§ 152.086 B-2 SERVICE BUSINESS DISTRICT.

   (A)   Permitted uses. The following retail and service uses are permitted, provided they are operated entirely within a building, except for off-street parking or loading facilities, and except for establishments of the “drive-in” type offering goods and services directly to the customers waiting in parked motor vehicles, except as otherwise provided herein:

      Any business use permitted in the B-1 Business District;

      Air conditioning and heating sales and service;

      Ambulance service;

      Amusement establishments: bowling alleys or other similar places of recreation;

      Auto accessory stores;

      Automobile sales and service shops, including painting and repairing;

      Banks and financial institutions;

      Bicycle sales and repair;

      Carpet, rug and linoleum stores;

      Catalogue mail order store;

      Department stores;

      Drive-in service for banks and financial institutions, laundry or cleaning, library or other similar service; drive-in service for taverns (package goods only), but not including drive in restaurants where food is served to occupants remaining in parked motor vehicles;

      Drug stores;

      Dry goods stores;

      Electrical appliance stores and repairs, but not including appliance assembly or manufacturing;

      Food, meat and fruit stores;

      Furniture stores and upholstery when conducted as a part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use;

      Hardware stores;

      Hobby shops;

      Hotels and motels, including restaurants and meeting rooms;

      Household appliance stores and repair;

      Junkyards, subject to the provisions of division (G) below;

      Laboratories (medical, dental, research, experimental and testing), provided no production or manufacturing of products take place and provided the performance standards of the M-1 manufacturing district are complied with;

      Loan offices;

      Meeting halls;

      Motorcycle sales and motorcycle repair;

      Offices, business;

      Office supply, equipment and furniture store;

      Off-street parking and loading facilities, as permitted or required in accordance with the provisions of §§ 152.110 to 152.115;

      Photo developing and processing;

      Postal stations;

      Public utility collection offices;

      Physical culture and health services;

      Plumbing showrooms or shops;

      Printing and publishing of newspapers, periodicals, books and

      including letter process work;

      Restaurants, tea-rooms or cafes, when the establishment is not of the drive-in type where food is served to occupants remaining in motor vehicles;

      Secondhand stores and rummage shops;

      Sporting goods stores;

      Tanning salons;

      Taverns;

      Telephone exchange;

      Undertaking establishments.

   (B)   Special uses. The following uses may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the provisions of §§ 152.170 through 152.181:

      Other retail business uses not specifically listed in this section, when found to have economic compatibility with established uses on adjoining property;

      Uses which may be allowed by special use permit in the B-2 Business

      District;

      Automobile service stations;

      Clubs or lodges (non-profit), fraternal or religious institutions;

      Licensed daycare facilities.

   (C)   Conditions of use. All uses permitted in this district shall be retail establishments only (except residential district users) and shall be subject to the following conditions:

      (1)   Dwelling units and lodging rooms are not permitted below the second floor, except in hotels and motels.

      (2)   There shall be no manufacture, processing or treatment of products other than those which are clearly incidental and essential to the retail business conducted on the same premises.

      (3)   Such uses, operations or products shall not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, or vibrations or other similar causes.

   (D)   Yard areas. All yard regulations shall be the same as required and apply in the B-1 Business-District.

   (E)   Maximum floor area ratio and corresponding maximum lot coverage. The maximum floor area ratio and the maximum lot coverage, including accessory buildings, shall be permitted in accordance with the following table:

   Floor Area Ratio      Maximum Lot Coverage

      1.5            90%

      2.0            80%

      2.5            70%

      3.0            60%

      3.5            50% or less

   (F)   Signs. All sign regulations shall be the same as required and apply in §§ 152.125 through 152.127.

   (G)   Conditions of use for junkyards.

      (1)   An owner of property zoned as B-2 may file a petition requesting that a special use permit be granted so that a junkyard business may be operated provided the following conditions are met:

         (a)   The subject property must have a minimum of one acre in area; it must be paved with an impervious material; and, within 30 days after granting said special use permit, the owner must have a six-foot privacy fence erected so as to completely screen the property from view of the general public.

         (b)   The owner must obtain and continuously maintain all permits required for the operation of his, her or its junkyard by all local, state and federal regulatory agencies.

      (2)   Nothing herein is to be interpreted as guaranteeing that a petition for special use permit will be granted but it will be decided on a case-by-case basis by the Zoning Board of Appeals and the corporate authorities of the city.

(Ord. passed 8-4-86; Am. Ord. 94-18. passed 9- -94; Am. Ord. 03-06, passed 7-7-03; Am. Ord. 07-02, passed 1-15-07; Am. Ord. 17-16, passed 1-2-18)