[CC 1988 §42.400; Ord. No. 578 §1, 10-17-1988]
The Community Business District is intended to provide for a
balanced variety of retail, service and office facilities which are
significantly dependent upon and intended to serve the residents of
the City of Lake Saint Louis.
[CC 1988 §42.410; Ord. No. 578 §1, 10-17-1988; Ord. No. 753 §1, 5-6-1991]
A.
The
following uses shall be permitted, provided that the total gross floor
area of any structure or structures on a site shall not exceed two
thousand (2,000) square feet in area.
1.
Stores in which beverages, pharmaceutical, household supplies and
personal use items are sold at retail.
3.
Grocery stores and delicatessens, excluding the consumption of food
on the premises.
4.
Business, institutional, governmental and professional offices.
5.
Financial institutions without drive-in facilities.
6.
Professional offices except medical clinic.
7.
Any proposed use that is not listed above shall be reviewed by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and forwarded with a recommendation
to the Board of Aldermen for final determination and approval.
8.
Health club facility.
9.
Tennis court facility.
[CC 1988 §42.420; Ord. No. 578 §1, 10-17-1988; Ord. No. 1744 §1, 7-1-2002]
A.
The following uses shall be permitted in the "CB" District provided that the total gross floor area of any structure or structures shall not exceed a one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) floor area ratio (FAR) and further providing that the following uses shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of site plan review, Chapter 430, Article IV.
2.
Household appliance sales and repair.
3.
Home and office furniture stores.
4.
Pet shops, pet sales, food and supplies.
5.
Garden supplies.
6.
Hardware, paint, glass or wallpaper sales.
7.
Medical or dental clinic or laboratories.
8.
Printing, lithography and publishing (including office duplicating).
9.
Retail store or market providing the convenience needs of the City's
residents.
10.
Hotels and motels.
11.
Auditoriums and other assembly halls.
12.
Indoor theaters or cinemas.
13.
Business, institutional, governmental, professional and medical offices
at a density of up to two (2.0) FAR.
14.
Private clubs whose chief activity is customarily carried on as a
business.
15.
Financial institutions with drive-in facilities.
[CC 1988 §42.430; Ord. No. 578 §1, 10-17-1988; Ord. No. 730 §§1
— 2, 12-17-1990; Ord. No. 819 §1, 8-17-1992; Ord.
No. 1226 §1, 10-6-1997; Ord. No. 1511 §1, 6-5-2000]
A.
The following uses may be permitted in the "CB" District if
deemed appropriate by the Board of Aldermen under the provisions of
special permits and provided that the total gross floor area of any
single store, shop, establishment or office shall not exceed one and
twenty-five hundredths (1.25) floor area ratio (FAR).
1.
Carpentry, cabinet, furniture refinishing or upholstery shops.
2.
Day care centers or day nursery.
3.
Commercial parking as a principal use.
4.
Parking lot or structure designed for and intended to serve the needs
of an approved "CB" use not located on the same lot but conforming
to the requirements of site plan review.
5.
Drive-in and curb service restaurants.
6.
Veterinarian offices or dog and cat hospitals.
7.
Bakery.
8.
Restaurant.
9.
Establishments for the conduct of recreational or amusement activities
including bowling alleys, skating rinks, movie theaters, etc.
a.
The size and complexion of events held at such establishments shall
be in accordance with the approved seating capacity and design of
the facility as identified during the building permit process. Prior
to the scheduling of any event that varies from the primary use of
the facility and which will be attended by more than five hundred
(500) people, a special event permit must be obtained. The procedures
for obtaining such a permit are as follows:
(1)
A request for a special event permit, which includes a detailed
narrative description of the proposed event, is to be submitted to
the City Administrator.
(2)
The Chief of Police shall review all special event permit requests
for ordinance compliance, security and public safety concerns.
(3)
The special event permit request shall be either approved, approved
with conditions, returned for revisions or denied within thirty (30)
days of receipt.
b.
There shall be provided sufficient space for access and off-street
standing, parking and unloading of vehicles that may be expected to
come to such establishment under normal conditions for any purpose.
When a use is other than the primary use, accessory off-street parking
shall be provided on the same parcel of land occupied by the use to
which it is appurtenant.
c.
Noise levels of events held in such establishments shall be limited
or contained within the facility so that no sound exceeding fifty
(50) decibels is audible at a distance of five hundred (500) feet
from the facility.
10.
Car wash.
13.
Outdoor and indoor storage facilities with approved screening, buffering.
14.
Hospitals and other institutions of a religious, educational or charitable
or philanthropic nature provided that such building shall not be located
upon sites containing less than one (1) acre.
15.
A facility including buildings, structures and land for the residential
or out-patient treatment of alcohol and/or other drug abuse, if the
facility meets all of the following conditions.
a.
In residential facilities, no more than twenty (20) persons per acre
shall reside in the building at any one (1) time.
b.
The exterior appearance of the treatment facility shall reasonably
conform to the exterior appearance of other dwellings and/or structures
in the vicinity, as approved by the Development Review Board.
c.
A treatment facility shall not be located closer than one thousand
(1,000) feet to any other substance abuse treatment facility.
[Ord. No. 1720 §1, 5-20-2002]
The following use is prohibited in the "CB" District: Tattoo
parlor/piercing salon, except that ear piercing may be allowed as
a service, accessory to and complimentary to the sale of earrings.
[CC 1988 §42.440; Ord. No. 578 §1, 10-17-1988; Ord. No. 1071 §1, 1-8-1996; Ord.
No. 1764 §§1 — 2, 9-23-2002]
A.
Minimum Lot Requirements.
1.
The minimum lot size shall be one (1) acre. Specific lots may be
reduced to not less than one-half (½) acre by the Board of
Aldermen, after consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission,
where the proposed lot is part of a comprehensively planned commercial
development of twenty (20) acres or more and the Board determines
that the proposed lot is:
2.
The Board of Aldermen, after consideration by the Planning and Zoning
Commission, may restrict the permitted uses on such smaller lots to
those otherwise permitted uses that the Board specifically determines
can be conducted upon lots of such smaller size without an adverse
impact on the health, safety, or welfare of the community or adjacent
and neighboring properties.
3.
No more than fifteen percent (15%) of the area of any subdivision
in a "CB" zone may consist of lots less than one (1) acre in size.
B.
Maximum Structure Height. Thirty (30) feet. Buildings of
a greater height may be specifically permitted by site plan review
and approval.
C.
Minimum Right-Of-Way Setback. Fifty (50) feet.
D.
Rear Yard Setbacks. Forty-five (45) feet.
E.
Side Yard Setbacks. Ten (10) feet.
F.
Transitional Yard.
1.
Where a side or rear lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line
in an adjacent residential district, a closed fence at least six (6)
feet but not more than eight (8) feet in height located approximately
in the middle of a landscaped yard at least twenty-five (25) feet
in width shall be provided.
2.
Where the rear or side wall of any non-residential structure in this
district lies across the street from the front yard of residential
structures located in a residential district, then a landscaped yard
at least twenty (20) feet in depth shall be provided along such rear
or side wall.
3.
A barrier consisting of an earthen berm adequate to shield adjoining
non-residential properties from automobile headlights as determined
by the Planning and Zoning Commission, with densely branched evergreen
screening trees, a minimum of four (4) feet in height at planting,
placed a maximum of ten (10) feet apart, measured center to center,
can be considered as meeting the criteria for a fence. Proposed fence
designs and the criteria for a landscaped yard shall be approved by
the Planning and Zoning Commission upon site plan review. Perpetual
maintenance by the property owner of the fence and landscaped yard
area shall be a condition of any design approval, and it shall be
an ongoing responsibility of the property owner to maintain the landscaped
yard and fence area in a healthy and attractive condition. The Commission
may delegate authority for the approval of the fence design and landscaped
yard criteria to the Development Review Board.
