§ 29-111. B-4 general commercial.

(a)

General description and intent. This section applies to the B-4 general commercial district. This district is intended for use in areas adjacent to the central business district and other already developed commercial areas not suited for lower intensity zoning categories. It is not intended that new areas will be developed in this category except that existing areas zoned B-4 may be expanded where appropriate. Expansion of such areas will be based on the impact of adjacent land uses and the overall preservation or improvement of the character of adjacent areas, traffic generation on collector or minor residential streets, and land use plans of the city.

(b)

Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in this district:

(1)

Retail outlets.

(2)

Beauty shop and/or barbershop.

(3)

Day care center.

(4)

Shoe repair shop.

(5)

Tailor shop.

(6)

Seamstress shop.

(7)

Clinic.

(8)

Financial institutions.

(9)

Theaters.

(10)

Professional offices.

(11)

Restaurants.

(12)

Drugstore.

(13)

Grocery store.

(14)

Cleaners and laundry.

(15)

Personal services.

(16)

Recreational facilities such as bowling alleys, gymnasiums, and athletic clubs.

(17)

Automobile sales. (Subject to compliance with conditions as stated under section 29-2, garages, public or repair.)

(18)

Automobile repair garage, body shops, painting, upholstering, reconditioning excluding major truck repairing and overhauling. These activities shall be carried on indoors. There shall be no outside long-term (over sixty (60) days) storage of vehicles, parts or equipment. (Subject to compliance with conditions as stated under section 29-2, garages, public or repair.)

(19)

Motels and hotels.

(20)

Nursing home.

(21)

Hospital.

(22)

Reserved.

(23)

General offices.

(24)

Mini-warehouses.

(25)

Publishing company.

(26)

Undertaking establishments.

(27)

Outdoor advertising signs.

(28)

Tire sales and services. (Subject to compliance with conditions as stated under section 29-2, garages, public or repair.)

(29)

Plant nurseries.

(30)

Building supply companies.

(31)

Veterinary clinic with no outside boarding of animals.

(32)

Commercial indoor amusement facility.

(33)

Gasoline filling stations. (Subject to compliance with conditions as stated under section 29-2, garages, public or repair.)

(34)

Furniture sales.

(35)

Small engine repair. (No outside storage of parts or equipment.)

(36)

Wholesale.

(37)

Drive-in and fast food establishments.

(38)

Drive-up window.

(39)

Restaurant.

(40)

Restaurant, entertainment.

(41)

Diner.

(42)

Commercial indoor recreation facility.

(43)

Bed and breakfast, expanded.

(44)

Bed and breakfast, limited.

(c)

Uses permitted upon review and approval of the planning commission. The planning commission may impose special conditions relating to such considerations as the site plan, screening or parking as a condition for approval of the following uses or any other uses it deems appropriate for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare:

(1)

Buildings over four (4) stories.

(2)

Public and semipublic uses.

(3)

Churches (see section 29-37(b)(12)).

(4)

Multifamily dwelling units up to twenty-one (21) units per gross acre.

(5)

Tavern.

(6)

Single-family residences, only when this use is located in an existing structure that was originally designed and constructed for residential purposes; and when operating in conjunction with a legally operating permitted use.

(7)

Other uses deemed appropriate in the opinion of the planning commission which conform to the basic intent of this district, and which can be demonstrated to be equal to or less intense than other permitted uses in this district.

(8)

Service clubs and lodges.

(9)

Emergency residential child welfare care facility, only when this use is located in an existing functionally obsolete residential structure.

(10)

Residential child welfare care facility, only when this use is located in an existing functionally obsolete residential structure.

(11)

Institutional and nonprofit uses not listed under uses permitted.

(12)

Nightclub.

(13)

Private club.

(d)

Parking requirements. Parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of article V, division 2.

(e)

Height and area requirements. The following height and area requirements apply to this district:

(1)

Height requirement. The maximum height of use in this district shall be four (4) stories or sixty (60) feet. The height shall be measured from the finished floor level (FFL).

(2)

Area requirements.

a.

Rear yard: A minimum setback of twenty (20) feet. A required ten-foot strip along the rear property line must be maintained as natural groundcover or landscaped area.

b.

Side yard: A minimum setback or twenty (20) feet for total yards. No side yard shall be less than ten (10) feet. A required five-foot strip along both side property lines must be maintained as natural groundcover or landscaped area.

c.

Front yard: A minimum setback of twenty (20) feet. Ten (10) feet adjoining right-of-way must be maintained as natural groundcover or landscaping area excluding ingress and egress.

(f)

Screening. Where a B-4 district abuts a residential use or is across the street from a residential district a compact evergreen screen or permanent-type opaque fence of wood or masonry construction having a height of not less than six (6) feet shall be erected and maintained between all parking areas, interior lot lines, and the residential zone and in conformance with all other codes of the city. Any light used to illuminate the parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjacent properties or from properties located across the street.

(Ord. No. 4807, as amended, § 17, 2-2-81; Ord No. 5430, §§ 4, 5, 8, 9, 4-1-91; Ord. No. 5931, §§ 1F, 1G, 2-5-01; Ord. No. 6175, § 2, 5-1-06; Ord. No. 6199, § 2, 11-6-06; Ord. No. 6297, §§ 2, 4, 11-2-09; Ord. No. 6350, §§ 2—6, 4-18-11)