Pittsfield City Zoning Code
B-3 HIGHWAY
BUSINESS DISTRICT
§ 156.090 PERMITTED USES.
Permitted uses are:
(A) Air conditioning and heating sales and service;
(B) Automobile motor repair, sales and service shop, including automobile body repair, rebuilding and painting;
(C) Automobile washing, including the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning;
(D) Battery and tire service stations;
(E) Nonalcoholic beverage bottling and distributing;
(F) Bicycle and motorcycle, sale, repair and rental;
(G) Boat display, sales and service;
(H) Farm implement display, sales and service;
(I) Feed and seed store;
(J) Kennel;
(K) Motel;
(L) Plumbing, heating and roofing supply shops when conducted wholly within a building;
(M) Pet shop or animal hospital, when conducted wholly within an enclosed building;
(N) Packing plant;
(O) Recreation places, including bowling alley, dance hall, gymnasium, skating rink, archery range, miniature golf course or other similar places of amusement or entertainment when operated for pecuniary profit;
(P) Restaurant, non-drive-in, drive-in car service;
(Q) Trailer sales or rental on an open lot or within a building;
(R) Travel trailer transient park;
(S) Uses customarily incidental to any of the above and accessory buildings when located on the same premises;
(T) Petroleum station;
(U) Lumber yard;
(V) Hardware store;
(W) Emergency services facility;
(X) Retail sale of tobacco and vapors;
(Y) Automotive parts store;
(Z) Self-storage unit: A non-residential structure rented on a short-term basis to individuals or businesses for storing personal property, excluding agricultural commodities.
(AA) Communication station.
(1) Radio communication station. A set of equipment necessary to carry on communication via radio waves, including a receiver or transceiver, an antenna, and ancillary equipment necessary to operate them.
(2) Wireless communication facility. A facility containing communication towers and/or antennas and any related equipment for the purpose of transmitting or receiving electromagnetic radio frequency waves.
(3) Wired communication facility. A facility containing wired communication systems; including telephone networks, cable television, or internet access and fiber-optic communication.
(‘74 Code, Appendix A, § 9) (Ord. 956, passed 10-3-78; Am. Ord. 1464, passed 7-3-12 Am. Ord. 1475, passed 12-18-12; Am. Ord. 1541, passed 5-5-15; Am. Ord. 1544, passed 6-2-15; Am. Ord. 1590, passed 9-19-17; Am. Ord. 1644, passed 10-15-19; Am. Ord. 1660, passed 7-7-20; Am. Ord. 1678, passed 6-15-21) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.091 HEIGHT.
No building or structure should exceed three stories or 35 feet in height.
('74 Code, Appendix A, § 9) (Ord. 956, passed 10-3-78) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.092 YARD AREAS.
No building or structure should be constructed or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with the building:
(A) Front yard. Each lot upon which a building is constructed should have a front yard of not less than 35 feet.
(B) Side yard. No side yard is required, except for a lot which abuts an “R” district or upon an alley separating this district from an “R” district. There should be provided a side yard equal to half the front yard required in the abutting “R” district, but in no case less than 20 feet.
(C) Rear yard. There should be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet, provided, a one-story accessory building may be located thereon, except for the five feet adjacent and parallel to the rear lot line or alley line, for the storage of motor vehicles and unloading and loading of vehicles under roof.
('74 Code, Appendix A, § 9) (Ord. 956, passed
10-3-78) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.093 BUFFER AREA.
On lots abutting an “R” district, there should be provided a 20-foot wide planting strip extending the length of the lot adjoining the “R” district, planted with trees and shrubs to provide a dense screen at maturity.
('74 Code, Appendix A, § 9) (Ord. 956, passed 10-3-78) Penalty, see § 156.999