(A) Purpose. The B-2, Service Business District, is intended to provide a district for a wide range of services and goods which might be incompatible with the uses permitted in retail business district. It is intended the B-2, Service Business District, be located in separate areas which may be adjacent to other retail business districts or in close proximity to a major thoroughfare.
(B) Permitted uses. Within a B-2, Service Business District, no building or land shall be used, except for one or more of the following uses; and, provided further, in keeping with the city’s goal of visual imageability and maintaining property values in areas adjacent to the approach to the city, no permitted use, conditional use or accessory use shall be allowed which in the opinion of the city’s Planning Commission and Council will impair, affect or destroy the beauty of the area, and the traffic carrying capacity of related streets, thoroughfares and highways near or adjacent thereto:
(1) Adult accessory use;
(2) Armories, convention halls or exhibition halls;
(3) Barber or beauty shops;
(5) Billiard or pool halls;
(6) Bowling alleys;
(7) Drive-in restaurants, drive-in theaters or uses that provide goods and services to patrons in automobiles subject to the following requirements.
(a) A solid screen fence of acceptable design at least five feet in height shall be constructed along the property line when the use is abutting any of the classes of residential districts.
(b) The parking area shall be surfaced with a dust-free material and the arrangement of entrances, exits and parking stalls shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
(c) The lighting, whether direct or reflected such as from floodlights or spotlights, and as differentiated from general illumination, shall not be directed into an adjacent property.
(8) Banks and savings institutions with drive-in facilities;
(9) Home improvement center, retail sale of home furnishings, appliances, carpeting, tile and other home improvement items in an enclosed building;
(10) Grocery, fruit, vegetable and meat stores;
(11) New automobile dealerships, subject to the following.
(a) The outside display and storage area shall be surfaced with a dust-free material, and the arrangement of entrances, exits and parking stalls shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer. off-street parking and loading areas shall be surfaced as required by §§ 154.170 through 154.177 of this chapter.
(b) The lighting, whether direct or reflected, such as from floodlights or spotlights, and as differentiated from general illumination, shall not be directed into any adjacent property.
(c) All automobiles not in saleable or running condition or automobile parts must be stored inside a building or within an area screened by an opaque fencing.
(12) Greenhouses - retail;
(13) Laboratories - medical and dental;
(14) Marine and boat sales and servicing establishments;
(15) Miniature golf course, par three golf courses, archery range, golf driving range, fenced individual ball challenge games, fenced ball pitching areas, one-on-one water fight games (such as water balloon, water cannon and the like), water slides, go-cart tracks limited to no more than 12 five-horsepower carts per track, miniature boat raceways or similar limited to no more than 12 three-horsepower boats per pool operated for commercial purposes;
(16) Monument sales not including processing;
(17) Mortuaries or funeral homes;
(18) Hotels;
(19) Newspaper distribution agencies;
(20) Nurseries, garden stores and commercial greenhouses;
(21) Orthopedic and medical appliance stores, but not including the assembly or manufacturing of the articles;
(22) Offices;
(23) Pet and animal hospitals;
(24) Plumbing, heating or electrical showrooms and shops;
(25) Printing shops;
(26) Public utility structures, municipal and governmental buildings;
(27) Publishing shops;
(28) Radio and television service and repair shops;
(29) Recording studios;
(30) Restaurants;
(31) Schools - music, dance and business;
(32) Skating rinks;
(33) Taverns;
(34) Taxidermists;
(35) Telephone booths (outside);
(36) Theaters;
(37) Vending machines for ice and milk sales;
(38) Medical and dental clinics;
(39) Auto-parts, retail and gas filling/convenience store;
(40) Museums, community centers, art galleries and similar cultural facilities;
(41) Pawn shops;
(42) Retail bakeries;
(43) Cabinet or carpenter shops;
(44) Dry cleaning establishments;
(45) Laundries and launderettes; and
(46) Upholstering, furniture repair shops.
(C) Uses by conditional use permit. Within a B-2, Service District, no building or land shall be used for one or more of the following uses, except by conditional use permit:
(1) Truck sales, used car and truck lots, car and truck washing establishments, service stations and repair shops, subject to the following.
(a) The outside display and storage area shall be surfaced with a dust-free material, and the arrangement of entrances, exits and parking stalls shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer. Off-street parking and loading areas shall be surfaced as required by §§ 154.190 through 154.204 of this chapter.
(b) The lighting, whether direct or reflected, such as from floodlights or spotlights, and as differentiated from general illumination, shall not be directed into any adjacent property.
(c) All automobiles not in saleable or running condition or automobile parts must be stored inside a building or within an area screened by an opaque fencing.
(2) Mobile camping equipment sales and rentals;
(3) Mobile home sales lot;
(4) Trailer rentals and truck rentals for private hauling;
(5) Business activity listed in divisions (B) and (C) above when operated in or on a temporary structure of any type including trailers or other vehicles. A temporary structure in this case is defined as being in place for less than six months, but more than three days;
(6) Other business activity of the same general character as listed in division (B) above; and
(7) Adult uses.
(D) Permitted accessory uses. Within a B-2, Service Business District, the following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:
(1) Accessory uses customarily incident to the uses permitted in divisions (B) and (C) above;
(E) Height, yard and lot coverage regulations.
(1) Height regulations.
(a) No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed four stories or 45 feet in height.
(b) Except that, any B-2, Service Business District, which is located adjacent to or adjoining any other district in which a height greater than four stories or 40 feet in height is allowed, the height regulations of that district may be used; provided further that, on every lot that is located adjacent to or across the street from any R-A, R-1 or R-2 classes of residential districts, no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed three stories or 30 feet in height.
(2) Front yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet.
(b) Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of each corner lot. No accessory buildings shall project into the front yard bordering either street.
(c) Except that, in any B-2 Service District which is located adjacent to or adjoining any B-3 Business District in which a front yard of less than 20 feet is allowed, the front yard regulations of that district may be used; provided further that, on every lot that is located across the street from any of the classes of residential districts, there shall be a front yard of not less than 25 feet.
(3) Side yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a side yard, on each side of a building, having a width of not less than ten feet.
(b) Except that in any B-2 Service Business District which is located adjacent to or adjoining any B-3 General Business District, in which a side yard of less than ten feet is allowed, the side yard regulations of that district may be used; provided further that, on every lot that is located adjacent to any of the classes of residential districts, there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet.
(4) Rear yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet.
(b) Except that, any B-2 Service Business District which is located adjacent to or adjoining any B-3 Business District in which a rear yard of less than 20 feet is allowed, the rear yard regulations of that district may be used.
(5) Lot coverage regulations.
(a) Not more than 40% of the lot or plot shall be occupied by buildings.
(b) Except that in a B-2, Service Business District, located adjacent to any B-3, General Business District, the lot coverage may be 100%.
(2002 Code, § 7.21) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 20, Third Series, effective 10-15-1979; Ord. 30, Fourth Series, effective 5-15-1991; Ord. 1, Fifth Series, passed 3-18-1996; Ord. 60, Seventh Series, effective 7-25-2017; Ord. 15, Eighth Series, effective 11-21-2021; Ord. 24, Eighth Series, effective 4-10-2022)