§ 113-178. B-2 limited business district.

(a)

Scope. The provisions of this section apply to the B-2 limited business district.

(b)

Purpose and intent. The primary purpose of the limited business district is to provide for office and limited service, employment and institutional uses which are freestanding in nature, require larger sites and are or can be made to be compatible with adjacent land uses. It is also intended to accommodate certain existing businesses for the purpose of maintaining them as conforming uses. Except where current retail or wholesale businesses are specifically listed, the limited business district is not intended to accommodate retail or wholesale businesses. The district is designed to minimize the blighting influence on the surrounding residential neighborhoods by limiting and controlling the uses that are permitted.

(c)

Permitted uses. No structure or land shall be used except for the following uses:

(1)

Financial institutions with hours open to the public no earlier than 8:00 a.m. and no later than 6:00 p.m. An automatic teller machine may operate for 24 hours a day.

(2)

Health care, offices and clinics.

(3)

Offices, business and professional.

(4)

City-owned community facilities provided there shall be no unscreened outdoor storage of materials, supplies or equipment, or trucks and trailers exceeding a capacity of 1½ tons.

(5)

Holiday tree sales.

(d)

Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit (CUP):

(1)

Drive-through facilities as an accessory use to a financial institution.

(2)

Churches.

(3)

Child care facilities and nursery schools subject to licensing by the state.

(4)

Dance studios, schools and halls.

(5)

Florist, garden supply and garden wholesale stores.

(6)

Funeral homes and mortuaries.

(7)

Limited fabricating and processing of a product in conjunction with any permitted use when such products are wholly processed within a building and such use is deemed appropriate and consistent with the character of the district and environs. Where such uses consist of more than one principal building, plans for such development shall be submitted as a planned unit development (PUD).

(8)

Historical buildings, museums, art institutes and galleries.

(9)

Photographic studios, portrait.

(10)

Radio broadcasting stations, television broadcasting stations, and cable and other pay television service stations, excluding external antenna systems.

(11)

Studios.

(12)

Research centers and laboratories excluding medical waste processing facilities.

(13)

Schools or studio for music, art or interior design.

(14)

Veterinary clinics with no animal boarding.

(e)

Permitted accessory uses . Any accessory use permitted in section 113-177(e). The requirements of section 113-178(f)(3) and (4) shall not apply.

(f)

Other requirements. All uses shall in addition to all other requirements apply the following standards:

(1)

No bars on doors or windows during business hours.

(2)

No automatic interior or exterior security lock doors or doors that require request for entry or exit during business hours.

(3)

No exterior storage of merchandise except for nursery stock associated with a garden supply store or florist.

(4)

No exterior sales of merchandise except for nursery stock associated with a garden supply store or florist.

(g)

Lot area, height, width and yard requirements. Subject to exception under article V of this chapter.

(1)

Minimum lot area 12,500 square feet.

(2)

Maximum principal building height two stories or 24 feet, except as provided by section 113-243 of this chapter, three stories or 35 feet maximum allowed by CUP or PUD. Accessory buildings are subject to section 113-240(f).

(3)

Minimum lot width 90 feet.

(4)

Minimum building yard requirements:

a.

Front, 30 feet.

b.

Side, ten feet, but 30 feet if abutting a street or R district.

c.

Rear, 20 feet.

(5)

Maximum lot coverage, including the total area of roofs, driveways, parking lots, sidewalks and similar impermeable surfaces, 75 percent.

(h)

Interim uses. The following uses are allowed subject to the issuance of an interim use permit: farmer's markets that meet the following criteria:

(1)

Operate no more than one day per week.

(2)

Site includes not less than 284 parking spaces for customers of the market.

(3)

Market may not operate before 6:30 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m.

(4)

Permittee must name a managing agent who is responsible for the conduct of the vendors in compliance with the conditions of the interim use permit.

(Code 1993, § 9-9.01; Ord. No. 0-93-07, § 3, 7-28-1993; Ord. No. 0-94-05, § 3, 3-23-1994; Ord. No. 0-99-09, §§ 5—7, 12-15-1999; Ord. No. 00-02, §§ 4, 5, 7-26-2000; Ord. No. 03-02, § 3, 2-12-2003; Ord. No. 06-03, § 3, 9-13-2006)