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Greene County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 9

- BUSINESS GENERAL, B-2

Statement of intent. This district covers those portions of the county intended for the conduct of business to which the public requires frequent and efficient access. Uses permitted in these zones are not characterized either by constant heavy traffic, heavy trucking or by any nuisance factors other than occasioned by incidental light and noise created by the congregation of people and passenger vehicles.


9-1 - Use regulations.

In the Business District B-2, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for the following uses:

9-1-1 Uses permitted by right. (Revised 5/12/09)

(1)

All business uses allowed by right in the B-1 District,

(2)

Caterers (on and off site)

(3)

Clubs

(4)

Funeral home

(5)

Garden centers and nurseries

(6)

General stores

(7)

Liquor stores

(8)

Movie theatres

(9)

Nursing home and/or group homes

(10)

Pet grooming

(11)

Pet shops

(12)

Kennel, small commercial

(13)

Pharmacies

(14)

Photography studios/film developing

(15)

Recording studios

(16)

Restaurants (with or without drive-thru)

(17)

Retail shops

(18)

Temporary Events Zoning Permit as defined by 16-19 (Revised 6/26/12)

(19)

Health and fitness centers

9-1-2 Uses permitted by special use permit. (Revised 5/12/09)

(1)

Animal shelters

(2)

Kennel, large commercial

(3)

Car washes

(4)

Flea markets

(5)

Hotels/motels

(6)

Laundry services

(7)

Mini-storage units (Revised 5/22/18)

(8)

Veterinary clinics

(9)

Any business use permitted in the business B-1 Zoning District under [subsection] 8-1-2 unless allowed by right under [subsection] 9-1-1.

(Ord. of 6-12-18; Ord. of 09-25-2018 (1); Ord. of 07-08-2025(1))

9-2 - Sewer regulations.

Where the sewage treatment demand exceeds 5,000 gallons per day, permitted uses shall be served by a central sewer facility as approved by the health department and department of environmental quality. The standard shall also apply to commercial developments with multiple uses that cumulatively exceed 5,000 gallons per day. Where a permitted use involves new construction and is located within 350 feet of an available sewer collection line of a central sewer facility, such use shall be subject to a mandatory connection to that system.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

9-3 - Setback regulations.

There is no minimal lot size in a B-2 zone other than the area required to meet the standards for setbacks, sewage treatment, or other standards required by this ordinance.

9-3-1 Structures except signs shall be located 25 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with three lanes or more, or 15 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with two lanes or less. This shall be known as the setback line. (Revised 5/28/13)

9-3-2 Public telephone booths may be located within the required setback, but no closer to any street than the existing right-of-way line or right-of-way reservation line, provided that:

(1)

Such booths shall be equipped for emergency service to the public without prior payment;

(2)

The location of every booth shall be determined by the zoning administrator to ensure that the same will not adversely affect the safety of the adjacent highway;

(3)

Every such booth shall be subject to relocation, at the expense of the owner, whenever such relocation shall be determined by the zoning administrator to be reasonably necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare or whenever the same shall be necessary to accommodate the widening of the adjacent highway.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

9-4 - Yard regulations.

9-4-1 The minimum side and rear yard adjoining or adjacent to a residential, agricultural, or conservation district shall be 50 feet.

9-4-2 Accessory uses including parking areas shall be located within 20 or more feet from side and rear lot lines adjoining or adjacent to a residential district.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

9-5 - Height regulations.

Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet in height from grade, except that:

9-5-1 The height limit for buildings may be 50 feet from grade provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet. (Revised 2/26/13)

9-5-2 Reserved. (Revised 2/26/13)

9-5-3 Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae, and radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.

9-5-4 The board of supervisors may authorize, by special exception, issued in accordance with all applicable procedural requirements, to increase the building height regulations. (Revised 2/26/13)

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

9-7 - General regulations.

Screening, including an evergreen hedge, a uniformly painted solid fence, a masonry wall, or a combination thereof, of permitted uses may be required by the administrator.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

9-8 - Sign regulations.

Signs shall conform to article 14 of this ordinance.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

9-9 - Site development plan regulations.

New uses and changes in use in the B-2 District shall submit a site development plan prior to application for a building permit in accordance with article 19 of this ordinance.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

9-10 - Off-street parking.

Off-street parking shall be provided as required by article 16 of this ordinance.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)