In a Business A District, the following uses
are permitted:
A.
Retail store.
[Amended 9-7-1993 by L.L. No. 6-1993; 1-3-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
B.
Office.
C.
Financial institutions.
E.
Barbershops and beauty shops.
G.
Libraries, photographic studios and art galleries.
H.
Schools.
I.
Dry-cleaning stores.
J.
Tailor shops for custom work.
K.
Hotels. Such accessory uses as are customarily incidental to a hotel, including but not limited to a restaurant, banquet hall, convention hall, cocktail lounge, all including accessory entertainment, health club, swimming pool and similar recreational facilities shall be permitted, except that as to any such accessory use where food or beverages are offered for sale for on- or off-premises consumption, or both, such accessory use may be conducted when authorized as a special exception by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with the standards set forth in Article XX of this chapter.
[Amended 9-7-1993 by L.L. No. 6-1993]
L.
Motels, when authorized as a special exception by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with the standards set forth in Article XX, but in no event to exceed two stories in height.
M.
Private parking fields.
N.
Parking field businesses.
O.
Accessory uses on the same lot with, and customarily
incidental to, any of the above-permitted uses. The aggregate floor
area of such accessory use shall not exceed twice the floor area of
the permitted principal use.
No internal combustion engine, or electric motor or motors exceeding a total of five horsepower (except electrical motors for air conditioning, heating or elevators), shall be used for power purposes, except as a special exception granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with standards established in Article XX.
No building shall exceed seven stories and 85
feet in height.
No story of any building shall be nearer the street on which it faces than five feet, except as provided for in Appendix B, Special Building Setback Lines.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix B is included at the end of this chapter.
A.
A rear yard of not less than five feet is required,
except that where a building runs through the block from street to
street or is located upon a corner lot, no rear yard shall be required.
B.
Where a building or any portion thereof exceeds 15
feet in height, such building shall be set back an additional five
feet from the rear lot line for every additional 20 feet of building
height or portion thereof in excess of 15 feet in height.
Each building shall have an unobstructed fire-rated
passage in a straight line from the rear yard to the street with a
width of four feet and a height of seven feet, except that a side
yard of not less than five feet will be accepted in lieu of a fire
passage. Where a building is divided, each subdivided area shall be
required to have direct and unobstructed access to said fire-rated
passage or side yard.
In a Business A District, the following uses
are prohibited:
A.
Residences.
C.
Outdoor storage of any type or kind whatsoever, including
motor vehicles and other mechanized equipment.
D.
Any use which may be noxious or offensive by reason
of the dissemination of smoke, steam, gas, dust, odor, radioactivity,
vapor, heat, vibration, light, noise or any other offensive, noxious
or deleterious by-product of the same.
E.
Laundromat.
[Added 9-16-1997 by L.L. No. 7-1997]
F.
Hospital, sanitarium, clinic, substance abuse treatment
facility and other medical, dental, counseling or other health-related
facility, except the office of an individual or group engaged in the
private practice of medicine or dentistry, provided that such office,
including accessory areas does not exceed 1,000 square feet.
[Added 9-16-1997 by L.L. No. 7-1997]
G.
Pool table or billiard table in any place open to
the public.
[Added 5-5-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
H.
Class B multiple dwellings.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000;
amended 1-21-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
J.
Community residences.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
K.
Homeless shelters.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
L.
Halfway houses.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
M.
Group family day-care centers.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
