A.
This B Business Zone District is limited to the sale on the premises to the ultimate consumer of commodities or services or the furnishing thereof for the entire community. Also permitted in this zone are business and professional offices and state-licensed nursing homes. This zone also permits conditional uses as set forth in § 166-149 and accessory uses customarily incident to the permitted principal uses; provided, however, that amusement devices are permitted as an accessory use only. Said amusement devices, where permitted as an accessory use, shall meet all of the following requirements:
[Amended 6-10-1999 by Ord. No. 17-99]
(1)
There shall be 60 square feet of operating area
for each amusement device. The calculation of the operating area shall
exclude any area of the premises which is used for other purposes
but shall include access- and walkways primarily serving the amusement
device.
(2)
The maximum area devoted for all amusement devices,
at a ratio of 60 square feet for each device, shall not exceed 25%
of the gross floor area of the establishment.
B.
Before the issuance of a construction or occupancy
permit, the Planning Board shall review and approve a preliminary
and final site plan of the proposed business use and shall ascertain
that all requirements of this section are complied with.
A.
This zone shall specifically prohibit, in addition to any use other than as permitted in § 166-181, the following:
(1)
Residential construction or conversion.
(3)
Used car sales as a principal use. Used car
sales are permitted as an accessory use to a business where new cars
are sold within the confines of a building, provided that the area
devoted to the sale of used cars is no larger than the floor area
of the building used for new car sales.
(4)
Junkyards or the dismantling of automobiles.
(5)
Outdoor amusements.
(6)
Eating establishments where food or drink is
consumed or served outside the confines of a structure on the premises.
(7)
Warehouses unless an accessory structure.
(8)
Storage buildings and yards.
(9)
Auction establishments.
(10)
Any industrial use whatsoever.
(11)
Nothing contained herein shall be construed in any manner to permit a use which fails to conform to the performance standards of § 166-193.
(12)
Hotels and motels.
(13)
More than one principal building on a lot.
[Added 4-14-1988 by Ord. No. 3-88]
B.
For the purpose of this article, such uses as laundries,
bakeries and the like shall be deemed to be industries where they
employ more than 10 persons or use any machine requiring more than
10 horsepower, but it is not intended that a store or a service, such
as a department store or bank, shall be limited as to the number of
its employees.
The following requirements must be complied
with in the B Zone:
A.
No building shall exceed a maximum of 28 feet in height, exclusive of roof tanks and supports, chimneys or head houses or similar enclosures for air-conditioning machinery or other apparatus. The foregoing roof structures shall not exceed five feet in height, nor shall their total area exceed 5% of the roof area to which they are attached. This shall not be construed to permit a dish antenna to exceed the twenty-eight-foot height limit as regulated in § 166-138.1B(2).
B.
There shall be a front yard of not less than 50 feet.
C.
There shall be a side yard of 15 feet; provided, however,
that where the side yard of a lot in the B Zone abuts a residence
zone, said side yard shall not be less than 40 feet.
[Amended 12-13-2001 by Ord. No. 18-2001]
D.
There shall be a rear yard of at least 25 feet where
the rear yard abuts a business-zoned property. There shall be a rear
yard of at least 40 feet where the rear yard abuts a residentially
zoned property. Where a railroad right-of-way abuts the rear of the
property, up to 10 feet of said right-of-way may be counted as part
of the rear yard.
E.
Prior to the issuance of a building permit or certificate
of occupancy, the Planning Board shall review and approve a site plan
as required in Part 4.
F.
No store or shop shall use any noisemaking devices,
such as phonographs, loudspeakers, amplifiers, radios, television
sets or similar devices, so situated as to be heard outside any building.
No smoke, fumes or objectionable odors shall be emitted from any building.
The display of merchandise placed on the exterior premises of any
building is prohibited.
G.
Every building shall be faced on all exterior walls
with a veneer material as approved by the Planning Board.
