The business districts established in this chapter are designed
to promote and protect public health, safety, comfort, convenience,
prosperity, and other aspects of the general welfare. These general
goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:
A. To provide sufficient space, in appropriate locations in proximity
to residential areas, for local retail development catering to the
daily shopping needs of nearby residents.
B. To protect retail and commercial development in the shopping districts
as well as nearby residential areas against fire, explosions, toxic
and noxious matter, radiation and other hazards, and against offensive
noise, vibration, smoke and other particulate matter, odorous matter,
heat, humidity, glare, and other objectionable influences.
C. To protect retail and commercial development, as well as nearby residential
areas, against congestion by limiting the bulk of buildings in relation
to the land around them and to one another, by restricting those types
of establishments which generate heavy traffic and by providing adequate
off-street parking and off-street loading facilities.
D. To promote the most desirable use of land in accordance with the
Comprehensive Village Plan, to promote stability of business development,
to strengthen the economic base of the Village, to conserve the value
of land and buildings and to protect the Village's tax revenues.
The B-1 General Business District is designed to provide the
wide variety of goods and services that will meet the wants and desires
of the residents of Williamsville and the surrounding area.
A. Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the B-1 Business
District:
(1) Dwelling unit and lodging rooms, above the first floor only.
(3) Art and school supply stores.
(4) Amusement establishments: bowling alleys, pool halls, dance halls,
gymnasiums, indoor swimming pools, and skating rinks.
(5) Art galleries, museums, auction rooms and libraries (public).
(6) Bakeries (not more than 50% of the floor area to be devoted to processing).
(7) Banks and financial institutions.
(10)
Bicycle stores (sales, rental and repair).
(11)
Book and stationery stores.
(13)
Building material sales without outdoor storage.
(14)
Camera and photographic supply stores.
(15)
Candy and ice cream stores.
(18)
Clothes-pressing establishments.
(19)
Clubs and lodges (private, fraternal and religious).
(23)
Dry-cleaning establishments, retail only, having no more than
five employees and dry-cleaning equipment not to exceed 80 pounds
capacity.
(24)
Dry-cleaning and laundry-receiving establishments without processing.
(26)
Electrical and household appliance stores.
(28)
Flower shops, conservatories, and greenhouses.
(29)
Food stores, grocery stores, meat markets, and delicatessens.
(31)
Garden supply and seed stores.
(36)
Hospitals, medical center, mental health facilities, except
animal hospitals.
(40)
Laundries (automatic self-service type, retail or hand).
(41)
Medical and dental clinics.
(44)
Newspaper office including printing.
(47)
Offices (business, professional or governmental).
(48)
Offices (dental, medical or osteopathic).
(49)
Office devoted to business, professional and public activities.
(50)
Offices or group medical clinics.
(51)
Offices (wholesale with storage restricted to samples).
(52)
Optician and optometrist offices.
(53)
Paint and wallpaper stores.
(56)
Plumbing showrooms and shops.
(58)
Radio and television service and repair shops.
(59)
Recreation buildings and community centers.
(60)
Restaurants without entertainment or dancing.
(61)
Schools devoted to music or dance.
(63)
Shoe and hat repair shops.
(70)
Telephone booths, outdoor.
(71)
Temporary buildings for construction purposes, for a period
not to exceed the duration of the active construction.
(72)
Theaters, excluding drive-ins.
(74)
Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors.
(78)
Wholesale establishments, with storage of merchandise limited
to samples only.
B. Conditional permitted uses. The following conditional permitted uses
are permitted in the B-1 Business District.
(4) Churches and other religious institutions.
(6) Mail order houses and service stores.
(8) Outdoor amusement establishments (fairgrounds, permanent carnivals,
kiddie park, golf driving ranges, and other similar amusement centers).
(9) Parking lots and garages for automobiles.
(10)
Public service uses:
(a)
Utility distribution centers.
(b)
Fire and police stations.
(d)
Filtration plants, pumping stations, and water reservoirs.
(11)
Recreation buildings and community centers.
The B-2 Highway Service Business District is designed to provide
highway service facilities for the residents of Williamsville and
environs and for those who are traveling on Interstate 55.
A. Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the B-2 Business
District:
(1) All permitted uses in the B-1 General Business District are permitted
in the B-2 Highway Service Business District.
(3) Automotive service stations and allied facilities that are normally
found with this type of operation.
(6) Building material sales without outdoor storage.
(8) Cartage and express facilities providing for storage of goods, motor
trucks and other equipment in an enclosed structure.
(9) Churches and other religious institutions.
(10)
Contractors' and construction offices.
(13)
Garages; public, servicing automotive vehicles, but not to include
auto body repair or painting.
(14)
Machinery sales establishments.
(16)
Mobile and modular home sales.
(17)
Motels and lodging houses. Dwelling units may be located on
the ground level.
(18)
Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment sales.
(19)
Parking lots and garages for automobiles.
(23)
Travel trailers and recreation vehicles.
B. Conditional permitted uses.
(1) Outdoor amusement establishments, including fairgrounds, permanent
carnivals, kiddie parks, golf driving ranges, miniature golf courses,
skating rinks, swimming pools, and other similar centers.
(2) Public service uses:
(a)
Utility distribution centers.
(b)
Fire and police stations.
(d)
Filtration plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs.
(3) Recreation buildings and community centers.
(7) Parking lots and garages for automobiles.