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Rochester City Zoning Code

35-42 B-2

LIMITED BUSINESS DISTRICT.

   The B-2 Limited Business District is intended to provide for individual or limited office, professional, and special service uses where the activity would be compatible with other neighborhood uses and not exhibit the intense activity of other business districts.
   A.   Uses. Uses in the B-2 Limited Business District are allowed and/or limited as set forth below and in the referenced sections of this Municipal Code.
      1.   Special Regulations. To encourage a business use environment that is compatible with the residential character of the Village, zoning permits for permitted uses in B-2 Limited Business District shall not be issued without prior review by and approval of the Village Plan Commission. Said review and approval shall be concerned with adjacent uses, need for public or private water supply and sanitary sewage disposal facilities, general layout, building site and operation plans, ingress, egress, parking, loading and unloading, screening and landscape plans pursuant to this Chapter.
      2.   Permitted Principal Uses: (See Section 35-230 for review requirements).
      Electric, heating, and plumbing supply stores
      Furniture and upholstery repair
      Laundry and dry cleaning establishments employing not over seven employees
      Paint, glass and wallpaper stores
      Pet shops
      Professional offices/businesses
      Radio and television broadcasting studios
      Second-hand stores
      Sign stores
      Trade and contractors offices
      Other uses similar to or customarily incidental to the uses listed above
      Note: All drive-in facilities require Conditional Use Permits
      Note: All developments within 50 feet of any existing or mapped state trunk highway or county trunk highway and/or within 150 feet of an existing or mapped centerline of intersection with any other road require Conditional Use Permits
      3.   Accessory and Other Uses:
         a.   Garages for storage of vehicles in conjunction with the operation of a permitted use.
         b.   Off street parking areas, provided that no truck with more than six wheels may be parked on the property, unless the vehicle is entirely inside of a building, for more than two hours.
         c.   See s. 35-21 of this Chapter.
      4.   Conditional Uses. See s. 35-100.
         Child care centers, provided that any outside play area is surrounded by a security fence not exceeding a height of six feet and set back at least five feet from any street right-of-way line with landscaping provided between the fence and the street right-of-way line; that no play area shall consist of entirely a hard surface.
         Hobby use, as that term is defined by the Internal Revenue Service, provided that sales made from the site shall be limited to those occasional sales as allowed during the conditional use permitting process.
         Light manufacturing, of a limited nature and size, that is found by the Plan Commission not to be detrimental to the neighborhood and will not emit noise, smoke, dust, dirt, odorous or noxious gases, including, but not limited to, small wineries, hard cider manufacturers, brew pubs, specialty candy manufacturers, etc. The manufacturer may provide additional activities in the building (if properly licensed) such as conferences and workshops related to the manufactured goods, tastings, pairings, etc. Cheese manufacturing is not permitted under this category. The use shall be contained entirely within the building and there shall be no outside storage. The applicant shall provide the methods to be used to address noise and air quality in the application for the CUP.
         Storage / Warehouse, provided that storage of hazardous materials, including but not limited to explosive, flammable or combustible solid, liquid or gas, radioactive material, etiological (disease causing) agents, or any solid, liquid or gas creating a hazard, potential hazard, or public nuisance or any solid, liquid or gas having a deleterious effect on the environment shall not be allowed. Provided further that no truck with more than six wheels may be parked on the property, unless the vehicle is entirely inside of a building, for more than two hours.
         Vehicle Sales, Service and /or Repair Structures, provided that no truck with more than six wheels may be parked on the property, unless the vehicle is entirely inside of a building, for more than two hours.
         Other conditional uses as set forth in Section 35-100E, provided that no truck with more than six wheels may be parked on the property, unless the vehicle is entirely inside of a building, for more than two hours.
   B.   Lot, Area and Yard Requirements.
      1.   Sewered Lots.
 
Lot (sewered)
Width
Minimum 75 feet
 
Area
Minimum 15,000 sq. ft.
 
Building
Height   
 
Maximum 35 feet   
 
Area
Minimum
1,200 sq. ft. single story
1,700 sq. ft. multiple story
 
Yard (Setbacks)
Street
 
Minimum 25 ft.
Side
 
Minimum 10 feet
Rear
Minimum 25 feet
 
   2.   Unsewered Lots.
 
Lot (Unsewered)
Width
Minimum 150 feet
 
Area
Minimum 40,000 sq. ft.
 
Building
Height   
   
Maximum 35 feet   
 
 
Area
Minimum
1,200 sq. ft. single story
1,700 sq. ft. multiple story
 
Yard (Setbacks)
Street
 
Minimum 50 ft.
Side
 
Minimum 25 feet
Rear
Minimum 35 feet
 
(Ord. 2019-1, passed 4-8-2019)