In all C-1 Districts no building or land, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance shall be erected or used except for one (1) or more of the following uses:

(a)

All uses permitted in R-1-A, R-1-B, R-1-C, R-2, R-3, R-1-P, and Office Districts except residential dwellings, hospitals, sanitoriums, and rest and convalescent homes.

(b)

Generally recognized retail businesses, which supply commodities on the premises, for persons residing in the surrounding residential areas:

Market - A retail market where groceries, fruit, vegetables, dairy products, and meat may be purchased.

Delicatessen, including commonly referred to Carry-Out-Food Stores, in which prepared food that is purchased is consumed off the premises.

Drug Stores.

Variety Store (5 and 10 cent store)

Hardware Store

Gasoline and Oil Service Stations

Florist or Gift Shop

Shops producing food merchandise to be sold at retail on the premises, such as a bakery shop provided that the service of not more than five (5) persons are required to produce merchandise.

(c)

Martial art or yoga studios, instruction in or practice or participation in the martial arts or yoga, which are not open for business or to patrons or other invitees between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

(d)

Business offices and professional offices of doctors, dentists, lawyers, chiropractors, osteopaths, and similar or allied professions.

(e)

Banks.

(f)

Publicly owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, gas regulator stations, transformer stations and substations with service yards but without storage yards, water and sewerage pumping stations.

(g)

(1)
Veterinary clinics - providing professional services and medical care for sick or diseased household pets by a licensed professional veterinarian. Such building shall be of soundproof construction so as to prevent the noise from disturbing the surrounding area.

The use of the premises as a kennel or boarding establishment as such shall not be allowed, nor shall the clinic have open or outdoor runways or pens. Off-street parking requirements shall be determined as provided in Section 4.32(h)19.

(h)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses. A storage garage for the storage of commercial vehicles used by a business or other permitted activity, when located on the same lot therewith and occupying not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the area of such lot shall be considered a legal accessory building and use in C-1 Districts.

(i)

Retail businesses which maintain for operation on the premises amusement machines but not an amusement machine center as defined in Section 3-501[6-226] of the Code of Ordinances.

(j)

Outdoor retail sales pursuant to Section 4.45 of this ordinance.

(k)

Health Club or Fitness Center, provided a health club or fitness center shall not be open business or provide activities, services or recreation to members, patrons or other invitees between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

(l)

Personal Fitness Center or Gym, provided the personal fitness center or gym shall not be open for business or provide services or activities to members, patrons or other invitees, between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

(m)

Indoor Recreational Center Indoor, provided that the indoor recreational center shall not be open for business or provide activities, services or recreation to patrons, members or other invitees between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

(Ord. No. 30-139, § 1, 8-25-64; Ord. No. 30-235, § 1, 2-14-67; Ord. No. 30-283, § 4, 6-25-68; Ord. No. 30-595, § 1, 7-24-79; Ord. No. 30-657, § 4, 4-12-83; Ord. No. 30-726, § 5, 9-23-86; Ord. No. 30-835, § 4, 2-22-84; Ord. No. 30-859, § 3, 3-26-96; Ord. No. 30-1005, § 2, 7-9-14; Ord. No. 30-1027, § 2, 5-9-2017)

Under such conditions as the City Council, after hearing, finds the use not being injurious to the C-1 District and surrounding area and not contrary to the spirit and purpose of this Ordinance and subject to the conditions that may be imposed, the following uses may be permitted:

(a)

An establishment permitted in Section 13.01 above, that is granted a license by the State Liquor Control Commission as either a Class C licensed establishment or tavern.

(Ord. No. 30-659, § 3, 4-26-83)

No building hereafter erected or altered in a C-1 District shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height or two (2) stories, except as provided in Article XIX of this Ordinance.

All non-residential uses, when adjacent to an existing residence or residential district or adjacent to an alley which abuts an existing residence or residential district shall provide and maintain an eight (8) foot greenbelt or decorative wall in compliance with Section 2.26 of this Ordinance.

A fifteen (15) foot front yard setback shall be provided by all commercial buildings in a C-1 District, measuring from the proposed right-of-way line established by the City's Master Thoroughfare Plan.

In C-1 Districts side yards are not required along an interior side lot line where all walls of buildings abutting such interior side lot lines are wholly without windows or other openings, but if windows or openings are provided, a side yard of not less than ten (10) feet shall be provided.

The width of a side yard abutting upon a street shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet when rear yards abut rear yards. However, in the case of a rear yard abutting a side yard of an adjacent residential lot, the side yard abutting upon a street shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet.

In C-1 Districts, a rear yard of not less than twenty (20) feet shall be required; where alleys exist the measurement of the rear yard may include one-half (½) of the alley.

A rear yard shall not be required of all commercial lots having depths of one hundred (100) feet or less, if such lots are of record at the time of adoption of this Ordinance.

In C-1 Districts on any lot running through from street to street, a rear yard shall be provided on the rear street conforming to the requirements for front yards on that street.

In C-1 Districts no business building or structure may be erected between the property lines of intersecting streets or highways and a line joining points on such lines fifteen (15) feet distant from their point of intersection, or in the case of a rounded corner, the point of intersection of their tangents.

All lots of record at the time of adoption of this Ordinance, having widths of forty (40) feet or less or depths of one hundred (100) feet or less shall set back six (6) feet.

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as hereinbefore specified in Section 4.32 of this Ordinance.

Business signs [are permitted], but only those relating to the use conducted in the building or in the immediate premises thereof, with two (2) square feet of sign area permitted for each front foot of the property, provided that no sign shall exceed twenty (20) square feet in area, and that no portion of any sign shall project more than fifteen (15) inches from any structure or building and if illuminated shall not be of the flashing or intermittent type or in any way create a traffic hazard.

(Ord. No. 30-726, § 6, 9-23-86)