§ 27-11. NB Neighborhood Business District.
(a)
Purpose of district. The Neighborhood Business District is intended to permit a limited area of service establishments and retail stores for the benefit of adjacent and nearby residential development, in which district all trade is conducted indoors and in such a manner as to be capable of placement adjacent to residential districts without changing the character of the latter. When combined with the PD Planned Development District, less restrictive uses may be grouped together with uses permitted in this district to provide a wider variety of neighborhood services.
(b)
Permitted uses. The following are the only permitted uses within the NB Neighborhood Business District and are subject only to the general controls of this section and to such other sections as are applicable:
(1)
Convenience food stores occupying no more than three thousand (3,000) square feet;
(2)
Specialty shops;
(3)
Personal services (no massage parlors);
(4)
Churches, colleges, public schools and educational institutions offering programs equivalent to public school grades, post offices and schools for the teaching of applied arts;
(5)
Veterinary clinics of up to three thousand (3,000) square feet floor space, excluding overnight boarding of animals;
(6)
Public buildings, fire stations, water wells, water storage and pumping facilities, government offices and public libraries;
(7)
Professional offices and clinics;
(8)
Pharmacies.
(c)
Conditional uses. Any use allowed in R-2, O-1 or O-2 zoning as a permitted use, subject to the district general regulations where such uses are so allowed.
(d)
General conditions.
(1)
Area requirements:
a.
Minimum lot size. Every lot within this zoning district shall be at least twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) square feet in area.
b.
Minimum lot width. Every lot within this zoning district shall be at least one hundred twenty-five (125) feet in width, measured at the front building line.
c.
Maximum coverage. No more than thirty (30) percent of the total area shall be covered by buildings.
(2)
Outdoor activities and uses: No outdoor activities or uses shall be permitted in the neighborhood business district other than accessory parking and loading and the placement and servicing of refuse containers for permitted uses.
(3)
Yard requirements: Every lot within this district shall have exterior yards of at least twenty-five (25) feet, side yards of at least fifteen (15) feet and a rear yard of at least twenty-five (25) feet, subject to provisions of section 27-21(b)(4). Provided, however, if side yards do not abut R-1, R-2, R-3, FP or U zones, such side yards may be eliminated.
(4)
Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.
(5)
Screening and fencing: Screening and fencing shall be provided and maintained as set forth in section 27-21.
(6)
Parking and loading: Parking and loading shall be subject to the general requirements of section 27-20 and Table 20-3.
(7)
Signs: Subject to the general restrictions of section 27-22.
(8)
Reserved.
(9)
Refuse containers: All refuse and refuse containers shall be screened from view of all public streets.
(10)
Exterior wall surfaces: All buildings shall have exterior walls of not less than seventy-five (75) percent masonry surface.
(11)
Landscaping: In addition to paved parking and driving areas, at least fifteen (15) percent of the lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area. If all or a portion of the parkway is maintained in landscaped open area, such landscaped portion shall reduce the amount of required landscaped area on the lot at the rate of two (2) square feet of landscaped parkway area for each required one (1) square foot of landscaping on the lot.
(12)
Noise: No noise of activities conducted within the business shall be discernible above the ambient noise level at the property line.
(13)
Environmental controls: Subject to requirements of section 27-21.
(e)
Planned development regulations:
(1)
NB PD uses shall be subject to NB general conditions; provided, however, that the following NB general conditions may be specifically modified by the site plan or ordinance adopting such site plan:
a.
Minimum lot size;
b.
Minimum lot width;
c.
Yard requirements;
d.
Maximum building height;
e.
Access;
f.
Building to lot ratio;
g.
Maximum lot coverage;
h.
Parking and loading;
i.
Sign regulations;
j.
Landscape regulations;
k.
Exterior wall surface;
l.
Screening requirements.
(2)
When a residential use is allowed by the site plan, the maximum density shall not exceed twelve (12) dwelling units per acre, or such lower density as may be established by the site plan adopted by ordinance.
(Code 1969, Ch. 27, §§ 10.1, 10.2, 10.4—10.6; Ord. No. 1204, § 1, 8-25-87; Ord. No. 1306, § 1, 11-27-90; Ord. No. 1763, § 8, 3-13-01; Ord. No. 1764, § 3, 3-13-01)