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City of Chillicothe, MO
Livingston County
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[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(11-00), 4-10-2000]
The purpose of the "C-1" Zone is to permit and to encourage the establishment of commercial shopping areas which offer a wide variety of consumer goods and services.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(11-01), 4-10-2000]
Residential units are permitted in commercial districts so long as they meet all City health, safety, fire and building codes where such residential uses allow the balance of a building to be occupied, whether by a proprietor or not.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(11-02), 4-10-2000]
A. 
Including, but not limited to, the following types of activities:
1. 
Retail and service. Retail business or service establishment supplying commodities or performing services including, but not limited to, grocery stores, pharmacies, delicatessen stores, barbershops, beauty parlors, clothes cleaning and laundry establishments, specialty shops such as jewelry stores, shoe stores, hardware stores, florist shops, dry goods shops and other similar stores and shops for the conduct of a retail business or personal service.
2. 
Gasoline service stations. Gasoline service stations, including "public garages" as defined in Section 405.060 of this Chapter.
3. 
Eating and drinking places. Soda fountains, ice cream parlors, tea rooms, restaurants, cafe including entertainment and drive-in restaurants.
4. 
Offices. Business and professional offices.
5. 
Business services. Post offices and telegraph offices.
6. 
Processing and printing. Bakery, catering establishment, laundry or dyeing and cleaning works, publishing, job printing and blueprinting employing not more than five (5) persons.
7. 
Ice storage and distribution station. Limited to five (5) ton capacity.
8. 
Minor fabricating and repair. Appliance and television repair shop, plumbing shop, painting and decorating shop, tin smithing shop, automobile service stations including auto repairing, tire repair shop.
9. 
Dwelling units. Being a part of retail and services structures and occupied by the proprietor of said retail and/or service business.
10. 
Recreation services. Recreation services including theaters, bowling alleys, pool and billiard rooms, dancing academies and roller and ice skating rinks.
11. 
Hotels, motels, private clubs and lodges; wholesale establishments, taverns and nightclubs, commercial parking garages, public utility buildings and transformer stations without storage garages.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(11-03), 4-10-2000]
A. 
Customary accessory uses are permitted, provided such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use. Such accessory uses include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. 
Private garages and parking areas and loading areas complying with applicable regulations set forth in Sections 405.1490 et seq. of this Chapter.
2. 
Signs complying with applicable regulations set forth in Sections 405.1530 et seq. of this Chapter.
3. 
Demonstrator microwave receiving antenna to be placed as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission on an individual basis.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(11-04), 4-10-2000]
A. 
Uses authorized upon issuance of a conditional use permit include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. 
Drive-in uses. Drive-in banks, buildings and loan companies and similar financial institutions, provided that the premises shall be enclosed by a solid wall or fence at least six (6) feet high where it adjoins in the rear or on the sides of any residential zone, public park, school or church.
2. 
Self-service establishments. Self-service laundries, dry cleaners, car washes and similar uses.
3. 
Outdoor commercial recreation. Any type of commercial recreation, including baseball field, swimming pools, skating rinks and similar outdoor recreational facilities, provided such establishments shall be located not less than one hundred (100) feet from any residential zone.
4. 
Animal hospitals/veterinary clinics. Kennels for display, boarding or treatment of pets and other domestic animals, provided that any structure or area used for such purposes, including pens and exercise yards, shall be located at least one hundred (100) feet from any residential zone and that such pens or exercise runs shall be enclosed on four (4) sides by a sight-obscuring, unpierced fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height.
5. 
Automotive services, farm implements. Automobiles, trucks, trailers, farm implements, for sale or display, trailer lots, repair garages, body and fender shops, paint shops, provided that there shall be a minimum distance of fifty (50) feet between the use and any residential zone and that the premises shall be enclosed by a solid wall or fence at least six (6) feet in height where it adjoins in the rear or on the sides of any residential zones.
6. 
Apartments located above ground floor and not occupied by the proprietor.
7. 
Any other uses similar in nature, operation or function of uses allowed within this zone as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(11-05), 4-10-2000]
A. 
Minimum Lot Area: 7,500.
B. 
Minimum Lot Frontage: 30 feet.
C. 
Maximum Lot Coverage, Including Accessories: 80%.
D. 
Yard Setback.
1. 
Principal structure.
a. 
Front yard: 20 feet.
b. 
Side yard: 10 feet.
c. 
Rear yard: 10 feet.
d. 
Side next to street: 15 feet.
2. 
Accessory structures.
a. 
Front yard: Same as principal structure.
b. 
Side yard: 10 feet.
c. 
Rear yard: 10 feet.
d. 
Side next to street: Same as principal structure.
E. 
Maximum Structure Height.
1. 
Principal structure: 3 stories or 40 feet.
2. 
Accessory structure: 20 feet.
F. 
Minimum Floor Area: None.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(11-06), 4-10-2000]
A. 
Buffer Strip. Where a "C-1" District is adjacent to a residential district and not separated therefrom by a street or alley, a buffer strip of trees and/or shrubs of not less than five (5) feet in width shall be provided and maintained along the property line. The Planning and Zoning Commission may vary their requirements where conditions are such that a buffer strip will not serve a useful purpose.
B. 
Businesses To Be Confined To Owner Lots. All businesses, services and processing associated with businesses are to be conducted on the primary lot owned or leased by the business, without need for storage of inventory, vehicles or product of any kind on City rights-of-way or on other (third (3rd) party) property.