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Wellston City Zoning Code

CB COMMUNITY

BUSINESS DISTRICT

§ 153.290 PURPOSE.

   The Community Business District is established to provide areas for business uses that typically generate a high degree of activity dependent on high traffic volumes. The intent of the CB District is to encourage such business growth while promoting a compatible relationship between permitted uses and overall traffic movement, and minimizing negative impacts on adjacent land uses.
(2003 Code, § 153.295) (Ord. 3459, § 20.01, passed 3-7-2002)

§ 153.291 PERMITTED USES.

   (A)   Administrative and business offices not carrying on retail trade with the public and having no stock of goods maintained for sale to customers including:
      (1)   Insurance agents and brokers and associated services;
      (2)   Professional, legal, engineering and architectural services, not including the outside storage or equipment; and
      (3)   Accounting, auditing and other bookkeeping services.
   (B)   Retail stores primarily engaged in selling merchandise for personal or household consumption including:
      (1)   Food and food products, consisting of grocery, meat, fish, fruit or vegetable markets or combinations thereof;
      (2)   General merchandise, including limited price variety stores and other similar stores selling a variety of general merchandise; and
      (3)   Similar retail stores selling specialty goods, including drug stores, hardware and home repair goods, gift and novelty stores and the like.
   (C)   Personal services, involving the care of the person and his or her personal effects, including consumer services generally involving the care and maintenance of tangible property or the provision of tangible services for personal consumption including:
      (1)   Restaurants and taverns;
      (2)   Banks, savings and loans, and credit agencies;
      (3)   Barber and beauty shops;
      (4)   Self-service laundries and/or dry cleaning establishments;
      (5)   Human medical and/or dental clinics; and
      (6)   Funeral services.
   (D)   Business services engaged in the providing of services to business establishments on a free or contract basis, consulting services, protective services, office equipment rental, lease or purchase, commercial research and development.
   (E)   Commercial recreational facilities such as community and public swimming pools, skating rinks, bowling alleys and physical fitness centers.
   (F)   Lumber and home improvement sales.
   (G)   Motor vehicle sales and service establishments.
   (H)   Hotels and motels.
   (I)   Garden centers.
   (J)   Carry-out food and beverage establishments with drive-through facilities.
   (K)   Self-service storage facilities.
   (L)   Single family dwelling.
   (M)   Similar uses, as determined by the Planning and Zoning Board, in accordance with the provisions of § 153.176(E).
(2003 Code, § 153.296) (Ord. 3459, § 20.02, passed 3-7-2002; Am. Ord. 2020-39, passed 8-20-2020) Penalty, see § 153.999

§ 153.292 CONDITIONAL USES.

   (A)   Self-service car washes, provided a development plan is approved, pursuant to § 153.176(G).
   (B)   Temporary or seasonal outdoor sales lots having a maximum operating duration of four months, provided a development plan, including a plan for all signage, is approved pursuant to § 153.176, and all other permits are obtained.
(2003 Code, § 153.297) (Ord. 3459, § 20.03, passed 3-7-2002) Penalty, see § 153.999

§ 153.293 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

   (A)   Minimum lot area: no minimum lot area is required, however, lot area shall be adequate to provide for the required parking and yard areas.
   (B)   Minimum lot width: 100 feet of frontage on a publicly dedicated and improved street or highway.
   (C)   Minimum front yard depth: 50 feet.
   (D)   Minimum side yard:
      (1)   When abutting a nonresidential zoning district: 20 feet for structures, ten feet for paved areas; or
      (2)   When abutting a residential zoning district: 40 feet for structures, 35 feet for paved areas.
   (E)   Minimum rear yard:
      (1)   When abutting a nonresidential zoning district: 30 feet for structures, ten feet for paved areas; or
      (2)   When abutting a residential zoning district: 50 feet for structures, 35 feet for paved areas.
   (F)   Parking and loading: parking and loading requirements shall be as specified in §§ 153.410 through 153.413.
   (G)   Screening: if side or rear yards are adjacent to property in which single-family residences are a permitted use, the screening of such yards shall be required. Such landscaping shall consist of walls, fences, mounding, natural vegetation or a combination of these elements.
   (H)   Property maintenance. No owner of a property or structure in the CB District shall, by willful neglect, fail to provide sufficient and reasonable care, maintenance and upkeep to such property or structure. For the purposes of this division (H), MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP shall include keeping exterior surfaces free from debris, garbage and noxious weeds, or free from hazardous objects or conditions such as holes, broken concrete, broken glass and dead or dying trees or vegetation.
   (I)   Trash and garbage control: all trash and garbage shall be stored in container systems which are located and enclosed so as to effectively screen them from view.
(2003 Code, § 153.298) (Ord. 3459, § 20.04, passed 3-7-2002; Am. Ord. 2018-49, passed 1-3-2018) Penalty, see § 153.999