C-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right29
- Retail food stores
- Bakeries
- Drycleaners
- Laundries and laundromats
- Florist shops
- Wearing apparel stores
- Jewelry stores
- Drug stores
- Fabric shops
- Barber and beauty shops
- Auto and home appliance services
- Theaters, assembly halls
- Banks
- Music shops
- Restaurants
- Furniture stores
- Hotels, motels, tourist homes, boardinghouses, roominghouses
- Office buildings
- Office supply stores
- Churches
- Libraries
- Hardware stores
- Funeral homes or mortuaries
- Clubs and lodges
- Auto sales and service
- Public utilities
- All authorized uses in Districts R-1 and R-2
- Small solar energy facilities (for R-1/R-2 type uses)
- Exhibitions and special events (with permit)
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. relative to main
All accessory structures shall be less than the main structure in height.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. near party lot line1 story
No accessory structure which is within ten feet of any party lot line shall be more than one story high.
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae and radio aerials are exempt.
- Parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- Public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception60 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church, library, or general hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade, provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line5 ft
No accessory building shall be within five feet of any property line.
- Subject to Article XIV
All uses in this district are subject to the provisions of article XIV of this chapter.
- Health official approval for individual water/sewage
for permitted uses utilizing individual water supply or sewage disposal systems, the proposed area for any such use shall be approved by the health official.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.)20 ft
should a side or rear yard be utilized, or should the property be adjacent to a residential district, the minimum rear yard shall be 20 feet
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.)10 ft
should a side or rear yard be utilized, or should the property be adjacent to a residential district, the minimum side yard shall be ten feet
Buildings shall be located five feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 30 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
Parking
Off-street parking shall be provided as required by section 28-475.
From the ordinance
In general, Commercial District C-1 structures to be erected or land to be used shall be used as follows: ...