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6-8-3: B-2 COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT:
   A.   General Provisions: In a B-2 Community Business District, the following shall apply:
      1.   Dwelling units or lodging rooms may be permitted above the ground floor (i.e., on the 2nd or higher floor) on any parcel on which is otherwise located a permitted or allowed special use.
         a.   Said dwelling unit shall be on the second floor of the building or higher floor.
         b.   Yards shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for R-4 General Residence Districts.
      2.   Dwelling units or lodging rooms shall not otherwise be permitted.
   B.   Permitted Uses: In a B-2 Business District, the following permitted uses shall be allowed:
      All uses permitted in the B-1 District, pursuant to subsection 6-8-2B of this article.
      Antique shops.
      Bakeries which employ not more than eight (8) persons and where not more than fifty percent (50%) of the floor area is devoted to processing.
      Banks and financial institutions.
      Bicycle stores for sales, rental or repair.
      Building-mounted and building-integrated Solar Energy Systems, as defined in and subject to the restrictions set forth in chapter 5, article XVIII of this Code.
      Camera and photographic supply stores.
      Carpet and rug stores.
      China and glassware stores.
      Coin and philatelic stores.
      Currency exchanges.
      Custom dressmaking.
      Department stores.
      Dry goods stores.
      Flower shops and conservatories.
      Furrier shops, including the incidental storage and conditioning of furs.
      Hotels, including dining and meeting rooms, provided that business uses, other than those which are commonly incidental to a hotel business, shall not occupy space fronting on a hotel hall or lobby.
      Laboratories for medical, dental research or testing purposes.
      Laundries of an automatic self-service or hand wash type, which employ not more than two (2) persons in addition to one owner or manager, and use laundry machines which shall not exceed ten (10) pounds' capacity.
      Loan offices.
      Locksmith shops.
      Mail order service stores.
      Physical culture and health services, gymnasiums, reducing salons, and public baths.
      Post Offices.
      Sewing machine sales and services - household machines only.
      Wholesale establishments, provided that merchandise shall be limited to samples only.
      Accessory uses to the above permitted uses. (1985 Code)
   C.   Special Uses: In a B-2 Community Business District, the following special uses shall be allowed:
      All special uses allowed in the B-1 District, excluding those which are otherwise permitted uses in the B-2 District under subsection B of this section.
      Adult-use cannabis craft grower facility, when combined with an adult-use cannabis dispensing facility, as allowed by law and subject to the provisions of §§ 4-26-1 et seq. of the Village Code.
      Adult-use cannabis dispensing facility, subject to the provisions of §§ 4-26-1 et seq. of the Village Code.
      Automobile accessory stores.
      Churches, convents, monasteries, theological schools, rectories and parish houses.
      Dispensaries for medical cannabis, subject to the following restrictions:
      1.   No medical cannabis dispensing organization shall be located within one thousand feet (1,000') of any of the following uses, whether or not located within the Village:
         a. Any public or private preschool, or any elementary or secondary school;
         b. Any publicly or privately operated daycare center, daycare home, group daycare home or part day childcare facility; and
         c. Any residential zoning district, or any residential use.
      Provided, for purposes of this use, distances shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest point of the building in which the proposed or existing medical cannabis dispensary is established to the nearest property line of a use or zoning district.
      Health centers.
      Municipal water filtration plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, and sewage treatment plants.
      Parking lots and storage garages for motor vehicles under one and one-half (11/2) tons' capacity only.
      Planned development on a tract of land not less than two and one-half (21/2) acres in area.
      Public libraries.
      Radio and television towers.
      Recreational buildings and community centers. (1985 Code)
   D.   Requirements: In a B-2 Business District, the following requirements shall apply:
      1.   Floor area ratio shall not exceed 1.8.
      2.   Front yard shall be not less than ten feet (10') in depth.
      3.   Side yards shall be as follows:
         a.   Where a side lot line coincides with a side lot line in an adjacent residence district, a side yard shall be provided on the B-2 Business District premises in accordance with the requirements under this chapter for the residential use on the adjacent residential lot.
         b.   A side yard adjoining a street shall be not less than ten feet (10') in width.
         c.   A side yard shall otherwise be not less than five feet (5').
      4.   Rear yard shall be not less than twenty feet (20') in depth.
      5.   Off street loading shall be provided in accordance with provisions set forth in article XI of this chapter.
      6.   Off street parking shall be provided in accordance with provisions set forth in article XI of this chapter. (1985 Code) (Ord. 10-24, 10-21-2010; amd. Ord. 14-21, 5-1-2014; Ord. 14-22, 5-1-2014; Ord. 18-38, 11-1-2018; Ord. 20-09, 2-6-2020 ; Ord. 20-20, 6-4-2020 )