§ 42-93. B-3 General Business District.  


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  • (a)

    Purpose. This district is intended to provide for those commercial activities of a more general retail and wholesale nature, and those office and service facilities catering to the larger community trade area.

    (b)

    Use regulations.

    (1)

    Permitted uses.

    a.

    Any use as permitted in the local business district.

    b.

    The following types of businesses, services and trades: Automobile sales rooms, automotive body repair, storage yards and garages for equipment, supplies or vehicles, but not including the storage of junked or wrecked automobiles or parts, bakeries, caterers, dairies, and bottling plants, dry cleaning and dyeing establishments, furniture stores, laundries, lockers and cold storage plants, pet shops, places of entertainment, printing and publishing houses, theaters, dance halls and other amusement places, used car lots, wholesalers and distributors, mini-warehouses and any similar use subject to the approval of the town plan commission.

    (2)

    Conditional uses. Automobile service and gas/convenience stations, commercial and residential ponds, et al., commercial kennels and laboratories, et al., communication structures, et al., drive-through lanes, et al., laboratories for testing, et al., legal nonconforming uses, motels, off-street parking lot, senior housing and uses or situations not specifically provided for.

    (c)

    Building location.

    (1)

    Setback : 50 feet minimum.

    (2)

    Offset.

    a.

    Principal building: ten feet.

    b.

    Buildings used in part for accessory residence purposes: 20 feet minimum.

    (d)

    Height regulations.

    (1)

    Principal building: 35 feet maximum.

    (2)

    Accessory buildings: 18 feet maximum.

    (3)

    See section 42-37 for exceptions and permitted increases.

    (e)

    Area regulations.

    (1)

    Floor area.

    a.

    Maximum building footprint permitted: 50 percent.

    (2)

    Lot size.

    a.

    Minimum area: 20,000 square feet.

    b.

    Minimum width for a straight or curved street: 120 feet.

    c.

    Minimum width for a cul-de-sac bulb turnaround: 90 feet.

(Ord. of 10-24-2017, § 13-3-13)