[1983 Code]
The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this Title, when referred to in this chapter, are the district regulations in the B3 General Business District.
[1983 Code; amended 12-4-2006]
A. 
No building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected, structurally altered or enlarged unless otherwise provided in this Title, except for the following uses conducted in accordance with the conditions stipulated in § 11-5C-3 of this chapter and, for which, a prior tentative development plan is submitted as required in § 11-9-5.
B. 
In B3 General Business and Services District, the following uses are permitted:
Any use permitted in the B2, Limited Retail and Services District, unless otherwise set forth or superseded hereinafter
Air conditioning and heating sales and service
Amusement establishments, bowling alleys, pool halls, dance halls, skating rinks and other similar places of recreation when conducted wholly with a completely enclosed building
Auction rooms
Auditoriums
Automotive repair as defined in § 11-1-3
Automobile sales
Automobile service stations, as defined in § 11-1-3
Building material sales, when conducted wholly within a building
Business colleges or schools, operated as business enterprises
Caskets, showrooms and casket supplies
Clothing, custom made and/or alterations for retail trade only
Drive-thru businesses, where persons are served in automobiles such as banks, restaurants, refreshment stands, catering establishments and the like
Dry-cleaning establishments when employing facilities for the cleaning and pressing of dry goods for retail trade only, conducted on the premises, and when using carbon tetrachloride, perchlorethylene or similar, noninflammable solvents approved by the Fire Department
Employment agencies
Greenhouses, retail
Hospitals or sanitariums (except animal hospitals)
Hotels and motels
Household appliance stores and repair shops
Laboratories-medical, dental, research, experimental and testing (excluding the use of animals), provided there is no danger from fire or explosion, nor any offensive noise, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare, vibration, biological hazard, or other objectionable condition that extends beyond the confines of the premises upon which the use is located
Laundries
Mirror, glass cutting and glazing shops
Monument sales
Motor vehicle, new and/or used, sales and/or service, including water craft
Orthopedic, medical and surgical appliances, but not including the assembly or manufacture of such articles
Parking lots, open and other than accessory, (e.g., commuter parking), for private passenger automobiles and subject to the provisions of Chapter 11-7 of this Title
Pawn Shops
Pest control services
Pet shops, but not including animal hospitals
Photograph developing and processing shops
Physical culture and health services, gymnasiums, swimming pools, reducing salons, masseurs, public baths
Picture framing establishments when conducted for retail trade on the premises only
Plumbing showrooms
Post offices
Printing, lithographing, mimeographing, photostating and digital copying and other similar custom services establishments
Processing or assembly, limited to the following; provided that space occupied in a building does not exceed 6,250 square feet of total floor and basement space, not including stairwells or elevator shafts; and, provided such processing or assembly can be conducted without noise, vibration, odor, dust or any other condition which might be disturbing to occupants of adjacent buildings. When manufacturing operations of the same or similar products demand space exceeding 6,250 square feet, they shall be located in the I Industrial District
Advertising displays
Awnings, venetian blinds and window shades
Bakeries, wholesale
Brushes and brooms
Cosmetics, drugs and perfumes
Electrical equipment appliances
Food processing, packaging and distribution
Ice cream
Instruments, e.g., electronic and precision
Jewelry
Medical and dental supplies
Optical goods and equipment
Pattern making
Printing and publication of newspapers, periodicals and books
Products from finished materials, such as plastic, bone, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, paper, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, precious or semiprecious stones, rubber, shell or yarn
Public service facilities, including electric distributing substations, fire or police stations, telephone exchange and similar uses
Resale merchandise outlets, if conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building
Recreation places, including bowling alleys, dance halls, gymnasiums, skating rinks, archery ranges, golf practice ranges, miniature gold courses or other similar places of amusement or entertainment when operated for pecuniary profit
Taverns
Taxidermist shops
Theaters, excluding drive-in theaters
Trade schools
Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors
Upholstering shops, if conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building
Wholesale offices and storerooms with storage limited to 6,250 square feet of floor area per establishment
Uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses and accessory buildings, when located on the same premises
[1983 Code; amended 12-4-2006]
In the B3 District, the aforementioned uses are subject to the following conditions:
A. 
Not more than 6,250 square feet in the aggregate of gross floor area per establishment shall be devoted to the production or processing of goods or products.
B. 
All activities involving the production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing or repair of materials, goods or products shall be conducted without danger from fire or explosion, nor of offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare or other objectionable conditions beyond the boundaries of the premises upon which the use is located.
C. 
All production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing or repair of materials, goods or products shall take place within completely enclosed buildings, except for the storage of building materials and except for the parking of motor vehicles in the open.
[1983 Code]
Automobile parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required or permitted in Chapter 11-7 of this Title.
[1983 Code]
In a B3 District, for each of the following units hereafter established, the following minimum lot area shall be provided:
Type
Minimum Lot Area
(square feet)
Dwelling unit
1,200
Efficiency unit
800
Lodging room
600
[1983 Code; amended 12-4-2006]
A. 
Transitional Yard. The regulations governing transitional yards in the B2 District shall apply in the B3 District.
B. 
Residential Rear Yards. In the B3 District, a rear yard shall be provided for residential uses located above the first floor; such yard to be not less than 30 feet in depth and to begin at a level no higher than that of the finished floor of the lowest residential unit. Required rear yards shall be unobstructed from the lowest level to the sky except as allowed in § 11-2-4 of this Title.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 11-5C-6, Floor area ratio, was repealed 12-4-2006. This chapter also provided for the renumbering of former §§ 11-5C-7 and 11-5C-8 as §§ 11-5C-6 and 11-5C-7, respectively.
[1983 Code; amended 12-4-2006]
No building shall exceed three stories or 45 feet in height, except as otherwise provided in § 11-2-4A of this Title.