The B-2 Major Shopping Center District is designed
to provide opportunities for regional shopping in locations served
by two or more major highways. The Major Shopping Center District
is also designed to create a unified design for the site and its buildings
and to ensure compatibility with adjoining uses and districts.
A building or combination of buildings on a tract may be erected or used and a tract or premises may be used or occupied, subject to the provisions in Articles
XXIX and
XXX, for any of the following purposes:
A. Permitted principal uses.
(1)
A planned regional shopping center.
(2)
Any use permitted in a B-1 Neighborhood Shopping Center District as set forth in Article
XXII, provided that such business uses are clustered within a building such as a mall containing several individual places of business.
(3)
A car care service center having as its primary
purpose the sale and installation of automobile tires, batteries and
accessories, provided that any such use shall not include the retail
sale of gasoline and shall not be located so as to interfere with
the compact arrangement or servicing of retail store use.
(4)
Communications antennas mounted on an existing public utility transmission tower, building or other structure and communications equipment buildings, subject to the regulations set forth in §
275-216 of Article
XXXIV.
[Added 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 588]
(5)
Single-family detached dwelling. Existing nonconforming residential uses and residential lots and structures located within the B-2 Zoning District are permitted uses and shall comply with the height, area and bulk provisions of the R-3 Zoning District, as set forth in §§
275-32 and
275-33A(3).
[Added 2-22-2016 by Ord.
No. 766]
B. Accessory uses to permitted principal uses.
(1)
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the above permitted uses, including storage within
a completely enclosed building in conjunction with a permitted use;
and having accommodations for a watchman or similar employee.
(2)
Parking in accordance with Article
XXXI.
(3)
Signs in accordance with Article
XXXII.
C. Conditional uses.
(1)
Uses of the same general character as any permitted
uses hereinbefore specifically permitted.
(2)
Communications towers, subject to the standards for communications towers as conditional uses set forth at §
275-216.1, and communications equipment buildings, subject to the regulations set forth in §
275-216 of Article
XXXIV.
[Added 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 588]
(3) Billboards, subject to the area and bulk regulations in §
275-216.3, and the conditional use standards and criteria in §§
275-216.4 and
275-236.
[Added 9-14-2009 by Ord. No. 707]
The maximum height of buildings and other structures erected, enlarged or used shall be 55 feet, except as provided in the special provisions in Article
XXXIV, which provide for exceptions to height regulations for certain structures.
In B-2 Districts, the special requirements of §
275-133 pertaining to the B-1 Districts shall apply, except for those sections relating to buffer areas and parking. In addition, the following requirements shall apply:
A. Ownership. No lot or parcel of ground located in B-2
Districts shall be used for any of the uses provided herein unless
said lot or parcel shall be held in one ownership, except as may otherwise
be authorized as a conditional use.
B. Building placement. No building or permanent structure,
other than a permitted sign or traffic control device, shall be erected
within 200 feet of a street line or within 100 feet of any other property
line.
C. Buffer area. Along each property line which directly abuts any residential district, a buffer area not less than 100 feet shall be provided, of which at least 50 feet shall be landscaped. Along any street line, a landscaped area not less than 30 feet in width shall be provided. Buffer areas and landscaped areas shall be in accordance with Article
XXIV.
D. Parking. All off-street parking and loading areas shall be in accordance with Article
XXXI.
Each application for a permit to erect, construct or alter any building within a B-2 Major Shopping Center District or each request for an amendment to establish such a district or to modify a previously prepared plan shall comply with the special procedural and application requirements in Article
XXXIV.