It is the intent of the “C-1” Neighborhood Shopping District to permit retail of convenience goods and services similar in nature to uses allowed in District “C-P”. It is intended that this district be employed only in areas occupied by existing businesses serving a useful shopping function to the residents of the neighborhood. It is intended that all new businesses will locate in grouped “shopping center” areas which are zoned one of the commercial districts other thar “C-S”.

In District “C-1”, no structure or land shall be used and no structure altered, enlarged or erected, which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the uses listed in the Use Regulations below:

1.    Apartments on floors other than the ground floor.

2.    Banks and either savings and lending institutions.

3.    Barber shops.

4.    Beauty shops.

5.    Boarding and lodging houses.

6.    Candy and ice cream stores (except drive-ins).

7.    Churches.

8.    Cleaning and laundry pick-up stations.

9.    Custom dressmaking, furrier, millinery, tailor shops (employing less than 5 persons).

10.  Drug stores and proprietor stores with not over 2,500 square feet of selling area.

11.  Electric and telephone substations.

12.  Fix-it shops, (radio, T.V., and small appliances).

13.  Flower and gift shops.

14.  Food stores (grocery, meat and delicatessen).

15.  Hardware stores.

16.  Laundry (self-service).

17.  Key shops.

18.  Medical, dental and health clinics (for people only).

19.  Messenger and telegraph stations.

20.  Motels.

21.  Newsstands.

22.  Non-profit religious, educational and philanthropic institutions, but not penal or mental institutions.

23.  Offices - business, professional and public.

24.  Parks, playgrounds and community buildings owned and operated by a public agency.

25.  Parking lots, commercial.

26.  Photographer.

27.  Private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges.

28.  Restaurants and tea rooms (except for drive-ins).

29.  Service stations.

30.  Shoe repair and shoe shine shops.

31.  The Board of Zoning Appeals may, by special use permit, authorize the following exceptions subject to such conditions as the Board deems necessary, to include, but not limited to, proper setbacks, landscaping, screening, fencing, maintenance provisions and other similar requirements:

a.    Drive-in theaters.

b.    Taverns.

c.    Liquor stores.

Area occupied by buildings in this district shall not exceed 30 percent of the ground area on which the building is located.

No building shall exceed 40 feet in height.

1.    Front Yards”

a.    No front yard setback is required for existing uses. New structures shall provide a front yard having a depth of not less than 25 feet measured from the front property line except if located on a collector street, the front yard shall be 6 5 feet measured from the centerline of the street and if located on an arterial street, the front yard shall be 75 feet measured from the centerline of the street.

b.    Where a lot or lots have double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

c.    Where a lot is located at the intersection of 2 or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of the corner lot except the buildable width of such lot shall not be reduced to less than 28 feet except where necessary to provide a yard on the side street not less than 5 feet in width.

d.    No accessory building shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.

2.    Side Yards: There shall be a side yard on each side of a building and said side yard shall not be less than 5 feet.

3.    Rear Yards: There shall be a rear yard for buildings in this district which rear yard shall have a depth of not less than 25 feet or 20 percent of the depth of the lot, whichever is the smaller.

4.    A solid or semi-solid fence or wall at least 6 feet, but not more than 8 feet high, shall be provided adjacent to any adjoining residential district; however, in the event the adjacent residential district and the commercial development are separated by a public right-of-way, a 10-foot landscape buffer which shall consist of trees, shrubs and evergreens shall be provided along the property line and maintained by the owner or owners of this property in the “C-1” District.

(See the Article on Parking and Loading

(See the Article on Parking and Loading Regulations.)

(See the Article on Sign Regulations.)