B-2
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right23
- Bakeries where products are sold principally at retail on the premises
- Banks, savings and loan offices and similar financial service offices
- Churches
- Dry cleaning and laundering establishments
- Fire stations and rescue squad facilities
- Grocery stores and specialty food and beverage stores
- Home occupations
- Hotels
- Laundromats
- Libraries, museums, schools, adult education and child development centers, community centers, parks and recreational facilities owned or operated by a governmental agency or a nonprofit organization
- Office supply, custom printing and photocopy establishments
- Offices, including medical and dental offices and clinics
- Parking areas serving uses permitted in this district
- Personal service businesses, including barber shops, beauty salons, health spas, fitness centers, dance studios, photography studios, shoe repair shops, tailor and dressmaking shops, watch and jewelry repair shops, travel agencies and similar uses
- Post offices and pick-up stations for package mailing services
- Restaurants and similar food service and catering establishments, but not including establishments where food or beverages are intended to be consumed in vehicles on the premises or establishments where food or beverages are available by drive-up window service
- Retail stores and shops
- Rights-of-way, easements and appurtenances necessary for the provision and maintenance of public utilities and transportation, but not including treatment plants, generating plants, railroad yards or depots
- Service businesses, including establishments which rent, service or repair radios, televisions, video equipment and movies, home or business electronic equipment, home appliances, furniture, yard and garden equipment, tools, bicycles, locks, office machines, and similar household or business items
- Signs, as permitted by the provisions of article XXI of this chapter
- Tourist homes
- Accessory uses and structures
- Funeral homes
Conditional / special use5
- Child care centers licensed by the state (special use permit required)
- Entertainment, amusement and recreational facilities located within completely enclosed buildings (special use permit required)
- Private wells that do not exclusively serve the property (special use permit required)
- Micro-brewery, micro-distillery, micro-winery, micro-cidery, and micro-meadery (special use permit required)
- Homestay (special use permit required)
Accessory1
Prohibited4
- Restaurants with drive-up window service or where food is consumed in vehicles
- Treatment plants
- Generating plants
- Railroad yards or depots
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Architectural guidelines for Main Street appearance
Architectural guidelines are required to unify the architectural character... creating a 'Main Street' appearance
- Large blank walls discouraged
Large areas of blank walls without fenestration or other scale articulation facing pedestrian walkways shall be discouraged.
- Maximum finished floor level above sidewalk1 ft
Finished floor level elevation of commercial buildings should not exceed one foot above sidewalk level
- Primary building materials on facades
Stucco, brick, tile and stone shall be the primary building materials on facades
Fencing & walls
- Child careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. outdoor play area fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
outdoor play areas shall be enclosed with continuous fencing not less than four feet in height
Lot
- Lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for uses without public sewer/water
uses which are not served by public sewer and water systems shall be provided with such minimum lot area as deemed necessary by the health official
Other
- Dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. must be above ground floor
Dwelling units contained within the same building as other uses permitted in this district, provided that such dwelling unit shall be located above the ground floor.
- Entertainment uses must be in enclosed buildings
Entertainment, amusement and recreational facilities located within completely enclosed buildings
- Maximum floor area increase for existing dwellings10 pct
in no case shall the amount of floor area devoted to the dwelling use at such date be increased by greater than ten percent
- No increase in number of dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. for existing dwellings
nor shall the number of dwelling units located on the property be increased
- Plan of development required
A plan of development, as set forth in article IV of this chapter, shall be required for all uses and structures in the B-2 District, except those for which a special use permit is required
- 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-2.25 ft
where a rear lot line abuts property located in any residential district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to alley5 ft
there shall be a rear yard of not less than five feet adjacent to any alley
- Drive-up/drive-through restaurants prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
not including establishments where food or beverages are intended to be consumed in vehicles on the premises or establishments where food or beverages are available by drive-up window service
- 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-2.25 ft
where a side lot line abuts property located in any residential district, there shall be a side yard of not less than 25 feet
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to alley5 ft
there shall be a side yard of not less than five feet adjacent to any alley
From the ordinance
B-2 Central Business District: permitted uses, no min lot area/width, no required yards except abutting residential (25 ft) or alley (5 ft), max height 35 ft, plan of development required, architectural guidelines.
Use details
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"Dwelling units contained within the same building as other uses permitted in this district, provided that such dwelling unit shall be located above the ground floor"
]
}
}