bulk storage of inflammable liquids is underground, but not including major repair and not including storage of wrecked cars or storage or rental of luggage trailers, campers, vans or similar equipment.

(2)

Banks or savings and loan offices.

(3)

Bakeries provided all products produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises.

(4)

Barber shops or beauty parlors.

(5)

Bicycle sales and repair shops.

(6)

Billiard parlor or pool hall, card room, electronic game center or similar recreational establishment, with a conditional use permit.

(7)

Catering or delicatessen business, but not fast food delivery.

(8)

Clinics.

(8.1)

Convenience store, as herein defined, with a maximum of twenty-four (24) fuel dispensing nozzles, none of which may exceed a diameter of five-eighths (⅝) of one inch.

(9)

Dry-cleaning or pressing pickup stations or shops occupying not more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of floor area and using no cleaning fluid whose base is petroleum or one of its derivatives.

(10)

Facilities and structures necessary for rendering public utility service, including poles, wires, transformers, telephone booths and the like for electrical power distribution and communication service, and underground pipelines or conduits for electrical, gas, sewer or water service, but not including buildings, treatment plants, water storage tanks, pumping or regulator stations, major transmission lines, storage yards and substations which are permitted with a conditional use permit.

(11)

Flower shops and greenhouses incidental thereto.

(12)

Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.

(13)

Funeral home or undertaking establishment.

(14)

Hospital or clinic for small animals, dogs, cats, birds and the like, provided that such hospital or clinic and any treatment rooms, cages, pens or kennels, be maintained within a completely enclosed, soundproof building, and that such hospital or clinic be operated in such a way as to produce no objectionable noise or odors outside its walls.

(15)

Ice distribution stations, automatic, or other drive-in automatic vending machine station. Groups of vending machines shall be contained in a building.

(16)

Institutions, educational or philanthropic, including museums, art galleries and libraries, with a conditional use permit.

(17)

Laundromats or self-service dry-cleaning establishments.

(18)

Laundries occupying not more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of floor area.

(19)

Laundry and dry-cleaning establishments (combined operation) occupying not more than five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area and using no cleaning fluid whose base is petroleum or one (1) of its derivatives.

(20)

Nurseries for growing plants, trees and shrubs.

(21)

Nursery schools, kindergartens, child care centers, day nurseries, child day care centers, or adult day care health care center.

(22)

Offices, general business or professional.

(23)

Pet shop or dog beauty parlor, provided that any work rooms, cages, pens or kennels be maintained within a completely enclosed, soundproof building and that such shop or parlor be operated in such a way as to produce no objectionable noise or odors outside its walls.

(24)

Parking lots, parking spaces and parking areas, but not automobile sales or storage lots, used or new automobiles or motorcycle sales or storage.

(25)

Private club, lodge, meeting hall or fraternal organization.

(26)

Public or governmental buildings and uses, including governmental offices, police stations, fire stations (volunteer or otherwise) parks, parkways and playgrounds, with a conditional use permit.

(27)

Restaurants, drive-in or otherwise.

(28)

Shoe repairing shops occupying not more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of floor area.

(29)

Shops for the sale, service, or repair of home appliances, watches and clocks, luggage and leather goods, office machines, electrical and television and phonograph and radio equipment, occupying not more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of floor area.

(30)

Stores or shops for the conduct of retail business, including sale of accessories, antiques, appliances, art or art supplies, beverages (alcoholic or otherwise), carpets, clothing, drugs, fabrics, food, furniture, jewelry, office supplies and stationery, paint, wallpaper, sporting goods and stationery and similar stores and shops.

(31)

Studios or shops for artists, photographers, writers, teachers, jewelers, weavers or other craftsmen, sculptors or musicians.

(32)

Telephone station or booth, including drive-in or talk-from-car stations.

(33)

Temporary stands, or outdoor areas or temporary truck parking, for sale of produce, Christmas trees, wreaths, holly and the like.

(34)

Wireless communication facilities per section 18-427 of this chapter.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.2; Ord. of 12-21-92, § 2; Ord. of 12-21-92, § 2; Ord. of 9-23-02(2); Ord. of 12-21-15(4))

Accessory uses permitted in the B-1 district are as follows:

(1)

Storage of office supplies or merchandise normally carried in stock in connection with a permitted office or business use subject to applicable district regulations.

(2)

Signs as regulated in section 18-194 hereunder.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.3)

Signs permitted in this district are subject to the general sign regulations of article XV, consisting of accessory illuminated or nonilluminated signs as follows:

(1)

Flat signs, with total aggregate sign area not more than ten (10) percent of the area of walls fronting on a street and no one (1) sign with sign area of more than two hundred (200) square feet.

(2)

Projecting signs, if there are no marquee or detached signs, one (1) for each business on the premises, with sign area limited to thirty-two (32) square feet.

(3)

Detached signs, if there are no projecting signs, limited in area to fifty (50) square feet and limited in height to thirty (30) feet, one (1) for each business on the premises. A group of three (3) or more contiguous stores such as form a shopping center, may combine permitted detached sign area to provide a single detached sign advertising the group if there are no other detached signs and if the combined sign area does not exceed one hundred (100) square feet.

(4)

Marquee signs, if there are no projecting signs, two (2) for each business on the premises, with sign area for each sign limited to three (3) square feet.

(5)

Directional signs limited in area to eight (8) square feet, giving directions to motorists regarding the location of parking areas and access drives, shall be permitted as accessory signs and not included in any computation of sign area.

(6)

Signs at appropriate locations, on or off the premises, for direction of the traveling public, truck deliveries and employees to an activity or event, a church, school, historic place, subdivision or community, a construction site or excavation, airport or other center of employment or visitor center or recreation facility in an isolated area of the county, limited in area to thirty-two (32) square feet and subject to approval of location, design and wording by the administrator.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.4; Ord. of 12-19-05(2))

There are no minimum lot size standards for other uses in the B-1 local business district.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.5)

All structures:

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.6)

Buildings in a B-1 district may be erected up to thirty-five (35) feet in height from grade; except, that:

(1)

The height limit for buildings may be increased ten (10) feet and up to three (3) stories; provided, that where a use is adjacent to a residential district there is a side yard which is fifty (50) feet or more plus one (1) foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over thirty-five (35) feet.

(2)

A public or semi-public building such as a school or library may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade; provided, that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one (1) foot for each foot in height over thirty-five (35) feet.

(3)

Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flag poles, television antennae and radio aerials less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet in height are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four (4) feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.

(4)

Landscaping of corner lots shall be limited to plantings, fences or other landscaping features of no more than three (3) feet in height within the space between the setback line and the property line on the street side of the lot.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.7)

(a)

Similar uses permitted. Other retail and service uses which, in the opinion of the administrator, are of the same general character as those permitted uses listed above shall be permitted provided that these and the above specified stores, shops or businesses shall be retail and service establishments primarily selling new merchandise (except antiques) and rendering a personal service and shall be permitted only in accord with development standards of this chapter.

(b)

No exterior storage. Permitted stores, shops, offices or businesses shall in general be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building and except for temporary display items as limited by these regulations there shall be no exterior storage of merchandise or materials unless these are enclosed within a masonry wall, screening fence, hedge or landscape screen not less than six (6) feet in height.

(c)

Warehousing not permitted. No commercial warehousing, wholesaling, or jobbing or killing of animals or poultry shall be carried on and no merchandise shall be stored other than to be sold at retail on the premises, and provided further, that no more than fifty (50) percent of the floor area of any building shall be used for the storage of merchandise.

(d)

Landscaping. Any part of the lot or project area not used for buildings or other structures, parking, loading and accessways, shall be maintained in a neat and orderly condition landscaped with grass, trees, shrubs or pedestrian walks or maintained as crops or natural forest, or as a lake or pond.

(e)

Drainage. Provision shall be made for proper storm water drainage from parking and loading areas. Water shall not be permitted to drain from such areas onto adjacent property except into a natural watercourse or a drainage easement. Provision shall be made for protection against erosion and sedimentation in accord with applicable county ordinances.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.8)

Off-street parking and loading design standards and space requirements for particular uses are contained in article XV.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-7.9; Ord. of 12-19-05(2))