The business districts set forth herein are established to protect public health; to promote public safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare; and to protect the economic base of the village and the value of property. These general purposes include, among others, the following specific objectives:

   A.   To promote the most desirable use of land so that adequate space is provided in appropriate locations for the various types of business uses, thereby protecting and strengthening the economic base of the village.

   B.   To place in separate districts those businesses which may create noise, odors, hazards, or unsightliness, or which may generate excessive traffic.

   C.   To encourage the grouping in appropriate locations of compatible business uses which will tend to draw trade that is mutually interchangeable and so promote public convenience and business prosperity and contribute to the alleviation of traffic and pedestrian congestion.

   D.   To provide for the establishment of off street parking facilities so as to alleviate traffic congestion and so promote shipping convenience and business prosperity. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

The intent of establishing a general business district is to delimit certain areas for the construction and/or operation of conventional, nonauto oriented commercial activities that would best function within a central business district or downtown location. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

The following uses are permitted within the general business district:

Commercial establishments, subject to all other pertinent state and local regulations, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

Entertainment and amusement services, such as motion picture theaters or bowling alleys.

Lodging services, such as hotels or motels.

Personal services, such as laundry, dry cleaning, barber, beauty, and shoe repair shops and photography studios.

Professional services, such as medical and dental clinics and attorney offices.

Repair services, such as automobile, jewelry, and radio and television shops.

Retail establishments, such as grocery, hardware, drug, clothing, and furniture stores; and eating and drinking places.

Dwellings, provided they are located above the street unless the entry to such dwelling faces a residential district.

Facilities for automobile drive-up or drive-through service in conjunction with a permitted use may be permitted by the village board as a special use following the procedures outlined in chapter 3, article B of this title.

Off street parking and loading facilities in accordance with chapter 8 of this title.

Public and semipublic buildings such as post office or village hall.

Signs, limited to the following:

   A.   One permanent pole or ground sign per establishment; and/or

   B.   One permanent sign for each public entry to an establishment; provided, that not more than one such sign per establishment shall be permitted on a building facade.

   C.   Business signs, billboards, or other outdoor advertising structures which conform to the following regulations:

      1.   Maximum square feet facing one direction: One sign, fifteen (15) square feet per side, maximum two (2) sides.

      2.   Spacing between signs facing in the same direction:

         a.   Within the corporate limits of the village: One hundred feet (100').

         b.   Outside the corporate limits of the village: Three hundred feet (300').

      3.   Lighting: At no time shall light on any sign create an unsafe situation by conflicting with traffic lights or signs.

   D.   In a residential district, one unlighted, harmonious professional sign not more than one foot by three feet (1' x 3') long.

Special uses, as defined in chapter 3, article B of this title.

Tourist attractions, such as historic structures and sites. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

All activities shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building with the exception of the following:

   A.   Automobile servicing, but not repair.

   B.   Periodic retail promotional activities when specifically approved by the village board.

   C.   Periodic tourist oriented retail activities when specifically approved by the village board and when confined to a specific area.

   D.   Off street parking and loading activities.

   E.   Display of merchandise. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

   A.   Building Height: No building or structure shall be constructed, erected, altered, or added to so as to exceed a height of three (3) stories or thirty six feet (36'). Parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, stacks, and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected over and above the maximum height, provided they are constructed in accordance with all other pertinent village ordinances.

   B.   Setback Requirements: The following setback requirements are hereby established:

      1.   No front setback is required except as necessary to provide a sidewalk between the building and the street of not less than eight feet (8'). This shall be required of all sides of a lot or parcel of land that are adjacent to an improved public street.

      2.   Adjacent buildings shall be separated by a space not less than ten feet (10') from wall to wall unless such buildings are to be joined at a fireproof party wall.

      3.   Unless a rear lot line is congruent with the line of a public right of way, a rear yard of not less than ten feet (10') is required. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

The intent of establishing an automobile oriented business district, including farm machinery and heavy equipment, is to delimit certain areas for the construction and/or operation of those commercial activities which serve or attract an excessive amount of automobile traffic and which, because of this, are more suitable in a noncentral business district or downtown location. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

The following uses are permitted within the automobile oriented business district:

Commercial establishments requiring large sites for outdoor display such as farm implement sales, mobile home sales and building material sales.

Commercial establishments which are oriented to the motorist or to the highway such as drive-in restaurants, filling stations, auto repair and body shops, car washes, motels, truck stops, or truck terminals.

Accessory uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses including signs as regulated hereby. Off premises signs shall conform to the regulations as set forth in section 8-11A-2 of this chapter. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

All activities shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building with the exception of the following:

   A.   Automobile or truck servicing, but not repair.

   B.   Sales activities in outdoor display areas.

   C.   Off street parking and loading activities. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

No principal or accessory use shall encroach upon a public right of way. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

   A.   Building Height: No building or structure shall be constructed, erected, altered, or added to so as to exceed a height of two (2) stories or twenty four feet (24'). Parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, stacks, and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected over and above the maximum height, provided they are constructed in accordance with all other pertinent village ordinances.

   B.   Setback Requirements:

      1.   To allow for the provision of adequate off street parking and loading, the following setback requirements are established:

         a.   The front setback shall not be less than fifty percent (50%) of the depth of the lot; except, that a front setback in excess of fifty feet (50') shall not be required nor shall a front setback of less than thirty feet (30') be permitted.

         b.   Adjacent buildings shall be separated by a space not less than ten feet (10') from wall to wall unless such buildings are to be joined at a fireproof party wall.

         c.   Unless a rear lot line is congruent with the line of a public right of way, a rear yard of not less than ten feet (10') is required.

      2.   Parking lots are permitted within any of these setback areas in accordance with chapter 8 of this title, and provided, that use of such parking lot does not require backing out into a public street. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)