(A) Principal uses permitted:
(1) Those uses permitted and as regulated in the Downtown Business District (B-2);
(2) Automobile service stations;
(3) Restaurants;
(4) Drive-in restaurants, provided that all outside food service areas are located at least 100 feet from any residential district;
(5) Motel or hotel;
(6) Indoor amusements, such as billiard or pool halls, dancing halls, skating rinks, theaters, or bowling alleys;
(7) Drive-in theaters;
(8) Mobile home sales and service;
(9) Automobile-truck sales and/or service;
(10) Minor automobile and truck repair;
(11) Boat and marine supplies;
(12) Used car lots;
(13) Veterinary offices, laboratories, and clinics for the treatment and care of small animals only; provided, however, such animals shall be kept on the premises within confined kennels or buildings; and
(14) Mini-warehouses, provided that no auctions, flea markets, bazaars, retail sales, or other similar commercial activity shall be conducted on the premises.
(B) Accessory uses permitted:
(1) Parking lots and structures;
(2) Dwelling units occupying the same building as the principal commercial use;
(3) Garage or other building not used as a dwelling and accessory to the principal use; and
(4) Wholesale of merchandise or services which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal retail use on the premises.
(C) Conditional uses:
(1) Car wash establishments provided that surface water from such establishments shall not drain onto adjacent property, and that adequate on-site storage lanes and parking facilities shall be provided so that no public way shall be used for such purposes;
(2) Churches, libraries, country clubs, recreational and/or social clubs operated not for profit, nursing homes, convalescent or extended care facilities, rest homes, mortuaries, funeral homes, automobile service stations, drive-in banks, and business offices;
(3) Those uses permitted in the B-4 Zoning District, provided the findings necessary for a proposed map amendment are determined by the Planning Commission pursuant to KRS 100.213. Dimensions and area requirements for the conditional use are substantially similar to and compatible with uses permitted in the B-3 Zone. Notices shall be provided as required for a zone change; and
(4) Microbreweries, microdistilleries, microwineries, and brewpubs. Car wash establishments provided that surface water from such establishments shall not drain onto adjacent property, and that adequate on-site storage lanes and parking facilities shall be provided so that no public way shall be used for such purposes. Churches, libraries, country clubs, recreational and/or social clubs operated not for profit, nursing homes, convalescent or extended care facilities, rest homes, mortuaries, funeral homes, automobile service stations, drive-in banks, and business offices.
(D) Dimension and area requirements.
Maximum height | 35 feet |
Maximum lot coverage | 40% |
Minimum front yard | 50 feet |
Minimum lot area, with sanitary sewer | 5,000 square feet |
Minimum lot area, without sanitary sewer | 43,560 square feet |
Minimum lot width | 50 feet |
Minimum rear yard | None |
Minimum side yard | None |
(Prior Code, § 6.13) (Ord. 20-77, passed 11-22-1977; Ord. 8-79, passed 9-10-1979; Ord. 30-83, passed 1-11-1984; Ord. 17-86, passed 7-24-1986; Ord. 19-86, passed 9-15-1986; Ord. 2010-14, passed 5-26-2010; Ord. 2014-5, passed 5-14-2014)