ARTICLE XIV B-1 Commercial Zone
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§105-69. Permitted uses.
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A. In the B-1 Commercial Zone, only the following uses are permitted: | |||||||
(1) Stores or shops for retail business or wholesale display entirely within the confines of a building.
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(2) Banks and offices for business, executive and professional purposes.
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(3) Theatrical and motion-picture theaters, but not including open-air theaters.
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(4) (Reserved)
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(5) Restaurants, but not including drive-in restaurants or refreshment stands where food is served outside the premises or where patrons are served food or drink at counters, stools or bars outside the confines of a building.
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(6) Public buildings and uses.
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(7) Public utilities as regulated in Article VII.
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(8) Off-street parking facilities in accordance with Article V.
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(9) Signs in accordance with Article VI.
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(10) Bowling alleys.
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(11) Institutional uses and nonprofit clubs, lodges and fraternal organizations.
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(12) Residential uses, provided that the density does not exceed that which is permitted in the R-1 Zone.
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(13) Accessory uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses.
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B. None of the foregoing shall be construed to permit the following: | |||||||
(1) Any business conducted outside the confines of a building.
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(2) Any process of manufacture, fabrication, assembly, disassembly, treatment, conversion or alteration of any material, unless clearly accessory to the permitted principal use.
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(3) Any use prohibited in the I-1 and I-2 Zone Districts.
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(4) Commercial outdoor amusements, such as carousels, merry-go-rounds, miniature golf and pony tracks.
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(5) Junkyards.
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(6) Coal and fuel storage yards.
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§ 105-69.1. Conditional uses.
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[Added 12-6-1993 by Ord. No. 18-93] | |||||||
The following conditional uses may be authorized, subject to the provisions of Article VII: | |||||||
A. Heliports and helistops, as private use facilities. | |||||||
B. Hotels and motels (see § 105-44E). [Added 6-5-2003 by Ord. No. 3-2003] | |||||||
§ 105-70. Required conditions.
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The following requirements must be complied with in the B-1 Commercial Zone: | |||||||
A. Height. No structure shall exceed 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet, whichever is the lesser. [Amended 12-2-1999 by Ord. No. 99-15] | |||||||
B. Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 90 feet from the center line of state and county roads and 80 feet from the center line of Township roads. Off-street parking is not permitted in the front. | |||||||
C. Side yard. There shall be two side yards, and no side yard shall be less than 15 feet. Off-street parking, as regulated in Article V, is permitted in the side yard, provided that no parking area is closer than 10 feet to a street right-of-way or residential zone and five feet to a building or a property line. | |||||||
D. Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet. Off-street parking, as regulated in Article V, is permitted in the rear yard, provided that no parking area is closer than 10 feet to a building or property line nor 25 feet to a street right-of-way or residential zone. | |||||||
E. Minimum lot area. There shall be a minimum lot area of 43,560 square feet, measured within 250 feet of the front street right-of-way. | |||||||
F. [Added 8-7-1989 by Ord. No. 6-89] Maximum lot coverage. Coverage of any lot with impervious surfaces shall not exceed 50% of the area of the lot: | |||||||
**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 105-69.A(4) through 105-70.F, have been amended as per a supplement dated 3-1-2004. | |||||||
(1) Where lots of 3/4 acres or less are proposed.
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