The C1 - Neighborhood Shopping District is designed
to encourage the construction of new shopping facilities and continued
use of land for neighborhood commercial service purposes, to limit
residential, prohibit heavy commercial and industrial use of land,
to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with
the development or continuation of the commercial uses and structures
in the district and to discourage any use which, because of its character
and size, would interfere with the use of land in the district as
a shopping and service center for the surrounding residence districts.
This district classification is intended to be applied
to areas largely surrounded by residential classification. Because
the locations of the C1 Districts and the arrangement of the uses
within them are expected to have a close relationship to the overall
plan and the objective of protection to residential districts, it
is deemed that the exercise of planning judgment on location and site
plan is essential.
In this district, the land and structures may be used,
and structures may be erected, altered, enlarged and maintained, for
limited commercial uses listed hereunder (including in each instance
unit group buildings). Each enterprise shall:
Assure
safety and convenience of traffic movement, both within the site covered
and in relation to access streets, and a harmonious and beneficial
relationship of structures and uses on the site as well as contiguous
properties.
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Subsection
B, which required uses to comply with site plans or plans approved
by the Planning Commission, Subsection C, which allowed the Commission
to either act on submitted site plans or propose and approve their
own, and Subsection D, which allowed the Commission to limit vehicular
access, and redesignated former Subsection E as Subsection B.
Shops for the retail sale of goods, except that as
hereinabove set forth, there shall be no manufacturing or processing
other than that which is incidental and essential to an enterprise
in which merchandise is sold at retail primarily on the premises.
Only such activities as car washing, waxing,
polishing, greasing and display of rental equipment must be conducted
entirely within an enclosed building.
No stand, rack or other paraphernalia other
than or in direct connection with merchandise offered for sale is
manifest outside a completely enclosed building.
Eating and drinking establishment, including catering
service, but not including dancing or live entertainment or drive-in
business where persons are served in automobiles.
Personal services, including without limitation barbering;
beauty culture; clothes pressing and repair; custom dressmaking, millinery
and tailoring; laundry agency; cleaning agency; or hand laundry, laundry
or cleaning agency operated by customers, such as launderette, laundromat,
coin-op, pet-based uses, and the like.
Professional office for the commonly recognized professions
of architecture, engineering, law, medicine, personal health and religion
and an office or establishment for similar services, such as banking
and finance, insurance and real estate.
Change of a nonconforming use within a nonconforming structure to a conforming use or to another nonconforming use that is determined by the Board to be no more detrimental to the neighborhood (see § 265-129).
No more than one building on a lot may be used
as a student home. No more than one dwelling in a two-family dwelling
may be used as a student home. Up to 50% of dwelling units or a maximum
of four dwelling units per building may be student homes based on
availability of off-street parking.
All existing and new student homes must be registered
annually with Planning and Development. Issuance of registration for
student homes shall not exceed one year and shall be based on the
period of August 1 to July 31. All student home registrations shall
expire on July 31. Student homes must pass a code compliance inspection
by the Code Enforcement Department prior to being registered and occupied.
[Amended 9-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2057; 11-9-2020 by Ord. No. 2113]
No student home shall be closer than 500 feet
to another student home. The distance requirement is measured from
the closest property corner of a potential student home utilizing
air measurements (GIS) equal to or more than 500 feet. Student homes
located in the Downtown District, as shown on the City of Greensburg
Downtown District Map (Attachment 3 of this chapter),[3] are exempt from the five-hundred-foot distance requirement.
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(13)(d), which required
an occupancy permit, as amended, was repealed 11-9-2020 by Ord. No. 2113. This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection B(13)(e) as
Subsection B(13)(d).
The maximum heights of structures in this district shall be as specified in Article XI.
Each lot in this district shall comply with the area requirements as specified in Article XII.