Business uses may be permitted as a principal use in the R-B District in compliance with the following:
(a) The maximum floor area ratio for new construction or building addition for business or office uses shall be 25 percent.
(b) The floor area of the structure devoted to the business or office use shall not exceed 3,000 square feet including all additions to an existing structure and any new building.
(c) The uses permitted shall be limited to those uses that meet the criteria of this section and shall further be limited to:
(1) Administrative, professional, and medical offices;
(2) Retail establishments in wholly enclosed buildings, but not including game rooms where electronic games are available for customer use in the store;
(3) Restaurant, table-service; provided delivery and drive-in services shall not be permitted.
(4) The following personal services: hair care, nail care, tanning salons, and pet grooming;
(5) Funeral homes;
(6) Bed and Breakfast, containing a maximum of three guest rooms.
(7) Museums, art galleries and artist studios.
(8) Studios for instruction such as dance, exercise or karate.
(d) All off-street parking areas shall be located behind the front building line and drive-thru facilities shall not be permitted.
(Ord. 2011-122. Passed 1-12-12.)
(e) Conversion of a residential structure for non-residential purposes shall comply with Section 1163.04(m).
(f) All business activities, services, and processes, except off-street parking and loading, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
(g) The removal of trees, changes of topography, and other factors which will affect the residential character of the neighborhood shall be minimized.
(h) Maximum visual and auditory privacy for surrounding properties and occupants shall be provided through the design of the relationship among buildings, fences and walls, landscaping, topography, and open space.
(i) Refuse storage and pickup facilities shall be fenced, screened, or landscaped to prevent the blowing or scattering of refuse and to provide an adequate visual barrier from locations both on and off site.
(j) Grading and surface drainage provisions shall be designed to minimize adverse effects on abutting properties, streams and public streets, and to minimize the possibility of erosion.
(k) All remodeling and new construction of buildings and other structures shall be designed, constructed, and maintained so as to promote and provide acceptability, attractiveness, cohesiveness, and compatibility of new buildings, existing development, remodeling, and additions in order to maintain and improve the established standards of property values and qualities within the community and neighborhood.
(l) Buildings, structures and uses, whether part of a present or future group, complex, or development, shall have a unity of character and design, and the use, texture, and color of materials shall be such as to create a harmonious whole. When the area involved forms an integral part of, is immediately adjacent to, or otherwise clearly affects the future of any established and developed section of the city, the design, scale, and location of buildings on the site shall enhance rather than detract from the character, value, and attractiveness of the surroundings.
(m) All building elevations and facades shall be designed to create a harmonious whole while providing individual identity. Materials shall express their function clearly and not appear as a material foreign to the rest of the building.
(n) Building roofs shall have a minimum pitch of six feet vertical to 12 feet horizontal; roofs shall have offsets in the roof line to articulate small and varied masses.
(Ord. 2009-101. Passed 6-25-09.)