(A) Purpose. The B-3 District is designed for large scale commercial, retail, wholesale, service and auto-related uses. This district should be located with access to major thoroughfares that are designed to accommodate truck traffic and heavy traffic generating developments.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) All uses permitted in the B-2, Community Business District;
(2) Appliance repair and service;
(3) Auto, truck, recreational vehicle and agricultural implement sales;
(4) Broadcasting studios;
(5) Building material and supply;
(6) Contractors’ offices and shops; no on-site fabrication or outside storage;
(7) Equipment rental facilities;
(8) Greenhouses and wholesale growers;
(9) Gun shop;
(10) Kennels and animal hospitals, when conducted wholly within a building;
(11) Laboratories;
(12) Manufactured home sales;
(13) Motor vehicle repair, major;
(14) Outdoor sales, located on paved sites;
(15) Pawn shops;
(16) Printing, binding and publishing of newspapers, periodicals, books, stationery and other reading material;
(17) Self storage facility on a parcel of land not less than 2 acres and not more than 5 acres;
(18) Shopping centers and shopping malls;
(19) Wholesale businesses, where all storage of materials is within a building;
(20) Outside storage of liquids or gases on one or more tanks, where total volume of the tank(s) does not exceed 2,000 gallons; and
(21) Therapeutic massage and/or massage therapy when conducted in a massage establishment by a professional masseuse/masseur, who has completed training at a state certified school of massage and who has earned certification as a "massage therapist" or similar designation.
(C) Special exception uses.
(1) All special exception uses allowed in the B-2, Community Business District;
(2) Airports or aircraft landing field and heliports;
(4) Drive-in movie theaters;
(5) Indoor shooting ranges;
(6) Outdoor recreation facilities excluding archery and rifle ranges;
(7) Public utilities and public service uses, including, but not limited to:
(a) Bus garage, lot, terminal or turnarounds (off street);
(b) Public utility facilities;
(c) Railroad facilities; and
(d) Sewage treatment facilities.
(8) Trade and technical schools; and
(9) Bulk storage tanks including materials that do not require filing a Tier 1 or 2 SARA report or those that do not exceed an NFPA classification of 2.
(D) Yard requirements. Yard requirements for the B-3, Service Business District are as follows: (All standards are minimums except as noted.)
(1) Lot size: No minimum.
(2) Frontage: 75 feet.
(3) Setbacks:
(a) Front yard: 30 feet for structure.
(b) Side yards: 10 feet for structures and 6 feet for drives, unless abutting a residential district, then division (E)(4)(a) shall also apply.
(c) Rear yard: 20 feet for structures and 6 feet for drives, unless abutting a residential district, then division (E)(4)(a) shall also apply.
(d) Corner side yard: The corner side yard setback is determined by measuring the average established setback of the structures within the same block between 2 intersecting streets. This calculation would equal the established front yard setback for the side street.
(4) Height: 35 feet.
(5) Maximum lot coverage for structures: 50% total.
(6) F.A.R.: 1.
(E) Development conditions.
(1) No business establishment in this district shall create a nuisance from noise, smoke or odor.
(2) This district should have access to a major arterial roadway that can accommodate truck traffic.
(3) Vehicle wash and drive-thru facilities must have adequate vehicle stacking space located out of the public right-of-way for 10 vehicles for a single lane and for 5 vehicles per lane for multiple lanes.
(a) 1. In the event a property to be developed in this district is adjacent to a residentially zoned or used property along a common side or rear lot, whether separated by an alley or not, the following landscaped area shall be provided:
Parcel Size | Width of Required Landscape Area |
< 1 acre | 10 feet |
1 to 3 acres | 15 feet |
> 3 acres | 20 feet |
2. The landscaped area shall consist of a combination of ornamental or shade trees, shrubs and ground cover. At least 50% of the common lot line landscape area shall contain shrubs and/or trees. A minimum of 1 tree per every 40 feet of common lot line shall be provided, except in 30 foot wide landscape areas, in which case the requirement shall be a minimum of 1 tree per every 30 feet of common lot line.
(b) All business and office service areas (loading docks/doors, dumpsters, mechanical equipment and the like) located in a side or rear yard abutting a residentially zoned or used property shall be screened by a solid 6 foot high fence, wall or dense evergreen hedge. Fences and walls shall be consistent with the architecture of the development or principal building. Any vegetative or architectural screening located along a side property line shall not extend beyond the front facade of the residential structure located on the adjacent lot.
(F) Supplemental regulations.
(1) Special flood hazard area regulations: §§ 151.120 et seq.
(2) Wetlands Conservation District regulations: §§ 151.145 et seq.
(3) Air Space Control Area regulations: §§ 151.210 et seq.
(4) Accessory structures and swimming pool requirements: § 151.225.
(5) Landscape and screening requirements: § 151.226.
(6) Permitted obstructions in required yards: § 151.227.
(7) Fence requirements: § 151.228.
(8) Intersection visibility area requirements: § 151.229.
(9) Primary street setback requirements: § 151.229.
(10) Off-street parking and loading requirements: § 151.231.
(11) Sign regulations: § 151.234.
(1979 Code, § 151.053) (Ord. 4370, passed 7-20-1998; Am. Ord. 4683, passed 7-1-2002
; Am. Ord. 5044, passed 7-9-2007; Am. Ord. 5175, passed 7-20-2009)
Penalty, see § 151.999