In a B2 Business District, the regulations contained
in this Article shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and
a lot or premises may be used for any of the following purposes and
for no other:
A.
Any use permitted in the B1 Business District.
B.
Public garage, motor vehicle service and repair shop
or gasoline service station.
C.
Storage house; stable; express, carting or hauling
station; ice storage; or yard for storage and sale of coal, fuel oil
or building materials.
D.
Carpentry, cabinet making and furniture repair and
upholstery shop; blacksmithing; tinsmithing; or plumbing, heating,
roofing, paper hanging, painting or electrical repair shop.
E.
Creamery, dairy products, milk or beverage distribution
station.
F.
Repair of jewelry, watches, clocks, optical goods,
musical, professional and scientific instruments.
G.
Job printing, including printing of newspapers.
H.
Billiard room, bowling alley or other place of amusement,
when authorized as a special exception, except that any use as a permanent
amusement park is hereby prohibited.
I.
Cleaning and dyeing establishment.
J.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the above permitted uses.
K.
Any use of the same general character as any of the
uses hereinbefore specifically permitted when authorized as a special
exception.
No building may be erected, altered or used
and no lot or premises may be used for any trade, industry or business
that is noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas,
vibration or noise. No engine or other mechanical device shall be
used unless objectionable noise and vibration is eliminated.
A.
Lot area. A lot area of not less than 1,600 square feet per family shall be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used in whole or in part as a dwelling, except that multiple dwellings when authorized as a special exception shall have a lot area of not less than 5,000 square feet per family and shall meet the other requirements of § 114-71D(2), provided that in the case of a lot held in single and separate ownership at the time the Zoning Ordinance of 1940 became effective, having an area of less than 1,600 square feet, a dwelling may be built thereon when authorized as a special exception.
[Amended 9-8-1965 by Ord. No. 525]
B.
Building area. In the case of any building hereafter
erected, altered or used in whole or in part as a dwelling, the building
area shall not exceed 70% of the lot area.
A.
Front yards.
(1)
General requirement. There shall be a front
yard, the depth of which shall be at least 20 feet.
[Amended 3-11-1970 by Ord. No. 591; 11-14-1973 by Ord. No.
625; 9-9-1987 by Ord. No. 750]
B.
Side yards.
(1)
Detached and multiple dwellings. In the case
of a single-family or two-family detached dwelling or a multiple dwelling,
there shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building,
neither of which shall be less than six feet wide, provided that if
such building is over 40 feet high, the width of each side yard shall
be increased four feet for each 12 feet or portion thereof by which
the building exceeds 40 feet in height; and provided further that
in the case of a lot held in single and separate ownership at the
time this chapter becomes effective, of a width less than 40 feet,
a single-family or two-family detached dwelling may be built thereon
with side yards of less width, when authorized as a special exception.
(2)
Semidetached dwellings. In the case of a single-family
or two-family semidetached dwelling, there shall be at least one side
yard which shall be not less than nine feet wide, provided that in
the case of a lot held in single and separate ownership at the time
this chapter becomes effective, of a width less than 40 feet, a single-family
or two-family semidetached dwelling may be built thereon with a side
yard of less width, when authorized as a special exception.
C.
Rear yards. In the case of a building used in whole
or in part as a dwelling, there shall be a rear yard, the depth of
which shall be at least 15 feet, provided that, if such building is
over 40 feet high, the depth of the rear yard shall be increased four
feet for each 12 feet or portion thereof by which the building exceeds
40 feet in height.
[Added 10-8-1975 by Ord. No. 646; amended 7-8-1992 by Ord. No.
786]
For all land uses in the B2 Business District, buffers shall be provided along property boundaries, buffers or street trees shall be provided along all streets and all parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with the requirements of § 95-11I of Chapter 95, Subdivision of Land. Existing landscape material may be used to meet these requirements.
