A. Purpose: The purpose is to provide for limited business and service uses which are consistent and compatible with the historic commercial crossroads area at Allen Road and Route 20.
B. Land Use Regulations:
1. General Standards: Uses permitted in the RB District are subject to the following standards:
a. All business activity and servicing shall take place within completely enclosed buildings unless otherwise specified. All storage of property, except of motor vehicles in operable condition, shall be in completely enclosed buildings or structures.
b. Off street loading and parking facilities for the storage of motor vehicles may be unenclosed throughout the RB District. Such unenclosed areas shall be effectively screened by a solid wall or fence (including solid entrance and exit gates) not less than six feet (6') nor more than eight feet (8') in height, or a landscaped buffer planted to effectively screen all parking and loading areas. (Ord. 92-10, 10-1-1992)
C. Permitted Uses: In the Rural Business District, the only permitted uses shall be as follows:
Auction rooms.
Automobile accessory stores.
Automobile body repair shops.
Automobile parking lots and storage garages.
Building material stores for retail sale, with accessory outside storage, provided outside storage does not exceed sixteen feet (16') in height.
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.
Caskets and casket supplies.
Contractor and construction offices.
Establishments for machinery and appliance repair.
Exterminating shops.
Farm implement sales and service centers.
Feed stores.
Greenhouses.
Kennels and animal hospitals.
Private clubs and meeting halls.
Public garages.
Public utility and service uses, including:
Electrical substations and distribution centers.
Fire stations.
Municipal water filtration plants, pumping stations, reservoirs and sewage treatment plants.
Personnel training center.
Police stations.
Telephone exchanges, microwave relay towers and telephone transmission equipment buildings.
Recording studios.
Retail gasoline sales, including vehicle repair.
Secondhand stores and rummage shops.
Accessory uses to the above permitted uses. (Ord. 92-10, 10-1-1992; amd. Ord. 18-38, 11-1-2018)
D. Special Uses: In a Rural Business District, the following may be allowed as special uses:
Dry cleaning establishments.
Ground mounted Solar Energy Systems, as defined in and subject to the restrictions set forth in chapter 5, article XVIII of this Code.
Outdoor amusement establishments, including golf driving ranges, miniature golf courses, kiddie parks and other similar amusement centers.
Retail gasoline sales, including vehicle repair and automobile laundries and accessory uses.
Towing services, including vehicle repair.
Wind energy systems, as defined in and subject to the restrictions set forth in chapter 5, article XVII of this Code. (Ord. 92-10, 10-1-1992; amd. Ord. 11-20, 9-1-2011; Ord. 18-38, 11-1-2018)
E. Prohibited Uses: In a Rural Business District, the following uses shall be prohibited:
Business machine sales and service.
Cartage and express facilities.
Chemical processing and production.
Daycare center.
Dental and medical clinics.
Mail order houses.
Manufacturing facilities.
Personnel training center.
Post Offices.
Professional offices.
Radio, television and recording studios.
Research laboratories and facilities.
Trailer coaches or mobile homes and mobile home parks.
Warehousing, storage and distribution facilities.
Woodworking and wood products.
F. Lot Area, Yard And Bulk Requirements:
1. Minimum lot area | 10,000 square feet | ||
2. Minimum lot width | 75 feet | ||
3. Minimum lot depth | 125 feet | ||
4. Minimum front yard setback: | |||
Adjacent to an arterial road | 40 feet | ||
Adjacent to an internal or collector road | 25 feet | ||
5. Minimum rear yard setback: | |||
Adjacent to an arterial road | 40 feet | ||
Adjacent to an internal or collector road | 25 feet | ||
Abutting an adjoining property | 25 feet | ||
6. Minimum side yard setback | 10 feet each side | ||
7. Minimum corner side yard setback | The requirements for a corner side yard shall be the same as the requirements for a front yard | ||
8. Minimum yard abutting a residential or agricultural district | 50 feet | ||
9. Maximum lot coverage (principal and accessory buildings) | 50 percent | ||
10. Maximum impervious surface coverage | 70 percent | ||
11. Floor area ratio | 0.25 | ||
12. Height of principal use | 2 stories, or 30 feet, whichever is lesser | ||
13. Height of accessory use | 1 story, or 15 feet, whichever is lesser | ||
G. Off Street Parking And Loading Requirements:
1. Off Street Parking And Loading: Off street parking and loading requirements shall be provided in accordance with provisions set forth in article XI of this chapter.
2. Location Of Off Street Parking Areas:
a. Required off street parking spaces shall not be located in the first ten feet (10') of the front yard.
b. Parking is prohibited in the required rear and side yards of lots in the RB District. (Ord. 92-10, 10-1-1992)