§ 70-125. Permitted uses.

A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this article and for no other:

A. 

Offices, financial institution.

B. 

Retail store, except those listed in § 70-126B and F and stores of the type known as "farmers' markets" and stores of a type known as "big-box commercial use" as defined in § 70-140B.

[Amended 9-27-2005 by L.L. No. 7-2005]

C. 

Sale or repair of jewelry, watches, clocks or optical goods, musical, professional or scientific instruments.

D. 

Shops for personal services, including beauty shops, barbershops, self-service launderettes, and dry cleaning pickup shops.

E. 

Hand laundry, custom tailoring, hand dressmaking, millinery, shoemaking and repairing.

F. 

Employment office.

G. 

Funeral homes, funeral directing and embalming.

H. 

Greenhouse; flower shops.

I. 

A regularly organized institution of learning approved by the State Board of Regents and supported by public funds.

J. 

A public library, public art gallery, public museum, municipal or volunteer firehouse, municipal park for recreational use, railway passenger station.

K. 

Church or other building used for religious purposes.

L. 

Parish house, parochial school, private school.

M. 

Philanthropic or eleemosynary uses or institutions other than correctional institutions.

N. 

Hospital or sanatorium except those prohibited under § 70-207.

O. 

Nursing home.

P. 

Clubhouse, fraternity house, lodge, golf house or other recreational building.

Q. 

Public utility.

R. 

Government or municipal buildings, regardless of whether said buildings are erected for the purpose of discharging governmental or corporate functions.

S. 

Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses, except for accessory drive-through facilities, which shall be subject to the provisions of § 70-203T, and for below-grade parking structures, which shall be subject to the provisions of § 70-203U.

[Amended 1-24-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006; 10-3-2006 by L.L. No. 14-2006]

T. 

Buildings and uses provided in § 70-125J to S, inclusive, shall conform to the provisions of Article VI as to height, plot areas, lot coverage and open spaces.

[Amended 12-14-1999 by L.L. No. 14-1999]

U. 

Dry-cleaning establishments employing a maximum of five workers, and provided that the dry-cleaning equipment utilizes nonflammable fluids and bears the approval of the Fire Underwriters' Laboratory.

V. 

Mixed-use buildings within the New Cassel Urban Renewal Area.

[Added 9-30-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]

W. 

A caretaker unit, as defined in § 70-231, located within a building or on a property designated on the National Register of Historic Places, State Register of Historic Places or designated as an individual landmark under Chapter 27 of this Code and having a portion of the building accessible to the public.

[Added 9-10-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013]

Amended 1-9-1968; 5-20-1969; 1-21-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975; 6-8-1999 by L.L. No. 7-1999