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Hobart City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXI

B-2 Limited Community Business District

§ 295-234 Purpose.

The Limited Community Business District is intended to serve the retail and service needs of nearby residential areas with a wide range of products and services for both daily and occasional shopping. The following regulations shall apply in B-2 Districts.

§ 295-235 Permitted uses.

The following uses are permitted in the B-2 District:
Athletic clubs
Bakeries - retail
Barber shops, beauty parlors, tanning salons
Bicycle sales, rental, and repair stores
Book and stationery stores
Camera and photographic supply stores
Candy and ice cream stores
Day-care centers
Drugstores and pharmacies
Florist shops
Medical clinics, chiropractor, physical therapy, sports medicine, dental, optometry, and similar uses
Paint and wallpaper stores
Phonograph record and sheet music stores
Photography studios, including the development of film and pictures, when conducted as part of the retail business on the premises
Restaurants not serving alcoholic beverages
Studios, photography, dance, design and artist-illustrator
Tailor shops
Telephone booths and coin telephones
Tobacco shops
Tool rental shops
Video sales and rental.

§ 295-236 Permitted accessory uses.

The following are permitted accessory uses in the B-2 District:
A. 
Uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as the principal use.
B. 
Satellite dish antennas less than 38 inches in diameter.
C. 
Telephone and public utility installations, and cable television installations.

§ 295-237 Conditional uses.

The following are conditional uses in the B-2 District:
Convenience stores
Car wash
Dry-cleaning establishments employing more than four persons
Food stores, grocery stores, meat markets, bakeries and delicatessens - retail sales only
Hobby shops for retail of items to be assembled or used away from the premises
Liquor stores, packaged goods
Neighborhood meeting facility
Nursing and personal care facilities; CBRF — community-based residential facility
Pet shops
Public utility and service uses, and civic buildings as follows:
Substations
Fire stations
Gas regulator stations
Police stations, public works facilities
Railroad right-of-way but not including railroad yards and shops, other than for passenger purposes
Telephone exchanges, transmission equipment buildings and microwave relay towers

§ 295-238 Lot requirements per use.

A. 
With public sewer.
(1) 
Area: 15,000 square feet minimum.
(2) 
Zoning lot frontage: 100 feet minimum.
B. 
Without public sewer.
(1) 
Area: 40,000 square feet minimum.
(2) 
Zoning lot frontage: 100 feet minimum.

§ 295-239 Height regulations.

All structures: 35 feet maximum, except as provided by § 295-13, Height regulations.

§ 295-240 Building setbacks.

Principal Structure
Accessory Building
Driveways
Front yard
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
10 feet from property line
Side yard
10 feet minimum
10 feet minimum
10 feet from property line
Rear yard
15 feet minimum
15 feet minimum
10 feet from property line
Corner lot
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
75 feet from center of intersection

§ 295-241 Building size.

Minimum of 725 square feet.

§ 295-242 Accessory building.

All accessory buildings hereinafter constructed in the B-2 District shall meet the district requirements and those identified in § 295-11, Building and uses.
A. 
Accessory building shall not exceed 200 square feet.

§ 295-243 Parking.

Parking shall conform to the requirements as set forth in Article XXVIII, Off-Street Parking Requirements.

§ 295-244 Signs.

Signs shall be regulated as set forth in § 295-361, Regulation of signs.

§ 295-245 Other requirements.

A. 
Structures and buildings allowed in the B-2 Limited Community Business District shall meet the regulations of this district and the other articles of this chapter, as determined by the Village Zoning Administrator/Building Inspector and approved by the Site Review Committee.
B. 
All business, services, and storage (except for motor vehicles in operable condition) shall be conducted within a completely enclosed structure.
C. 
The parking or storage of operable motor vehicles, if not within an enclosed building structure, shall be effectively screened by shrubbery, or solid wall or fence if not less than six feet. Walls and fences shall not exceed eight feet in height.
D. 
Any use found and determined by the Village Planning and Zoning Commission to be incompatible with the purpose of the B-2 District the Village Board may prohibit, including but not limited to outdoor wood burners/solid-fuel heating devices.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
E. 
A detailed landscaping plan, showing placement of shrubbery, trees and other vegetative plantings shall be submitted to the Village Board for approval prior to the issuance of a building permit, to insure appropriateness and compatibility with adjoining development.
F. 
Absent a permit for a special occasion, businesses may not be open to the public between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. This provision does not apply to emergency type facilities.