The GB-1 General Business District is intended to provide for the construction or continued use of land for a variety of retail, service and administrative establishments required to satisfy the needs of the overall community. This district is also intended to accommodate retail trade establishments in the community which cannot be practically provided for in an NB-1 District development.

(Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)

   (a)   The following uses are generally permitted in the GB-1 District:

      (1)   All generally permitted and special uses in the NB-1 District, with the exception of those uses permitted as special uses in subsection (b) hereof.

      (2)   Department stores.

      (3)   Establishments engaged in the retail trade of drugs, books and stationery, apparel, flowers, antiques, sporting goods, jewelry, optical goods, furniture, home furnishings, cameras-photo supplies, hobby materials, music materials, musical instruments, pets and pet supplies, radio, televisions and their service, newspapers, magazines and similar retail products and activities.

      (4)   Office equipment and supply stores.

      (5)   Auto parts and accessory stores.

      (6)   Art galleries and arts centers.

      (7)   Indoor fitness clubs and gyms.

      (8)   Dance studios and schools.

      (9)   Theaters, not including drive-in theaters.

      (10)   Eating establishments, standard.

      (11)   Auto and truck rental; new and used car, truck or motorcycle sales and service.

      (12)   Garden and building supply stores with no outdoor merchandising.

      (13)   Business services, mailing and reproduction establishments.

      (14)   Pawn shops.

      (15)   Tattoo parlors.

      (16)   Drive-thru stores.

      (17)   Accessory buildings incidental to the principal use.

   (b)   The following special uses are subject to review in accordance with Chapters 1294 and 1296:

      (1)   Eating establishments, fast food (drive-in and drive-through).

      (2)   Bars, discotheques, lounges, taverns, nightclubs.

      (3)   Nursing homes.

      (4)   Automobile service stations.

      (5)   Automobile fueling/recharging stations.

      (6)   Other indoor recreational uses.

      (7)   Garden and building supplies stores with accessory outdoor merchandising.

      (8)   Kennels.

      (9)   Hotels and motels.

      (10)   Car washes.

      (11)   Reserved. (Ord. 4911. Passed 10-17-05; Ord. 5989. Passed 7-3-07.).

      (12)   Amusement machine center, accessory.

      (13)   Churches.

(Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)

   (a)   Lot requirements in the GB-1 District are as follows:

      (1)   Minimum lot area:      10,000 square feet

      (2)   Minimum lot frontage:   None, but access must be provided via frontage on a public street or an easement connecting to a public street.

   (b)   Special uses shall comply with all pertinent development standards contained in Chapter 1296.

(Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)

   (a)   Yard requirements in the GB-1 District are as follows:

      (1)   Minimum front yard depth         See subsection (c) hereof

      (2)   Minimum rear yard depth         See subsection (d) hereof

      (3)   Minimum side yard width on each side   See subsection (d) hereof

   (b)   Special uses shall comply with all pertinent development standards contained in Chapter 1296.

   (c)   The minimum front yard depth shall be twenty-five feet if the frontage of the lot is 100 feet or more, or if adjacent land is not built upon, or if buildings on adjacent lots have provided front yards of twenty-five feet or more. If the frontage of the lot is less than 100 feet, and if a building on an adjacent lot, or buildings on adjacent lots, provide front yards less than twenty-five feet in depth, a front yard equal to the average of adjacent front yards shall be provided. The Planning Commission may vary this standard through the site plan and/or special use review process if it can be shown that such a variation will result in a more optimal and safer site design and when it is determined that the health, safety, or general welfare would be best served by such an exemption.

   (d)   There shall be no minimum side or rear yard width, except when the yard is adjacent to a residential district or use. In such cases, the rear and/or side yard shall not be less than one-fourth of the sum of the height and depth of the structure, but in any event not less than twenty-five feet. In all such cases, a landscaped buffer at least twenty-five feet wide shall be created along the length of the property for screening and buffering purposes. This bufferyard shall contain a sight-proof landscape screening of Group A and C (minimum seventy percent Group C trees) trees and compact evergreen hedge. An opaque fence of adequate height, as adjudged by the Planning Commission, may be substituted or required in place of such hedge plantings (but not the Group A or C trees) if approved or required by the Planning Commission. If a use is to be serviced from the side or rear, a yard shall be provided not less than forty feet deep.

(Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19; Ord. 6845. Passed 7-21-20; Ord. 6857. Passed 6-2-20.)

   Structural requirements in the GB-1 District are as follows:

   (a)   Maximum building height:   Forty feet.

(Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)

   See Chapter 1292 for off-street parking and loading space requirements.

(Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)

   See Chapter 1293 for sign regulations.

(Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)

   (a)   For site plan review, refer to Chapter 1294.

   (b)   Market Analysis Required for Zone Change Requests. A request to provide for a general business development should be evaluated from the evidence gathered in a market analysis study.

The market analysis study shall contain the following economic, social and geographical information about the trade area: (1) The size of the trade area; (2) Its existing and projected population; and (3) Its effective purchasing power. Such a study by the applicant or his or her representative must demonstrate that the proposed development meets a demonstrated community need within the subject area.

(Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)