No building or premises shall be constructed, located, altered or used in any General Business District, in whole or in part, for any business use authorized in such district except in accordance with the regulation contained in this chapter.

In a General Business District, all of the uses allowed in a Local Business District and a Residential District shall be permitted and, in addition to such uses, the following uses shall be allowed:

(A)

All uses allowed in a Residential District and Local Business District shall be permitted, except that a premise wholly used for residence use shall comply with all Residential District Regulations.

(B)

A one-family dwelling shall be permitted above the ground floor of a business building.

(C)

Automobile salesrooms and lots containing functional vehicles and not wrecks.

(D)

Car washes, filling stations, garages and repair shops for the servicing, maintenance and mechanical repair of functional vehicles, but excluding body shops and body repairs.

(E)

Newspaper, billboards.

(F)

Storage in volume of commodities not otherwise expressly regulated and which are not classified as inflammable, but expressly excluding junk yards, wrecked automobiles and scrap.

(G)

Establishments not otherwise expressly regulated and not employing more than ten (10) employees on the premises (exclusive of drivers and other employees who spend the greater part of their working time away from the premises) where the chief source of operating power is electricity supplying no motor greater than five (5) horsepower for the conduct or operation of such businesses, trades and enterprises, such as: plumbing, heating, painting, tinsmith, sheet metal, electrical, roofing, insulating, siding or other specialized contractor; dry-cleaning and laundries using no cleaning fluid whose base is petroleum or one (1) of its derivatives; dairy, ice cream plant or bottling works; printing shop; carpentry, upholstery, cabinet or equipment shop; and other similar establishments, but excluding any cement, road material or other mixing plant or process.

(H)

Drive-in stands.

(I)

Fraternal clubs and lodges.

(J)

So long as some areas of the municipality are without a public sewage service, an apartment building, hotel, motel, hospital, rest home, convalescent establishment, places of amusement, theaters other than open air or other similar uses shall be allowed only if proper sanitary facilities can be provided upon the premises without damage to health and safety.

(K)

No store or business for the sale of food stuff, perishables, cut flowers, or other similar commodities shall display or sell any of the same outside of the principal building, but such business shall be conducted wholly within such principal building.

(L)

Any other business which is in harmony with the uses classified under these regulations and which is not otherwise prohibited.

No building shall be located or structurally altered upon a lot dedicated to business use under this chapter except in accordance with the following requirements:

(A)

No building shall be located or altered nearer than fifty (50) feet of the plated center line of any street, but otherwise no front yards need be maintained.

(B)

No side yards shall be required, but if side yards are voluntarily established, no side yard shall be less than four (4) feet in width.

(C)

Each building on an interior lot shall maintain a rear yard of at least forty (40) feet.

(D)

Buildings on a corner lot shall maintain a yard of at least forty (40) feet either along the adjoining interior lot line or along the line that is the rear property line of adjacent interior lots.

(E)

No accessory buildings shall be located or altered nearer to the street lot line than the established setback of the principal building.

(F)

No permanent part of any building shall extend more than six (6) inches beyond any street lot line, but any awning, canopy, or other similar attachment may extend beyond a street lot line a maximum of ten (10) feet at a height of not less than seven (7) feet above sidewalk grade, and any marquee, signs, light or other similar appurtenance may extend beyond the street lot line a maximum of ten (10) feet and no less than ten (10) feet in height. No outside stairway leading to any part of the premises above the ground floor shall be permitted, but this shall not prohibit fire escapes, chutes or other attachments for emergency exits.

(G)

Any voluntary front yard shall not be used for off-street parking nor for any business purpose.

(H)

Where a bathroom, lavatory or room occupied for dwelling purpose has a window that does not open into a street or rear yard, either a side yard or a court shall be required. Any court provided or required shall be in accordance with Section 152.057.