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CHAPTER 6

BUSINESS DISTRICTS

ARTICLE A. B-1 LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS

SECTION:

9-6A-1: Intent
9-6A-2: Principal Uses Permitted
9-6A-3: Special Uses
9-6A-4: Required Conditions
9-6A-5: Area and Bulk Requirements


9-6A-1: INTENT: The B-1 Local Business Districts, as herein established, are designed
to meet the day-to-day convenience shopping and service needs of persons residing in
the adjacent residential areas.

9-6A-2: PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED: In a local Business District, no building or
land shall be used and no building shall be erected, except for one or more of the
following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this Title:

Alcohol/Drug Rehabilitation Home

All principal uses as regulated and all special uses as regulated in the OS-1 Office
Service Districts except new one- and two-family dwellings.

Business establishments which perform services on the premises such as, but not
limited to, banks, loan companies, insurance offices and real estate offices.

Dry cleaning establishments or pickup stations dealing directly with the consumer.
Central dry cleaning plants serving more than one retail outlet shall be prohibited.

Generally recognized retail businesses which supply commodities on the premises such
as, but not limited to, groceries, meats, dairy products, baked goods or other foods,
drugs, dry goods, clothing, notions, hardware and restaurants.

The uses allowed and as controlled in RM-2 Districts may be permitted on those floors
above the first story to the owner of the property or business in accordance with the
dwelling unit density requirements of the RM-2 District. All height, setback, floor area
ratio and percent of lot coverage requirements shall comply with the requirements of the
B-1 District. In determining dwelling unit density, the parcel area, including the area to
be occupied by the principal uses, may be computed.

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Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises such as but
not limited to, repair shops (watches, radio, television, shoe, etc.), tailor shops, beauty
parlors or barber shops, photo-graphic studios and self-service laundries and dry
cleaners.

Post Office and similar governmental office buildings serving persons living in the
adjacent residential area.

Professional services including the following: Offices of doctors, dentists, osteopaths
and similar or allied professions.
Other uses similar to the above uses.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses.

9-6A-3: SPECIAL USES: With the exception of (F), the following uses may be
permitted, subject to the review and approval of the site plan and the use by the City
Council after a hearing and recommendation is received from the Planning Commission
for each use, and subject, further, to such conditions imposed by the City Council and
the conditions herein after imposed for each use;


A.
Gasoline service station for the sale of gasoline, oil and minor accessories only
and where no repair work is done, other than incidental service, but not
including steam cleaning or undercoating, vehicle body repair painting, tire
recapping, engine rebuilding, auto dismantling, upholstering, auto glass work
and such other activities whose external effects could adversely extend beyond
the property line.

1. The curb cuts for access to a service station shall not be permitted at such
locations that will tend to create traffic hazards in the streets immediately
adjacent thereto. Entrances shall be no less than fifty feet (50') from a street
intersection (measured from the road right of way) or from adjacent residential
districts.

2. The minimum lot area shall be fifteen thousand square feet (15,000) and so
arranged that ample space is available for motor vehicles which are required to
wait. Gasoline service stations which are intended solely for the sale of
gasoline, oil and minor accessories and having no facilities for repair or
servicing of automobiles (including lubricating facilities) may be permitted on
lots of ten thousand (10,000) square feet, subject to all other provisions herein
required.

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B.
Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings,
electric transformer stations and substations, gas regulator stations with service
yards but without storage yards, water and sewage pumping stations; provided,
however, that buildings used for overnight incarceration of prisoners shall not
be permitted.

C.
The uses allowed and as controlled in RM-3 Districts may be permitted on
those floors above the first story in accord with the dwelling unit density
requirements of the RM-3 Districts. All height, setback, floor area ratio and
percentage of lot coverage requirements shall comply with the requirements of
the B-1 District. In determining dwelling unit density, the parcel area, including
the area to be occupied by the principal use, may be computed.

D.
Self-serve auto wash, subject to the following:

1. All washing operations shall be conducted within a building.

2. A completely obscuring wall,, four feet six inches (4'6") high, shall be
provided on those sides abutting a residential zone. In those instances where a
wall would be inappropriate, as determined by the Planning Commission, a
landscape greenbelt may be utilized to screen such development from abutting
residential areas.

3. Lighting shall be directed away from all abutting residential areas.

E.
Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above uses.


(Ord. No. 2494-06/07 10-09-06)


F.
Restaurants with drive-thru or drive-ins shall be subject to the following
conditions: 1) All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts;
2) A five foot high completely obscuring wall shall be provided when abutting or
adjacent districts are zoned R, RT, RM, or OS-1 Districts. The height of the
wall shall be measured from the surface of the ground. Said wall shall further
meet the requirements of Chapter 10 of this Title 9, General Zoning Provisions;
3) All loading and parking shall be provided off-street; 4) The storage and/or
display of any materials and/or products shall meet all setback requirements of
the structure.

G.
The uses allowed and as controlled in RM-2 Districts may be permitted on
those floors above the first story for those other than the owner of the property
or the business therein in accord with the dwelling unit density requirements of
the RM-2 district. All height, setback, floor area ratio and percent of lot
coverage requirements shall comply with the requirements of the B-2 district.
In determining dwelling unit density, the parcel area, including that area to be
occupied by the principal uses, may be computed.
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9-6A-4: REQUIRED CONDITIONS:

A.
All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing
directly with customers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at
retail on premises where produced.

B.
All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking or loading,
shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.

9-6A-5: AREA AND BULK REQUIREMENTS: See Section 9-9-1 of this Title,
"Schedule of Regulations", limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of
lot permitted by land use and providing minimum yard setback requirements.