The B-2 Business District is designed primarily to accommodate commercial activities and service needs of area residents, with the service area not confined to any one neighborhood. Businesses may range from small-scale to large in size.
[Amended 10-7-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-18; 5-6-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-008]
Permitted uses shall be as defined in Table 5: Land Use Regulations and Matrix of Land Uses.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said table is included as an attachment to this chapter.
Lot requirements with public sewer shall be as follows:
A. 
Area: 20,000 square feet minimum.
B. 
Zoning lot frontage: 150 feet minimum. Such minimum lot frontage may be measured at the building setback line if said lot is located on the outer radius of a street, such as a cul-de-sac. In no case shall lot frontage measured at the right-of-way line of a cul-de-sac or curved street be less than 85 feet.
Lot requirements without public sewer shall be as follows:
A. 
Area: 60,000 square feet minimum.
B. 
Zoning lot frontage: 150 feet minimum. Such minimum lot frontage may be measured at the building setback line if said lot is located on the outer radius of a curved street or a cul-de-sac. In no case shall the lot frontage measured at the right-of-way line of a cul-de-sac or curved street be less than 85 feet.
Height regulations shall be as follows:
A. 
Principal structure: 35 feet maximum, except as provided in § 135-13, Height regulations.
B. 
Accessory structures shall not exceed the height of the principal structure.
A. 
Building setbacks shall be as follows:
(1) 
With curb and gutter:
Building Setback (in feet)
Principal Structure
Accessory Building
Front yard
30 minimum from right-of-way
30 minimum from right-of-way
Side yard
10 minimum each side
10 minimum
Rear yard
25 minimum
10 minimum
Corner side
30 minimum from right-of-way
30 minimum from right-of-way
(2) 
Without curb and gutter:
Building Setback (in feet)
Principal Structure
Accessory Building
Front yard
35 minimum from right-of-way
35 minimum from right-of-way
Corner side
35 minimum from right-of-way
35 minimum from right-of-way
NOTES:
Exceptions: (1) Bases for light standards (i.e., parking lot lights) may be located at the lot line, provided that no part of the base or light extends into the public right-of-way or across property lines; (2) The setback for vacuum islands accessory to a car wash is six feet from any lot line.
B. 
Transitional yards.
(1) 
If the lot abuts an R-1, R-2, R-3 or RR zone at any point along the rear lot line, it must maintain the same rear yard as required in that abutting zone.
(2) 
Where a side or rear lot line in a B-2 District coincides with a side or rear lot line in any adjacent residential district, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear lot line not less than 15 feet in depth and shall contain landscaping and planting to provide an effective screen. Such screening shall consist of a landscaped area at least six feet wide, planted with a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, and shall be an effective barrier. All trees shall be a minimum of 1 1/2 inch caliper when planted.
A. 
Only one principal structure shall be located on a lot.
B. 
Only one accessory building per each principal structure shall be located on a lot.
Forty-five percent of total lot area may contain building coverage.
Parking shall conform to requirements as set forth in Article XXI, Parking Requirements.
[Amended 5-17-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-10]
Additional structures and buildings allowed in the B-2 Business District shall meet the requirements of this district and other articles of this chapter as determined by the Town Zoning Administrator and/or Town Board.
A. 
All business, service repair, storage or merchandise display shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building, except for automobile parking and loading.
B. 
Outside trash bins shall be screened from view by use of solid screening or fencing material with gates on rollers or wheels and must be kept in good repair.
C. 
Building appearance shall be complementary to a neighboring district, i.e., no post-frame-construction type building.
D. 
Buildings shall be maintained structurally and kept in good repair. Outside appearance shall be maintained in accordance with originally approved appearance and design.
E. 
Parking or storage of commercial vehicles shall not be permitted in the front of the principal structure.
F. 
Open storage.
(1) 
Open storage of commodities and materials shall be permitted as an accessory use, provided that such open storage shall:
(a) 
Be located behind the required building line.
(b) 
Observe all yard requirements.
(c) 
Have a maximum height not to exceed the height of the main building.
(d) 
Not exceed 20% coverage of the lot area which lies behind the building line.
(e) 
Be screened from view from any street or any adjacent residentially zoned lot, with solid screening.
(f) 
All storage areas must be paved (asphalt or concrete).