The Local Business District (LB) is designed to meet the day-to-day convenience shopping and service needs of persons living in nearby residential areas. Uses allowed in this district will, in general, be a less intense use than those allowed in the General Business District.
A. Permitted uses include:
1. Residential uses, including:
Single-family dwelling
Two-family dwelling
Manufactured Home Type I as defined in § 5.08 C.
Cultural and recreational facilities, including: Churches, parks and recreational facilities, libraries, museums, zoos
Home occupations, traffic and non-traffic generating
Permanent utility structures for essential services
Public or private primary or secondary schools
Development disabilities residential facilities. See § 5.02 A.8.
2. Local business uses which are primarily of a retail or service nature and specifically classified or implied in the following categories of uses:
(a) Business services, including:
Bank
Office building
Postal station
Telephone/telegraph exchange or public utility substation
Utility company business office
(b) Clinic.
(c) Clothing service, including:
Dry cleaning establishment
Dressmaking
Millinery
Self-service laundry and dry cleaning
Shoe repair shop
Tailor and pressing shop
(d) Equipment service, including:
Electric appliance shop and sales
Radio or television shop and sales
Record shop and sales
(e) Food service, including:
Bakery
Cold storage lockers, for individual use
Delicatessen
Grocery
Meat market
Restaurant, excluding drive through windows and drive-ins.
(f) Funeral home.
(g) Personal service, including:
Barber shop
Beauty shop
Physical fitness facility
Photographic studio
(h) Pet shop or pet grooming, (not including a kennel).
(i) Recreational uses, including:
Billiard room
Bowling alley
Dancing academy
Sport shops including bait sales
(j) Restaurant, excluding drive-through windows and drive-ins.
(k) Retail service, retail stores, including:
Apparel shop
Antique shop
Drug store
Flower and/or gift shop
Hardware or paint store
Jewelry store
News dealer
Shoe store
Show room and sales area for articles to be sold at retail
Stationer
Toy store
Variety store
(1) Studio business, including:
Art shop
Interior decorating
Music shop
B. Performance standards: The following regulations shall apply in the Local Business District (LB) in addition to the general provisions in Chapter 2. Commercial accessory uses are subject to the same provisions as the principal use unless otherwise noted in this ordinance.
1. Lot area: The lot shall contain not less than 5,000 square feet.
2. Lot width: The minimum lot width shall be 50 feet and when the depth is less than the width, the lot depth shall be 50 feet.
3. Lot frontage: All lots within the LB District shall maintain a minimum of 50 feet of frontage on a publicly or privately maintained street.
4. Yard and setback requirements:
(a) Front yard: Not less than 25 feet from the property line.
(b) Side yards: Least width of either side yard shall not be less than ten feet except in the case of a corner lot, where the side yard on the street side shall not be less than the required front yard setback.
(c) Rear yard: Not less than ten feet.
5. Height requirement: Except as otherwise provided, the following height requirements shall apply to all buildings, structures, and uses in this district.
(a) All primary structures shall not exceed a height of 50 feet.
6. Ground floor area: The minimum ground floor area is not applicable to business districts for business uses. The minimum ground floor area shall be 950 square feet for a single-story dwelling unit. The minimum ground floor area shall be 800 square feet for a multiple-story dwelling unit. The minimum ground floor area excludes all garages, porches, basements and breezeways. In a multi-family dwelling, each dwelling unit shall have at least 750 square feet of floor area.
7. Lot coverage: The maximum lot coverage in a Local Business District is 50% of the entire lot.
C. Other regulations:
1. Off-street parking: For residential uses, two parking spaces per dwelling unit, excluding garages. Other off-street parking requirements as set forth in Chapter 10.
2. Sign requirement: Sign requirements as set forth in Chapter 11.
3. Operations in an enclosed building: All operations shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building. The Board of Zoning Appeals may allow for outdoor storage in conjunction with a permitted use as a special exception as set forth in Chapter 12, Board of Zoning Appeals.
4. Hours of operations: All business operations shall be conducted between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. The Board of Zoning Appeals may extend hours by the means of a variance as set forth in Chapter 12, Board of Zoning Appeals.
5. Multi-family dwellings: Multi-family dwelling with a special exception as set forth in Chapter 12, Board of Zoning Appeals.
(1980 Code, Ch. 156, § 6.02) (Ord. 1995-7, passed 6-5-1995; Am. Ord. 2001-22, passed 12-27-2001; Am. Ord. 2021-3, passed 2-23-2021)