(A) Description. The purpose of the Highway Commercial District is to encourage the establishment of areas for highway business uses only. This district is specifically designed to service the motoring public. Highway Commercial Districts are generally associated with areas along major highways.
(B) Permitted primary uses.
(1) The primary uses in the B-2 District;
(2) Establishment and lot for the display, rental, sales, service and repair of farm equipment, contractor equipment, automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, boats, travel trailers, mobile homes or supplies for such items;
(3) Restaurants;
(4) Motels or hotels;
(5) Wholesale establishments;
(6) Garden centers;
(7) Kennel, animal hospitals or clinics, including offices of veterinarians, provided that the structure or use not including accessory parking area shall be at least 200 feet from any residential zoning district;
(8) Funeral homes;
(9) Hospitals;
(10) Automobile service stations; and
(11) Car washes, provided surface water from the establishments shall not drain onto adjacent property and that adequate on-site storage lanes and parking facilities shall be provided so that no public way shall be used for such purposes.
(C) Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Parking areas; and
(2) One dwelling unit for owners, operators or employees of a permitted use provided that the dwelling unit shall be a part of the building and shall have a separate entrance.
(D) Permitted conditional uses. Uses permitted only with Board of Adjustment approval after consideration of the intent and purpose of these regulations and the Comprehensive Plan: Recycling centers.
(E) Yard area minimum requirements.
(1) Lot area is 7,500 square feet;
(2) Lot width is 80 feet;
(3) Front yard setback is 20 feet;
(4) Rear yard setback is 25 feet;
(5) Side yard setback is ten feet on both sides of each lot; and
(6) On a corner lot or a lot fronting on two streets, the required front yard setback shall be required on the side yard facing the street.
(F) Maximum requirements.
(1) Lot coverage is 40%; and
(2) Building height is two stories or 30 feet.
(G) Private sewage systems. Wherever private sewage systems or on-site septic treatment facilities are used, the minimum lot area and the rear yard setbacks shall be those required by the Health Department.
(Prior Code, § 152.036)