Lima Village City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
GB General Business District
§ 185-32 Purpose.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The GB General Business District is established to accommodate general retail service, finance, insurance and real estate and related structures and uses in areas designated for commercial use outside of the Village's historic central business district.
§ 185-33 Permitted uses and buildings and other structures; prohibited uses.
A.
In GB Districts, no building or other structure or land shall be used and no building or other structure shall be built for any purpose other than the following:
(1)
All uses permitted in the DB District.
(2)
Funeral Homes.
B.
Prohibited uses. Any use not specifically permitted shall be prohibited.
§ 185-34 Setback, area and height restrictions.
A.
General requirements.
(1)
A minimum lot area shall be 6,000 square feet.
(2)
The minimum lot width at the front building line shall be no less than 50 feet.
(3)
The maximum lot coverage shall be 30% of the land area as defined herein.
(4)
The maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.6.
(5)
There shall be a front setback of not less than 30 feet.
(6)
There shall be a rear setback of not less than 15 feet.
(7)
Wherever vehicular access is provided from the front to the rear yard, there shall be a side setback of not less than 25 feet. Otherwise, side setbacks shall be a minimum of 15 feet.
(8)
No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet in height.
B.
Lots abutting residential districts. All buildings constructed on lots which abut residential districts, either at the side or rear, shall be so located as to conform in respect to the abutting yard with the side or rear requirements, as the case may be, for the residential district against which the lot abuts.
C.
Corner lots. All nonresidential buildings and other structures built on corner lots shall conform to the requirements of § 185-77.
§ 185-35 Off-street parking.
Off-street parking shall be provided as required by § 185-74.
§ 185-36 Plot plan modification for newly established uses.
The Zoning Board of Appeals, after a public hearing, may approve, modify and approve or disapprove a plot plan as required by § 185-95A(2) of this chapter so as to provide that the depths and widths of front, side and rear setbacks be modified so as to permit the harmonious development of two or more adjacent parcels of land as a shopping unit.
§ 185-37 Plot plan modification of existing permitted uses.
The Zoning Board of Appeals, without public hearing, may review a plot plan as required by § 185-95A(2) of this chapter of the use of land or the extension of buildings or structures situated in the GB Districts which, at the time of the enactment of this chapter, were occupied by a use permitted in the GB Districts and modify the provisions of §§ 185-34 and 185-35 so as to permit the use of land and structures in harmony with the character of existing uses on adjacent premises within the intent and purpose of this chapter.