§ 156.096 B-2 HIGHWAY AND SERVICE BUSINESS DISTRICT.

   The purpose of the B-2 Highway and Service Business District is to accommodate those businesses which because of their need for large sites, use of outdoor storage or heavy dependence on trucking large material, equipment or supplies are not generally compatible with the uses in the B-1 General Commercial District.

   (A)   Permitted uses.

      (1)   Automotive service stations;

      (2)   Boat sales;

      (3)   Bowling alleys;

      (4)   Catering establishments;

      (5)   Clubs, lodges, fraternal and business organization meeting halls and recreation facilities;

      (6)   Drive-in food, refreshment and other business establishments servicing customers in cars;

      (7)   Dry cleaning and laundry establishments;

      (8)   Exterminating shops;

      (9)   Farm supplies but not to include outdoor storage of farm equipment;

      (10)   Feed stores;

      (11)   Fuel sales, but not bulk plants;

      (12)   Garages for repair and servicing of automobiles and trucks, but not to include outdoor storage of other than vehicles awaiting repair or pick-up;

      (13)   Hotels and motels;

      (14)   Machinery sales, but not to include outdoor storage of machinery;

      (15)   Miniature golf courses;

      (16)   Roller rinks and ice skating rinks;

      (17)   Service, cleaning or repair shops for personal, household or garden equipment;

      (18)   Storage, warehousing and wholesale establishments provided within enclosed buildings;

      (19)   Swimming pools;

      (20)   Veterinarian or animal hospital without outdoor kennels or runways; and

      (21)   Welding shops.

   (B)   Special uses. Following are permitted as special uses subject to the public hearing and other special use procedure requirements outlined in §§ 156.205 through 156.209:

      (1)   Any of the foregoing operations where outdoor storage of products used or sold on premises is a necessary part of the operation;

      (2)   Automobile sales, including lots for outdoor display or storage of new or used automobiles;

      (3)   Building material establishments allowed by right providing no manufacturing of materials is done on premises;

      (4)   Cartage and express facilities including storage of goods, motor trucks and other equipment;

      (5)   Contractors or construction offices and shops such as building, concrete, electrical, masonry, plumbing, refrigeration and roofing, including any related outdoor storage areas;

      (6)   Sheet metal shops;

      (7)   Farm machinery and supplies sales including lots for the outdoor display of storage of new or used farm equipment;

      (8)   Landscaping and garden services, nurseries and horticultural uses;

      (9)   Mobile home and recreational vehicle sales and storage, not however to include storage or parking of occupied mobile homes or recreational vehicles;

      (10)   Monument sales, including outdoor display and storage of monuments; and

      (11)   Storage and warehousing involving outdoor storage.

   (C)   Required lot area and width. No requirements are imposed on minimum lot area and lot width within the B-2 Highway and Service Business District.

   (D)   Required yards. Every building erected or structurally altered within the B-2 Highway and Service Business District shall provide or maintain the following minimum yards, except for certain lots adjoining residential districts which shall conform to § 156.036.

      (1)   Front yard. None.

      (2)   Side yards. None.

      (3)   Rear yard. Twenty feet.

   (E)   Building height. No building hereafter erected or structurally enlarged shall exceed 65 feet.

   (F)   Floor area ratio. No building hereafter erected or structurally enlarged shall exceed a floor area ratio of two and five-tenths.

   (G)   Required off-street parking and loading. Required off-street parking and loading shall be as provided in §§ 156.185 through 156.192.

(2009 Code, § 40-6-2) (Ord. 15-08, passed 8-31-2015)