The B-2 General Retail Business District provides adequate and reasonable regulations for those business areas in the Village outside the downtown area where general retail business has been established or where it may be appropriate to encourage such use as a means to accommodate businesses by grouping compatible businesses in areas that best serve the needs of the businesses, the community, and the public by creating convenience for the public, minimizing traffic congestion, and discouraging unsightly or inefficient business development while encouraging business prosperity and shopping convenience in these areas. (Ord. 2005-04, 5-16-2005)

No building or premises in the B-2 General Retail Business District shall be hereafter erected or altered, unless otherwise provided for in this title, except for the following uses:

Uses permitted in the B-1 Central Business District.

Uses permitted in the R-3 Residential District, subject to the regulations of that district as set forth in chapter 6 of this title; however, the first floor of any building having a store front, which shall include any large window or open viewing area whether such area is clear, translucent, or covered in any manner, on a roadway or pedestrian walkway shall not be occupied as a residence.

Auto repair, auto body, or auto detailing shops; retail sale of auto parts and accessories; service stations.

Bowling alleys, indoor theaters, dance halls, gymnasiums, clubs, commercial swimming pools, skating rinks, and other public or private recreational or fraternal establishments, but not including recreational uses conducted primarily in the open, such as golf driving ranges.

Business, trade, dancing, music or art schools.

Convenience type stores primarily for the retail sale of food, beverages, and related products, and retail sale of gasoline.

Electric substations, telephone exchanges.

Motels.

Offices.

Personal service shops.

Public parking garages; car washes.

Rental of automobiles, trucks, or trailers.

Sale of new automobiles, trucks, or trailers.

Self-service laundromats (a self-service laundry with user- paid or coin-operated washers and driers).

Stores and shops for the conduct of any retail business, provided all goods or products offered for sale are displayed and stored within a building. Eating or drinking establishments, designed for consumption in cars parked or which may be parked on the premises, commonly known as "drive-ins" are not to be construed as permitted hereby, being designated a special use under section 10-8-3 of this chapter.

Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors. (Ord. 2017-11, 11-6-2017)

The following uses shall be permitted by special use permit only upon review of an application at a public hearing and the subsequent approval of the detailed site plans by the Zoning Board and the Village Board as set forth in chapter 12 of this title:

Drive-in restaurants.

Gasoline filling stations.

Miniature golf, golf courses, and driving ranges.

Roadside markets, commercial greenhouses, landscape nursery sales yard, lumber yard, building material sales yard, or similar use where the products are primarily displayed outside of a building.

Used car sales lots.

In its deliberation, the Zoning Board shall give due consideration to the probable effect the proposed special use would have on the surrounding land uses; the location of access drives into the site with respect to their creating traffic hazards; the adequacy of on-site parking; lighting of the premises; adequacy of supervision, and hours of operation.

An application for a "permitted special use" set forth above in this section shall require the submission of the applicable initial special use permit fee as provided in section 10-13-5 of this title. However, the permit for a "permitted special use" shall be valid for the duration of the applicant's control of the premises as long as the permitted use continues, without the need to annually renew the special use permit or to annually pay the special use renewal fee. Any successor in interest in the use of the property will be required to submit a new application for the "permitted special use" with the applicable initial special use permit fee. However, in all other aspects, chapter 12 of this title will govern the review and issuance of a special use permit for a "permitted special use". (Ord. 2017-11, 11-6-2017)

Height, yard, court, and coverage requirements of sections 10-7-4 and 10-7-5 of this title shall apply in the B-2 General Retail Business District. (Ord. 2005-04, 5-16-2005)

Where a lot on which is located a business use abuts or adjoins any residential district, a buffer strip shall be provided, located on the business lot for the full length of the district boundary lot line. The buffer strip shall be at least ten feet (10') in width, and shall not be used for parking, loading, or unloading. Also, no accessory structures, accessory uses, or any other uses related to the business use of the property or the principal or an accessory structure on the property shall be located within this ten foot (10') buffer strip. However, the buffer strip can be used for landscaping, screen planting, or other similar purposes. (Ord. 2005-04, 5-16-2005)

Off street parking and loading in the B-2 General Retail Business District shall be provided in accordance with the regulations set forth in chapter 10 of this title. (Ord. 2005-04, 5-16-2005)