(A) Purpose. The purpose of this district is to provide specialty goods and business services for the surrounding community. This classification includes a wider range of business activities than the Neighborhood Service District and should provide for the development of shopping centers and office parks. The General Retail District should serve as a zone of transition between commercial and high density residential areas.
(B) Use regulations. The following uses are permitted in the General Retail District:
(1) Any use permitted in the “NS” Neighborhood Service District, except single-family and two-family dwellings;
(2) Animal hospitals (indoor soundproof kennels);
(3) Antique shops (inside display);
(4) Auto parts, sales and repair (new merchandise, inside display or inside repair);
(5) Bowling alley;
(6) Business and trade schools;
(7) Cafeteria;
(8) Gasoline service station and/or automobile laundry;
(9) Greenhouse or plant nursery;
(10) Hotels and motels;
(11) Household appliance service and repair (inside storage of merchandise only);
(12) Mimeograph, print or office supply;
(13) Mortuary or funeral parlor;
(14) Newspaper printing or job printing;
(15) Restaurants, including drive-in restaurants;
(16) Supermarket;
(17) Swim or tennis club;
(18) Television station or radio station;
(19) Theater, other than drive-in;
(20) Other specialty retail stores selling primarily new merchandise indoors, including electronic, furniture, hardware and discount stores;
(21) Other related uses and those special uses designated in § 155.45;
(22) Retail sales of welding supplies with screened and fenced storage facilities for gas cylinders;
(23) Mini-storage warehouse;
(24) Auto sales;
(25) Contractor shops with a maximum 2,000 square-feet floor area and no outside storage permitted.
(C) Development regulations.
(1) Lot requirements: None.
(2) Yard requirements:
(a) Front yard: 25 feet;
(b) Side yard:
1. Interior lot: None required except when adjoining a residential district, then 15 feet;
2. Exterior lot: 10 feet;
(c) Rear yard: None required where an alley exists on the rear of the lot, tract or plot; otherwise, a minimum rear yard of ten feet shall be provided. When adjoining a residential district, a minimum rear yard of 15 feet shall be provided. Where rail lines exist at the rear of lots or tracts occupied by industrial or commercial buildings, the buildings may be located for direct service by rail transportation.
(3) Height requirements:
Maximum building height: 75 feet.
(D) Parking regulations. The parking requirements for this district are as follows:
(1) Business and professional offices other than medical or dental: One space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
(2) Bowling alley: Six spaces for each lane.
(3) Church or other place of public worship: One space for each four seats in the main auditorium.
(4) Gasoline service station: Six spaces minimum.
(5) High school or college: One space for each classroom, laboratory or instructional area, plus one space for each four students accommodated in the institution.
(6) Hospital: One space for each two beds, plus one space for each employee on the largest shift.
(7) Hotel or motel: One space for each room, unit or guest accommodation.
(8) Institutions of a philanthropic nature: Ten spaces, plus one for each employee.
(9) Library or museum: Ten spaces, plus one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
(10) Medical or dental clinic: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
(11) Mortuary or funeral home: Ten spaces for each parlor.
(12) Nursing home: One space for each two beds.
(13) Places of public assembly not listed: One space for each three seats provided.
(14) Restaurant or cafeteria: One space for each three seats under maximum seating arrangement (minimum of five spaces).
(15) Retail or personal service: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area (minimum of five spaces).
(16) Schools, elementary or junior high: One space for each classroom, plus one space for each four seats in any auditorium, gymnasium or other place of assembly.
(17) Theaters or meeting rooms: One space for each three seats.
(18) Off-street parking and loading, regulations: See § 155.47.
(`87 Code, Zoning Ordinance, Art. II, § 8) (Ord. 1989-1, passed 1-5-89; Am. Ord. 1994-13, passed 8-16-94; Am. Ord. 2000-3, passed - -00; Am. Ord. 2001-8, passed 4-17-01; Am. Ord. 2002-02, passed 1-15-02; Am. Ord. 2003-14, passed 9-16-03