The purpose of the neighborhood business district is to provide areas along major roads or intersections in residential neighborhoods for clustering of limited business and service uses. The areas are exposed to large amounts of traffic, have good vehicular access and are unlikely to develop with residential lots. The uses permitted in these districts are intended to provide services, light retailing and food products as a convenience to the neighborhoods within walking or short driving distance. The following uses, standards and area regulations have been developed based upon this purpose, which is in accord with findings and recommendations of the city's adopted land use element of the metro core comprehensive plan.

(Prior code § 150-54)

Permitted uses shall be as follows:

A.

Business, governmental, professional and financial office;

B.

Church and other place of worship, in accordance with chapter 17.220, excluding vehicle storage and maintenance;

C.

Convenience store;

D.

Custom repair and service shop;

E.

Day-care facilities for the elderly and handicapped;

F.

Drive-in bank;

G.

Dry-cleaning pickup station or dry-cleaning plant and a pickup station not to exceed three thousand (3,000) square feet in gross floor area;

H.

Drugstore;

I.

Firehouse;

J.

Hairdresser shop;

K.

Laundromat;

L.

Medical and dental office and clinic;

M.

Pet-grooming shop;

N.

Police station;

O.

Restaurant and fast-food carry-out restaurant;

P.

Neighborhood shopping center containing no more than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet in gross floor area, in accordance with chapter 17.212;

Q.

Specialty shop;

R.

Studio;

S.

Apartments above the first floor in accordance with a comprehensive site plan.

(Ord. 1946, 2005; prior code § 150-55)

Uses permitted by special exception shall be as follows:

A.

Neighborhood shopping center, containing more than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet in gross floor area but not exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet, on a minimum site of ten acres, and in accordance with chapter 17.212;

B.

Apartment building and/or project on a minimum lot of three acres in accordance with chapter 17.168.

(Prior code § 150-56)

Uses permitted by ordinance permit shall be as follows:

A.

Day-care center or nursery school, in accordance with chapter 17.220;

B.

Utility substation in accordance with chapter 17.220.

(Prior code § 150-56.1)

Accessory uses and structures shall be as follows:

A.

Gasoline pumps as an accessory use to a convenience store, in accordance with Section 17.04.220;

B.

Other accessory uses and structures clearly incidental to, customary to and associated with the permitted use;

C.

Communication towers for broadcasting and receiving, not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet in height;

D.

Day-care services for employees or patrons of a permitted use.

(Prior code § 150-57)

Development standards for the neighborhood business district shall be as follows:

A.

Minimum Lot Requirements. All lots hereafter established shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1.

Lot area: ten thousand (10,000) square feet;

2.

Interior lot width: eighty (80) feet;

3.

Corner lot width: one hundred (100) feet.

B.

Minimum yard requirements shall be as follows:

1.

Front: fifty (50) feet;

2.

Rear: fifteen (15) feet;

3.

Side: ten feet each; two required;

4.

Corner, side: same as front yard.

C.

The height limitation shall be forty (40) feet.

D.

Parking, loading and unloading areas shall be provided in accordance with chapter 17.196.

E.

Access. Direct access onto a street or highway shall be reduced or eliminated wherever the city department of infrastructure and development determines that alternate or unified points of access are available to a site resulting in better traffic flow and less traffic congestion.

F.

Stacking Lanes. Wherever a use provides drive-in window service, a reservoir of five spaces shall be provided on-site for each drive-in stall.

G.

Lighting shall be designed so as not to throw glare on surrounding properties. Flashing lights are prohibited.

H.

Signs. See chapter 17.216.

I.

Landscaping and Screening. In addition to the requirements of chapter 17.220, the following shall be required:

1.

All areas not devoted to building or required parking areas shall be landscaped as defined in Section 17.04.120 and maintained in accordance with Section 17.220.080.

(Ord. 1774 (part), 2000; prior code § 150-58)

(Ord. No. 2459, 10-9-2017)