The General Business District (GB) provides sites for heavier types of business and commercial uses.
A. Permitted uses include:
1. Residential uses, including:
Single-family dwelling
Two-family dwelling
Manufactured Home Type I as defined in § 5.07 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, as defined in § 6.02 A.2. of this chapter.
3. General business uses which are primarily of a retail or service nature and specifically classified or implied in the following categories of uses:
(a) Automobile service, including:
Automobile service center
Dealers, new or used
Parking garage
Repair: major or minor
Salesroom: including mobile home, recreation vehicle or trailer sales
(b) Business recreational uses, including:
Billiard room
Bowling alley
Club or lodge
Dancing academy
Sport shops including bait sales
(c) Farm implement and construction (machinery) new or used and service building.
(d) Food service, including:
Supermarket; or any other food service requiring more than 3,000 square feet
(e) Hotels and motels
(f) Medical services, including:
Clinics
Hospitals
(g) Restaurant, including drive- throughs.
(h) Retail store and service, including:
Department stores
Shopping centers
(i) Storage warehouse, including self- service storage facility.
(j) Truck service center.
(k) Wholesale establishment.
B. Performance standards: The following regulations shall apply in the General Business District (GB) 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 GB 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 General 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 requirements: 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 and/or retail use in conjunction with a permitted use as a special exception as set forth in Chapter 12, Board of Zoning Appeals.
4. Special exceptions: In addition to the permitted commercial uses, special exceptions may be granted for alcoholism and drug abuse treatment centers, apartments, children's homes and halfway houses, halfway houses, multi-family dwellings, and electronic communication towers. See Chapter 12, Board of Zoning Appeals.
5. Sexually oriented business.
a. No person shall cause or permit the establishment of any of the sexually oriented businesses as defined in Chapter 13 unless that business is specifically approved as a special exception by the Board of Zoning Appeals. This business may be established only within those conditions set by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
b. The terminology “establishment of a sexually-oriented business” shall be defined to include within it's meaning the opening of such business as a new business; the relocation of such business; the enlargement of such business, in either scope or area; and/or the conversion of an existing business location to any of the “sexually oriented” uses as defined in Chapter 13.
(1980 Code, Ch. 156, § 6.03) (Ord. 1995-7, passed 6-5-1995; Am. Ord. 2001-22, passed 12-27-2001)