Long Beach City Zoning Code
LOCAL BUSINESS
ZONING DISTRICT
§ 154.070 PURPOSE OF THE ZONING DISTRICT.
The Local Business District is established as the district in which the principal use of land is for commercial purposes to provide for the retail shopping and service needs of residents within the immediate neighborhood on a zoning lot of which the size and dimensions are approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals and where either on-site water and/or sewer services meeting the requirements of the LaPorte County Health Department or where either municipal water and/or sewer service can be provided.
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02)
§ 154.071 PERMITTED AND SPECIAL USE/EXCEPTION USES.
The following uses shall be permitted in the Local Business District:
(B) A child care home or center, as defined in this chapter; and
(C) The following uses:
(1) Electronic appliance sales and services;
(2) Public parking areas;
(3) Dressmaking/tailor shop;
(4) Laundry/dry cleaning shop;
(5) Clothing sales;
(6) Shoe repair;
(7) Delicatessen including pizza shop;
(8) Grocery;
(9) Bank including bank teller machine;
(10) Business and professional offices;
(11) Beauty/barber shop;
(12) Apparel shop;
(13) Drug store;
(14) Flower shop;
(15) Postal station;
(16) Community buildings housing business operations; and
(17) Similar uses deemed appropriate by the Board of Zoning Appeals as a special use/exception use.
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.072 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES.
(A) A fence structure for the screening of trash and garbage receptacles.
(B) Any accessory uses required for the conduct of any business expressly allowed by the terms of this section or any use expressly permitted by the Board of Zoning Appeals as provided by this section or any other section of this chapter shall be approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals, using the following standards:
(1) The proposed accessory use is customary and necessary for conduct of the primary business use;
(2) The proposed accessory use cannot be carried-out within the principal business;
(3) The size of the accessory use is the smallest size necessary for the conduct of the primary business use; and
(4) The location of the proposed accessory use will not cause undue harm to abutting and nearby residentially zoned lots.
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.073 USES EXPRESSLY NOT ALLOWED.
General industrial and commercial uses which provide for the manufacture and assembly of products is expressly prohibited in the Local Business District due to their incompatibility with the Master Plan and the spirit and intent of this district.
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.074 MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS.
In the Local Business Zoning Districts, no building or structure hereafter shall exceed a height of 27 feet measured from the top of the building or structure to the highest level of the finish grade of the zoning lot adjoining the building wall. (See Town Schedule of Zoning District Regulations, Appendix A)
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02; Am. Ord. 1002, passed 6-14-10) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.076 FENCES IN THE LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
Fences in the Local Business District are prohibited except as follows:
(A) A fence, no greater than eight feet in height, either stone, metal, wood or a wood substitute, berm, or other visual barrier of natural material is required to totally visually screen the view of any outdoor storage including garbage and trash receptacles; and
(B) All fences must be of the type having two finished sides, that being each side of the fence must have the identical finish, except where used to enclose a storage area.
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.077 SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS; SETBACK, HEIGHT, ZONING LOT SIZE AND COVERAGE.
No building or structure in the Local Business District shall be erected, reconstructed, or structurally altered in any manner which will encroach upon, or reduce in any manner, the yards, ground floor area, or zoning lot coverage regulations, established and specified for local business uses in the district in which the zoning lot is located. No zoning lot area shall be so reduced, diminished, and maintained that the yards, other open space, or total zoning lot area shall be less than specified for the Local Business Use District in which the zoning lot is located. (Appendix A contains the schedule of district regulations for the Local Business District.)
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02; Am. Ord. 1002, passed 6-14-10) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.078 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
Parking spaces shall be provided for each building located in the Local Business District either in the front yard or within 300 feet of the zoning lot on a site approved by the Building Commissioner according to the following schedule:
(A) Retail and office uses. One parking space for each 125 square feet of building floor area.
(B) Public and all other uses. One parking space for each employee per working shift, one space for each six auditorium seats, one space for each member of a club lodge, or other association including a golf course, subject to review and approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals who may modify the required number of spaces.
(C) Loading space requirements. All businesses shall designate a minimum of one loading berth or designated loading/unloading area, which shall be reviewed and approved by the Building Commissioner.
(D) Combined (group) parking encouraged. Businesses are encouraged to join together to provide combined parking where possible. The Board of Zoning Appeals may modify the total aggregate combined parking requirement where evidence of business use indicates that the peak demand would allow shared parking to fulfill the demand generated by the individual businesses without overflowing the number of parking spaces.
(E) Parking surface to be hard surface. Parking areas and driveways subject to vehicular traffic shall be paved with a dustproof or hard surface.
(F) Screening of parking areas. The Building Commissioner may permit the use of a fence, berm or landscaping for the purpose of totally screening parking areas from view from an abutting residential zoned property.
(G) Handicapped parking requirements. The number and location of designated handicapped parking spaces shall conform with applicable federal and state requirements. The location of such designated spaces shall be approved by the Building Commissioner.
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.079 HEIGHT VARIANCE FOR CHIMNEYS AND THE LIKE.
Chimneys, cooling towers, elevators, bulkheads, fire towers, penthouses, stacks, tanks, water towers, transmission towers, or essential mechanical appurtenance may be erected to a height beyond the maximum building height upon approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals and based on the finding that there is no other means to fulfill the construction required without a height variance.
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02)