A.

Purpose

The B-2 District is established to provide for commercial sales and services that directly serve the general public.

B.

Uses Permitted as a Matter of Right

1.

Adult entertainment business (including adult book or video stores, movie theaters and live entertainment establishments), subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.H.

2.

Ambulance services.

3.

Ambulatory health care facilities.

4.

Amusement facilities.

5.

Animal hospitals, completely enclosed.

6.

Antique shops, art galleries, craft shops.

7.

Athletic Facilities, Commercial.

8.

Auction facilities.

9.

Bakeries.

10.

Banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, credit unions, brokers, and similar financial institutions.

11.

Bicycle repair shops.

12.

Blueprinting, printing, duplicating or engraving services.

13.

Building cleaning, painting, roofing, exterminating and similar establishments, provided that all supplies and equipment are enclosed within a building.

14.

Bulk retail stores.

15.

Bus terminals.

16.

Business machine sales, rental and service establishments.

17.

Car wash facilities.

18.

Carnivals and fairs sponsored by and operated on a nonprofit basis for the benefit of charitable, social, civic or educational organizations, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

19.

Carpet and floor covering stores.

20.

Carpet and rug cleaning.

21.

Catering establishments and banquet facilities.

22.

Child day care centers and nursery schools.

23.

Clothing and apparel stores with goods for sale or rent.

24.

Commercial communication antennas.

25.

Commercial communication towers with a height of less than 200 feet measured from ground level, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.E.2. and 128.0.E.3.

26.

Concert halls.

27.

Conservation areas, including wildlife and forest preserves, environmental management areas, reforestation areas, and similar uses.

28.

Convents and monasteries used for residential purposes.

29.

Convenience stores.

30.

Day treatment or care facilities.

31.

Department stores, appliance stores.

32.

Drug and cosmetic stores.

33.

Fairgrounds.

34.

Farmers markets and farm produce stands.

35.

Farm supply stores.

36.

Farming, provided that on a residential lot or parcel of less than 40,000 square feet no livestock shall be permitted. However, residential chicken keeping is allowed as noted in Section 128.0.

37.

Firewood sales.

38.

Flea markets, indoor.

39.

Food stores.

40.

Funeral homes and mortuaries.

41.

Furniture stores.

42.

Furniture, appliance and business machine repair, furniture upholstering, and similar services.

43.

Government structures, facilities and uses, including public schools and colleges.

44.

Hardware stores.

45.

Home improvement stores including, but not limited to, the following: electrical supplies, glass, garden supplies, hardware, plumbing supplies, wallpaper, and building materials and supplies related to home improvements.

46.

Hotels, motels, country inns and conference centers.

47.

Kennels.

48.

Laundry and/or dry cleaning establishments.

49.

Lawn and garden sheds and equipment sales, maintenance and repair.

50.

Liquor stores.

51.

Livestock sales and auction markets.

52.

Lumber yard for the retail sale of lumber and other building materials and supplies.

53.

Mobile home and modular home sales and rentals, but not including occupancy.

54.

Motor vehicle, construction equipment and farm equipment maintenance, repair and painting facilities, including full body repairs and incidental sales of parts.

55.

Motor vehicle, construction equipment and farm equipment sales and rentals.

56.

Motor vehicle inspections stations.

57.

Motor vehicle parts or tire store, including installation facilities.

58.

Movie theaters, legitimate theaters, dinner theaters.

59.

Museums and libraries.

60.

Nonprofit clubs, lodges, community halls.

61.

Nursing homes and residential care facilities.

62.

Offices, professional and business.

63.

One square foot of residential space is permitted for each square foot of commercial space and must be located within the same structure.

64.

Personal service establishments.

65.

Pet grooming establishments and daycare, completely enclosed.

66.

Pizza delivery service and other services for off-site delivery of prepared food.

67.

Recreation Facilities, Commercial.

68.

Recreational vehicle, marine equipment and boat sales, maintenance and repair facilities.

69.

Recycling collection facilities.

70.

Religious facilities, structures and land used primarily for religious activities.

71.

Rental centers which rent a variety of goods including equipment and tools.

72.

Repair of electronic equipment, radios, televisions, computers, clocks, watches, jewelry, and similar items.

73.

Restaurants, carryout.

74.

Restaurants, fast food.

75.

Restaurants, standard, and beverage establishments, including those serving beer, wine and liquor.

76.

Retail greenhouses, garden centers and nurseries.

77.

Rooftop solar collectors and ground-mount solar collectors.

78.

Seasonal sale of Christmas trees or other decorative plant materials, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

79.

Schools, commercial.

80.

Schools, private academic, including colleges and universities.

81.

Service agencies.

82.

Specialty stores.

83.

Taxicab businesses, including facilities for dispatch and maintenance of related vehicles.

84.

Taxidermies.

85.

Underground pipelines; electric transmission and distribution lines; telephone, telegraph and CATV lines; mobile transformer units; telephone equipment boxes; and other similar public utility uses not requiring a Conditional Use.

86.

Volunteer fire departments.

87.

Wholesale sales, made from retail sales establishments and limited to products permitted to be sold at retail in this district, provided sales and storage incidental to the sales use are conducted wholly within an enclosed building and all loading and unloading of merchandise is conducted on private property.

(Bill No. 38-2018(ZRA-182), § 1, 8-8-2018; Bill No. 17-2021(ZRA-197), § 1, 5-6-2021)

C.

Accessory Uses

1.

Any use normally and customarily incidental to any use permitted as a matter of right in this district.

2.

Communication towers and antennas which are accessory to a principal use on the lot and which exclusively serve that use. Towers are subject to the requirements of Sections 128.0.E.2 and 128.0.E.3.

3.

Retail sale of propane on the site of a principal retail business.

4.

Snowball stands, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.5.

5.

Private parks, athletic fields, exercise facilities, tennis courts, basketball courts, and similar private, noncommercial recreation facilities.

6.

Small Wind Energy System, building mounted, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.L.

7.

Accessory storage buildings and shipping containers, as accessory storage structures, subject to the requirements in Section 128.0.D.

(Bill No. 53-2017(ZRA-169), § 1, 11-13-2017; Bill No. 17-2021(ZRA-197), § 1, 5-6-2021)

D.

Bulk Regulations

(Also see Section 128.0.A, Supplementary Bulk Regulations.)

1.

The following maximum height for structures shall be observed:

a.

Maximum height .....40 feet

b.

Maximum height for a structure with a pitched roof .....48 feet

2.

The following minimum structure and use setback requirements shall be observed:

a.

From public street right-of-way .....30 feet

Except for parking uses .....10 feet

Except for the display of for-sale passenger cars, pick-up trucks, and passenger vans from the right-of-way of a local road .....10 feet

b.

From residential districts other than public street right-of-way .....30 feet

E.

Conditional Uses

Conditional Uses in the B-2 District are subject to the detailed requirements for Conditional Uses given in Section 131.0. For the list of permitted Conditional Uses, refer to the chart in Section 131.0.