Within the B-2 Highway Business District, the regulations set forth in this section shall apply.
(A) Permitted uses. No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected or altered within any B-2 Highway Business District unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for the following uses:
(1) Any use permitted in the B-1 Business District, except one-family dwelling units;
(2) Automobile repair, major sales and service shops, including automobile body repair and rebuilding, and painting of automobiles;
(3) Automobile washing, including the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning;
(4) Beverage, non-alcoholic, bottling and distributing;
(5) Bicycle and motorcycle sales, repair and rental;
(6) Boat showroom;
(7) Kennel;
(8) Licensed gambling establishment;
(9) Motel;
(10) Pet shop or animal hospital when conducted wholly within an enclosed building;
(11) Plumbing, heating and air conditioning, sheet metal and roofing supply shops when conducted wholly within a building;
(12) Recreation places, including bowling alley, dance halls, gymnasium, skating rink, archery range, miniature golf course or other similar places of amusement or entertainment when operated for pecuniary profit;
(13) Restaurant, non-drive-in, drive-in car service;
(14) Trailer sales or rental (house trailers) on an open lot or within a building;
(15) Any other similar type retail stores not specifically permitted herein when authorized by the Board of Appeals;
(16) All activities, except for automobile off-street parking facilities and service stations as permitted or required in this B-2 District, shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building; and
(17) Any accessory use or building customarily incidental to the above permitted uses and as regulated by subsequent sections of this chapter.
(B) Height. No building or structure shall exceed five stories or 55 feet in height, except as provided in § 155.005 of this chapter.
(C) Lot size. Every building hereafter erected, shall be on a lot having an area of not less than 9,600 square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than 80 feet, except as provided in subsequent sections of this chapter.
(D) Yard areas. No building or structure shall be constructed or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with the building.
(1) Front yard.
(a) Each lot upon which a building is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than 75 feet along all federal and state rights-of-way; along all others 50 feet.
(b) The required front yard shall be computed by measurement from the centerline of the federal, state street or other thoroughfare upon which the lot fronts.
(2) Side yard.
(a) No side yard is required, except for a lot which abuts upon an R district, or upon an alley separating this district from an R district.
(b) There shall then be provided a side yard equal to one-half the front yard required in the abutting R district, but in no case less than 25 feet.
(3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet; provided, however, that, not more than one, one-story accessory building may be relocated thereon, except for the five feet adjacent and parallel to the rear lot line for the following uses:
(a) Storage of motor vehicles;
(c) Storage of equipment or merchandise normally carried in stock on the same lot with any retail service or business use.
(E) Buffer area. On lots abutting an R district, there shall be provided a privacy fence not less than six feet in height extending the length of the lot adjoining the R district constructed of sufficient materials so as to provide an adequate screening of the commercial activity from the abutting R district.
(F) Off-street parking and loading facilities. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in § 155.125 of this chapter.
(1994 Code, § 155.056) (Ord. 200, passed 4-28-1969; Ord. 212, passed 8-31-1970; Ord. 234, passed 7-10-1972; Ord. 399, passed 4-22-1991; Ord. 2001-01, passed 1-22-2001; Ord. 22-01, passed 2-28-2022)