§ 154.102 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

   The General Business District (GB) provides sites for heavier types of business and commercial uses.

   (A)   Permitted uses include.

      (1)   Residential uses, including:

         (a)   Single-family dwelling;

         (b)   Two-family dwelling;

         (c)   Manufactured Home Type I, as defined in Section 5.07.C;

         (d)   Cultural and recreational facilities, including churches, parks and recreational facilities, libraries, museums, and zoos;

         (e)   Home occupations, traffic and non-traffic generating;

         (f)   Permanent utility structures for essential services;

         (g)   Public or private primary or secondary schools;

         (h)   Development disabilities residential facilities (see § 154.081(A)(8)); and

         (i)   Residential accessory uses as provided by § 154.082 and §§ 154.030 through 154.033.

      (2)   Local business uses, as defined in § 154.101; and

      (3)   General business uses which are primarily of a retail or service nature and specifically classified or implied in the following categories of uses:

         (a)   Automobile service, including automobile service center, dealers, new or used parking garage, major or minor repair, and salesroom, including mobile home, recreation vehicle, or trailer sales;

         (b)   Business recreational uses, including billiard room, bowling alley, club or lodge, or dancing academy;

         (c)   Farm implement and construction (machinery) new or used and service building;

         (d)   Food service, including supermarket or any other food service requiring more than 3,000 square feet;

         (e)   Hotels and motels;

         (f)   Medical services, including clinics and hospitals;

         (g)   Restaurant, including drive-throughs;

         (h)   Retail store and service, including department stores and shopping centers;

         (i)   Storage warehouse, including self-service storage facility;

         (j)   Truck service center; and

         (k)   Wholesale establishment.

   (B)   Performance standards. The following regulations shall apply in the General Business District (GB) in addition to the general provisions in §§ 154.025 through 154.034. Commercial accessory uses are subject to the same provisions as the principal use unless otherwise noted in this chapter.

      (1)   Lot area. The lot shall contain not less than 6,000 square feet.

      (2)   Lot width. The minimum lot width shall be 60 feet, and when the depth is less than the width, the lot depth shall be 50 feet.

      (3)   Lot frontage. All lots within the GB District shall maintain a minimum of 60 feet of frontage on a publicly or privately maintained street.

      (4)   Yard and setback requirements.

         (a)   Front yard. Not less than 25 feet from the property line.

         (b)   Side yards. Least width of either side yard shall not be less than ten feet except in the case of a corner lot, where the side yard on the street side shall not be less than the required front yard setback.

         (c)   Rear yard. Not less than ten feet.

      (5)   Height requirement. Except as otherwise provided, the following height requirements shall apply to all buildings, structures, and uses in this district. All primary structures shall not exceed a height of 50 feet.

      (6)   Ground floor area. The minimum ground floor area is not applicable to business districts for business uses. The minimum size of a residential structure shall be 950 square feet of living area for a single-story structure. The minimum size of a residential structure shall be 1,200 square feet for a multiple-story structure. This number excludes all garages, porches, and basements, which do not include living area. In a multi-family dwelling, each dwelling unit shall have at least 750 square feet of living area.

      (7)   Lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage in a General Business District is 50% of the entire lot.

   (C)   Other regulations.

      (1)   Off-street parking. For residential uses, two parking spaces per dwelling unit, excluding garages. Other off-street parking requirements as set forth in §§ 154.175 through 154.181.

      (2)   Sign requirement. Sign requirements as set forth in §§ 154.195 through 154.204.

      (3)   Operations in an enclosed building. All operations shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building. The Board of Zoning Appeals may allow for outdoor storage and/or retail use in conjunction with a permitted use as a special exception as set forth in §§ 154.215 through 154.220.

      (4)   Special exceptions. In addition to the permitted commercial uses, special exceptions may be granted for alcoholism and drug abuse treatment centers, apartments, children’s homes, halfway houses, and multi-family dwellings. (See §§ 154.215 through 154.220.)

      (5)   Sexually oriented business.

         (a)   No person shall cause or permit the establishment of any of the sexually oriented businesses, as defined in § 154.236, unless that business is specifically approved as a special exception by the Board of Zoning Appeals. This business may be established only within those conditions set by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

         (b)   The terminology ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEXUALLY-ORIENTED BUSINESS shall be defined to include within it’s meaning the opening of such business as a new business; the relocation of such business; the enlargement of such business, in either scope or area; and/or the conversion of an existing business location to any of the sexually oriented uses, as defined in § 154.236.

(Ord. 01-04-01, passed 4-10-2001)