This district is intended to provide for the orderly and attractive grouping at appropriate locations of commercial activities of a more general retail and wholesale nature, and of the office and service facilities serving a larger community trade area. The size and location of such districts shall be based upon relationship of the community need and economy. No such district should be less than 30,000 square feet in area.
A. Uses. Uses in the B-3 General Business District are allowed and/or limited as set forth below and in the referenced sections of this Municipal Code.
1. Special Regulations. To encourage a business use environment that is compatible with the residential character of the Village, zoning permits for permitted uses in B-3 General Business District shall not be issued without prior review by and approval of the Village Plan Commission. Said review and approval shall be concerned with adjacent uses, need for public or private water supply and sanitary sewage disposal facilities, general layout, building site and operation plans, ingress, egress, parking, loading and unloading, screening and landscape plans pursuant to this Chapter.
2. Permitted Principal Uses:
Those Permitted Uses set forth under s. 35-41 for the B-1 Central Business District and B-2 Limited Business District, except as limited below
Auction Galleries
Bicycle Sales and Service
Electronic Repair
Employment Agencies
Fast Food Restaurants
Garden sales
Hotels, Motels, bed and breakfast, lodges
Medical Appliance Stores
Monument Sales
Night clubs
Pawn shops
Physical Culture and Health studios
Places of entertainment
Private Clubs
Restaurants (sit down, no drive through service)
Tattoo Parlors
Trade and Contractors offices
Transportation Terminals, not including Trucking
Vending Machine Sales, Service and Repair
Welding Repair Shops
Wholesale Establishments
Note: All drive-in facilities require Conditional Use Permits
Note: All developments within 50 feet of any existing or mapped state trunk highway or county trunk highway and/or within 150 feet of an existing or mapped centerline of intersection with any other road require Conditional Use Permits
3. Accessory and Other Uses:
a. Garages for storage of vehicles in conjunction with the operation of a permitted use.
b. See s. 35-21 of this Chapter.
4. Conditional Uses. See s. 35-100.
Animal hospital or veterinary clinic provided that no service, including the boarding of animals, is offered outside of an enclosed building.
Child care centers, provided that any outside play area is surrounded by a security fence not exceeding a height of six feet and set back at least five feet from any street right-of-way line with landscaping provided between the fence and the street right-of-way line; and that no play area shall consist of entirely a hard surface.
Drive-in establishments serving food or beverages for consumption outside the structure.
Flea markets.
Funeral homes, provided that all principal structures and uses are not less than 25 feet from any lot line.
General warehousing.
Hobby Use, as that term is defined by the Internal Revenue Service, provided that sales made from the site shall be limited to those occasional sales as allowed during the conditional use permitting process.
Landscaping contractor’s offices and yards.
Light manufacturing, of a limited nature and size, that is found by the Plan Commission not to be detrimental to the neighborhood and will not emit noise, smoke, dust, dirt, odorous or noxious gases, including, but not limited to, small wineries, hard cider manufacturers, brew pubs, specialty candy manufacturers, etc. The manufacturer may provide additional activities in the building (if properly licensed) such as conferences and workshops related to the manufactured goods, tastings, pairings, etc. Cheese manufacturing is not permitted under this category. The use shall be contained entirely within the building and there shall be no outside storage. The applicant shall provide the methods to be used to address noise and air quality in the application for the CUP.
Lumber and building supply yards.
Printing and publishing houses and related activities.
Self-service storage facilities including incidental manager’s office/quarters along county trunk highways and other similar major arterials. The maximum lot coverage by structures for a self-service storage facility, shall not exceed 50 percent, and such facility shall not exceed 15 feet in height, and shall meet the required setbacks.
Off season boat storage facilities for boats and other recreational vehicles, such as campers, travel trailers, snowmobiles, off-road vehicles and motor homes, however, this is allowed only as an accessory use to an approved self-service storage facility.
Service and sales establishments for automobiles, including body repair shops and used car lots but not including the storage of junked or wrecked automobiles and/or parts.
Storage / Warehouse, provided that storage of hazardous materials, including but not limited to explosive, flammable or combustible solid, liquid or gas, radioactive material, etiological (disease causing) agents, or any solid, liquid or gas creating a hazard, potential hazard, or public nuisance, or any solid, liquid or gas having a deleterious effect on the environment shall not be allowed.
B. Lot, Area and Yard Requirements.
1. Sewered Lots.
Lot | Width | Minimum 120 feet |
Area | Minimum 30,000 sq. ft. | |
Building | Height | Maximum 35 feet |
Area | Minimum 1,200 sq. ft. single story 1,700 sq. ft. multiple story | |
Yard (Setbacks) | Street | Minimum 40 ft. |
Side | Minimum 10 feet, or equal to the required sideyard in the adjacent district, whichever is greater | |
Rear | Minimum 25 feet |
2. Unsewered Lots.
Lot (Unsewered) | Width | Minimum 150 feet |
Area | Minimum 40,000 sq. ft. | |
Building | Height | Maximum 35 feet |
Area | Minimum 1,200 sq. ft. single story 1,700 sq. ft. multiple story | |
Yard (Setbacks) | Street | Minimum 50 ft. |
Side | Minimum 25 feet | |
Rear | Minimum 35 feet |
(Ord. 2019-1, passed 4-8-2019)