The residential business (RB) district is intended to allow modest, unobtrusive, selective infusion of service establishments in conjunction with continued residential uses. Such mixed uses shall be low traffic generators and shall be of a scale that will not conflict with the tranquility of nearby residences.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.1, 5-7-2002)

The following shall be permitted principal uses and structures in the residential business district:

(1)

Single-family residential dwellings.

(2)

Professional offices.

(3)

Tourist home, bed and breakfast.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.2, 5-7-2002; Ord. No. 567, § 1(Att. A, 7), 9-18-2007)

The following shall be permitted accessory uses and structures in the RB district:

(1)

Uses and structures which:

a.

Are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted uses and structures;

b.

Are located on the same lot as the permitted principal use or structure, or on a contiguous lot in the same ownership;

c.

Are not of a nature likely to attract visitors in larger numbers than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood; and

d.

Do not involve operations or structures not in keeping with the character of single-family residential development.

(2)

Examples of permitted accessory uses and structures include:

a.

Private garages;

b.

Private swimming pools;

c.

On-site signs (see chapter 52).

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.3, 5-7-2002)

The following shall be prohibited uses and structures in the RB district:

Trade or service establishments or storage in connection with such establishments, storage or overnight parking of commercial or industrial vehicles in excess of one-ton capacity, storage of building materials (except in connection with active construction activities on the premises), signs except as specifically permitted, the keeping of horses, cows, swine, sheep, goats, or poultry, and any use or structure not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable implication permitted herein as a special exception.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.4, 5-7-2002)

The following are special exceptions in the RB district:

Home occupations.

Historic hotels with foodservice.

Retail.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.5, 5-7-2002; Ord. No. 514, § 1(4.8.5), 7-19-2005; Ord. No. 2024-738, § 2, 10-8-2024)

Minimum lot requirements for the RB district shall be as follows:

(1)

Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet (with city water and city sewer).

(2)

Minimum lot area: 11,000 square feet (with city water and septic tank).

(3)

Minimum lot area: 22,000 square feet (with individual well and septic tank).

(4)

Minimum lot width: 100 feet.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.6, 5-7-2002)

The minimum yard and requirements for the depth of the front and rear yard, and the width of the side yard in the RB district shall be as follows:

(1)

Front: 35 feet.

(2)

Side: 15 feet for each side yard.

(3)

Rear: 20 feet.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.7, 5-7-2002)

The maximum height of structures in the RB district shall be 35 feet. See article II of this chapter for exceptions from height limitations.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.8, 5-7-2002)

The maximum floor area ratio in the RB district shall be as follows:

(1)

Single-family dwellings, including all their accessory buildings: 35 percent.

(2)

Other permitted buildings in connection with permitted uses, including their accessory buildings: 35 percent.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.9, 5-7-2002)

The maximum lot coverage by all impervious surfaces in the RB district shall be 35 percent.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.10, 5-7-2002)

The minimum landscaped buffering requirements for all permitted uses and structures in the RB district (unless otherwise specified) shall be as follows: None, except as necessary to meet other requirements as set out in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.11, 5-7-2002)

The minimum off-street parking requirements in the RB district shall be as follows:

(1)

Each residential dwelling unit: two spaces for each dwelling unit.

(2)

Office and professional building: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

(3)

Bed and breakfast inn: one space for each bedroom.

(4)

For other special exceptions as specified herein: Subject to site plan approval on a case-by-case basis.

(5)

Back-out parking shall be allowed where the subject property is not located in a speed limit zone which exceeds 25 miles per hour or within 30 feet of an arterial or collector intersection.

(6)

Stacked parking (not to exceed two vehicles) shall be allowed.

See also article II of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 434, § 4.8.12, 5-7-2002; Ord. No. 578, § 1, 1-8-2008)