§ 155.136 B2 – COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

   (A)   Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section are the regulations in the B2 – Commercial District.

   (B)   Use regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for any or a combination of the following purposes.

      (1)   Permitted uses.

         (a)   Any use permitted in the B1 – Neighborhood Shopping District;

         (b)   Billboard, when located at least 50 feet from any R District;

         (c)   Automobile or trailer display and sales when wholly enclosed;

         (d)   Business, commercial, or private school;

         (e)   When located not less than 100 feet from any R District:

            1.   Bowling alley;

            2.   Drive-in restaurant;

            3.   Taverns; and

            4.   Other similar places of entertainment or amusement.

         (f)   Dancing or music academy;

         (g)   Farm implement display or sales room;

         (h)   Frozen food locker;

         (i)   Hotel;

         (j)   Milk distributing station;

         (k)   Motel or tourist home;

         (l)   Public and private storage or parking garages;

         (m)   Radio or television broadcasting station or studio;

         (n)   Theater;

         (o)   Undertaking establishment;

         (p)   Veterinarian or animal hospital, kennels, or riding academy, providing that no building, kennel, or exercise runway shall be no closer than 100 feet to any R District;

         (q)   Used car sales or storage lot when located at least 50 feet from any R District;

         (r)   When not employing more than ten persons on the premises and located more than 100 feet from any front or side lot line in any R District:

            1.   Dyeing and cleaning establishment or laundry;

            2.   Painting, electrical, or plumbing shop;

            3.   Printing shop;

            4.   Tire sales and service, including vulcanizing;

            5.   Upholstering shop not involving furniture manufacturing;

            6.   Gasoline service stations including repairs, but specifically excluding auto body repair work;

            7.   Any other general service or repair establishment of similar character; and

            8.   Accessory building or use customarily incidental to the above uses.

      (2)   Special uses.

         (a)   Drive-in theaters;

         (b)   Outdoor sales lots;

         (c)   Churches;

         (d)   Wholesale establishment;

         (e)   Automotive service center;

         (f)   Warehousing; and

         (g)   Two-family and multiple-family dwelling units.

   (C)   Height and area regulations. The height and area regulations set forth in §§ 155.183 and 155.184 shall be observed; and, in addition, every building or portion thereof used for dwelling purposes shall comply with the following minimum yard and lot area requirements:

      (1)   Front yard: 35 feet;

      (2)   Side yards: either yard – 5 feet; aggregate – 12 feet for buildings under three stories; each yard eight feet for three-story buildings; and

      (3)   Lot area:

         (a)   For one-family, 20,000 square feet;

         (b)   For two-family, 10,000 square feet per family; and

         (c)   For multiple-family dwelling, 5,000 square feet per family.

   (D)   Parking and loading regulations. Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in §§ 155.195 through 155.201.

(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)