(a) Intent. In the creation of the B-3 Highway Commercial District and its appurtenant regulations, it is the intention of the City that the needs of the motoring public shall be met, that provisions shall be made for highway-oriented commercial uses and that the primary traffic-carrying function of the major highways shall be maintained. The B-3 District shall be located only along State, Federal or other highways designated as major thoroughfares.
(Ord. 66-103. Passed 12-19-66.)
(b) Permitted and Conditional Uses.
(1) Permitted uses. A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in a B-3 District:
Animal hospitals, kennels.
Antique shops.
Appliance stores (major appliances, television, washing machine, radio sales).
New Automobile sales
Used Automobile sales
Automobile service stations.
Automobile repair, accessory sales.
Bars and taverns.
Boat and marine sales.
Bowling alleys.
Car wash.
Cemeteries (minimum of 10 acres), mortuaries, crematories.
Churches and other semi-public uses.
Clinics and professional buildings.
Department stores.
Drive-in banks.
Drive-in ice cream, soda sales.
Drive-in restaurants.
Drive-in theaters.
Farm, fruit and produce stands.
Florist shops, retail sales.
Food lockers.
Funeral homes.
Furniture stores.
Garden and nursery centers.
Gasoline stations.
Shopping strips, centers or malls containing retail or business establishments permitted in B-2 Districts.
Swimming clubs and other commercial recreation and amusements.
Any other retail business or service establishment or use which is determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses.
Customary accessory uses.
(Ord. 2009-10. Passed 4-6-09.)
(2) Conditional uses. The following uses shall be deemed conditional uses and, upon favorable recommendation by the Planning Commission, a permit therefor may be issued by the Board of Zoning Appeals as provided for in Chapter 1264: wireless telecommunications towers and related wireless telecommunications facilities.
(Ord. 99-46. Passed 10-24-99.)
(c) Prohibited Uses. Uses or processes which would affect an extensive area or be contrary to the public health and welfare in the City are prohibited in this and all other zoning districts. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, bituminous concrete manufacturing facilities, commonly known as "asphalt plants".
(Ord. 98-87. Passed 3-1-99.)
(1) A storage unit facility used or intended for storage of personal property, excepting therefrom multiple storage structures used by the owners or principal business tenant for mixed storage of their property or property of their annual or seasonal tenants.
(Ord. 2022-5. Passed 11-21-22.)
(d) Building Height. No building or structure in a B-3 District shall exceed thirty feet in height, except as otherwise provided in this Zoning Code.
(e) Lot Area, Width and Yard Requirements.
(1) Lot area and width. Each building, use or structure permitted herein shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than one acre and a width of not less than 150 feet, unless otherwise permitted by this Zoning Code.
(2) Yards. Yards of the following widths or depths shall be provided for all permitted uses unless otherwise provided by this Zoning Code:
A. Front yards. The depth of the front yard shall be not less than seventy-five feet. Within this front yard and adjacent to the street right-of-way line there shall be an open and unobstructed buffer strip of twenty feet in depth. Parking of vehicles in this buffer strip shall be prohibited. Except for accessways permitted herein, such buffer strip shall contain a curb or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle ingress or egress and shall be continuous for the entire width of the lot adjoining the street or highway right-of-way line. Service station pumps are permitted if they are located not less than thirty feet from the right-of-way line.
Each lot shall have not more than two accessways to any one street or highway. The width of any accessway leading to or from a highway shall be not less than sixteen feet and not more than thirty-six feet. Insofar as practical, the use of common accessways by two or more uses shall be encouraged to reduce the number of such highway access points. The fronting of uses on a marginal service street shall also be encouraged.
B. Rear yards. The depth of the rear yard shall be not less than forty feet.
C. Side yards. There shall be two side yards for each lot in a B-3 District, the sum of which shall be not less than thirty-five feet wide, and each side yard shall be not less than fifteen feet wide except as otherwise provided by this Zoning Code.
When the side of a lot in a B-3 District adjoins a residential district, there shall be a side yard on the side so adjoining of not less than twenty-five feet.
(f) Percentage of Lot Coverage. Buildings, together with their accessory uses, in a B-3 District, shall cover not more than twenty-five percent of the area of the lot, except as otherwise provided herein.
(h) Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements. The provisions of Chapter 1276 shall apply in the B-3 District.
(Ord. 66-103. Passed 12-19-66.)
(i) Sexually Oriented Businesses Not Permitted. Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, no sexually oriented business, as defined in Chapter 1273, shall be permitted in the B-3 District.
(Ord. 98-34. Passed 6-15-98.)