Buildings and land shall be used, and buildings shall be designed, erected, altered, moved or maintained in whole or in part, in General Business Districts, only for uses set forth in the following schedules and regulations:
(a) Main Buildings and Uses Permitted.
(1) Offices, stores, services and other use classifications as permitted in Local Business Districts;
(2) Mortuaries (Funeral Homes);
(3) Additional retail business stores and services conducted wholly within enclosed buildings and devoted to supplying the retail business needs of the community to the following extent:
A. Retail sales.
1. The sale of all food; frozen food lockers;
3. The sale of all hardware, appliances, china, furniture, floor and wall covering, business equipment, music, radio and television, provided no loudspeakers broadcast outside the parcel;
4. The sale of bicycles, sport and athletic equipment, pet shops;
5. Wholesale offices and showrooms, with storage limited to samples;
6. The sale, serving and consumption of food, soft drinks, juices and ice cream in carry-out and sit-down restaurants whenever such use is within a business building located adjacent to another business building having one or more party walls and a common roof with one or more similar business buildings, but not as a separate business building or use, provided a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1242.07. An outdoor eating area adjacent to and as an accessory use to the main building may be permitted provided a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1242.07 of the Zoning Code.
7. Restaurants, taverns, night clubs, delicatessens, eating establishments, businesses permitting dancing and live entertainment, whenever such use is within a business building located adjacent to another business building having one or more party walls and a common roof with one or more similar business buildings but not as a separate building or use provided a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1242.07 of this Zoning Code. An outdoor eating area adjacent to and as an accessory use to the main building may be permitted provided a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1242.07 of the Zoning Code.
8. Individual retail business stores of 100,000 square feet and larger may be permitted a limited area to display merchandise outside the store building in an approved designated, self-contained, screened area provided a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the provisions of Section 1242.07 of this Zoning Code.
9. The sale and/or exchange of propane canisters not exceeding twenty (20) pounds at freestanding "big box" stores exceeding 50,000 square feet gross floor area; and freestanding "super" drug stores exceeding 14,000 square feet gross floor area provided a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the provisions of Section 1242.07 of this Zoning Code.
10. Brewpubs and microbreweries which include attached restaurant facilities for the on-site consumption of food and beverages provided that a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1242.07 of this Zoning Code.
B. Services.
1. Shops for custom work for the making of articles to be sold only at retail on the premises, excluding internal combustion engines;
2. All personal service establishments without limitations on the number of persons engaged in such work, but excluding services listed in Section 1258.06(a)(6);
3. Photographic developing, blueprinting, letter, job and newspaper printing, radio or television stations with ancillary transmittal towers, telephone exchanges, transformer stations;
4. Bus passenger stations, taxi stations; and
5. Veterinary office/out-patient clinic provided such use is a single use in a free-standing building with no dog runs and no overnight housing of animals.
C. Churches. Buildings and land for churches provided that a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the procedures and standards set forth in Section 1242.07 of this Zoning Code. To be located in a General Business District, a church shall be governed by and meet all requirements, standards and procedures of Chapter 1256 and other Codified Ordinance sections referenced therein.
D. Child/Adult Day Care Centers. Buildings and land for child/adult day care centers, provided that a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the procedures and standards set forth in Section 1242.07 of this Zoning Code.
E. Exercise Facilities. Dance instruction, gymnastics, yoga, martial arts training, gymnasiums, and physical fitness centers, none of which shall exceed 5,000 square feet, provided that a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the procedures and standards set forth in Section 1242.07 of this Zoning Code.
G. Training/Amusement Facilities.
(Ord. 2016-158. Passed 11-21-16; Ord. 2016-198. Passed 11-21-16.)
(Ord. 2016-158. Passed 11-21-16; Ord. 2016-198. Passed 11-21-16.)
(b) Similar Main Uses Permitted. Any other general business store, shop or service not listed above or in any subsequent use classification and determined as similar by the Planning Commission in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1242.08.
(c) Accessory Uses Permitted. Any accessory use such as storage of goods or processing operations which are clearly incident to conducting a retail business, office or service establishment or other permitted main use, provided that such accessory use serves solely as an accessory use to permitted main uses on the same zoning lot, and provided such an accessory use has no injurious effect on the adjoining residential districts. The following accessory uses are also permitted:
(1) Accessory off-street parking and loading facilities as required in Chapter 1270 of this Zoning Code; and
(2) Signs in General Business Districts shall be designed, erected, altered, reconstructed, moved and maintained, in whole or in part, in accordance with the type, design size, location, illumination and other provisions set forth in Chapter 1272 of this Zoning Code.
(3) Crematories only as an integral component of a licensed mortuary (funeral home) provided a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1242.07.
(4) Storage, display, and sale of vehicles associated with an adjacent automobile dealership on abutting property zoned Motorist Service (MS) provided that a conditional use permit is granted in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1242.07 of the Zoning Code.
(Ord. 2017-140. Passed 11-20-17.)
(Ord. 2017-140. Passed 11-20-17.)