(A) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the B-2 Retail Service and Wholesale Business District.
(1) Any use permitted in the B-1 District.
(2) Dwelling units, provided they are located above the first floor and above a permitted business use. Dwelling units shall not be permitted on the ground floor of business buildings or in the rear of business establishments on the ground floor.
(3) Agricultural implement sales and services.
(4) Air conditioning and heating sales and service.
(5) Antique shops.
(6) Art galleries and studios.
(7) Automobile sales and service, but not including automobile body repair and rebuilding or painting of automobiles.
(8) Automobile and truck (under 1.5 ton capacity) minor motor repair and service shop, but not including body repair and rebuilding or painting.
(9) Automobile and truck repair (major), painting, upholstering, reconditioning, and body and fender repairing when done within the confines of a structure.
(10) Automobile service stations.
(11) Automobile washing, including the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam-cleaning.
(12) Battery and tire service stations.
(13) Beverage, non-alcoholic, bottling and distributing.
(14) Blueprinting and photostating establishments.
(15) Bicycle and motorcycle sales and repair.
(16) Billiard and pool rooms, bowlingalleys, dance halls and gymnasiums.
(17) Boat showroom.
(18) Book binding.
(19) Building materials sales, when conducted wholly within a building.
(20) Catering establishments.
(21) Clubs and fraternal organizations.
(22) Contractors’ offices and shops, where no fabricating is done on the premises and where all storage of material is within a building or enclosed area.
(23) Costume rental shop.
(24) Employment agency.
(25) Exterminating shop.
(26) Feed and seed store.
(27) Garages, public, for storage of private passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles under 1½ tons capacity.
(28) Glass cutting and glazing establishments.
(29) Greenhouse, wholesale growers.
(30) Household appliance repair shop.
(31) Laboratories, commercial (medical, dental, research, experimental and testing), provided no production or manufacturing of products takes place.
(32) Locksmith.
(33) Orthopedic and medical appliance store, but not including the assembly or manufacture of the articles.
(34) Parcel delivery station.
(35) Pawn shop.
(36) Pet shops, kennels or animal hospitals when conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
(37) Picture framing when conducted for retail trade on the premises only.
(38) Plumbing showroom, heating and roofing supply shops.
(39) Photograph developing and processing.
(40) Poultry and rabbit killing for retail sale on the premises only.
(41) Printing, publishing and issuing of newspapers, periodicals, books, stationery and other reading matter.
(42) Processing or assembly limited to the following, provided that space occupied in a building does not exceed 7,500 square feet of total floor and basement space, not including stairwells, or elevator shafts; and provided the processing or assembly can be conducted without noise, vibration, odor, dust or any other condition which might be disturbing to occupants of adjacent buildings. When manufacturing operations of the same or similar products demand space exceeding 7,500 square feet, they shall then be located in the M-1 Manufacturing District:
(a) Advertising displays;
(b) Awnings, venetian blinds and window shades;
(c) Bakers, wholesale;
(d) Brushes and brooms;
(e) Cosmetics, drugs and perfumes;
(f) Electrical equipment appliances;
(g) Food processing, packaging and distribution;
(h) Jewelry;
(i) Medical and dental supplies;
(j) Optical goods and equipment;
(k) Pattern-making;
(l) Products from finished materials such as plastic, bone, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fibre, paper, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, precious or semi-precious stone, rubber, shell or yarn.
(43) Public auction rooms.
(44) Radio and television broadcasting stations.
(45) Recreation places, including bowling alley, dance hall, gymnasium, skating rink, archery range, golf practicing range, miniature golf course, or other similar places of amusement or entertainment when operated for pecuniary profit.
(46) Restaurants (drive-in car service).
(47) Riding academies.
(48) Schools: music, dance, business, commercial or trade.
(49) Second-hand stores and rummage shops.
(50) Silver plating and repair shop.
(51) Smoking and processing of meat products.
(52) Theater, indoor.
(53) Undertaking establishments.
(54) Used passenger automobile sales (used car lot) on an open lot or within a building.
(55) Wholesale business, excluding a building, the principal use of which is for a storage warehouse.
(56) B-1 Business, B-2 Business, General and Wholesale, and B-3 Highway Business Districts. Active solar energy systems, building integrated solar energy systems, grid-intertie solar energy systems, off-grid solar energy systems, passive solar energy system, photovoltaic systems, solar collectors, solar energy system, solar energy system additions, solar heat exchangers, solar hot air systems, and/or solar hot water systems, installed in compliance with this ordinance and in compliance with applicable local, state and federal law shall be an allowable use, in addition to all others in B-1 Business, B-2 Business, General and Wholesale, and B-3 Highway Business Districts.
(B) Height of buildings. No building or structure shall be erected or structurally altered to exceed a height of 3 stories, nor shall it exceed 35 feet in height.
(C) Yard areas. No building shall be constructed or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with the building.
(1) Front yard.
(a) No front yard shall be required when all frontage between 2 intersecting streets lies within this district. However, when lots within this district are adjacent to and adjoining lots in a residential district, all of which front upon the same street between 2 intersecting streets, there shall be established the same front yard setback for all of the frontage as has been established in the residential district.
(b) Exceptions. When existing buildings located in this district have already established a building line at the street line or at a lesser depth than required above, then all new buildings may conform to the same building line, except for the 50 feet of B-2 District frontage adjacent to the residential district, whereupon there shall be provided a front setback of not less than 10 feet.
(2) Side yard. The same regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the B-1 Business District.
(3) Rear yard. The same rear yard regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the B-1 Business District.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of divisions (C)(2) and (3) hereof, when existing buildings located in this district have already established a building line at a depth less than required by divisions (C)(2) and (3) hereof, any extensions or enlargements thereof may conform to the same building line, provided the extension or enlargement shall not interfere with the safety and general welfare of the public.
(1992 Code, § 155.052) (Ord. passed 5- -1969; Am. Ord. 091487A, passed 9-14-1987; Am. Ord. 072897A, passed 7-28-1997; Am. Ord. 2021- MC12, passed 12-13-2021) Penalty, see § 155.999