Division 3 — C-1 OR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE

The C-1 or neighborhood commercial zone is intended for areas of the Town which are easily accessible and useful for retail, service and administrative activities which are oriented to the day-to-day needs of the residents of the Town.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.54.010, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77)

(a)

Activities allowed in the C-1 or neighborhood commercial zone are those which do not unreasonably interfere with nearby residential uses and which are in the following categories:

(1)

Retailing, including formula retail up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

(2)

Personal service businesses and service businesses necessary for the conduct of households.

(3)

Office activities.

(4)

Limited manufacturing activities when a majority of sales are made, on site, to the ultimate consumer.

(5)

Activities permitted in the LM zone which were approved on or before February 1, 1993, provided any change of use must be a conforming use in the C-1 zone.

(6)

Group classes.

(7)

Specialty food retail without alcoholic beverages.

(b)

Examples of proper C-1 activities are grocery stores, launderettes, or dry cleaning agencies, drugstores, barbershops, appliance repair shops, and offices. Examples of activities which are not proper in the C-1 zone are vehicle service and sales, palmists and soothsayers, manufacturing, wholesaling, or laundry.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.54.020, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77; Ord. No. 1930, § I, 2-1-93; Ord. No. 2304, § II, 2-18-20; Ord. No. 2342, § XV, 8-1-23)

In addition to the activities authorized by section 29.60.210, the activities listed in the table in section 29.20.185 are allowed if a conditional use permit is issued.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.54.030, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77)

There is no minimum lot area requirement in a C-1 or neighborhood commercial zone.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.54.050, 6-7-76)

Minimum front, side and rear yards in a C-1 or neighborhood commercial zone shall be as follows:

(5)

The following minimum yard requirements apply along those property lines of a lot in the C-1 zone which abut or are across the street from a lot in a residential zone:

a.

Front .....25 feet

b.

Side abutting street .....15 feet

c.

Side or rear .....20 feet

Plus one (1) foot for each foot of building height over twenty (20) feet. A six-foot high masonry wall is required along the property line.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.54.070, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77)

The maximum height of any building in a C-1 or neighborhood commercial zone is thirty-five (35) feet.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.54.080, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76)

Maximum building coverage of a lot in a C-1 or neighborhood commercial zone, including any type of accessory building, is fifty (50) percent of the lot area.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.54.090, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76)

(a)

The floor area ratio for all new buildings or expansion of the gross floor area of an existing building located on a parking assessment district shall not exceed sixty-hundredths.

(b)

In the event a building or buildings which exceed a FAR of sixty-hundredths within the C-1 zone are destroyed involuntarily, reconstruction to the amount of the prior floor area shall be allowed, subject to all other provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.54.100, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1328, 8-2-76; Ord. No. 1724, 5-18-87)

Secs. 29.60.245—29.60.310. - Reserved.