(A) District intent. The NB (Neighborhood Business) zoning district is a mixed-use neighborhood district in close proximity to downtown and with close proximity to convenience goods, services and amenities. Lot sizes are smaller and density higher than other residential districts. This District could permit the development of mixed-use. This District should be protected from non-neighborhood serving land uses such as “big box” retail uses or other non-compatible commercial or industrial uses.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Residential.
(a) Dwelling secondary (on upper floors of first-floor retail/office use);
(b) Dwelling single-family (including manufactured homes);*
(c) Dwelling two-family;* and
(d) Nursing/convalescent home.
(2) Transportation services. Automobile/motorcycle sales area and leasing (open).
(3) Communications/utilities. Utility company business office.
(4) Institutional/public uses.
(a) Community center;
(b) Fire station or police station;
(c) Government facility (non-office);
(d) Government office;
(e) Hospital;
(f) Kindergarten or day nursery library;
(g) Museum or gallery; and
(h) Post office.
(5) Entertainment services.
(a) Banquet or assembly hall;
(b) Bowling alley;
(c) Dancing academy/martial arts/gymnastics studio;
(d) Lodge or private club;
(e) Miniature golf course;
(f) Retreat center;
(g) Skating rink (roller/ice);
(h) Swimming pool (private); and
(i) Theater (indoor), excluding adult motion picture theater and adult mini-motion picture theater.
(6) Professional services.
(a) Administrative/professional office;
(b) Bank/financial institution;
(c) Business/financial services office;
(d) Clinic (medical/dental) or health center;
(e) Conference center;
(f) Employment service;
(g) Investment firm;
(h) Office building;
(i) Print shop/copy center; and
(j) Veterinary hospital for small animals.
(7) Retail/wholesale sales.
(a) Antique shop;
(b) Apparel shop;
(c) Art or photo gallery;
(d) Auction facility (excluding livestock);
(e) Book store;
(f) Building finishes shop (paint, carpet, wallpaper and the like);
(g) Convenience store (without gas station);
(h) Craft/fabric store;
(i) Dressmaking;
(j) Flower shop;
(k) Garden shop/retail nursery;
(l) Gift shop;
(m) Grocery store;
(n) Hardware store;
(o) Ice cream shop;
(p) Jewelry store;
(q) Liquor store;
(r) Newsdealer;
(s) Office supply store;
(t) Pet store;
(u) Record/CD/video/musical instrument shop;
(v) Sporting goods shop;
(w) Stationery shop;
(x) Supermarket;
(y) Variety store; and
(z) Vendor, temporary (farmer’s market, street fair and the like).
(8) Equipment services.
(a) Electric appliance shop;
(b) Home electronics/appliance store; and
(c) Repair services (small appliances, jewelry, alterations and the like).
(9) Food sales and service.
(a) Bakery (retail);
(b) Coffee shop;
(c) Delicatessen;
(d) Meat market;
(e) Microbrewery/brew-pub; and
(f) Restaurant.
(10) Personal services.
(a) Barber shop;
(b) Beauty shop;
(c) Child care/day care center;
(d) Dry cleaning establishment (retail);
(e) Fitness center;
(f) Funeral home;
(g) Health spa;
(h) Laundry (self-service);
(i) Massage therapy (by licensed massage therapist);
(j) Pharmacy;
(k) Photographic studio;
(l) Shoe repair shop;
(m) Tailor and pressing shop; and
(n) Tanning salon.
(C) Conditional uses.
(1) Agriculture. Farmer’s market (permanent).
(2) Residential.
(a) Bed and breakfast facility;
(b) Boarding house;
(c) Child day care home;
(d) Dwelling, accessory apartment (“granny flat”);
(e) Dwelling multifamily;
(f) Home occupation;
(g) Assisted living facility residential facility for the developmentally disabled type II;
(h) Residential facility for the mentally ill; and
(i) Retirement facility (senior housing).
(3) Transportation services.
(a) Auto parts sales (without on-site repair);
(b) Automobile filling station;
(c) Automobile/motor vehicle repair, (major), engine rebuilding or major reconditioning of motor vehicles, including body work, frame or fender straightening or repair, transmission repair and painting of vehicles;
(d) Automobile/motor vehicle repair, (minor), including oil changes/lubrications, brake replacement, muffler replacement, tire servicing, radiator cleaning and flushing, water hose replacement, windshield wipers and the like; and
(e) Car wash.
(4) Park, recreation and natural areas.
(a) Artificial lake of three or more acres; and
(b) Park or recreational facility (playgrounds and athletic facilities).
(5) Communications/utilities. Utility substation.
(6) Institutional/public uses.
(a) Church or temple;
(b) College building;
(c) Institution for the developmentally disabled/mentally ill school (any combination of K - 12), public and private;
(d) Trade or business school; and
(e) University or college.
(7) Entertainment services.
(a) Bar or tavern or night club;
(b) Billiard room or arcade;
(c) Outdoor commercial recreational enterprise (carnival, amusement park and the like);
(d) Recreational development (private);
(e) Swimming pool (public); and
(f) Winery.
(8) Professional services. Data processing/call center.
(9) Retail/wholesale sales.
(a) Construction services;
(b) Department store, including any facility (whether or not attached) associated with the department store for the sale of tires, batteries, automobile accessories and lubrication and for the servicing and repair of motor vehicles incidental to those sales; and
(c) Shopping center.
(10) Food sales and service. Drive through restaurant.
(11) Warehousing/industrial. Mini-warehouse self-storage facility.
(D) Lot and yard standards.
Front setback (ft.) | |
Minimum | 15 |
Maximum | 30 |
Maximum height (ft.) | 35 |
Maximum intensity (floor area ratio) | 2.0 |
Maximum lot coverage for all impervious surfaces | 85% |
Minimum lot frontage (ft. measured at lot line) | 30 |
Minimum lot size (sq. ft. per unit)** | 6,000 |
Minimum lot width (ft. measured at setback line) | 50 |
Rear setback (ft.) | |
Business/industrial | 15 |
Single-family/two-family | 15 |
Side setback (ft.) | |
Business/industrial | 0 |
Residential | 7.5 |
** Allows secondary residential use, second story, minimum 600 sq. ft per unit | |
(E) Notes.
(1) The Building or Fire Code Enforcement Official of the city shall have the authority to require or increase a fire-protection rating in any structural assembly of an approved multifamily dwelling or mixed-use occupancy that includes a residential occupancy.
(2) Development plan required.
(3) * Does not require a development plan.
(Ord. 07-16, passed 12-10-2007)
Cross-reference:
Accessory uses and structures, see Title XV, § 7.10
Design standards, see Title XV, § 7.18
Exterior lighting standards, see Title XV, § 7.15
Fence and wall standards, see Title XV, § 7.14
Landscaping, see Title XV, § 7.8
Outdoor sales, display and storage, Title XV, § 7.13
Sign regulations, see Title XV, § 7.7
Subdivision of Land, see Title XV, Chapter 8