The B-3 District is for the conduct of retail sales and personal business oriented to vehicles and vehicular travel primarily on major streets, roads and arterials. Characteristically, the district is centering about major road intersections and along arterial routes. Travel within the district is mainly by way of private automobile.
(A) Permitted uses.
(1) Any uses in the B-2 Neighborhood Business District.(B) Conditional uses. Uses which require special exceptions and require written approval of the Board of Adjustment include churches and other places of worship; public libraries; public parks and commercial public recreational facilities; public utilities; funeral homes; cemeteries; roadside stands and clubs, including a club of which the chief activity is customarily carried on as a business; dwelling units occupying the same building as the principal commercial use and being for the use of the owner and/or operator of the permitted commercial use; mobile home park; mobile home subdivision; recreational vehicle park. The Board of Adjustment may attach certain conditions to its approval which it feels are necessary to preserve and protect the character of the district in which the proposed use would locate.(2) New or used car sales, farm implement sales, trailer, mobile, or manufactured home sales, drive-in theaters, drive-in restaurants; motels; or any other similar uses generally requiring large amounts of parking or catering to automobile traffic.
(C) Accessory uses. Any accessory use or building customarily incidental to the above permitted uses is permitted.
(D) Special use. A planned unit development for highway business shall be permitted as a special use in conformance with §§ 152.225 through 152.229 of this chapter.
(E) Required conditions. Same as the required conditions for the B-1 District.
(F) Development standards.
| Minimum lot area | none |
| Minimum lot frontage | 100 feet |
| Minimum front yard | 25 feet, or one-half of the street right-of-way,
whichever is greater |
| Minimum side yard | if adjacent to residential district, must
comply with
adjacent district's requirements; or minimum of 8 feet |
| Minimum rear yard | same as side yard |
| Maximum building height | 36 feet or 3 stories |
| Signs | As set forth in §§ 152.205-152.211 |
| Parking | As set forth in §§ 152.185-152.191 |
| Sidewalks | As set forth in §§ 152.135-152.151 |
(Ord. 920.27, passed 10-7-93) Penalty, see § 152.999
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