(A) Purpose. The B-2 General Business District is intended to serve the community by providing a district for high density retail sales, business and personal services, business and professional offices, and for specialized businesses dependent upon a high volume of pedestrian traffic.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted within the B-2 General Business District:
(1) Antique, jewelry, gift, novelty, or souvenir stores;
(2) Apparel and accessory stores;
(3) Appliance stores (sales and service), hardware stores, paint and wallpaper stores, sewing machine sales and service, bicycle sales and service;
(4) Art and school supply, book and stationery stores;
(5) Art galleries;
(6) Art, photographic, recording, music and dance studios and schools;
(7) Bakeries, retail, employing not more than 4 persons in the baking process;
(8) Banks, savings and loan associations, and loan and finance companies, including drive-in facilities;
(9) Bars, including lounges, night clubs, on-sale liquor establishments;
(10) Barber and beauty shops;
(11) Billboards and signs (as regulated by the sign regulations);
(12) Business, commercial, or trade schools;
(13) Business machines stores;
(14) Camera and photographic supply stores, hobby and toy stores, sporting goods stores, music and musical instrument stores;
(15) Cabinet, carpenter, upholstering, or furniture repair shops employing not more than 4 persons in the construction or repair process;
(16) Clinics, dental or medical;
(17) Dairy stores;
(18) Department stores;
(19) Dressmaking, seamstress, tailor;
(20) Drugstores;
(21) Farm equipment sales and service;
(22) Floral sales;
(23) Furniture stores, home and office furnishings, carpet and rug stores;
(24) Garden and lawn equipment sales and service stores;
(Am. Ord. passed 9-4-2001)
(25) Gas stations, vehicle repair shops, including tire and battery stores, and body shops;
(Am. Ord. passed 9-4-2001)
(26) Government or municipal buildings including libraries;
(27) Grocery stores, fruit, vegetable, floral, candy, ice cream, soft drink or confectionary stores, excluding drive-in type service;
(28) Health equipment stores, health clubs, gyms;
(29) Interior decorators;
(30) Laboratories, dental or medical;
(31) Laundromats and dry cleaning collection stations;
(32) Liquor stores (off-sale);
(33) Locksmiths;
(34) Luggage stores and leather goods;
(35) Meat markets and frozen food lockers;
(36) Medical supply stores;
(37) Mortuaries or funeral homes;
(38) Motels, hotels, or boarding houses;
(39) Newspaper offices, printing and publishing shops;
(40) Offices of any type including employment agencies;
(41) Opticians and optical goods;
(42) Parks;
(43) Parking lots and garages;
(44) Photographic studios or picture processing;
(45) Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning shops and showrooms (supplies and sales);
(46) Post offices;
(47) Public utility service stores;
(48) Radio or television broadcasting or transmitting stations or studios;
(49) Radio and television sales and service;
(50) Repair, rental, and servicing of any article the sale of which is permitted in this district;
(51) Restaurants, cafes, delicatessens, or taverns, excluding drive-in type of service;
(52) Shoe sales and repair shops;
(53) Telephone exchanges;
(54) Theaters, not including drive-in theaters;
(55) Travel bureaus or agencies;
(56) Variety stores;
(57) Vending machines for ice, milk, and pop sales;
(Am. Ord. passed 11-6-1996)
(58) Sales and service of new and used cars, trucks, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), motorcycles, personal watercraft, and snowmobiles; and
(Ord. passed 9-4-2001)
(59) Adult uses, accessory.
(Ord. passed 5-6-2002)
(C) Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may be allowed in the B-2 General Business District:
(1) Apartment buildings from 1 to 4 units each;
(2) Armories;
(3) Bowling alleys;
(4) Bus terminals;
(5) Dance halls;
(6) Electronic and electrical assembly establishments, electric service shops;
(7) Mini-storage facilities;
(8) Skating areas;
(9) First and second floor apartments related to commercial structures;
(10) Any other business activities of the same general character as listed in division (B) above; and
(Am. Ord. passed 11-6-1996)
(11) The mixing and blending of micro and macro feed supplements for animal nutrition purposes.
(Ord. passed 10-2-2000)
(D) Accessory uses. The following shall be accessory uses within the B-2 General Business District: accessory uses incidental to and located on the same lot as the uses permitted in divisions (B) and (C) above. This includes display/sales lots for items sold in this district such as farm equipment and new and used cars and trucks.
(Am. Ord. passed 1-3-2005)
(E) Height regulations. No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed 45 feet in height.
(F) Front yard regulations. No front yard setback shall be required.
(G) Side yard regulations. No side yard shall be required, except that where a building abuts upon a lot in any of the classes of residential districts, then a 20-foot side yard setback shall be required.
(H) Rear yard regulations. No rear yard shall be required, except where a building abuts upon a lot in any of the classes of residential districts, then a 20-foot rear yard setback shall be required.
(I) Lot width. A minimum lot width of 22 feet shall be required.
(J) Lot depth. A lot depth of 100 feet shall be required.
(K) General regulations. Additional requirements applicable to the B-2 General Business District are set forth in § 150.11.
(Ord. 106, passed 3-13-1995) Penalty, see § 150.99