The General Business Districts B-2 are established to provide districts to accommodate those activities that attract a mixture of pedestrian and automobile traffic.

Permitted uses, buildings, and other structures are listed in the Land Use Table in OHMC 15.10.040. Regulations pertaining to accessory structures and uses are in OHMC 15.38.020 Accessory Use Provisions.

In addition to the specific restrictions established in connection with permitted uses listed in OHMC 15.22.020 and the requirements listed in OHMC 15.38 to OHMC 15.46, the following regulations apply to all other uses permitted in B-2 Districts:

1. Front Yards. There shall be a minimum front yard with average existing buildings within 100 feet of each side of the property line. (Ord. 7-5-77)
2. Side Yards. No sideyard will be required in areas zoned B-2, providing walls on that side are of solid masonry construction and the adjacent property is in a commercially zoned district. A sideyard of not less than eight feet will be required in areas zoned B-2, providing walls on that side are of solid masonry construction and the adjacent property is in a residentially zoned district. (Ord. 1-11-94)
3. Rear Yards. No building shall be placed closer to a rear property line than forty feet if the adjacent district is a residence district or closer to the rear property line than fifteen feet if the adjacent district is any other class of district.
4. Height. There shall be no limit on the height of buildings except, for each foot the height of a building exceeds thirty feet, the offset from the side and rear property lines shall be increased by two feet.

(Ord. 7-5-77)

There shall be not more than one entrance and one exit, per establishment, upon any individual public thoroughfare and the distance between the entrance and exit centerlines, if separated, shall be not less than 100 feet in any instance.

(Ord. 7-5-77)

Properties abutting residence districts shall be planted with trees and shrubs on all property lines abutting residence districts.

(Ord. 7-5-77)

The application for a permit to construct a building or buildings or to establish a use in a General Business District B-2 shall be accompanied by a plan, in duplicate, drawn to scale and showing property lines and the location of the proposed building or buildings, entrances and exits, parking spaces, landscape treatment, signs and other improvements. Such plan shall become a part of the record.

(Ord. 7-5-77)