The regulations provided in this chapter shall apply to all Business Districts, subject, however, to such other provisions of this Zoning Code as are applicable.

(Ord. 53-5-1. Passed 6-2-53.)

   The following uses are permitted in Business Districts:

   (a)   Neighborhood retail stores and services as follows, provided there is no display of goods in front of the setback building line:

      (1)   Grocery stores, including fruit, vegetable, meat, dairy products and baked goods stores; restaurants; drug stores; wearing apparel stores; and show repair, dress making, tailoring, pressing and dry cleaning shops in which only nonexplosive and nonflammable solvents are used. No work shall be done on the premises for retail outlets elsewhere;

      (2)   Hardware, paint, wallpaper, furniture and household appliance stores; newsstands, book and stationery stores; flower shops; variety and gift shops; barber and beauty shops; banks; business and professional offices; gasoline service stations; automobile repair and storage garages not engaged in body and fender repair and spray painting; and churches and public buildings;

      (3)   Any other store, shop or service similar to the uses herein listed in type of goods or service, in business hours, in number of persons employed, in number of persons or vehicles attracted to the premises and in the effects upon the adjoining residential area;

   (b)   Outdoor advertising signs pertaining to a business on the premises upon which such signs are located, provided that not more than two square feet of such signs per foot of frontage of such premises are erected, that not more than two outdoor signs per business enterprise on the premises are erected and displayed and that such signs are limited to advertising the name of the proprietor, goods sold and services rendered on the premises, are located back of the setback building line and, if illuminated, are so designed and arranged as to cause no annoying glare;

   (c)   Garages as accessory uses for the storage of vehicles in connection with the main activities of the premises; (Ord. 60-7-4. Passed 9-13-60.)

   (d)   Commencing November 1, 1996, parking lots, provided that all driveways and parking spaces are concrete or asphalt and are adequately drained so that surface waters are not permitted to discharge over or onto public sidewalks or roadways or onto residence areas and provided that the lighting is so arranged as to cause no annoying glare; and

(Ord. 95-7-15. Passed 9-19-95.)

   (e)   All uses permitted in a Country Home District, as set forth in Chapter 1248, provided that the regulations of such chapter are complied with.

(Ord. 60-7-4. Passed 9-13-60.)

   No building or structure shall exceed a height of 100 feet.

(Ord. 89-6-16. Passed 6-8-89.)

   Any building in a Business District shall have a lot, whose total area is not less than three times the ground area covered by all buildings on the premises, to provide an off-street parking lot. These regulations shall apply to any building erected, altered or enlarged after the effective date of this Zoning Code.

(Ord. 53-5-1. Passed 6-2-53.)

   (a)   Front Yards. The setback building line for a Business District shall be fifty feet, and no portion of the building or structure shall project in front of the setback building line. The front yard, comprised of the area between the setback building line and the street lot line, may be used for automobile parking spaces, provided driveways and parking spaces are smoothly graded, are gravel, slag, cinder or hard-surfaced and are adequately drained so that surface waters are not permitted to discharge over or onto public sidewalks or roadways or onto other premises. Light bulbs or tubes shall be shielded from adjacent residence areas and the lighting so arranged as to cause no annoying glare.

   (b)   Side Yards. Any building on a lot which adjoins a lot in a Country Home District shall have a side yard on that adjoining side of not less than twenty feet.

   (c)   Rear Yards. Each main building shall have a rear yard of a depth of not less than fifty feet, and no accessory building thereon shall be nearer than twenty feet to the rear lot line.

(Ord. 53-5-1. Passed 6-2-53.)

   (a)   Water Supply. No dwelling, structure or building permitted in a Business District shall be constructed or occupied unless reasonable provision is made for a dependable, pure water supply from a drilled well, cistern, spring or public water supply, in accordance with the regulations of the County District Board of Health.

   (b)   Sewage Disposal. In the absence of a sanitary sewer, sewage shall be disposed of in such a manner as to prevent nuisance and contamination of the water supply and shall be discharged through a watertight sewer into a septic tank constructed so as to be watertight in accordance with the regulations of the County District Board of Health. Such provisions shall be made prior to occupancy of the premises.

(Ord. 53-5-1. Passed 6-2-53.)

   No business shall be operated from a temporary structure.

(Ord. 85-9-6. Passed 9-3-85.)

   All newly constructed buildings, regardless of use or occupancy, except for residential dwellings, and all existing constructed commercial and/or manufacturing buildings which undergo a change in ownership after the effective date of this section, shall provide a master key "Knox box" at a location approved by the Fire Department. Such box shall be provided with master keys necessary for access to all portions of the premises. Such box and keys shall be provided prior to the occupancy and/or final inspection of such buildings.

(Ord. 97-10-13. Passed 11-4-97.)