[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.1, 3-4-1997]
Permitted uses in the General Purpose "B" District are as follows:
(1) Residential uses, including manufactured housing units.
(2) Home occupations (expanded definition).
(3) Agricultural, including the keeping of farm animals and pleasure
animals, forestry and horticultural uses.
(4) Recreational or community activities except those operated for profit.
(5) Municipal uses deemed necessary by the City Council, but, prior to
taking action thereon, the council shall hold a public hearing for
which 10 days' public notice shall be given.
(7) Accessory structures and uses and yard sales on no more than 10 days
in any calendar year.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.2, 3-4-1997; Ord. No. 42-1997, 4-15-1997; Ord. No. 49-1997, 5-20-1997; Ord. No. 1-1999, 7-6-1999; Ord. No. 21-2006, 2-7-2006]
Permitted uses requiring Planning Board review in the General
Purpose "B" District are as follows:
(1) Fill, loam, sand and gravel extraction operations (subject to site review under the provisions of chapter
90, no matter what the size of the nonvegetated area), provided the operation does not include the removal of bedrock material through blasting or any other mechanical means or the crushing or further processing of such bedrock material.
(3) Recreational activities operated for profit.
(4) Junkyards, including auto graveyards (subject to site review under the provisions of chapter
90, no matter what the size of the nonvegetated area), commercial piggeries, and commercial poultry raising.
(5) School, day nursery, or institution of an educational, religious,
philanthropic, fraternal, political or social nature.
(6) Planned unit development and cluster housing development.
(7) Congregate residential retirement housing.
(8) Health services offices and professional offices.
(10)
Nonmunicipal public and quasipublic uses.
(11)
Veterinarians and veterinary clinics and hospitals.
(12)
Kennels for boarding of pets.
(13)
Mobile home parks, which may be located only within a Manufactured
Housing Overlay District.
(15)
Commercial structures and uses, including but not limited to
funeral homes, small scale retail and wholesale business establishments,
multifamily housing, small scale retail stores and services, manufacturing,
hotels, motels, restaurants, motor vehicle sales and services, mobile
home and equipment sales and services, retail motor fuel and service
establishments, shopping centers, drive-in theaters, warehouses, storage
facilities, light industrial uses, marine-related activities, boat
storage, office complexes, and crafts production.
(16)
Storage tanks for petroleum products, including propane (subject to site plan review under the provisions of chapter
90, no matter what the size of the nonvegetated area).
(17)
Bed and breakfast, including class 1, class 2 and class 3.
(18)
Stealth telecommunications facilities.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.3, 3-4-1997]
Provisions of chapter
82, pertaining to shoreland zoning, and chapter
78, article
II, pertaining to floodplains, may apply in the General Purpose "B" District. See the shoreland zoning maps and FIRM flood maps.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.4, 3-4-1997]
(a) The general standards of performance of article
IX of this chapter shall be observed in the General Purpose "B" District.
(b) The following standards shall also apply:
(1)
Residential uses.
a.
Maximum residential density for one- or two-family dwelling
structures is one dwelling structure per net acre.
b.
Maximum residential density for one-family dwelling structures
with City sewer shall be one dwelling structure per one-third net
acre.
c.
Maximum residential density for three- or more family dwelling
structures is three dwelling units per net acre.
d.
Minimum lot frontage is 100 feet.
e.
The minimum rear and side yard setback is 15 feet.
(2)
Commercial, industrial and other nonresidential uses.
a.
Minimum lot size is one net acre. A commercial or nonresidential
use may be located on the same one-acre lot as a dwelling structure.
b.
Minimum lot frontage is 150 feet.
c.
The minimum rear and side yards are 20 feet.
(3)
Setback from right-of-way. The minimum setback shall be 30 feet
from the road right-of-way line as determined by either measuring
a distance from the center of the traveled way that equals 1/2 the
right-of-way distance plus 30 feet, or determining the right-of-way
boundary by a survey at the owner's expense and adding 30 feet. Where
the right-of-way width is unavailable or uncertain, the setback shall
be 60 feet from the center of the traveled way.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.5, 3-4-1997]
In the case of planned unit development and cluster housing development in the General Purpose "B" District, the standards in section
102-344 may be modified in accordance with the special provisions of article
VI of this chapter. In addition, planned unit development and cluster housing development shall be reviewed under the City's subdivision ordinance.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.6, 3-4-1997]
Only those uses specifically listed as permitted uses or permitted
uses requiring Planning Board review are allowed within the General
Purpose "B" District. All other uses are excluded.