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Manchester City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XIII

B-G General Business District

§ 250-71 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to provide logical locations for all businesses of a more general nature than might be expected to be found in a neighborhood. The businesses proposed include retail, wholesale and some light processing operations.

§ 250-72 Applicability of regulations.

The regulations contained in this article and applicable regulations contained in other articles shall apply in the B-G General Business District.

§ 250-73 Principal permitted uses.

In the B-G General Business District, the following principal uses shall be permitted:
A. 
Retail trades, businesses and services of a general commercial nature, including the following:
(1) 
Amusement parks.
(2) 
Automobile, trailer or implement sales, service and repair establishments, including motorcycle shops.
(3) 
Bottling of soft drink or milk or distribution stations therefor.
(4) 
Bowling alley.
(5) 
Carpentry or woodworking shops.
(6) 
Department stores.
(7) 
Drive-in eating and drinking establishments.
(8) 
Golf driving ranges.
(9) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection A(9), regarding hotels and motels, was repealed 8-13-2013 by Ord. No. 214.
(10) 
Newspaper publishing establishments.
(11) 
Printing shops.
(12) 
Schools: Business, dancing, music, trade or other commercial nature.
(13) 
Sheet metal shop.
(14) 
Sign painting shop.
(15) 
Signs, outdoor advertising, subject to the provisions of § 250-84.
(16) 
Skating rink.
(17) 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection A(17), Swimming pools, was repealed 8-13-2013 by Ord. No. 214.
(18) 
Telephone central office or service center.
(19) 
Tourist homes.
(20) 
(Reserved)[3]
[3]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection A(20), regarding truck terminals or warehouses, was repealed 8-13-2013 by Ord. No. 214.
(21) 
Wholesale business, warehousing or service establishments.
B. 
Planned business centers, subject to the provisions of § 250-86.
C. 
Dwellings, single-family.
[Amended 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 188]
D. 
Churches, schools and colleges.
E. 
Commercial parking lot.
F. 
Funeral establishments.
G. 
Offices and clinics, professional and business, including animal hospitals or veterinary clinics without runways.
H. 
(Reserved)[4]
[4]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection H, Retirement, nursing or boarding homes, was repealed 8-13-2013 by Ord. No. 214.
I. 
Schools: business, dancing, music, trade or other commercial nature or day-care centers.
J. 
Social clubs, fraternal organizations, community meeting halls.

§ 250-74 Conditional uses requiring Board authorization.

In the B-G General Business District, the following conditional uses require Board authorization:
A. 
Building material sales and storage yards.
B. 
Feed and grain sales, milling and/or storage.
C. 
Outdoor drive-in theaters.
D. 
Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, and kennels with runways.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 105-71E, regarding conversion or alteration of buildings to accommodate two or more families, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 188.
E. 
Nursery schools or day-care centers as defined in § 250-125.[2]
[Amended 8-13-2013 by Ord. No. 214]
[2]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection F, regarding domiciliary care homes, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 8-13-2013 by Ord. No. 214.
F. 
Cannabis businesses and hemp businesses as defined in § 250-125, subject to the restrictions contained in § 250-9.
[Added 9-12-2023 by Ord. No. 258]

§ 250-75 Accessory uses.

In the B-G General Business District, the following accessory uses shall be allowed:
A. 
Uses and structures customarily accessory and incidental to any principal permitted use or authorized conditional use, including business signs pertaining to a use on the premises, provided that such signs are located as regulated in § 250-83.

§ 250-76 Height regulations.

No structure shall exceed 50 feet in height, except as provided in § 250-94.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Article XIV, O-P Office Park District, added 2-25-1998 by Ord. No. 111, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 1-13-2009 by Ord. No. 190.