Glasgow City Zoning Code
B-2, GENERAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT
§ 158.175 PURPOSE.
The purpose of the B-2 general business district is primarily intended to serve the adjoining neighboring residential areas and to provide selected retail and service uses that may serve the entire community, but not those retail and service uses intended to serve the regional retail service area of Glasgow. These districts are located adjacent to the B-1 zoning district and on selected residential neighborhoods, on highways leading from the Central Business District and near or adjacent to the Central Business District.
(1989 Code, § 154.105) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.176 PERMITTED USES AND STRUCTURES.
The following uses and structures are permitted in the B-2 District:
(A) Motels and eating and drinking establishments, bars or lounges;
(B) Commercial recreational establishments, such as swimming pools, roller rinks and bowling alleys;
(C) Automobile service stations and public garages for major or minor repair;
(D) New or used car lots;
(E) Retail stores, sales and display rooms; provided that, incidental manufacturing is permitted only for production of goods for sale at retail on the premises;
(F) Offices, studios and financial or lending institutions;
(G) Farm implement establishments;
(H) Churches, parish houses, Sunday school buildings, club and lodge buildings;
(I) Personal and business service establishments, including those with processing on the premises, such as laundry and dry cleaning plants, rug cleaning plants and printing establishments for the general public, but not for the trade;
(J) Transportation and communication buildings and uses, such as bus and railroad passenger and freight stations and telephone exchanges and utility substations;
(K) Clinics and laboratories;
(L) Parking lots and garages;
(M) Single- and multiple-family dwellings;
(N) Assisted living facilities, residential care facilities, residential treatment programs permitted in the requirements of § 158.370, juvenile detention centers;
(O) Halfway houses and residential treatment programs;
(Q) Medical cannabis safety compliance facility;
(R) Medical cannabis dispensary; and
(S) Any uses or structures which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental to the above permitted uses.
(T) The above uses are subject to the following limitations.
(1) All storage yards which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental to the above uses shall be screened from view from any adjoining public right-of-way or residential district in accordance with the screening provisions as set forth in § 158.028.
(2) Uses listed under division (I) above shall be entirely within enclosed buildings.
(3) Development within the B-2 Zoning District shall comply with the Landscape Buffer Area (LBA) requirements as set forth in § 158.028.
(1989 Code, § 154.106) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2319, passed 11-8-1999; Am. Ord. 2542, passed 10-24-2005; Am. Ord. 2774, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2802, passed 10-22-2012; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018; Am. Ord. 2024-3055, passed 9-23-2024)
§ 158.177 CONDITIONAL USE PERMITTED BY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
(A) Manufactured home parks with a minimum of five manufactured home spaces may be permitted, provided they meet the requirements of § 158.296.
(B) Townhomes as provided in § 158.320.
(C) Other special exceptions are:
(1) Commercial greenhouses and plant nurseries;
(2) Animal hospital, veterinary clinic or kennel; and
(3) Utility substations.
(1989 Code, § 154.107) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2774, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.178 PROHIBITED USES AND STRUCTURES.
The following uses and structures are prohibited in the B-2 District:
(A) Hospitals, restoriums and schools;
(B) Manufacturing, except as provided under retailing;
(C) Medical cannabis cultivating, producing, processing facilities;
(D) Truck terminals, storage warehouses, wrecking or junk establishments or yards, used building materials and similar uses; and
(E) All uses and structures not of a nature specifically or provisionally permitted herein.
(1989 Code, § 154.108) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2016-2891, passed 11-28-2016; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018; Am. Ord. 2024-3055, passed 9-23-2024)
§ 158.179 MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS.
The minimum lot area for the B-2 Zoning District is 7,500 square feet. Single- and multiple-family dwellings shall have the same minimum lot requirements as the R-2 Medium Density Residential District.
(1989 Code, § 154.109) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2542, passed 10-24-2005; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.180 MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS.
The following minimum yard requirements apply in the B-2 District:
(A) For single- and multiple-family dwellings, the requirements shall be the same as the R-2, Medium Density Residential District.
(B) All other buildings and structures:
(1) Front yard, as required by § 158.023; and
(2) Rear yard, one story: 20 feet; and two-three stories: 25 feet.
(C) All buildings on lots adjacent to a residential zone shall be located so as to conform on the adjacent side with the yard requirements for the adjacent residential district. No building, structure, or vehicle use area (VUA) shall be placed within a Landscape buffer Area (LBA) as set forth in § 158.028.
(D) All buildings on corner lots shall be located so as to conform with corner lot side yard requirements of residential districts as set forth in § 158.024.
(1989 Code, § 154.110) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2542, passed 10-24-2005; Am. Ord. 2774, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.181 HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES.
No building shall exceed three stories or 40 feet in height.
(1989 Code, § 154.111) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.182 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING.
(1989 Code, § 154.112) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2774, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2802, passed 10-22-2012; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.183 PERMITTED SIGNS.
(A) Free-standing business signs and advertising structures are permitted when projecting no closer than three feet to the right-of-way line and when approved in writing by the administrative official;
(B) The signs must not be a traffic hazard, an obstruction to vision, nor a public nuisance;
(C) Signs may not be placed in the obstruction to visibility area as provided for in § 158.022;
(D) Signs shall not exceed maximum building height established in § 158.181.
(1989 Code, § 154.113) (Ord. 1063, passed 2-27-1967; Am. Ord. 1112, passed 3-11-1968; Am. Ord. 2124, passed 8-28-1995; Am. Ord. 2774, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)
§ 158.184 FENCING.
Fencing for privacy or security purposes within the B-2 zoning district shall adhere to the following:
(A) Materials for fencing shall be restricted to materials whose intended original use is for providing privacy and/or security. No used materials are to be utilized or re-purposed as fencing including, but not limited to, pallets, metal roofing, tires, barrels, etc.
(B) (1) A fence can be placed directly on a property line(s), with the exception of the front yard property line, which must be a minimum of ten feet from the property line/right-of-way.
(2) A fence may be permitted to be located on the front yard property line provided it is no more than three feet in height and does not intrude into the visibility triangle found in § 158.022.
(Ord. 2023-3038, passed 11-13-2023)