(A) Purpose. The General Business District is intended to provide a district that will allow general retail and commercial uses to serve existing population.
(B) Conditional and interim uses.
(1) Conditional uses.
(a) Subdivisions, minimum lot size of one acre;
(b) Essential services - telephone, telegraph and power distribution poles and lines and necessary appurtenant equipment and structures; and
(c) Churches.
(2) Interim uses.
(a) Commercial recreation;
(b) Hospitals;
(c) Hotel and motel;
(d) Offices and medical centers;
(e) Retail trade;
(f) Government buildings;
(g) Wholesale business;
(h) Indoor recreation, such as movie theater;
(i) Restaurants, cafés and supper clubs;
(j) Passenger transportation terminal;
(k) Drive-in business;
(l) Clubs, lodges;
(m) Automobile service stations;
(n) Landscaping;
(o) Parking facilities;
(p) Fences;
(q) Any incidental repair, processing and storage necessary to conduct a principal use, but not exceeding 30% of the floor space of the principal building;
(r) On-off sale liquor establishment;
(s) Freight transportation terminals;
(t) Industry, such as a printing company, that requires direct contact with the public for sales;
(u) Single dwelling units;
(v) Commercial day care centers;
(w) Solar energy farms;
(x) Solar energy systems as regulated under § 155.108; and
(y) Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Ports.
(C) Performance standards.
(1) Height regulations. No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed two and one half stories or 35 feet in height.
(2) Front yard regulations.
(a) Setbacks:
Required Setback Distance From Road Centerline | Road Class |
130 | State Highway |
130 | County Road and State Aid Highway |
65 | Local Road |
(b) Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more roads or highway side of each corner lot. No building shall project beyond the front yard line of either road.
(3) Side yard regulations.
(a) Minimum side yard shall be 20 feet.
(b) No building shall be located within 50 feet of any side lot line abutting a lot in any Residential or Agricultural District.
(4) Rear yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a minimum rear yard of 35 feet.
(b) No building shall be located within 50 feet of any rear lot line abutting a lot in any Residential or Agricultural District.
(5) Lot width and depth regulations. There shall be a minimum lot width and depth of 150 feet.
(6) Sewage disposal and water system. The developer shall be required to indicate the proposed water and sewage disposal systems to serve the development.
(7) Screening and fencing. The county may require the screening and fencing of commercial uses especially on side and rear yards facing residential and agricultural uses.
(9) Coverage. No more than 50% of the lot ground area shall be covered by buildings.
(D) Multiple use buildings. In general, only one principal use may be permitted per lot. Where buildings are proposed which will contain more than one use, each use or change of use shall require a separate conditional use permit.
(Ord. passed 7-28-2015; Ord. 16-8, passed 12-27-2016; Ord. 22-4, passed 11-29-2022; Ord. 23-1, passed 5-2-2023)