The General Business District (GBD) is intended to accommodate commercial establishments that serve community-wide shopping and service needs, including motorists using U.S. 23. This district is intended to create cohesive commercial areas that take advantage of access provided by the city's roadway system but also provide convenient vehicular access between businesses in attractive settings, thereby ensuring the safety and discouraging undesirable commercial development.

(Ord. No. 622, § 9.01, 6-28-04)

In the GBD District, land, buildings, and other structures shall be used only for one or more of the uses specified in the table below. Uses denoted by a "P" are permitted by right, whereas uses denoted by "S" are considered special land uses and may be approved by the planning commission subject to the applicable general and specific standards in Article XIV Special Land Uses.

(Ord. No. 622, § 9.02, 6-28-04; Ord. No. 643, § 2, 1-14-08)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 643, § 2, adopted Jan. 14, 2008, deleted § 36-9.03, which pertained to special land uses and derived from Ord. No. 622, § 9.03, adopted June 28, 2004, and renumbered § 36-9.04 as § 36-9.03.

All principal uses and special land uses are subject to the following site development requirements:

a.

Article II General Provisions.

b.

Article XV Schedule of Regulations.

c.

Article XVI Site Plan Review.

d.

Article XIX Off-Street Parking and Loading Standards.

e.

Article XX Access Management and Driveway Standards.

f.

Article XXI Landscape Standards and Tree Replacement.

g.

Article XXII Signs.

h.

Article XXIII Lighting Standards.

i.

Article XIV Environmental Protection Standards.

(Ord. No. 622, § 9.04, 6-28-04)