Plain City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1165
B3 Central Business District
1165.01 PURPOSE.
The Central Business District is intended to support and encourage existing and future businesses and reflect revitalization standards and strategies in the concentration of retail, service, office, institutional, commercial, recreational and cultural facilities that are compatible in the uptown area of the community.
(Ord. 4-14. Passed 8-25-14.)
1165.02 PERMITTED USE.
The following uses shall be permitted in the B3 Central Business District. The Zoning Administrator may determine if a use not listed shall be similar to or compatible to other permitted uses listed.
Dwellings:
(a) Single-Family detached - Existing single-family dwelling uses only.
(b) Two-Family - Not permitted within the Uptown Commercial Overlay District.
(c) Multi- Family:
(1) Only permitted in multi-story buildings.
(2) Only permitted on second stories or above if located within the Uptown
Commercial Overlay District.
Civic, Social or Fraternal Associations
Co-Working Spaces
Design Studios - Small-scale only
Fitness Studios - Similar uses such as yoga, Pilates, martial arts and dance
Funeral Homes - Except Crematories
Institutional/Government Offices
Libraries
Maker Spaces - Small-scale only
Micropigmentation Service - Only for the use for cosmetic/permanent makeup
Medical and Dental Offices/Clinics
Museums/ Art Galleries
Personal Services
Personal Training Services - This would include uses similar to dance or martial
art studios
Pet Groomer - No outdoor kennels
Pharmacy/Drug Stores
Post Office
Professional Offices
Religious/Places of Worship
Restaurant - Dine-in/Take-out without drive-thru
Retail Sales
Veterinarian Animal Hospital and/or Animal Clinic - No outdoor kennels
(Ord. 27-2025. Passed 8-25-25.)
1165.03 CONDITIONAL USE.
The following conditional uses shall be allowed in the B3 Central Business District, subject to approval in accordance with Section 1138.06. The Zoning Administrator may determine if a use not listed shall be similar to or compatible to other permitted uses listed.
Automotive Repair Services - Not permitted within the Uptown Commercial
Overlay District
Bars, Pubs, Saloons or Taverns - Establishment that its primary source of
revenue is the sale or serving of alcohol.
Event Venue/Banquet Hall - Rental - Indoor Only
Microbreweries, Micro-distilleries, Micro-wineries, Brewpubs - These establishments must include an attached restaurant for the on-site consumption of food and beverages, which shall be a minimum of 20% of the total sguare footage of the entire facility.
Pay to Park - Parking lots - Not permitted within the Uptown Commercial Overlay District
Performance Venue - Indoor only within the Uptown Commercial Overlay District.
(Excluding Adult Entertainment)
Private/Social Clubs - Including, where members purchase, consume or store alcohol Restaurant- Dine-in/Take-out with drive-thru
Tattoo Shops/Parlors
(Ord. 27-2025. Passed 8-25-25.)
1165.04 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PERMITTED USE.
(a) Intensity of Use. No minimum lot size is required; however, lot size shall be adequate to provide yard spaces required by these development standards.
(b) Lot Width. No minimum lot width is required; however, all lots shall abut a street.
(c) Side Yards. A side yard shall be required adjacent to a residential zoning district or a planned residential zoning district as listed in Section 1178 and 1179. Such side yards shall be not less than one-fourth the sum of the height and depth of the building, but in no case shall be less than fifteen feet.
(d) Rear Yard. A rear yard shall be required adjacent to a residential zoning district or a planned development zoning district as listed in Section 1178 and 1179. Such required rear yards shall be not less than one-fourth the sum of the height and width of the building, but in no case shall be less than twenty feet. A use to be serviced from the rear shall have a service court, alleyway or combination thereof not less than forty feet in width.
(e) Front Building Setback. No building or use shall be located further than ten (10) feet from the right-of-way line of the adjacent public or private road and no portion of the building set back area shall be used for any parking, loading or unloading purposes. Buildings located on corner lots shall maintain the same building setbacks from the right-of-way lines of the adjacent public or private roads and no portion of this building setback area shall be used for any parking, loading or unloading purposes.
(f) Building Size. No building shall exceed 5,000 square feet in first floor area.
(g) Building Height. No building shall exceed 50 feet in height.
(h) Building Appearance. New buildings shall be architecturally compatible with existing buildings in the immediate vicinity.
(Ord. 24-12. Passed 11-12-12.)