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.
(4) 
Any accessory use as provided in § 275-130B.
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.
A. 
Permitted principal uses and conditional uses.
(1) 
Minimum tract area: 10 acres.
(2) 
Minimum tract width at street line: 500 feet.
(3) 
Maximum impervious surface area: 60%.
(4) 
Maximum building coverage: 25%.
(5) 
Minimum setback: 200 feet.
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.