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Union Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIII

C-1 Local Commercial District

§ 280-40 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to provide opportunities for the growth of small businesses in the Township and to provide for the shopping and service needs of Township residents in central locations along the regional highway network which can be adequately buffered from adjoining residential areas.

§ 280-41 Authorized uses.

In the C-1 Local Commercial, District only the following uses are authorized.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Bakery.
(b) 
Business services.
(c) 
Business or professional offices.
(d) 
Candy or ice cream store.
(e) 
Contracting business.
(f) 
Convenience store.
(g) 
Day-care center.
(h) 
Delicatessen.
(i) 
Financial institutions.
(j) 
Indoor amusement.
(k) 
Laundry or dry cleaning establishment.
(l) 
Personal services.
(m) 
Pet grooming.
(n) 
Pharmacy.
(o) 
Repair shop.
(p) 
Restaurant.
(q) 
Single-family dwelling.
(r) 
Specialty retail stores.
(s) 
Specialty food stores.
(t) 
Vehicle accessory sales and installation.
(u) 
Essential services.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Signs, subject to Article XIX.
(b) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XVIII.
(c) 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
(d) 
Drive-through facilities, subject to § 280-109.
(e) 
Fences, subject to § 280-106.
(f) 
Home office or home occupation in a dwelling which is a nonconforming use.
(g) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 280-110.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Commercial recreation, subject to § 280-102A(9).
(b) 
Noncommercial recreation, subject to § 280-102A(25).
(c) 
Nursing home, subject to § 280-102A(16).
(d) 
Private club, subject to § 280-102A(23).
(e) 
Public utility installation, subject to § 280-102A(26).
(f) 
Transitional dwelling, subject § 280-102A(15).
(g) 
Large-scale retail establishments, subject to § 280-102A(30).
[Added 11-9-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03]
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Animal hospital, subject to § 280-102A(2).
(b) 
Apartment above office or retail, subject to § 280-102A(3).
(c) 
Car wash, subject to § 280-102A(5).
(d) 
Group care facility or personal care boardinghome, subject to § 280-102A(15).
(e) 
Service station, automobile, subject to § 280-102A(29).
(f) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 280-102A(33).[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection C(1)(g), Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 280-102A(10), was repealed 11-9-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03.
(2) 
Accessory uses: none.

§ 280-42 Area and bulk regulations.

In the C-1 Local Commercial District all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XVI.
A. 
Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 40%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 35 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard.
(1) 
All principal structures
(a) 
Adjoining any residential district: 40 feet.
(b) 
All others: 20 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: 10 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard.
(1) 
All principal structures.
(a) 
Adjoining any R district: 40 feet.
(b) 
All others: 10 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: 10 feet.
G. 
Special yard requirements: see § 280-106.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 280-107.
I. 
Maximum height.
(1) 
All principal structures: three stories and no more than 45 feet.
(2) 
All accessory structures: one story and no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: see § 280-108.

§ 280-43 Parking and loading.

See Article XVIII.

§ 280-44 Signs.

See Article XIX.

§ 280-45 Screening and landscaping.

See § 280-105.

§ 280-46 Storage.

See § 280-112.