The "C-1" central business district is intended for the purpose of grouping merchandising activities into a concentrated area serving the general shopping needs of the trade area. Principal permitted uses include department stores, apparel stores, general retail sales and services, and similar uses appropriate for comparison shopping. The grouping is intended to strengthen the business level of the central business activity.

In district "C-1" no building shall be used and no building or structure altered, enlarged or erected, which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the uses listed in section 3 below.

The following uses shall be permitted in the "C-1" central business district:

(1)

Adding machine and other small business machine repair, sales and service.

(2)

Amusement places.

(3)

Antique shops and stores, providing all merchandise is displayed and sold inside a building.

(4)

Apparel and accessory stores.

(5)

Apartments on floors other than the ground floor.

(6)

Appliance stores.

(7)

Art and art supply stores.

(8)

Artist studios.

(9)

Auditoriums and similar places of public assembly.

(10)

Automobile accessory and supply stores.

(11)

Automobile sales and service.

(12)

Automobile parking lots and garages.

(13)

Bakery and pastry shops (retail only).

(14)

Banks and other saving and lending institutions.

(15)

Barbershops, beauty shops, and chiropody, massage or similar personal services.

(16)

Bicycle and motorcycle shops.

(17)

Books and stationery stores.

(18)

Bowling alleys and recreational buildings.

(19)

Business and technical schools including schools for photography, dancing and music.

(20)

Child care.

(21)

Churches.

(22)

Cigar and tobacco stores.

(23)

Clothing stores.

(24)

Clothing and costume rental shops.

(25)

Commercial recreational uses.

(26)

Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring and similar trades.

(27)

Delicatessens and catering establishments.

(28)

Department stores.

(29)

Drugstores and prescription shops.

(30)

Dry goods and notion stores (including coin shops and fabric shops).

(31)

Electric appliance sales and repair shops.

(32)

Electric substations, telephone exchange and utility regulator stations.

(33)

Fire stations, police stations, jails.

(34)

Fix-it shops, radio, television, small household appliances and furniture upholstery and repairs.

(35)

Florist shops and garden shops retail only.

(36)

Funeral homes and mortuaries.

(37)

Furniture and home furnishing stores.

(38)

Garage and automobile repair shops, including automobile body and fender work and automobile painting in properly enclosed and ventilated booths; providing, however, no particulate matter is emitted into the atmosphere.

(39)

Government buildings.

(40)

Grocery, fruit and vegetable stores (retail only).

(41)

General merchandising, including general warehousing and storage.

(42)

Hardware stores.

(43)

Heating, and air conditioning shops, providing all merchandise is located in a building.

(44)

Hobby, stamp and coin shops.

(45)

Hotels and motels.

(46)

Household appliance stores.

(47)

Interior decorator's shop.

(48)

Jewelry and metal craft stores and shops.

(49)

Laundries and dry cleaning establishments.

(50)

Leather goods and luggage stores.

(51)

Libraries and museums (public).

(52)

Liquor stores.

(53)

Lock and key shops.

(54)

Mail order catalog stores.

(55)

Medical, dental and health clinics.

(56)

Medical and orthopedic appliance stores.

(57)

Meeting halls and auditoriums (including union halls, Elk's Lodge, American Legion Home, VFW, Masons, etc.).

(58)

Messenger and telegraph service stations.

(59)

Music instrument sales and repair shops.

(60)

Music stores and studios.

(61)

Newspaper offices.

(62)

Newsstands.

(63)

Offices and office buildings; legal, accounting, insurance, real estate and other professional services.

(64)

Office supply and office equipment sales and service stores.

(65)

Optician and optometrist shops.

(66)

Paint and glass stores.

(67)

Parking lots and garages.

(68)

Parks and open spaces.

(69)

Pawnshops.

(70)

Pet shops.

(71)

Photographic equipment sales and supply stores.

(72)

Photographic studios.

(73)

Picture framing shops.

(74)

Prescription shops.

(75)

Printing and publishing houses (including newspapers).

(76)

Printing shops and printing supply stores.

(77)

Public buildings, including post office, city offices, county offices, state offices.

(78)

Radio and television studios.

(79)

Railway, taxi and bus passenger stations.

(80)

Rental outlets and storage houses (subject to the provisions of Article XXII [XXIII], Loading and Unloading Regulations).

(81)

Restaurants and tea rooms.

(82)

Service stations.

(83)

Self-service laundries and self-service dry cleaning establishments.

(84)

Sewing machine shops and stores.

(85)

Shoe stores.

(86)

Shoe repair and shoeshine shops.

(87)

Sporting and athletic goods stores.

(88)

Tailor shops.

(89)

Taverns.

(90)

Television and radio sales and service establishments.

(91)

Theaters.

(92)

Thrift shops.

(93)

Toy stores.

(94)

Travel bureaus.

(95)

Used car lots.

(96)

Utility company offices.

(97)

Variety stores.

(98)

Wallpaper and paint stores.

(99)

Watch and watch repair shops.

(100)

Accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses.

(101)

A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the C-1 central business district if a special permit for such use has been obtained in accordance with Article XXVIII [XXIX] of this ordinance.

(a)

Apartments on the ground floor.

(b)

Condominiums and town houses.

(c)

Day nurseries.

(d)

Preschools.

(Ord. No. 1338, § 1, 7-14-1977; Ord. No. 1414, 4-9-1981; Ord. No. 1451, § 1, 10-14-1982; Ord. No. 1497, § 13, 2-14-1985; Ord. No. 1528, § 8, 9-11-1986; Ord. No. 1574, § 1, 7-14-1988; Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996)

No requirements except those to meet fire regulations.

No building shall exceed eighty (80) feet in height except as otherwise provided in the additional height, area and use regulations of this ordinance.

Yard regulations shall be in conformance with the following provisions and in accordance with Article XXV of this ordinance.

(1)

Front yard: No front yard is required for any building in the "C-1" retail business district.

(2)

Side yard: No side yard is required for any building in the "C-1" retail business district.

(3)

Rear yard: No rear yard is required for any building in the "C-1" business district.

(Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

See Article XIX.

(Ord. No. 1414, 4-9-1981; Ord. No. 1497, § 13, 2-14-1985; Ord. No. 1574, § 1, 7-14-1988; Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

No parking required, except for multiple-family uses. See Article XX.

(Ord. No. 1414, 4-9-1981; Ord. No. 1497, § 13, 2-14-1985; Ord. No. 1574, § 1, 7-14-1988; Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

None required.

See Article XXII.

(Ord. No. 1414, 4-9-1981; Ord. No. 1497, § 13, 2-14-1985; Ord. No. 1574, § 1, 7-14-1988; Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

None required, except for rental outlets and storage houses. See Article XXIII.

(Ord. No. 1451, § 2, 10-14-1982; Ord. No. 1497, § 13, 2-14-1985; Ord. No. 1574, § 1, 7-14-1988; Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)