(A) Purpose. The Highway Business (B-2) District is intended to accommodate an adequate supply of businesses and services that primarily serve the community and regional needs; to keep retail and service businesses that are oriented to motorists in close proximity to thoroughfares and access from regional highways in areas that are appropriately designated on the Comprehensive Plan; and to encourage grouping of compatible and mutually supportive business uses and services.
(B) Design character. Design standards within this district are intended to support a high standard of development and design that portrays a positive visual image and minimizes the effects of traffic congestion, noise, odor, and glare from surrounding uses. Given the area’s proximity to the interstate and the auto-oriented uses permitted in this district, development will be primarily auto-oriented. However, pedestrian access and safety will still be achieved through design features within the district and to provide connections to surrounding areas. High quality design is required in this area because of its highly visible location.
(C) Permitted uses. Subject to applicable provisions of this chapter, the following are permitted uses in the B-2 District:
(1) Club or lodge;
(2) Day care facility, licensed;
(3) Funeral home;
(4) Garden supply stores and nursery yards;
(5) Health/recreation facility;
(6) Hotel;
(7) Medical uses;
(8) Motel;
(9) Motor vehicle - convenience store, part sales, repair (major), repair (minor), service station, new auto dealership licensed, used auto dealership licensed, wash;
(10) Office;
(11) Plant nursery, commercial and wholesale;
(12) Restaurant - fast food and full service (with or without drive-thru);
(13) Retail/office/multi-tenant structure;
(14) Retail sales and services;
(15) School, specialty;
(16) Truck stop;
(17) Wholesale office and showroom;
(18) Brewery;
(19) Micro distillery;
(20) Taproom.
(D) Accessory uses. Subject to applicable provisions of this chapter, the following accessory uses in the B-2 District are allowed only when it is an accessory to an existing principal permitted use on the same lot. All accessory uses must meet the procedures set forth in and regulated by §§ 153.110 et seq.
(1) Outdoor seating accessory to a restaurant;
(2) Trash enclosure service structure;
(3) Attached smoking facility associated with principal use;
(4) Agricultural seasonal sale;
(5) Roof-mounted solar energy systems (meeting accessory structure requirements) according to § 153.307;
(6) Other uses customarily associated with but subordinate to a permitted use as determined by the city;
(7) Amateur radio antenna (subject to the amateur radio antenna standards in § 153.096(II)(9)).
(E) Conditional uses. Subject to applicable provisions of this chapter, the following are conditional uses in the B-2 District (requires a conditional use permit based upon procedures set forth in and regulated by § 153.034):
(1) Essential services, governmental buildings and storage, utility substations;
(2) Kennel, commercial;
(3) Light manufacturing;
(4) Nursing home;
(5) Open sales lot;
(6) Place of worship and any columbarium constructed in connection therewith;
(7) Recreation, commercial;
(8) School;
(9) Self-service storage;
(10) Veterinary;
(11) Warehousing and distribution;
(12) Towers (see § 153.096);
(13) Other uses similar to those permitted in this section as determined by the Planning Commission and City Council.
(F) Interim uses. Subject to applicable provisions of this chapter, the following are interim uses in the B-2 District (requires an interim use permit based upon procedures set forth in and regulated by § 153.035).
(1) Place of worship leasing space;
(2) School facility leasing space;
(3) Agricultural uses;
(4) Uses as determined by the Planning Commission and City Council.
(G) Lot size, setback, height, and coverage requirements. The following minimum requirements shall be observed in a B-2 District subject to additional requirements, exceptions, and modifications set forth in this chapter.
(1) Minimum lot requirements.
(a) Lot size: 25,000 square feet;
(b) Lot width: 100 feet.
(2) Setbacks.
(a) Front: 40 feet;
(b) Side: No setback is required unless abutting a residential district; a setback of 35 feet shall then be required;
(c) Rear: No setback is required unless abutting a residential district; a setback of 35 feet shall then be required.
(3) Building height. All buildings shall be limited to no more than 3 stories with a maximum building height of 45 feet.
(4) Maximum lot coverage. The total impervious surface shall not exceed 80%.
(Ord. 596, passed 2-8-2010; Am. Ord. 646, passed 9-14-2015; Am. Ord. 651, passed 3-14-2016; Am. Ord. 694, passed 2-10-2020; Am. Ord. 702, passed 2-22-2021)