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§ 155.032 RESIDENTIAL ‘B’ DISTRICT (R-B).
   (A)   Intent. This district is intended to provide residential areas served by adequate public service, and for neighborhood facilities to serve such development while preserving the residential quality and nature of the area. The R-B District is intended to allow more flexible standards for more low and moderate income housing and low-impact non-residential uses that support the residential areas of the community.
   (B)   Permitted uses. The following structures and uses are allowed within the R-B District:
      (1)   All uses permitted in the R-A District;
      (2)   Multiple-family dwellings in compliance with the minimum lot size requirements in Table 3;
      (3)   Mobile home parks, subject to subdivision review requirements and compliance with the minimum lot size requirements in Table 3;
      (4)   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the uses permitted in this district;
      (5)   Automobile parking lots;
      (6)   Boarding and lodging houses;
      (7)   Fraternities and sororities; and
      (8)   Professional offices, such as real estate, insurance and bank offices.
   (C)   Specification standards. Subject to all other applicable requirements, the specification standards for the R-B District are listed in the following Table 3:
Table 3: R-B Specification Standards
Standards
Specifications
Table 3: R-B Specification Standards
Standards
Specifications
Minimum lot size
6,000 square feet
Minimum area for each unit in 2-family dwellings, multiple-family dwellings and mobile home parks in addition to 6,000 square feet
2,000 square feet
Maximum lot coverage
45%
Minimum lot width at front property line
40 feet
Minimum front yard setback
20 feet
Minimum side yard setback
6 feet
Minimum rear yard setback
15 feet
Minimum setback from NWI wetlands and Main Canal (top of bank)
50 feet
Maximum building height
35 feet*
Maximum building height for mobile homes
25 feet
NOTES TO TABLE:
*Maximum building height may be increased to up to 40 feet on a lot that provides 2 side yards with setbacks of at least 15 feet if all other specification standards are met. Public buildings, religious institutions, hospitals and schools may be permitted with a maximum height of up to 60 feet on a lot that provides increased setbacks of at least 1 foot for each foot of increased building height.
 
   (D)   Mobile home regulations. The following regulations apply to all mobile homes and mobile home parks permitted in the R-B District.
      (1)   Placement and use of all mobile homes must comply with the provisions of this chapter, including the requirements to obtain a permit for mobile home installation.
      (2)   All mobile homes must be at least 14 feet wide and at least 42 feet long and placed on a permanent foundation.
      (3)   All mobile homes shall be separated from other mobile homes, attachments and other buildings a minimum of 20 feet.
      (4)   Each mobile home shall be skirted. Said skirting shall be of a type designed for mobile home skirting.
      (5)   Canopies and awnings may be attached to any mobile home, but shall not exceed 12 feet in width, nor exceed the height of the home.
      (6)   Each mobile home shall be anchored to its permanent foundation to secure the mobile home against forces exerted by wind.
      (7)   All utility lines shall be buried underground.
(Ord. 329, passed 1-11-2016; Ord. 337, passed 4-8-2019)
§ 155.033 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD).
   (A)   Intent. The Central Business District is intended to be the central focus of the town’s business, government, service and cultural activities. The land uses in this district should be those which are appropriate to such a center and inappropriate uses should be excluded. The area should be developed as an attractive and pleasant environment, cognizant of its importance to the community and its historical heritage.
   (B)   Permitted uses. The following structures and uses are allowed within the Central Business District:
      (1)   All uses permitted in the R-A and R-B Districts, except mobile homes and mobile home parks;
      (2)   Accessory uses for parking, storage and solid waste disposal;
      (3)   Eating and drinking establishments;
      (4)   Breweries and wineries;
      (5)   Banks and financial institutions;
      (6)   Professional offices;
      (7)   Hair salons, barber shops and other similar personal care establishments;
      (8)   General retail stores, such as clothing and department stores, furniture, appliance, carpet, antique and housewares stores, hardware stores, auto accessory stores, school and art supply stores, gift shops, jewelry stores, leather goods and luggage stores, newspaper, magazine and tobacco stores and candy and ice cream stores;
      (9)   Repair service for small appliances, watches, clocks and similar items;
      (10)   Laundromats;
      (11)   Convenience stores;
      (12)   Gas stations;
      (13)   Storage facilities;
      (14)   Theaters;
      (15)   Ticket sales agencies;
      (16)   Veterans’ organizations;
      (17)   Veterinary clinics;
      (18)   Licensed recreational marijuana dispensaries; and
      (19)   License medical marijuana dispensaries.
   (C)   Specification standards. Subject to all other applicable requirements, the specification standards for the CBD are listed in the following Table 4:
Table 4: CBD Specification Standards
Standards
Specifications
Table 4: CBD Specification Standards
Standards
Specifications
Minimum lot size
None
Maximum lot coverage
100%
Minimum lot width at front property line
None
Minimum front yard setback
None
Minimum side yard setback
None
Minimum rear yard setback
None
Minimum setback from NWI wetlands and Main Canal
None
Maximum building height
60 feet
 
(Ord. 329, passed 1-11-2016; Ord. 346, passed 7-13-2022)
§ 155.034 GENERAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (GCID).
   (A)   Intent. This district is to provide for the community’s needs for wholesale trade, storage and warehousing, trucking and transportation terminals, manufacturing, outdoor advertising businesses and similar activities. Such uses should be related to the town’s major transportation facilities and be so organized that they can be efficiently operated and yet create a minimum of traffic or other adverse effects to the residential neighborhoods of the town.
   (B)   Permitted uses. The following structures and uses are allowed within the GCI District:
      (1)   All uses permitted in the R-A, R-B and CBD Districts;
      (2)   Automotive and boat sales and sales areas, parts sales and automotive service establishments, excluding junkyards and wrecking yards;
      (3)   Building and plumbing contractor establishments;
      (4)   Building materials sales;
      (5)   Data processing service activities;
      (6)   Dry cleaning plants and large-scale laundry services;
      (7)   Enclosed warehouses;
      (8)   Outdoor advertising businesses;
      (9)   Paint shops;
      (10)   Sexually-oriented businesses;
      (11)   Beverage manufacturing;
      (12)   Cabinet shops;
      (13)   Dairies and dairy products processing plants;
      (14)   Manufacture, service or repair of light consumer goods such as appliances, batteries, garments or furniture coverings or draperies;
      (15)   Machine or blacksmith shops;
      (16)   Medical marijuana establishments;
      (17)   Petroleum service companies;
      (18)   Sign shops; and
      (19)   Open storage, if accessory to other permitted uses and where screened from view from the street and surrounding properties by a solid fence of at least six feet in height.
   (C)   Conditional uses. The following uses may be allowed as special exceptions in the GCI District through conditional use review and approval by the Board of Adjustment according to § 155.075 of this chapter:
      (1)   Truck and rail terminal facilities;
      (2)   Acid manufacture or wholesale storage of acids;
      (3)   Asphalt or concrete batch plants;
      (4)   Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture;
      (5)   Fat rendering, fertilizer, gas or glue manufacture;
      (6)   Manufacture of explosives or storage of explosives, including gases;
      (7)   Petroleum or petroleum products refining;
      (8)   Slaughterhouses, stockyards and feedlots;
      (9)   Smelting or reduction of ore or metallurgical products;
      (10)   All other manufacturing and industrial uses not otherwise prohibited by law; and
      (11)   Junkyards, automobile wrecking yards, scrap iron, scrap paper or rag storage, sorting or baling; provided:
         (a)   An eight-foot sight-obscuring fence must be constructed and inspected prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for use of the goods. The fence shall be of a solid, single neutral color;
         (b)   No automobile wreckage or parts thereof, junk or salvage material or parts thereof shall be visible from any public right-of-way. Materials or parts shall be located within a fenced area; and
         (c)   The permit shall be granted for a period not to exceed two years and at the end of such period, an inspection shall be made of the premises to determine the advisability of renewing such permit.
   (D)   Specification standards. Subject to all other applicable requirements, the specification standards for the GCI District are listed in the following Table 5:
Table 5: GCID Specification Standards
Standards
Specifications
Table 5: GCID Specification Standards
Standards
Specifications
Minimum lot size*
12,000 square feet*
Maximum lot coverage
80%
Minimum lot width at front property line
70 feet
Minimum front yard setback
Along highway 200: 30 feet
Along other streets: 20 feet
Minimum side yard setback
Along residential properties and vacant properties zoned residential: 20 feet
Along all other side yards: 10 feet
Minimum rear yard setback
Along residential properties and vacant properties zoned residential: 20 feet
Along non-residential properties and vacant properties zoned for commercial: 10 feet
Minimum setback from NWI wetlands and Main Canal (top of bank)
30 feet
Maximum building height
50 feet
NOTES TO TABLE:
*Minimum lot sizes and densities for residential development and mobile home parks are subject to the specification standards of the Residential ‘B’ District
 
   (E)   Landscaped buffers. Landscaped buffers shall be provided and properly maintained in the GCID as follows:
      (1)   Where a lot proposed for new or expanded commercial or industrial use adjoins (including across public rights-of-way for highways, streets, roads and alleys): a public street, road, highway or park; a vacant lot in a residential zoning district; or a residential property, the applicant shall provide a landscaping plan to effectively screen the property to be buffered. The landscaped buffer shall be designed along all property lines adjoining the property to be buffered.
      (2)   The landscaping plan shall include trees and shrubs of sufficient height and density to effectively screen the property to be buffered, including a planting strip a minimum of ten feet wide. Existing healthy vegetation may be incorporated into the plan.
      (3)   The landscaping plan shall address long-term maintenance of living vegetation, including watering needs. If plants require more water than non-irrigated conditions provide due to the vegetation types proposed or other conditions on-site, an irrigation system may be required.
      (4)   Prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, all elements of the landscaping plan shall be installed.
   (F)   Screening. To prevent the headlights of vehicles from having a negative impact on residential property owners, all commercial or industrial parking lots bordering a residential zoning district or property, or across the alley or street from a residential zoning district or property, shall provide a four-foot high masonry wall or a solid wood fence along the lineal extent of the adjacent property line or around that side of the parking lot.
(Ord. 329, passed 1-11-2016)
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