[Amended 8-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
The B-1 District is intended to permit residential areas the
convenience of having a limited number of frequently used retail and
service needs in close proximity to meet their daily requirements.
This district is intended to encourage the provision of small, safe,
attractive and well-located shopping areas for primarily pedestrian
use in a manner that will make them compatible assets to the residential
environment.
The B-2 District is intended to be the single central shopping,
service and entertainment center for the community and the surrounding
region. It is intended that stores and other facilities will be grouped
together in an attractive and convenient manner with particular attention
being paid to the safety of pedestrian travel and the protection of
adjoining residential areas. It is essential that this district have
excellent vehicular accessibility from both the central community
and the region and that safe and adequate off-street parking and loading
is provided. No drive-in eating places or lodging places are recommended
for location herein.
The following uses are permitted in the B-1 District:
A. Any use permitted in a residential district.
B. Lodging and institutional: lodging houses, hospitals, institutions,
fraternities and sororities and volunteer fire departments.
C. Major retail outlets: furniture, department, clothing, dry goods,
shoe and variety stores; and hardware, electrical appliance, paint
and wallpaper stores.
D. Food, drug and beverage: grocery, fruit or vegetable stores; supermarkets;
meat markets; delicatessens; drugstores; bakeries in conjunction with
retail sales; restaurants; and tearooms.
E. Specialty shops: gift shops; jewelry stores; magazine, book and stationery
outlets; florist shops; camera and photography shops and studios;
sporting goods; and antique shops.
F. Service: laundromats; dry-cleaning and laundry pickup stations; barber-
and beauty shops; dressmaking and millinery shops; shoe repair and
tailor shops; mortuaries; indoor storage and transfer establishments;
repair shops for appliances and small articles; newspaper printing
and publishing facilities; and print, furnace, heating, typewriter
and plumbing shops.
[Amended 3-24-1982]
G. Business and professional offices: medical and dental offices and
clinics; law offices; insurance and real estate offices; banks; finance
and utility company offices; and animal hospitals and clinics with
no open kennels.
H. Accessory uses or buildings.
I. Business and advertising signs, and real estate and public building signs or bulletin boards when attached to a building pertaining to the use of the property on which the sign is located, provided that they meet the requirements of Article
II, §
88-14B. Freestanding signs may be permitted in the B-1 District with approval by the Burgess and Commissioners.
[Amended 3-28-1984]
K. Outside vending machines.
(1) Machines must occupy not more than 21 square feet of total surface
of the property of record on which located.
(2) Vending machines may not be stacked one upon the other.
(3) Location of machines must be indicated on site plan.
(4) Machines must be located on a paved surface abutting the main structure
of the property.
(5) All machines on the site must be located side by side to each other
and not at multiple locations on the site.
(6) Vending machines may not be located in such a location as to interfere
with pedestrian or vehicular traffic onto, off of, or within the property
on which they are located or adjoining public property rights-of-way.
L. Wireless telecommunication facility when sited and constructed in accordance with Chapter
86 of the Town Code.
[Added 4-24-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-04]
The following uses are permitted in the B-2 District:
A. Any use permitted in the B-1 Neighborhood Business District, except permitted residential uses and those uses stated in §
88-41B, and signs shall be permitted only in accordance with the specifications of this section.
(1) Department and clothing stores.
(2) Furniture and appliance stores.
(3) Paint and hardware stores.
(4) Banks; savings-and-loan offices.
(5) Jewelry, stationery, flower, pet and other specialty shops.
(6) Business and professional offices.
(7) Radio, television and shoe repair and other repair services.
(8) Lodging facilities: hotels and motels.
(9) Service stations and minor repair shops.
(10)
Restaurants and cafes, including entertainment activities.
(11)
Laundry and dry-cleaning establishments.
(12)
Public buildings of a cultural, administrative or public-service
nature.
(14)
Multiple-occupancy office.
B. Accessory uses or buildings.
C. Business and advertising signs, and real estate and public building signs or bulletin boards, provided that they meet the requirements of Article
II, §
88-14B.
E. Outside vending machines.
(1) Machines must occupy not more than 21 square feet of total surface
of the property of record on which located.
(2) Vending machines may not be stacked one upon the other.
(3) Location of machines must be indicated on site plan.
(4) Machines must be located on a paved surface abutting the main structure
on the property.
(5) All machines on the site must be located side by side to each other
and not at multiple locations on the site.
(6) Vending machines may not be located in such a location as to interfere
with pedestrian or vehicular traffic onto, off of, or within the property
on which they are located or adjoining public property or rights-of-way.
[Added 8-10-1988]
The following uses are permitted in the B-O District:
B. Business and professional offices: medical, dental offices and clinics;
offices of architect, engineer, surveyor, attorney and accountant;
insurance and real estate offices; banks, finance and utility company
offices; and secretarial and management services.
C. Nursery school or child-care center, provided that it includes an
adequately sized play area, fully fenced and enclosed, and the main
structure is no closer than 20 feet to any adjacent lot line.
E. Broadcasting studio, artist studio.
F. Tourist home, bed-and-breakfast (not motel).
G. Barber- or beauty shop, sewing or tailoring (not dry cleaners).
H. One-story accessory structures customarily incidental and subordinate
to the above principal uses and structures, provided that the total
square footage does not cover more than 30% of the square footage
of the rear yard.
I. General signs: see Article
II and §
88-14.
J. Outside vending machines.
(1)
Machines must occupy not more than 21 square feet of total surface
of the property of record on which located.
(2)
Vending machines may not be stacked one upon the other.
(3)
Location of machines must be indicated on site plan.
(4)
Machines must be located on a paved surface abutting the main
structure on the property.
(5)
All machines on the site must be located side by side to each
other and not at multiple locations on the site.
(6)
Vending machines may not be located in such a location as to
interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic onto, off of, or within
the property on which they are located or adjoining public property
or rights-of-way.
K. Wireless telecommunication facility when sited and constructed in accordance with Chapter
86 of the Town Code.
[Added 4-24-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-04]
[Amended 9-27-1978 by Ord. No. 101]
The following uses are permitted as special exceptions in the
specified commercial district when authorized by the Board of Appeals:
Use
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Business District and Limitations
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Greenhouses, nurseries and lumberyards
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B-1, provided that no structure is closer than 25 feet to a
residentially zoned lot
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Hospitals and educational, religious and philanthropic institutions
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B-1 and B-2, provided that not more than 40% of the lot is occupied
and each yard is increased 1 foot for each 1 foot in excess of usual
height limitations
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Independent senior living communities [Added 5-25-2005 by Ord.
No. 2005-03]
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B-1 and B-2, provided that:
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1)
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Minimum parking ratio of 1.25 parking spaces provided per living
unit
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2)
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Development to consist of a minimum of 5 acres including commercial
portion
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3)
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A minimum of 25% of total land area must be a planned commercial
set aside
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4)
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Density of no greater than 1,500 square feet for one-bedroom
and 2,000 square feet for two-bedroom units
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5)
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Development is proximate to residential uses.
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Children's nurseries and pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and
other private schools
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B-1 and B-2, provided that 100 square feet of open space is
maintained for each child enrolled
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Theaters and hotels
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B-1, provided that adequate parking is provided as outlined in Article II, § 88-10
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Bowling alleys and other commercial recreation facilities [Added 3-24-1982]
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B-2, provided that the proposed activity is in compliance with all safety, health and environmental standards and is not detrimental to the surrounding area; safe and orderly flow of traffic can be assured; and adequate parking is provided as outlined in Article II, § 88-10
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Nursing homes and assisted-care facilities [Added 12-9-1998 by Ord.
No. 98-18; amended 8-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
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B-O, provided that the nursing home and assisted-care facility meet all the specific yard requirements set forth in § 88-32 for multifamily dwellings and provided that off-street parking spaces are provided for each attendant or worker and for each three patients to be cared for therein
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In the B-1, B-2 and B-O Districts, no building shall exceed
three stories or 35 feet in height.
Essential services shall be permitted in all business districts.
There shall be provided in the business districts adequate off-street parking and loading areas in accordance with the schedule in Article
II.