The B-A Local Business District is designed for the convenience of persons residing in adjacent residential areas, and is intended to permit only such uses as are necessary to satisfy the limited shopping and service needs of these residents. Commercial development in this district offers a less intensive range of goods and services than uses permitted in the B-B District and the B-C District. Because of the limited variety of business types permitted in the B-A District, special attention must be focused on site layout, building design, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, and coordination of site features between adjoining sites. Accordingly, B-A Local Business District developments should be:

   — Compatible in design with adjacent commercial development and adjacent residential Districts,

   — Designed with a pedestrian orientation,

   — Buffered from residential areas, and

   — Located with direct access to a major thoroughfare or indirect access to a major thoroughfare through a minor road or service drive.

(Ord. No. 00-831, 11-8-2000)

   A.   Principal uses and structures. In the B-A Local Business District, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all buildings shall be erected, and all lands shall be used only for one (1) or more of the following specified uses:

      1.   Business, executive, administrative, and professional offices.

      2.   Business and technical schools and schools and studios for photography, art, music, and dancing.

      3.   Establishments utilizing customer operated automatic washer, dryer, or dry cleaning machines for family washing or dry cleaning.

      4.   Financial institutions without drive-through facilities.

      5.   Medical or dental clinics and offices.

      6.   Neighborhood newspaper distribution stations, provided that loading and unloading area is provided on the site.

      7.   Personal service establishments such as shoe repair shops, tailor shops, barber shops/beauty salons, tanning salons, and including dry cleaning or laundry pickup stations without processing on the premises.

      8.   Private clubs, fraternities, and lodges without rental of facilities.

      9.   Libraries, museums, and publicly owned buildings used for offices or business functions.

      10.   Retail stores which supply goods and commodities on the premises for persons residing in adjacent residential areas such as groceries, dairy products, beverages, packaged baked goods or other foods, drugs, dry goods, notions, hardware, books, stationery, records, video cassette rentals or sales, bicycles, flowers, sporting goods, paints, periodicals, shoes, hobby supplies, small household articles, and tobacco products.

      11.   Stores producing jewelry, leather goods, candles, and similar merchandise to be sold at retail on the premises, provided that the services of not more than four (4) persons are required to produce such merchandise.

      12.   Religious institutions, subject to the provisions in Section 7.02R.

      13.   Other uses not specifically listed in this ordinance, after determination by the director of building and safety that such use is similar to other permitted uses in this district.

      14.   Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses.

   B.   Special land uses. The following uses may be permitted, subject to the conditions specified for each use, review and approval of the site plan, any special conditions imposed during the course of review, and the provisions set forth in Article 7.00 and Article 32.00.

      1.   Group day care home or child care center.

      2.   Restaurants without drive-through facilities.

      3.   Carry-out restaurants.

      4.   Outdoor dining, subject to the provisions of Section 7.02W.

      5.   Multiple-family dwellings to include rental apartments and condominium units. These dwellings shall only be a special land use on the second floor of buildings in which the first floor is occupied by commercial uses that are permitted or special land uses in the B-A zoning district.

(Ord. No. 00-831, 11-8-2000; Ord. No. 03-943, 3-4-2003; Ord. No. 07-1123, 3-19-2007; Ord. No. 10-1276, 6-21-2010; Ord. No. 17-1573, 7-18-2017)

   A.   Required conditions. Unless otherwise noted, buildings and uses in the B-A District shall comply with the following requirements:

      1.   All permitted retail or service establishments shall deal directly with retail customers. Manufacturing of products for wholesale distribution off of the premises is not permitted.

      2.   All business, services, or processing, except off-street parking and loading, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building, unless otherwise specifically permitted.

      3.   There shall be no outside storage of any goods, inventory, or equipment. All storage must be clearly accessory to the principal permitted use.

      4.   Commercially used or commercially licensed vehicles having a maximum gross vehicle weight of three-quarters (¾) of a ton used in the normal operation of a permitted retail or service use on the site may be parked in the rear only. This provision shall apply to operable vehicles that are moved on and off of the site on a regular basis.

      5.   All sites shall be maintained in compliance with the open space and landscaping requirements of Section 5.03.

      6.   External security gates, bars, steel barriers, hurricane curtains, and other security devices are prohibited. If they are located inside a building, security devices must be retractable so as not to be visible from the sidewalk or public right-of-way during business hours, must be equipped with an emergency release device, and must be permitted and inspected by the fire marshal and the economic and community development department commercial services division.

   B.   Site Plan Review. Site Plan Review and approval by the city planner is required for all uses in the B-A Local Business District in accordance with Article 32.00.

   C.   Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements. Buildings and uses in the B-A District are subject to the area, height, bulk, and placement requirements in Article 29.00—Schedule of Regulations.

   D.   Planned Unit Development Mixed Use. Planned Unit Development Mixed Use may be permitted as a means to achieve the basic intent of this district, in accordance with the guidelines in Article 23.00.

   E.   General development standards. Buildings and uses in the B-A Local Business District shall be subject to all applicable standards and requirements set forth in this ordinance, including the following:

 

(Ord. No. 00-831, 11-8-2000; Ord. No. 11-1318, 4-4-2011)