B-2
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right42
- single-family dwelling, detached
- two-family dwelling
- church
- educational facility, primary/secondary
- educational facility, college/university
- cultural service
- public park or playground
- community center
- existing railroad lines, not including switching or storage yards, or other station facilities
- public utility, neighborhood
- retail sales
- retail service
- office/institution
- hotel
- bus terminal
- parking lot
- club
- child day center
- family day home
- adult day care center
- adult day treatment facility
- assisted living facility
- brewery, distillery, cidery
- car wash
- commercial accessory apartment
- commercial indoor amusement
- commercial indoor entertainment
- construction office temporary
- crisis center
- custom manufacturing
- event center
- funeral home
- garden center
- greenhouse, commercial
- lawn and garden services
- motor vehicle, parts/supply retail
- motor vehicle, rental
- motor vehicle repair service, major
- motor vehicle repair service, minor
- public sports/event center
- restaurant
- veterinary hospital clinic
Conditional / special use13
- public maintenance and service facility
- commercial outdoor entertainment/sports and recreation
- communication tower
- construction sales and service
- construction yard
- contractor office and storage facility
- live/work unit
- medical facility
- rehabilitation service
- rooming house
- tattoo parlor
- workshop
- any principal use permitted in the B-3 district, which will not be detrimental to other uses permitted in the B-2 district
Accessory7
- private garage or carport
- storage buildings other than shipping containers, sea containers, freight containers, portable storage units and like containers
- guest home
- home occupation
- sign, as permitted by article XXII
- fences and walls as permitted in § 2.9
- antenna and/or satellite, when installed and maintained in accordance with article XXIII
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. regulations
Floodplain regulations that apply to certain properties within the district are set forth in article XXI.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for business uses80 ft
Business uses. The maximum height of all structures shall not exceed 80 feet and shall not exceed or six stories.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure location and size
Additional provisions dealing with the location and size of accessory structures are found in § 19.2(11).
- Aircraft approach zone regulations
Certain properties within the district may also be located within the aircraft approach zone. Applicable regulations are found in article XX.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for business uses0 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Business uses — No minimum lot area is established.
- Minimum lot frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. for business uses0 ft
Business uses — There is no minimum lot frontage.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for business uses0 ft
Business uses — There is no minimum lot width.
Parking
- Parking regulations
All provisions for the regulation of parking in this district are found in article XVIII.
Setback
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for business uses0 ft
Rear yard — Business uses. There is no minimum rear yard, except in those cases where a conditionally permitted B-3 use abuts an R District.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for business uses0 ft
Business uses — There is no minimum setback.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for business uses0 ft
Side yard — Business uses. There is no minimum side yard.
- Corner lot regulations
Special provisions for corner lots are as set forth in § 19.2(7).
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for B-3 use abutting R districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.30 ft
There is no minimum rear yard, except in those cases where a conditionally permitted B-3 use abuts an R District. In that case there shall be a rear yard of at least 30 feet.
- Right-of-way width assumption for setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. calculation50 ft
Pursuant to subsection 19.2(5), for the purpose of calculating setbacks no street shall be considered to have a right-of-way less than 50 feet wide.
Signage
- Sign regulations
All provisions for the regulation of signs in this district are found in article XXII.
From the ordinance
The purpose of commercial district, B-2, is to provide for commercial development and related uses, including those public and semi-public uses and accessory uses as may be necessary to serve those businesses, which serves the entire city and the surrounding region.