The B-1 District is intended to permit those uses necessary to satisfy the basic day-to-day convenience shopping and/or service needs of persons residing in nearby residential areas. It is further the intent of this district to encourage the concentration of local business areas and avoid the strip business frontage development along major thoroughfares or other roads.
Land, buildings and structures in the B-1 District shall be used only for the purposes stated in Table 450-11.02, as follows:
Table 450-11.02 Permitted Land Uses (B-1)
Permitted Land Use
Regulation or Exception
Retail businesses supplying on-site goods and commodities, including, but not limited to, groceries and food products, drugs, apparel and accessories, notions, hardware, appliances, crafts, greeting cards, home furnishings, sporting goods, books, audio and video products and similar retail businesses
Limited to stores and other business locations not larger than 10,000 square feet
Personal service establishments which perform on-site services, including, but not limited to, repair shops (home appliances, shoes, watches, etc.), tailor shops, beauty/barber shops, photography studios, self-service laundries or other similar personal service businesses
Dry-cleaning establishments or dropoff/pickup stations for laundry and dry cleaning
Central dry-cleaning plants serving more than 1 retail outlet are not permitted
Banks, credit unions and similar financial institutions
Drive-in or drive-through facilities are not permitted, except if approved as a special land use
Executive, administrative professional and outpatient medical offices and facilities
State, county, municipal and other public offices
Restaurants and other businesses serving food and beverages
Drive-through facilities are not permitted
Beverages served must be nonalcoholic
A restaurant shall not have the appearance or character of a drive-in establishment
Entry into and exit from the site must be directly from a county primary road or state highway
Small antennas and towers
Not more than 30 feet in height
Other similar retail business or service establishment which supplies merchandise or convenience commodities, or performs services for the persons and areas described in § 450-11.01, if determined by the Planning Commission under § 450-1.07
The special land uses specified in Table 450-11.03 may be permitted if approved by the Planning Commission under Article 23.
Table 450-11.03 Special Land Uses (B-1)
Special Land Use
Regulation or Exception
Retail businesses supplying on-site goods and commodities, including, but not limited to, groceries and food products, drugs, apparel and accessories, notions, hardware, appliances, crafts, greeting cards, home furnishings, sporting goods, books, audio and video products and similar retail businesses
Limited to stores and other business locations greater than 10,000 square feet but not greater than 50,000 square feet
Restaurants serving alcoholic beverages
Must be state-licensed; dancing not permitted unless state-licensed
Motor vehicle service stations
Including minor vehicle repair services
All services must take place within a fully enclosed building
Veterinary clinics
All activities must be conducted within a fully enclosed building
Child-care centers
Must be state-licensed
Open-front restaurants; restaurants with outdoor seating
If seating is provided on sidewalks, there must be a width of at least 5 feet along the sidewalk for pedestrian traffic
Wireless communications facilities
With towers and antennas higher than 30 feet
Wind energy conversion systems (WECS)
Limited to those exceeding 60 feet in height
Nursing homes; homes for the elderly and retired
Churches or other houses of worship
Essential public service buildings
Mini warehouses and self-storage facilities
Commercial accessory waterfront uses
Drive-through facilities when accessory to a permitted use
Including banks, credit unions, pharmacies and dry cleaners, but not including drive-through restaurants
Table 450-11.04 (B-1)
Minimum required lot area
40,000 square feet (not including street right-of-way or private road easement)
Minimum required lot width
150 feet
Minimum required building setbacks
Front yard
50 feet
Side yards
2 side yards totaling 30 feet, the smallest of which must be at least 15 feet; however, if a building is built to the property line, no side yard is required, except if the property abuts a residential district or a residential PUD, there shall be a side yard setback of at least 25 feet
Rear yard
25 feet, but if the yard abuts a residential district or residential PUD, then the rear yard shall be 50 feet
Maximum permitted lot coverage
40%
Table 450-11.05 Yard Regulations; Maximum Building Height (B-1)
Front, rear and side yards
Must be maintained across entire width and length of parcel, except where permitted buildings are built to the property line as permitted in Table 450-11.04
Maximum building height
28 feet
Minimum floor area of principal building
None required
The other land uses stated in Table 450-11.06 may be permitted as follows:
Table 450-11.06 Other Land Uses (B-1)
Land Use
Zoning Section or Article
Accessory buildings, structures and uses
Small antennas and towers
§ 450-3.29; not more than 30 feet in height
Wind energy conversion systems
§ 450-3.30; not more than 60 feet in height
Private roads
Article 28
The additional land use regulations stated in Table 450-11.07 may apply.
Table 450-11.07 Other Regulations (B-1)
Subject
Regulatory Provision in Zoning or Other Chapter
Outdoor lighting
Chapter 282, Lighting, Outdoor
Landscaping and buffering
Article 26
Signs
Article 25
Off-street parking and loading
Article 27
Building projections
Minimum street frontage
Front yard building setbacks
Height exceptions
Maximum width-to-depth ratio
Maximum lot coverage
Cul-de-sac lots
Alteration of grades; excavations
Nonconforming lots, buildings and uses
Article 30
Planned unit developments
Articles 14, 15 and 16
Platted subdivisions
Chapter 275, Part 1, Subdivision of Land
Condominiums and site condominiums
Article 24
Trash, litter or junk
Flagpoles
Site plan review
Article 22
Overlay districts
Articles 17 through 21
Recreational vehicle parking
Nuisances
Fences
Essential service equipment
Special land uses, minimum provisions
Article 23
Zoning permits
Article 32
Principal use per parcel
Wetlands
Wetlands Protection Ordinance No. 2005-1[1]
Stormwater regulation
Chapter 388, Stormwater Management
Land division
Chapter 275, Part 2, Land Division
Outdoor burning
Chapter 142, Burning, Open
Noxious weeds
Chapter 251, Grass and Weeds
Inoperable motor vehicles
Chapter 345, Property Maintenance, Article II, Inoperable or Dismantled Vehicles and Equipment
Docks and watercraft launching
§ 450-3.26; Chapter 126, Boat Launching and Docking
Liquid wastes
Chapter 367, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, Part 2, Grease Traps
Public sanitary sewer system
Chapter 367, Part 1, Sewer Use, Connection and Rates
Public water supply system
Chapter 431, Water System
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Editor's Note: Said Ord. No. 2005-1 was slated for repeal upon adoption of the 2020 Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).