B-2
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right39
- adult uses
- art gallery
- artist studio
- auction house
- automobile, truck, or motorcycle rental or sales
- bakery
- brewery, distillery or winery
- building supplies and service
- catering establishment
- church or place of religious worship
- day care center or day nursery
- educational facilities
- equipment and machinery, heavy rental or sales
- equipment and machinery, light rental or sales
- farmer's market
- financial institutions
- funeral home
- public parking garage
- grocery store
- hotel
- indoor recreational facility
- laundromat, laundry or dry cleaning
- manufacturing
- media development or production studio
- micro-brewery/distillery/winery
- museum
- offices
- outdoor recreational facilities
- personal service establishments
- pet shop
- public facilities
- recreational equipment rental and sales
- repair services
- restaurants
- retail sales establishment
- theaters or assembly halls
- utilities, minor
- veterinary clinic or hospital
- wholesale business
Conditional / special use24
- adult day care and services
- used vehicle sales
- automobile, truck, or motorcycle repair service station
- car wash
- drive-in theater
- used heavy equipment sales
- firework sales
- fuel station
- large grocery store (over 25,000 sq ft)
- hospital
- manufactured home and portable storage building sales
- mini-storage facility
- park or playground
- park-and-ride lot
- private club or lodge
- used recreational equipment sales
- large retail sales establishment (over 25,000 sq ft)
- schools
- shopping center
- temporary uses
- taxicab stand
- towers and aerials
- truck stop or terminal
- utilities, major
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exceeding 35 ft requires conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit35 ft
Any building or structure exceeding a height of thirty-five (35) feet from grade shall be required to obtain a conditional use permit.
- Maximum tower/aerial heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.100 ft
Towers and aerials at a maximum height of 100 feet with a conditional use permit.
Noise
- No permanent exterior amplification
No permanent exterior amplification devices or sound systems shall be used.
Other
- Fuel pump island/canopy setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.20 ft
In no case shall fuel pump islands or canopies be provided with a setback of less than twenty (20) feet.
- Landscape plan required
A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.
- Outdoor display requirements
Outdoor display shall be for the sale and display of seasonal or temporary merchandise as an incidental part of retail activities regularly conducted from a permanent building, provided that such merchandise is displayed in an orderly manner within sidewalk or courtyard areas located immediately adjacent to or upon the same lot or parcel as the primary use. A clear path of no less than 5 feet shall be maintained to ensure pedestrian and/or safety personnel access along sidewalks and areas of ingress/egress from structures. Any fencing visible from the public right of way shall be wooden, vinyl, or have an appearance similar to iron ornamental fencing, but may be fabricated from non-iron materials and no chain link fencing shall be installed from view of the public right-of-way.
- Outdoor storage screening
Outdoor storage of materials shall not be located in any front yard and must be fully screened from view of public right-of-way or adjacent residentially zoned property. Screening materials to be used shall be wood, vinyl, vegetation or other types of materials defined as screening in the Development Guidelines Handbook. No chain link fencing shall be installed from view of the public right-of-way or from adjacent residential property.
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
The rear setback shall be twenty (20) feet except when abutting a residential district in which case it shall be fifty (50) feet with a vegetative buffer per standards established in Section 21-236.
- Repair and servicing within enclosed building
Repair and servicing of all equipment, vehicles, or other items shall take place within an enclosed building or structure.
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
except that when abutting a residential district in which case it shall be fifty (50) feet with a vegetative buffer per standards established in Section 21-236.
- Site plan required
A site plan shall be required as set forth in ATC article XVII of this chapter.
Parking
- Parking lot connectivity
Parking areas shall be designed to connect to similar adjoining parcel(s) via a stub-out to the property line(s) with the objective of providing internal vehicular and pedestrian access between neighboring commercial parcels. The Zoning Administrator may waive the connection requirement upon finding that such connection is found to be impractical due to the existence of security concerns of business operation, or sensitive environmental features such as wetlands, floodplain, or forested area, that would be encumbered by the required connection of parking areas.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area shall be one-half acre... minimum lot width shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet... front setback twenty (20) feet... side yard zero (0) feet... rear setback twenty (20) feet... height thirty-five (35) feet...