Sec. 24-367 et seq.
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right31
- An apartment or living quarters for a guard, caretaker, proprietor or the person employed on the premises, which is clearly secondary to the commercial use of the property
- Adult day care centers
- Antique shops
- Auction houses
- Bakeries and fish markets
- Banks and other financial institutions
- Barber and beauty salons
- Business and professional offices
- Child day care centers
- Contractor offices (with materials and equipment storage limited to a fully enclosed building)
- Dry cleaners and laundries
- Feed, seed and farm supply stores
- Funeral homes
- Health clubs and exercise clubs, fitness centers
- Janitorial service establishments
- Lodges, civic clubs, fraternal organizations and service clubs
- Medical clinics or offices
- Pet stores and pet supply sales
- Photography, artist and sculptor stores and studios
- Plumbing and electrical supply (with storage limited to a fully enclosed building)
- Printing, mailing, lithographing, engraving, photocopying, blueprinting and publishing establishments
- Security service offices
- Tourist home
- Vehicle parts sales, new and/or rebuilt (with storage limited to a fully enclosed building)
- Vehicle rentals
- Veterinary hospitals (with all activities limited to a fully enclosed building, with the exception of supervised animal exercise while on a leash)
- Fire stations
- Governmental offices
- Libraries
- Places of public assembly
- Post offices
Conditional / special use9
- Convenience stores without the sale of fuel, in areas not designated Low-Density Residential or Neighborhood Commercial on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map
- Firearms sales and service
- Firing and shooting ranges, limited to a fully enclosed building
- Flea markets, not in areas designated Low-Density Residential or Neighborhood Commercial on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map
- Sexually oriented business
- Vape/smoke shop and vape/smoke lounge
- Schools
- Nonemergency medical transport
- Telephone exchanges and telephone switching stations
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
All accessory structures shall be lower in height than the main structure.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft
All accessory structures shall be located at least ten feet from any side lot line.
- Landscaping requirements
Landscaping on the properties within the district shall comply with article II, division 4 of this chapter.
- Building footprint requiring SUP5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For areas designated Neighborhood Commercial or Low-Density Residential, a special use permit is required for any building that exceeds a 5,000 square foot building footprint.
- Design standards for Neighborhood Commercial/Low-Density Residential areas
For areas designated Neighborhood Commercial or Low-Density Residential, all uses require a special use permit. Design standards include: large work area doors screened, HVAC screened up to 4 ft above roof, decorative fences, signs max 32 sq ft and 8 ft height, unified landscape design.
- Outdoor storage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The outdoor storage of materials, supplies and goods for sale shall be prohibited in the Limited Business District, LB.
- Sidewalks required
Sidewalks shall be required for all projects requiring site plan review in accordance with section 24-35.
- Site plan review required
All buildings or groups of buildings erected, altered or restored within the district shall be subject to site plan review in accordance with article III of this chapter.
- Street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from right-of-way
Structures shall be located 50 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width. Where the street right-of-way is less than 50 feet in width, structures shall be located 75 feet or more from the centerline of the street. Setbacks may be reduced to 25 feet from ROW or 50 feet from centerline with approval.
- YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. increases adjacent to residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them.
Minimum side yard 20 ft, rear yard 20 ft. If adjoins residential/agricultural district, side and rear increase to 35 ft. If property is designated Neighborhood Commercial or Low-Density Residential and adjoins residential/ag, then 50 ft. For structures over 35 ft height, increase side/rear by 1 ft per 2 ft over 35.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Outdoor signs shall comply with the regulations for exterior signs in article II, division 3 of this chapter.
From the ordinance
The Limited Business District, LB, is intended to provide opportunities for a limited range of office, retail and service establishments of small to moderate size...
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Retail and service stores, including the following stores: books, cabinets, cameras, candy, carpet, coin, department, dressmaking, electronics, florist, furniture, furrier, garden supply, gourmet foods, greeting card, hardware, health and beauty aids, home appliance, ice cream, jewelry, locksmith, music, optical goods, paint, pet, picture framing, plant supply, shoes, sporting goods, stamps, tailor, toys, travel bureau agencies, upholstery, variety, wearing apparel, and yard goods"
],
"conditional_uses": [
"Railroad facilities including tracks, bridges and switching stations. Spur lines which are to serve and are accessory to existing or proposed development adjacent to existing railroad rights-of-way and track and safety improvements in existing railroad rights-of-way, are permitted generally and shall not require a special use permit",
"Transmission pipelines, public or private, including pumping stations and accessory storage, for natural gas, propane gas, petroleum products, chemicals, slurry coal and any other gases, liquids or solids. Extensions for private connections to existing pipelines, which are intended to serve an individual residential or commercial customer and which are accessory to existing or proposed development, are permitted generally and shall not require a special use permit",
"Water facilities, public or private, and sewer facilities (public), including, but not limited to, treatment plants, pumping stations, storage facilities and transmission mains, wells and associated equipment such as pumps to be owned and operated by political jurisdictions. The following are permitted generally and shall not require a special use permit: (a) Private connections to existing mains that are intended to serve an individual customer and that are accessory to existing or proposed development, with no additional connections to be made to the line; and (b) Distribution lines and local facilities within a development, including pump stations"
]
}
}