(1)
Use Regulations. The specific uses permitted in this
district shall be the erection, construction, alteration or use of buildings
and/or land for:
(a) The residential uses permitted in the most
restricted bounding district, whether contiguous to or across the street;
provided, however, that when said use is in an attached or semi-detached
building, the regulations of the residential district of the building to which
it is attached shall apply; except that existing buildings erected prior to May
26, 1982 may be converted to duplex dwellings, provided that no portion of the
building is or would be used for any commercial
purposes.
[32] (.1) Commercial
activity shall not be permitted in a converted duplex dwelling as specified
above.
[33] (b) The
following uses in completely enclosed buildings dealing directly with the
consumer and in no case above the first story of the building; provided, that
for buildings erected after the effective date of this section, no single use,
nor any combination thereof shall occupy more than 2,000 square feet of gross
floor area:
[34] (.1) Sales
at retail, separately or in any combination of: Antiques, books, confectionery
goods, cosmetics, draperies, drugs, dry goods, electric appliances and fixtures,
floor coverings, food products to include bakery goods, fruits and vegetables,
groceries and meat, garden supplies, gifts, hardware, household appliances,
hobby and handicraft merchandise, jewelry, luggage, newspapers and magazines,
optical or orthopedic goods, packaged paints and wallpaper, photographic
equipment, stationery, variety store merchandise, wearing apparel, watches and
clocks;
[35] (.2) Barber,
beauty shop, hat cleaning, tailor shop;
(.3) Business or professional
office or agency, financial institution;
(.4) Florist, not including
accessory greenhouses;
(.5) Hand laundry, laundry pick-up agency
and/or dry cleaning pick-up agency and each use, singly or in any
combination;
(.6) Funeral parlors, including the sale of mortician
goods;
[36] (.7) Accessory
uses, customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses; provided, that
the accessory use does not occupy more than 25% of the gross floor area, and
does not include open air storage of materials, equipment or
merchandise.
(2)
Area
Regulations.
[37] (a) All
buildings in any "C-1" District shall be governed by the area regulations of the
most restrictive bounding district, whether contiguous to or across the street;
provided, however, that when said building is attached to another building which
is in another District, the area regulations of that District shall
apply.
(b) The conversion of an existing building erected prior to May
26, 1982 to a duplex dwelling need not comply with any rear yard requirements as
specified in subparagraph (a) above; provided, however, if any additions or
extensions are erected, the provisions as specified in subparagraph (a) above
shall apply.
(3)
Height Regulations. All buildings in any "C-1"
District shall follow the height regulations of the most restrictive bounding
Residential District, whether contiguous to or across the street; provided,
however, that when said building is attached to another, the regulations of the
Residential District of the building to which it is attached shall
apply.
(4)
Off-street Parking.
(a) All buildings in any
"C-1" District shall follow the parking requirements of the most restrictive
bounding Residential District, whether contiguous to or across the street;
provided, however, that when said building is attached to another, the
regulations of the Residential District of the building to which it is attached
shall apply.
(b) Each off-street parking space shall comply with all of
the provisions of § 14-1403 of this Title.
(5)
Signs. Signs
accessory to uses on the premises shall be permitted in this district only under
the following conditions:
(a) Only one sign shall be permitted on each
building, and it shall not exceed one square foot for each linear foot of
building facing any and only one street, shall be constructed facing only on
that street designated for the above computation, and must be attached flat
against the wall of the building;
(b) Signs may be illuminated;
provided, the illumination shall be focused upon the sign itself, so as to
prevent glare upon the surrounding areas, but it shall not be flashing,
intermittent, or animated illumination;
(c) Signs which revolve shall
be prohibited;
(d) Any revolving device which causes intermittent
flashes of light to be projected shall be prohibited.