B-2
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right19
- All business uses allowed by right in the B-1 District
- Caterers (on and off site)
- Clubs
- Funeral home
- Garden centers and nurseries
- General stores
- Liquor stores
- Movie theatres
- Nursing home and/or group homes
- Pet grooming
- Pet shops
- Kennel, small commercial
- Pharmacies
- Photography studios/film developing
- Recording studios
- Restaurants (with or without drive-thru)
- Retail shops
- Temporary Events Zoning Permit as defined by 16-19
- Health and fitness centers
Conditional / special use9
- Animal shelters
- Kennel, large commercial
- Car washes
- Flea markets
- Hotels/motels
- Laundry services
- Mini-storage units
- Veterinary clinics
- Any business use permitted in the business B-1 Zoning District under subsection 8-1-2 unless allowed by right under subsection 9-1-1
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. exception to 50 feet with increased yards
The height limit for buildings may be 50 feet from grade provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Exemptions for spires, belfries, etc.
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae, and radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- Maximum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.35 ft
Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet in height from grade.
Lot
- No minimum lot size
There is no minimal lot size in a B-2 zone other than the area required to meet the standards for setbacks, sewage treatment, or other standards required by this ordinance.
Other
- Accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear lot lines adjacent to residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 ft
Accessory uses including parking areas shall be located within 20 or more feet from side and rear lot lines adjoining or adjacent to a residential district.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from road right-of-way
Structures except signs shall be located 25 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with three lanes or more, or 15 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with two lanes or less.
- Screening may be required
Screening, including an evergreen hedge, a uniformly painted solid fence, a masonry wall, or a combination thereof, of permitted uses may be required by the administrator.
- Sewer connection and central sewer requirements
Where the sewage treatment demand exceeds 5,000 gallons per day, permitted uses shall be served by a central sewer facility as approved by the health department and department of environmental quality. The standard shall also apply to commercial developments with multiple uses that cumulatively exceed 5,000 gallons per day. Where a permitted use involves new construction and is located within 350 feet of an available sewer collection line of a central sewer facility, such use shall be subject to a mandatory connection to that system.
- Side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when adjoining residential, agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them., or conservation districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
The minimum side and rear yard adjoining or adjacent to a residential, agricultural, or conservation district shall be 50 feet.
- Site development plan required
New uses and changes in use in the B-2 District shall submit a site development plan prior to application for a building permit in accordance with article 19 of this ordinance.
Parking
Off-street parking shall be provided as required by article 16 of this ordinance.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Signs shall conform to article 14 of this ordinance.
From the ordinance
In the Business District B-2, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for the following uses: ...