The purpose of these regulations is to encourage the effective and timely development of land for commercial purposes in accordance with the objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Community Plan; to encourage the use of the business districts as a shopping and service center for the community and nearby areas; and to minimize traffic congestion on the public streets. All large scale and small scale shopping centers to be located in the general or limited business districts shall conform with the provisions of this subchapter.

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   (A)   Only those uses permitted in the General Business (GB) Zoning District, and listed below, are permitted as a principal use of land in a large scale or small scale shopping center in the GB district.

      (1)   General merchandise retail activities, including department stores (storage areas not to exceed 30% of gross floor area);

      (2)   Supermarkets;

      (3)   Grocery stores, delicatessens, fish markets, fruit and vegetable markets, bakeries, dairy products stores;

      (4)   Lunchrooms or restaurants (no alcoholic beverages);

      (5)   Lunchrooms or restaurants (alcoholic beverages);

      (6)   Taverns, cafes, clubs, bars or cocktail lounges (alcoholic beverages);

      (7)   Packaged liquor stores;

      (8)   Laundries or dry cleaners, pick-up only (no plant), or self-service laundromats;

      (9)   Beauty or barber shops,

      (10)   Duplicating, printing or photocopying services;

      (11)   Miscellaneous repair shops and related services (non-vehicle);

      (12)   General professional offices;

      (13)   Bank or financial institutions;

      (14)   Motion picture theaters;

      (15)   Bowling alleys and billiard and pool parlors;

      (16)   Exercise center, gymnasium, sauna or court games; and

      (17)   Accessory uses customarily incidental to a use permitted in the district and located on the same lot as the principal use.

   (A)   Small scale shopping centers. Lots shall have a setback for all principal buildings from all street rights of way of at least ten feet and no more than 50 feet. A strip of at least ten feet deep along the street line shall be maintained as a landscaped buffer strip except for necessary driveways.

   (B)   Large scale shopping centers. Lots shall have a setback for all principal buildings from all street rights of way of at least ten feet and no more than fifty feet. A strip of at least 25 feet deep along the street line shall be maintained as a landscaped buffer strip except for necessary driveways.

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   (A)   Small scale shopping centers. Lots shall have side yards of at least 20 feet and rear yards of at least 50 feet, and a strip ten feet in width or depth along side and rear lot lines shall be maintained as a landscaped buffer strip.

   (B)   Large scale shopping centers. Lots shall have side and rear yards of at least 50 feet in width and a strip 20 feet in width or depth along side and rear lot lines shall be maintained as a landscaped buffer strip.

   (C)   The remaining area may be used for parking.

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   Along the boundary line adjacent to a residential zoning district or use, a landscaped buffer zone shall be provided which shall be at least 50 feet in depth, measured from the property line, within which no off-street parking or loading area shall be permitted.

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   (A)   Access barrier. Each zoning lot, with its buildings, other structures and parking and loading areas, shall be physically separated from each adjoining street by a curb or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle ingress and egress. Such barrier shall be located at the edge of or within, a ten-foot deep strip along the property line. Except for the access ways permitted by division (B) below, the barrier shall be continuous for the entire length of the property line.

   (B)   Access ways. Each zoning lot shall have not more than two access ways to any one street unless unusual circumstances demonstrate the need for additional access points. Each access way shall comply with the following requirements:

      (1)   The width of any access way leading to a public street shall not exceed 25 feet at its intersection with the property line. Curb return shall have a minimum radius of 30 feet.

      (3)   The location and number of access ways shall be so arranged that they will reduce traffic hazards as much as possible.

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   (A)   All off-street parking spaces and servicing drives shall be located within the boundaries of the property being developed as a shopping center and provided for in accordance with Article 13 and this section.

   (B)   All off-street loading areas shall be provided in accordance with Article 13. In addition, each shop or store shall have a rear or side entrance that is accessible to a loading area and service drive. Service drives shall be a minimum of 26 feet in width and, wherever practicable, shall be in addition to, and not part of, the drives or circulation system used by the vehicles of shoppers. The arrangement of truck loading and unloading facilities for each shop or store shall be such that in the process of loading or unloading, no truck will block or extend into any other private or public drive or street used for vehicular circulation. Loading and delivery zones shall be clearly marked.

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   All parking area and access ways shall be lighted at night during business hours. All outside lighting shall be arranged and shielded to prevent glare or reflection, nuisance, inconvenience or hazardous interference of any kind on adjoining streets or residential properties.

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   Each building shall be provided with an enclosed waste receptacle and enclosure of sufficient size to accommodate all trash and waste stored on the premises.

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   There shall be no exterior burning of trash or rubbish on the premises.

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   A separate building, such as a bank or restaurant, constructed on land used for a shopping center, but not physically connected to other buildings in the shopping center, shall not be approved unless both of the following requirements are met:

   (A)   The area for the separate building, including parking, lanes for drive-up windows, and the building itself, shall be clearly set off from the remainder of the shopping center by a boundary consisting of asphalt or concrete berms, tightly-spaced plantings, or other permanent and unobtrusive means of separation, with not more than two openings for vehicular access to the separate building. Signs shall be placed at each opening in the boundary to clearly show drivers where to enter and exit the separate building area.

   (B)   The separate building shall be located at least 50 feet from any other principal building in the shopping center, measured from the boundary of the separate building area to the other building.

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