The following uses are permitted by right in
the C-1 Zone:
A.
Bed-and-breakfast limited to two bedrooms and serving
no meals except breakfast.
B.
Agriculture, forestry, truck gardening, livestock
and poultry raising and dairy farming.
C.
Temporary roadside stands for the seasonal sale of
farm produce and products, only when accessory to the premises on
which they stand, provided they shall contain not more than 200 square
feet in area. Such stand shall be not less than 20 feet from any street
line, and not less than 50 feet from any street intersections, and
not less than 10 feet from the side boundary.
E.
Existing residential units and their expansion, excluding
the conversion of single-family dwellings to two-family dwellings.
The following uses are permitted in the C-1
Zone subject to approval of a site plan in accordance with Article
XVIII of these regulations:
A.
Retail stores.
B.
Professional and business offices.
C.
Theaters.
D.
Barber and beauty shops.
E.
Watch and shoe repair and similar personal services.
F.
Tailoring and cleaning establishments.
G.
Financial institutions.
H.
Churches and schools.
I.
Bona fide clubs or community houses not operated for
profit.
J.
Public recreational uses, nonprofit parks and playgrounds.
K.
Nursery gardening and greenhouses.
L.
Buildings used for the storing, processing and manufacture
of agriculture and forestry products accessory to a farm.
The following uses are permitted in the C-1
Zone subject to the issuance of a special permit by the Planning and
Zoning Commission:
A.
Filling stations.
B.
Automobile sales and repair shops.
C.
Automobile parking lots.
D.
Marinas, docking facilities for commercial fishing
boats and commercial boat cruise line facilities and passenger terminals.
E.
Stores for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
F.
Restaurants; including drive-in-type establishments
where customers are serviced in motor vehicles or primarily at food
take-out counters.
G.
Post offices.
H.
Police stations, fire houses, volunteer ambulance
headquarters or other municipal buildings and uses.
I.
Housing for elderly and/or physically handicapped
persons. In addition to customary special permit requirements, the
provisions of Article XVI shall be applied.
J.
One or more dwelling units in combination on a lot
with other uses permitted in the commercial zone, subject to the provisions
of Article XXIX.
K.
Contracting or construction yards, subject to the
following:
(1)
The Commission may require a buffer strip between
five feet and 100 feet in width and, where necessary, require landscaping
as in accordance with § 270-29.
(2)
All fences erected shall be no closer than 15 feet
to the lot boundaries and at a height determined appropriate by the
Commission.
(3)
All other aspects of the activity must be compatible
with other surrounding uses as determined by the Commission.
M.
Self-storage facilities.
Where any lot or part thereof abuts a lot devoted
to residential use without separation by a street, or where the lot
is used for a contracting or construction yard and the Commission
determines a buffer strip is necessary, there shall be a fifteen-foot-wide
landscaped buffer strip properly seeded with grass and planted with
trees and shrubs to ensure an adequate screening between commercial
or industrial and residential uses. Plans showing the work to be done,
with assurance of completion and future maintenance, shall be filed
with and approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission before such
lot or portions thereof may be used for commercial purposes. The buffer
strip shall be located on the lot devoted to the commercial use. Failure
to maintain such strip in good condition shall constitute a violation
of these regulations by the owner of such lot or portion thereof.
