(A)   The B-2 business district is designed and intended to meet the needs of a larger consumer population than is served by the B-l district.

   (B)   It is the purpose of this district to accommodate general retail shopping and merchandising activities together with limited wholesale uses and business and personnel services. The regulations herein set forth further are to promote safe and convenient commercial clusters appropriate to community needs and to avoid undue congestion, traffic conflicts and future blighting influences. Under appropriate conditions, medium density apartment developments are also allowed.

   (C)   All new development zoned Commercial B-2 after March 1, 2013 must have public water and sanitary sewer available, as detailed in the current, applicable water and sanitary sewer ordinances, and be connected to the services.

(Ord. 06-14-Z, passed 10-3-2006; Ord. 06-14, passed 10-17-2006; Ord. 13-09, passed 10-9-2013; Ord. 16-05, passed 5-16-2016)

   The following uses are the principal uses permitted by right within a B-2 district.

   (A)   All uses permitted by right within the B-1 district, subject to all restrictions hereafter cited;

   (B)   Any retail business whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise in an enclosed building including outdoor seasonal sales for a period of 90 days and by permit only;

   (C)   Assembly buildings including auditoriums, social clubs, fraternal organizations;

   (D)   Public buildings;

   (E)   Service establishments, including printing, publishing, photographic reproduction, blue-printing and related trades or arts;

   (F)   Indoor commercial recreation facilities such as indoor theaters, bowling alleys, indoor skating rinks or similar uses;

   (G)   Restaurants, restaurants with drive-through facilities, clubs and other drinking establishments to include restaurants with drive-thru facilities;

   (H)   Motel and hotel;

   (I)   Open air business uses such as retail sales of plant materials, sale of lawn furniture, playground equipment and garden supplies;

   (J)   Veterinary hospitals and clinics;

   (K)   Servicing and repair of motor vehicles, trailers and boats when contained within a wholly enclosed building;

   (L)   Self service storage/mini-storage; and

   (M)   Billboards, as defined in Ch. 153 of this code of ordinances.

(Ord. 06-14-Z, passed 10-3-2006; Ord. 06-14, passed 10-17-2006; Ord. 08-01, passed 1-22-2008; Ord. 09-02, passed 10-20-2009; Ord. 16-05, passed 5-16-2016)

   The following uses of land and buildings may be permitted in the B-2 districts by the application for issuance of a special use permit when all the provisional requirements specified in this chapter together with all applicable standards cited in §§ 155.305 through 155.319 are met.

   (A)   Building supply and equipment establishments selling retail;

   (B)   Multiple-family residential;

   (C)   Wireless communication facilities;

   (D)   Automobile service and repair station;

   (E)   Automobile car wash, subject to the site development standards required for gasoline service stations;

   (F)   Planned unit development, only upon Planning Commission determination that the uses are similar enough to be compatible with each other and in harmony with the character of the existing and adjacent principal uses;

   (G)   Service installations and public utilities;

   (H)   Wholesale business;

   (I)   Outdoor commercial recreation;

   (J)   Automobile show room and sales;

   (K)   Wholesale, jobbing, and distributing business; and

   (L)   Outdoor sales space for exclusive sale of automobiles, trucks, manufactured homes, travel trailers and recreational vehicles.

(Ord. 06-14-Z, passed 10-3-2006; Ord. 06-14, passed 10-17-2006; Ord. 08-01, passed 1-22-2008; Ord. 09-02, passed 10-20-2009; Ord. 12-001, passed 2-21-2012; Ord. 13-07, passed 10-9-2013; Ord. 16-05, passed 5-16-2016)

      (1)   Building setback shall be 30 feet on undeveloped lots with no adjacent neighbors. Where there are adjacent lots with buildings constructed on them, the front facade line of the new building shall be set by the Zoning Administrator and be harmonious with adjacent properties, but shall be no less than 15 feet.

      (2)   Each lot shall have a front yard of 15 feet and the yard, except for necessary drives or walks, shall remain clear and shall not be used for parking, loading or accessory structures.

      (3)   Side yards shall not be required, except on that side of the lot abutting upon a residential or agricultural district, in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than 20 feet, and further in the case of a corner lot the side yard on the street side shall be a minimum of 30 feet, and further except that if walls of structures facing an interior lot line contains windows or other openings there shall be a ten-foot side yard.

      (4)   Each lot shall have a minimum rear yard of 30 feet.

 

 

 

 

(Ord. 06-14-Z, passed 10-3-2006; Ord. 06-14, passed 10-17-2006; Ord. 16-05, passed 5-16-2016)