A. Purpose
The purpose of the B General Business District is to encourage the establishment of business uses to meet the needs of a regional market area. Shopping centers and large space users should be the predominant building approach. General Business Districts shall be located on most arterial thoroughfares and closely associated with major interchange areas along limited access highways and primary thoroughfares in the City.
B. Permitted Uses
2. Hotels and motels.
3. Hospitals (ambulatory and emergency care) and clinics for the care of humans.
4. Bakery, barber and beauty shop, drug store, dry cleaning and laundry, self- service laundries, florist, gift shop, delicatessen, meat market, shoe repair shop, fabric shop, tailor, and dressmaker.
5. Pet store and supplies (Dogs and cats under one year of age only)
6. Restaurants, coffee shops, ice cream parlors with or without drive-in or drive-through.
7. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection B.7. was repealed by Ordinance 1-23.)
8. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection B.8. was repealed by Ordinance 1-23.)
9. Convenience stores without drive-in or drive-through facility.
10. Supermarkets, Pharmacies, and shopping centers.
11. Beer and wine carryout.
12. Theaters and concert halls, studios of photography, dance, music, or art.
13. Night clubs, bowling alleys, and similar places of amusement or entertainment.
14. Tavern, bar, club, lodge (private or public), and dance hall.
15. Carpenter, electrical, plumbing, paint, heating shops, furniture upholstering, and similar enterprises, not including contractor's yards.
16. General merchandise and apparel, including department stores.
17. Furniture and home furnishings stores.
18. Other retail, including hardware, paint and wallpaper, music and records, and sporting goods.
19. General service and repair establishments.
20. Printing, publishing, and other commercial advertising.
21. Health and recreational facilities.
22. Banks and other financial institutions with or without drive-in or drive- through facilities.
23. Medical and dental offices, and other offices for conducting a profession or the administration of a trade or business.
24. Automated teller machines located outside the building of an existing use.
25. Public libraries, museums, art galleries, meeting places and similar public cultural uses.
26. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
C. Conditional Uses
1. On-site living quarters for property manager.
2. Amusement arcades.
3. Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, no overnight stays.
4. Any automotive use, including automotive supply, gas stations, service stations, repair garages, car washes and automotive sales and service.
5. Convenience stores with drive-in or drive-through facility.
6. Liquor stores with or without drive-in or drive-through facility.
7. Boat, trailer, farm implement, recreational vehicle and manufactured home sales and service.
8. Indoor and outdoor commercial and noncommercial recreational facilities.
9. Funeral Homes.
10. Nursing homes, elderly assisted living, elderly retirement housing and specialized public assistant and treatment centers and congregate living facilities.
11. Mixed use - residential with commercial/office.
13. Group homes of eight or less residents, not including an on-site resident manager, that are located within a residential-type structure and shall require recommendation by Planning Commission and approval by Council.
14. Wineries, breweries, distilleries with tasting rooms which serve the public.
15. Vape/smoke shops (a retail outlet specializing in the selling of electronic cigarette products)
16. Any other use determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals to be similar to those uses listed above.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Former subsection C.11.was repealed by Ordinance 64-09.
D. Development Standards
2. Loading docks shall not face or be visible from the street frontage of the lot on which it is located.
3. Delivery and service vehicles shall be so arranged that they may be used without blocking or otherwise interfering with the use of accessways, parking facilities, public, streets or sidewalks.
4. A business shall not park, store, or use a commercial vehicle as advertising within the building frontage area as defined in Section 1135.01(89).
(Ord. 1-23. Passed 1-17-23.)