The regulations set forth in this article, or set forth elsewhere in this ordinance when referred to in this article, are the regulations in the "B-2" General Commercial District. The purpose of this district is to provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for all types of commercial and miscellaneous service activities, particularly along certain existing major streets where a general mixture of commercial and service activity now exists, but which uses are not characterized by extensive warehousing, frequent heavy trucking activity, open storage of material, or the nuisance factors of dust, odor and noise associated with manufacturing.

(Ord. No. 94-140, 11-15-1994; Ord. No. 23-20, Exh. A, 3-21-2023)

A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:

(1)

Any use permitted in the "B-1" Shopping Center District and the "R-3" Two-Family Residence District;

(2)

Amusement place in an enclosed building, auditorium or theater, except open air drive-in theaters;

(3)

Athletic field or baseball field;

(4)

Bottling works; dyeing and cleaning works or laundry; plumbing and heating shop; painting shop; upholstering shop, not involving furniture manufacture; tin smithing shop; new tire sales and service, but no manufacturing; appliance repairs; and general service and repair establishments similar in character to those listed in this item; provided, that no outside storage of material is permitted; and further provided, that no use permitted in this item shall occupy more than 6,000 square feet of floor area;

(5)

Bowling alleys and billiard parlors;

(6)

Food storage lockers;

(7)

Hotels, motels, and motor hotels containing 45 or more units only;

(8)

Outdoor advertising structure or sign. Any sign or display in excess of 100 square feet in area shall be attached flat against a wall of a building.

(9)

Bus terminals;

(10)

Printing, publishing, and engraving;

(11)

Stone yard or monumental works located within three hundred (300) feet of a cemetery;

(12)

Accessory buildings and uses;

(13)

Family day care home;

(14)

Child care center;

(15)

Private nursery school;

(16)

Adult book store, provided that the property devoted to such use shall not be situated within 500 feet of property in a residential district, nor within 500 feet of any property occupied by a church or other place of worship, public or private elementary, intermediate or high school, public library, lodginghouse, day care center, nursing home, hotel, motel, adult book store, adult entertainment establishment, adult motion picture theater or adult video store;

(17)

Adult entertainment establishment, provided that the property devoted to such use shall not be situated within 500 feet of any property in a residential district, nor within five hundred (500) feet of any property occupied by a church or other place of worship, public or private elementary, intermediate or high school, public library, lodginghouse, day care center, nursing home, hotel, motel, adult book store, adult entertainment establishment, adult motion picture theater, or adult video store;

(18)

Adult motion picture theater, provided that; the property devoted to such use shall not be situated within five hundred (500) feet of property in a residential district, nor within five hundred (500) feet of any property occupied by a church or other place of worship, public or private elementary, intermediate or high school, public library, lodginghouse, day care center, nursing home, hotel, motel, adult book store, adult entertainment establishment, adult motion picture theater, or adult video store;

(19)

Adult video store, provided that the property devoted to such use shall not be situated within five hundred (500) feet of property in a residential district, nor within five hundred (500) feet of any property occupied by a church or other place of worship, public or private elementary, intermediate, or high school, public library, lodginghouse, day care center, nursing home, hotel, motel, adult book store, adult entertainment establishment, adult motion picture theater, or adult video store;

(20)

Multiple dwellings as authorized in and controlled by the "R-5" Multiple Dwelling District with the issuance of a Special Use Permit.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Petersburg Zoning Ordinance, a building or premises may be used for an adult bookstore, and adult entertainment establishment, and adult motion picture theater, or an adult video store, as restricted and limited by this section, only in the "B-2" General Commercial District with the issuance of a Special Use Permit and in no other zoning district established by the Petersburg Zoning Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 23-20, Exh. A, 3-21-2023; Ord. No. 24-66, Exh. A, 12-17-2024)

Height, area and bulk requirements shall be as set forth in the chart of article 22, and in addition, the following regulations shall apply:

(1)

There shall be a side yard not less than five (5) feet in width on the side of a lot adjoining a residence district;

(2)

There shall be a rear yard not less than ten (10) feet in depth on the rear of a lot adjoining a residence district. Existing alley at rear will eliminate this requirement;

(3)

The lot area requirements for dwellings are the same as those in the "R-5" Multiple Dwelling District.

The regulations contained to this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other articles of this ordinance, especially the following: Article 19, Off-street parking regulations; Article 20, Off-street loading regulations; Article 23, Supplementary use regulations; Article 25, Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations.