The minimum lot of record shall be 5,000 square
feet in area, except as provided in the Table of Dimensional Requirements
included at the end of this chapter.
[Amended 11-18-1988 by Ord. No. 209]
A. Commercial uses. The minimum street frontage for commercial
uses shall be 40 feet for each inside lot and 50 feet for each corner
lot.
B. Residential uses. The minimum street frontage for
residential uses shall be 40 feet per lot for single standard-dwelling-unit
buildings on interior lots and 50 feet on corner lots; 50 feet per
lot interior or corner for buildings containing apartments and lodging
rooms; and 40 feet per standard dwelling unit for multi-dwelling-unit
buildings on interior lots or 50 feet per standard dwelling unit for
multi-dwelling-unit buildings on corner lots.
[Amended 8-17-1990 by Ord. No. 251]
The following uses are permitted within any
C-1 District:
A. All uses permitted in R-1 and R-2 Residential Districts.
B. Apartments and commercial lodging rooms.
[Amended 3-18-2016 by Ord. No. 521]
C. Retail sale of the following goods: food and groceries,
delicatessen and baked goods, alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption,
drugs, hardware, jewelry, tobacco, newspapers, stationery, shoes,
clothing, office supplies, gifts and souvenirs, beach supplies, flowers
and plants, furniture, handcrafts, household goods and appliances.
[Amended 5-25-1984 by Ord. No. 134]
D. Personal services limited to offices of physicians,
dentists, lawyers, architects, accountants and real estate sales and
rental offices, barbershops or beauty shops, shoe repairs, clothes
cleaning and pressing and laundromats, movie theaters, bicycle rentals,
bank or loan offices and home appliance repair shops.
E. Restaurants, cafes, luncheonettes, food catering and
carry-outs.
G. Building, plumbing, heating or air-conditioning supplies
where there is no outdoor storage of materials.
I. The sale of alcoholic liquors in connection with a
restaurant or hotel, as these terms are defined at 4 Del. C. § 101
or any future corresponding provision of Delaware law.
[Added 5-25-1984 by Ord. No. 134]
J. Miniature golf course subject to the following conditions
and limitations:
[Added 4-12-2007 by Ord. No. 426]
(1) No miniature golf course shall be open for business
between the hours of 11:30 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(2) Noise. Noise shall be regulated by the existing noise ordinance, Chapter
275.
(3) No miniature golf course shall be constructed or operated
unless solid walls or fences not more than eight feet high are erected
along each property line not abutting a public street.
(4) No miniature golf course shall be constructed or operated
unless all artificial lighting meets the conditions that are outlined
in the illumination section of the Bethany Beach Nonresidential Design
Guidelines.
[Amended 8-15-2008 by Ord. No. 443]
(5) No miniature golf course shall be constructed or operated
unless consistent with the Bethany Beach Nonresidential Design Guidelines.
[Amended 8-15-2008 by Ord. No. 443]
[Amended 10-18-1991 by Ord. No. 264; 1-20-2006 by Ord. No.
403]
A. The following uses are permitted in any C-1 District,
if approved as a special exception by the Board of Adjustment, including
any appropriate restrictions or conditions imposed by the Board of
Adjustment:
(1) Billiard or pool rooms and halls, bowling alleys and
pinball and similar games of skill.
(2) Automobile sales agencies, provided that the business
is conducted within a building with no outside storage or display
of vehicles.
(3) Automobile service and repair garages, provided that
in no event shall demolished vehicles or parts thereof or vehicles
not repairable by the permitted use granted by the special exception
be permitted to be parked or stored in visible open areas for more
than 72 hours. Further, the use shall not constitute or create a public
nuisance.
(6) Gasoline service stations.
(7) Public buildings and public service buildings.
(8) Water towers and public utilities.
(9) Wireless communications facilities on any state, county,
and/or municipal site for the internal communications needs of the
state, county, and/or municipality only.
B. The following uses may be permitted if approved by the Town Council as a conditional use in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
525 of the Town Code:
(1) Wireless communication facilities on any local sites owned by the Town in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
525 of the Town Code.
[Amended 11-18-1988 by Ord. No. 212; 8-17-1990 by Ord. No.
251]
Any standard dwelling unit constructed or remodeled
over a business structure in the C-1 District must conform to the
residential lot requirements of this chapter.
All residential uses permitted in the R-1 and
R-2 Zones are permitted in the C-1 Zone, provided that:
A. Any building, structure or part thereof constructed,
erected or moved in, the use of which is residential, shall conform
to all residential use requirements of this chapter; and
B. Any existing building, structure or part thereof converted,
remodeled, added to or altered, the building, structure or part thereof
to be used for residential purposes, shall conform to all residential
use requirements of this chapter.
[Added 5-25-1984 by Ord. No. 134]
A. Uses not specifically permitted under §
425-64,
425-65,
425-68 or
425-69 or which are not commonly recognized as a clearly integral and harmonious component of such specifically permitted uses are prohibited.
[Amended 8-19-2011 by Ord. No. 467]
B. Establishments for the sale of alcoholic liquors for on-premises consumption or for off-premises consumption, except as expressly permitted in §
425-64, are not deemed to be a clearly integral and harmonious component of any use permitted in the C-1 and C-2 Commercial Districts. Consequently, liquor stores are prohibited to allow on-premises consumption of alcoholic liquor and those establishments selling alcoholic liquors for consumption on premises, commonly referred to as "taprooms," "taverns," "bars," "cabarets," "clubs" or "lounges," are expressly prohibited in the C-1 and C-2 Commercial Districts
[Amended 7-16-1993 by Ord. No. 280; 7-20-2018 by Ord. No. 543]
C. No use otherwise permitted in this zoning district
shall be permitted as a rooftop open-air business.
[Added 7-17-1992 by Ord. No. 276]