1160.01 PURPOSE.
The purpose of the Outlying Business District is to encourage the establishment of business and commercial uses compatible with adjoining residential areas in the developing outlying areas of the City of Norwalk.
A. Permitted Uses
1. All permitted uses listed in Section 1159.01.A.
2. The principal permitted business uses of the Outlying Business District shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building and shall include the following:
a. Any use permitted in the B-2 District excluding an off-street parking lot, deck, or garage.
b. Food and food services, including supermarkets, delicatessens, bakeries, restaurants, sandwich shops, specialty food, but not including drive-in restaurants.
c. General merchandise and apparel, including department stores.
d. Furniture and home furnishings.
e. Other retail, including hardware, automotive supply, paint and wallpaper, music and records, drugstores, and sporting goods.
f. Service facilities including banks, savings and loans, beauty and barber shops, and travel agencies.
g. Storage buildings.
h. Carpenter, electrical, plumbing, paint, heating shops, furniture upholstering, and similar enterprises, not including contractor's yards.
i. Printing, publishing, sheet metal shops, sign painting shops, and other commercial advertising.
B. Conditional Uses
The following conditionally permitted uses of the Outlying Business District, are hereby established:
1. Restaurants with drive-in or drive-through.
2. Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics. Exercise areas shall be enclosed on four (4) sides by unpierced fence or wall at least five feet (5') in height.
3. Indoor commercial and non-commercial recreation facilities.
4. Hotels and motels.
5. Automotive service stations not including repair.
(Ord. 99-45. Passed 7-13-99.)
(Ord. 2001-04. Passed 1-16-01.)
C. Development Standards
1. Lot Area, Frontage, and Yard Requirements: The following minimum requirements shall be observed, except as otherwise provided herein.
Permitted and Conditional Uses | ||
Residential | Non-Residential | |
Minimum Lot Area | As stipulated in Sections 1151.01A., 1153.01A., or 1155.01A., depending upon the dwelling unit. | None |
Minimum Lot Width | None | |
Minimum Front Yard | None | |
Minimum Side Yard | 25 feet | |
Minimum Lot Frontage | 200 feet | |
Minimum Rear Yard | ||
1 Story | 20 feet | |
2 Story | 30 feet | |
3 Story | 40 feet | |
Height | No principal or accessory structures shall exceed three stories or 40 feet in height, except as provided in Section 1173.08. | |
(Ord. 99-45. Passed 7-13-99; Ord. 2001-60. Passed 8-7-01; Ord. 2022-043. Passed 12-6-22.)