The C-1 local commercial districts are designed to meet the day-to-day convenience shopping and service needs of persons residing in adjacent residential areas.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1100)

In the C-1 districts, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance:

1.

Generally recognized retail business which supplies commodities on the premises, such as but not limited to: groceries, meats, dairy products, baked goods or other foods, drugs, dry goods, clothing and notions, or hardware;

2.

Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to; repair shops (watches, radio, television, shoe) tailor shops, beauty parlors or barbershops, photographic studios, and self-service laundries and dry cleaners;

3.

Laundry, dry cleaning establishments, or pick-up stations, dealing directly with the consumer. Central dry cleaning plants serving more than one retail outlet shall be prohibited;

4.

Office buildings for any of the following occupations; executive, administrative, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, drafting and sales;

5.

Medical offices including clinics;

6.

Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations and similar uses with drive-in facilities as an accessory use only;

7.

Local governmental office buildings, serving persons living in the township area;

8.

Churches;

9.

Other uses similar to those listed above; and

10.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1105)

The following uses may be permitted by the planning commission pursuant to article 22, special land uses and subject further to the following conditions:

1.

Publicly owned buildings, public utility buildings and telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations and substations and gas regulator stations, water and sewage pumping stations; without storage yards.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1110)

In addition to other applicable provisions of this ordinance, all uses permitted within the C-1 district must adhere to the following:

1.

All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers.

2.

All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises.

3.

All business, servicing, or processing, except for off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.

4.

The use shall be subject to the review and approval of the site plan by the planning commission, pursuant to section 2810, site plan review.

5.

Loading and unloading space shall be provided as set forth in section 1910.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1115)

Area, height, bulk and placement requirements, unless otherwise specified, shall be as provided in article 18, schedule of regulations.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1120)