North College Hill City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1155
B-2 General Business District GBD
1155.01 PURPOSE.
(a) Provide a place for mid-sized businesses to thrive-those that do not compliment the local business district or commercial business district zones in character or size.
(b) Provide opportunities for mixed-use and multi-use arrangements.
(c) Provide diversified types of goods and services that are accessed by customers by foot and using automobiles.
(Ord. 2-2013. Passed 7-1-13.)
1155.02 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES.
No building, structure or land shall be erected, altered, enlarged or used which is arranged or designed for any other than one of the following uses except as provided herein and in Chapter 1193.
(a) Residential: Two-family and multi-family dwellings may occupy, be built upon, or altered above another principal permitted business use at grade level in the general business district.
(c) Recreational: Indoor and outdoor recreation facilities. Swimming pools shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1183.
(d) Office: Business and/or professional offices; office buildings.
(e) School and studio: Including trade or business schools provided machinery which is used for instruction purposes is not objectionable due to noise, fumes, smoke, odor or vibration; photographic studios, dancing studios, radio and telecasting studios and the like.
(f) Eating and Drinking Establishments: Restaurants, franchises, cafes, bakeries, bistros, diners, taverns, pubs, cafes, coffee houses, and other establishments of the like.
(g) Public Utility: Public utility buildings and structures necessary for providing service to the area, but not including warehouses, storage yards or garages.
(h) Convenience Retail and Service. Any local retail business or service establishment supplying commodities or performing services primarily for residents of the neighborhood on a day-to-day basis including groceries, supermarkets, fruit and vegetable stores, garden supply stores, drug stores, barber shops, beauty parlors and clothes cleaning and laundry pick-up stores, but not including motor vehicle service stations. Such buildings and uses shall be limited to 5,000 square feet in size.
(i) Retail and Service. Any retail or business establishment supplying commodities or performing services at a regional level, but not including motor vehicle service stations.
(m) Bank: Including drive-in banks, savings and loan associations and credit unions. (Ord. 2-2013. Passed 7-1-13.)
1155.03 PERMITTED CONDITIONAL USES.
The following uses shall be permitted only if authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(a) Residential: Boarding and lodging houses when located on and having access from a major street.
(b) Utility: Public utility buildings necessary to provide adequate service to the area but not including general offices, garages, warehouses or outdoor storage yards.
(c) Institutional: Nursing homes, Convalescent Care Facilities and Independent Living Facilities and related uses.
(d) Hospitals, but not including hospitals primarily or exclusively for the care of epileptics, drug addicts, the mentally challenged or insane, or for contagious diseases, and nonprofit institutions for the training and rehabilitation of handicapped persons, provided any principal or accessory buildings for such uses are located not less than fifty feet from any other lot in any R-District.
(d) Religious Places of Worship.
(e) Day Care: State certified day care centers.
(f) Funeral Homes: Funeral parlor or undertaking establishment, provided that any principal or accessory building for such uses shall be located not less than twenty-five feet from any other lot in any R-District, and provided fully adequate facilities for the storage and parking of vehicles of the establishment, patrons and visitors are provided on the premises.
(h) Retail and Service: Any retail business or service establishment, other than convenience retail, that is not a principal permitted use and is determined by the Board to be of the same general character as one of the principal permitted uses.
(j) Museums, art galleries and similar cultural facilities.
(k) Motor vehicle service station.
(Ord. 2-2013. Passed 7-1-13.)
1155.04 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.
Accessory uses, buildings or structures customarily incidental to any above-mentioned principal permitted or conditional use shall be permitted in conjunction with such use including the following:
(c) Home Occupation: As defined in Section 1121.31 provided that not more than one-fourth the area of one floor of the dwelling is devoted to such use.
(e) Temporary Buildings: For uses related to construction.
(f) Shed, Garage or Carport.
(Ord. 2-2013. Passed 7-1-13.)
1155.05 BUSINESS CONDUCT STANDARDS.
The outdoor storage or display of bulk goods including retail and seasonal items such as firewood, landscaping materials, bagged materials, construction materials, mulch and the like shall be controlled by the following regulations:
(a) The outdoor storage or display of merchandise, inventory or materials shall not interfere with required off-street parking or the safe and unobstructed use of vehicular or pedestrian access ways or walkways or block any natural drainage.
(b) The outdoor storage of merchandise, inventory or materials shall not be located in any required setback area within the lot nor shall it be visible from the public right-of-way.
(c) Outdoor storage areas shall be required to be fully screened with an opaque fence or wall not to exceed six feet in height. Such fence shall be constructed out of a material that is similar in nature to the principal structure on the lot or painted in similar color of the principal structure on the lot.
(d) All permitted outdoor storage or display shall be maintained in a neat and orderly fashion.
(e) As part of an outdoor display, only a sample of materials, to properly identify the merchandise for sale on the premises, shall be permitted. The remaining materials, if not stored indoors, shall be considered outdoor storage, subject to the regulations of this Section.
(f) Outdoor storage shall be stored in an orderly manner (e.g. stacked) and shall remain free of stagnant water, weeds and vermin.
(Ord. 2-2013. Passed 7-1-13.)
1155.06 LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
(a) Height Regulations: Principal structures shall not exceed a height of forty feet or four stories; and accessory structures shall not exceed one story or 15 feet, except as provided in this Zoning Ordinance.
(b) Lot Area, Frontage, and Yards: The following minimum requirements shall be observed, except as provided in this Zoning Ordinance. A group of principal buildings may be constructed on one lot, provided however that no conveyance shall be made which reduces the minimum lot area, frontage or yard requirements of the parcel conveyed or the parcel remaining.
Lot Area (sq. ft.) | Lot Width (ft.) | Front Yard Depth (ft.) | Side Yard Width ft.) | Rear Yard Depth (ft.) | |
Nonresidential uses | None | None | 10 or average depth of adjacent properties | None; except when adjoining an R-District, then no less than ten feet | None; except when adjoining an R-District, then no less than ten feet |
(c) Maximum Lot Coverage: Up to 90% of the lot may be covered by an impervious surface.
(Ord. 2-2013. Passed 7-1-13.)