§ 214.096 PURPOSE.

The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a district designed and intended to accommodate retail, service, office and other miscellaneous uses and Use Variances which are most compatible with uses typically found in residential neighborhoods.



§ 214.097 LIMITATIONS OF USE.

Permitted uses in the B-1 district are subject to the following additional general limitations:

(A) All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers.

(B) Business establishments classified as “retail and service” hereinafter are restricted to a maximum gross floor area of twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) square feet each, exclusive of any floor area devoted to off-street parking or loading facilities.

(C) All permitted uses in this district shall be conducted in completely enclosed buildings, except for off- street parking and loading. And shall not include the storage of materials or goods outside of the completely enclosed building.

(D) Establishments of a “drive-in” type offering goods or services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles are not permitted, except for such services which are clearly incidental to a principal permitted use.



§214.098 PERMITTED USES.

The following listed uses and no others are permitted uses in a B-1 district:

(A) Retail and service uses as follows:

(1) Antique shops.

(2) Apparel stores.

(3) Art and school supply stores.

(4) Art galleries.

(5) Bakeries.

(6) Banks and financial institutions.

(7) Barber shops.

(8) Beauty shops and hair styling salons.

(9) Book and stationery stores.

(10) Camera and photographic supply stores.

(11) Carpet, rug, linoleum and tile stores.

(12) China and glassware stores.

(13) Coin and philatelic stores.

(14) Custom dressmaking and millinery shops.

(15) Dairy, ice cream and candy shops.

(16) Delicatessens.

(17) Department stores.

(18) Drug stores or convenience pharmacy.

(19) Dry cleaning and laundry receiving stations, (retail only, no plant).

(20) Dry goods stores.

(21) Electric, household appliance, television and radio stores.

(22) Florist shops and conservatories.

(23) Grocery or convenience stores.

(24) Furrier shops, including storage.

(25) Upholstering shops.

(26) Garden supply and seed stores.

(27) Gift shops.

(28) Haberdashery stores.

(29) Hardware stores.

(30) Hobby stores.

(31) Interior decorating shops.

(32) Jewelry stores, including watch repairs.

(33) Laundries and dry cleaners, automatic, self service coin operated.

(34) Leather goods and luggage stores.

(35) Liquor stores, package goods only, not for consumption on premises.

(36) Loan offices.

(37) Locksmith shops.

(38) Medical and dental clinics.

(39) Musical instrument stores, including servicing.

(40) Office supply stores.

(41) Optician shops.

(42) Paint and wallpaper stores.

(43) Planned unit developments, business.

(44) Restaurants.

(45) Schools, including music, dance or business.

(46) Sewing machine stores, household machines only.

(47) Shoe and hat repair shops.

(48) Shoe stores.

(49) Sporting goods stores.

(50) Tailor shops.

(51) Telegraph and Facsimile offices.

(52) Tobacco shops.

(53) Variety stores.

(B) Offices, business and professional.

(C) Miscellaneous uses, as follows:

(1) Clubs and lodges (nonprofit), fraternal or religious institutions.

(2) Electric and gas utilities.

(3) Meeting Halls.

(4) Post offices.

(5) Public libraries.

(6) Radio and television broadcasting.

(7) Signs, as classified and regulated in §214.252

(D) Uses incidental to principal permitted uses, as follows:

(1) Accessory uses.

(2) Temporary construction buildings.

§ 214.099 USE VARIANCES.

In a B-1 district, Use Variances may be allowed in accordance with the limiting conditions and procedures as set forth in § 214.319



§214.100 PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

(A) Maximum floor area ratio. In a B-1 district, the floor area ratio of all buildings and structures on a zoning lot shall not exceed 1.5.

(B) Maximum lot coverage. The maximum building coverage in a B1district is thirty-five percent (35%).

(C) Maximum building height. The maximum building height in a B1 district is thirty-five (35) feet.

(D) Yards.

(1) Minimum front yard.

(a) In a B-1 district lots abutting a principal or minor arterial highway shall have a minimum front yard of thirty (30) feet.

(b) In a B-1 district lot abutting a collector or local street shall have a minimum front yard of twenty-five (25) feet.

(2) Minimum Side Yard. In a B-1 district the minimum side yard shall be ten (10) feet.

(3) Minimum rear yard. In a B-1 district the minimum rear yard shall be twenty(20) feet.

(4) Yards shall be unobstructed from ground level to sky except as otherwise provided in § 214.006 (G)(5) "Permitted obstructions in required yards."