Pursuant to the purposes of this chapter, the intent of the B-1 Highway Business District is to accommodate a wide range of retail, wholesale, service and office uses which cater primarily to the traveling public and which serve the community as a whole and the region surrounding the community. The district is intended to be applied along principal highways and to areas having direct access thereto, in order to provide safe and efficient access for commercial vehicles and relatively large volumes of private vehicles while avoiding the routing of such traffic through residential areas. The regulations within the district are designed to afford flexibility in permitted uses and the utilization of individual sites in order to promote business opportunities, economic development potential and the provision of services for the community and the surrounding area. The district also contains provisions intended to encourage harmonious development, to provide for safe and convenient access, to minimize potential adverse impacts of general business development, and to ease the transition between business and adjacent residential areas.

(Ord. of 3-27-89, § 15-70)

The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the B-1 Highway Business District:

(1)

Automobile service stations, auto service centers, self-service gasoline stations and self-service or automatic auto wash facilities.

(2)

Automobile, truck, trailer and recreational vehicle sales, rental, service and repair businesses, but not including junkyards or automobile graveyards, and provided that no repair of vehicles shall be conducted outside of completely enclosed buildings.

(3)

Bakeries where products are sold principally at retail on the premises.

(4)

Banks, savings and loan offices and similar financial service offices.

(5)

Building materials and supplies sales.

(6)

Churches.

(7)

Contractors' offices, shops and display rooms.

(8)

Dry cleaning and laundering establishments.

(9)

Dwelling units contained within the same building as other uses permitted in this district, provided that such dwelling unit shall be located above the ground floor.

(10)

Entertainment, amusement and recreational facilities located within completely enclosed buildings and including bowling alleys, billiard parlors, amusement centers, video arcades, theaters, lodge and club meeting places, dance halls, auditoriums, assembly halls and similar uses, provided that a special use permit shall be required as set forth in Article XXII of this chapter.

(11)

Fire stations and rescue squad facilities.

(12)

Funeral homes.

(13)

Garden centers.

(14)

Grocery stores and specialty food and beverage stores.

(15)

Hospitals.

(16)

Hotels and motels.

(17)

Laundromats.

(18)

Libraries, museums, schools, adult education and child development centers, community centers, parks and recreational facilities owned or operated by a governmental agency or a nonprofit organization.

(19)

Mechanical, electrical, plumbing and heating supplies sales.

(20)

Miniature golf courses, provided that a special use permit shall be required as set forth in Article XXII of this chapter.

(21)

Office supply, custom printing and photocopy establishments.

(22)

Offices, including medical and dental offices and clinics.

(23)

Parking areas.

(24)

Personal service businesses, including barber shops, beauty salons, health spas, fitness centers, dance studios, photography studios, shoe repair shops, tailor and dressmaking shops, watch and jewelry repair shops, travel agencies and similar uses.

(25)

Post offices and pick-up stations for package mailing services.

(26)

Restaurants and similar food service and catering establishments.

(27)

Retail stores and shops.

(28)

Rights-of-way, easements and appurtenances necessary for the provision and maintenance of public utilities and transportation, but not including treatment plants, generating plants, railroad yards or depots.

(29)

Shopping centers containing uses permitted in this district.

(30)

Service businesses, including establishments which rent, service or repair radios, televisions, video equipment and movies, home or business electronic equipment, home appliances, furniture, yard and garden equipment, tools, bicycles, locks, office machines and similar household or business items.

(31)

Signs, as permitted by the provisions of Article XXI of this chapter.

(32)

Tourist homes.

(33)

Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals, but not including outdoor kennels or runs.

(34)

Vocational, business and professional schools.

(35)

Wells, private, provided that a special use permit shall be required as set forth in Article XXII of this chapter for any well which does not exclusively serve the property on which it is located.

(36)

Wholesale and distribution businesses, including warehouse and storage facilities accessory thereto.

(37)

Accessory uses and structures.

(38)

Micro-brewery, micro-distillery, micro-winery, micro-cidery, and micro-meadery, provided that a special use permit shall be required as set forth in article XXII of this chapter.

(Ord. of 3-27-89, § 15-71; Ord. No. 12-05, 12-19-05; Ord. No. 02-2018, 10-30-18)

There shall be no minimum lot area requirement in the B-1 District, except that uses which are not served by public sewer and water systems shall be provided with such minimum lot area as deemed necessary by the health official for the safe and healthful provision of on-site sewage disposal and water supply.

(Ord. of 3-27-89, § 15-72)

There shall be no minimum lot width requirement in the B-1 District.

(Ord. of 3-27-89, § 15-73)

(a)

In the B-1 District, there shall be a front yard of not less than 20 feet.

(b)

In the B-1 District, no side yards shall be required, provided that, where a side lot line abuts property located in any residential district, there shall be a side yard of not less than 25 feet, and provided further that there shall be a side yard of not less than five feet adjacent to any alley.

(c)

No rear yard shall be required in the B-1 District, provided that, where a rear lot line abuts property located in any residential district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet, and provided further, that there shall be a rear yard of not less than five feet adjacent to any alley.

(Ord. of 3-27-89, § 15-74)

In the B-1 District, required side yards abutting property in any residential district shall not be devoted to any of the following uses or activities, nor shall any of the following uses or activities take place within ten feet of any street right-of-way line:

(1)

Storage of building materials, supplies, equipment, machinery or wrecked or partially dismantled vehicles.

(2)

Display or sales areas for vehicles or other products.

(3)

Loading or unloading areas for trucks and other vehicles.

(Ord. of 3-27-89, § 15-75)

Editor's note— The Ord. of March 30, 1998 repealed in their entirety the provisions of § 70-198 which pertained to screening requirements within the B-1 District and derived from the Ord. of March 27, 1989, § 15-76.

No building or structure shall exceed a height of 35 feet in the B-1 District.

(Ord. of 3-27-89, § 15-77)

A plan of development, as set forth in article IV of this chapter, shall be required for all uses and structures in the B-1 District, except those for which a special use permit is required by the provisions of section 70-193.

(Ord. of 3-27-89, § 15-78)