15.250 B-2, Neighborhood Business District.

(1) Intent. This district is intended to provide for the orderly and attractive grouping at appropriate locations of multiple-family dwellings and retail stores, shops, offices and service establishments serving the daily needs of the surrounding neighborhood area. The size and location of such districts shall be based upon relationship to the neighborhood’s needs, circulation system, and other related facilities.

(2) Specific Uses Permitted. Land shall be used and buildings shall be erected, altered, enlarged, or used for only one or more of the following uses, subject to the provisions of this section and other applicable sections of the Zoning Ordinance:

(a) Any use permitted in the “B-1” District except for single- and two-family dwellings, provided such use is in existence as of August 1, 1987, on the affected property, and such use has not subsequently been changed to a use other than single-or two-family;

(b) Automobile service stations;

(c) Bakery; provided, that manufacture of bakery goods is limited to goods retailed on the premises;

(d) Barber shop, beauty shop, and tanning salons;

(e) Book store;

(f) Banks, savings and loans, credit unions or other financial institutions, including drive-up cash machines;

(g) Candy and confectioner’s store;

(h) Churches;

(i) Clothing store, dry goods, sporting goods, luggage, or jewelry stores;

(j) Collection station for dry cleaning, or laundry;

(k) Community living arrangements for not more than 15 individuals;

(l) Adult day care facilities, and child day care centers for not more than 15 individuals;

(m) Delicatessen store;

(n) Dressmaking shop and tailor shop;

(o) Drug store or pharmacy;

(p) Florist shop;

(q) Gift and hobby stores;

(r) Grocery store and/or supermarket;

(s) Hardware store;

(t) Liquor and beverage stores;

(u) Meat and fish market, retail only;

(v) Water softener shop, retail sales only;

(w) Milk depot and milk products store;

(x) Restaurants, sit-down or carry-out only, and not exceeding 2,000 square feet of gross leasable floor area. Drive-in restaurants are specifically prohibited;

(y) Self-service laundromats and dry cleaning establishments;

(z) Shoe repair shops;

(aa) Religious article stores;

(bb) Retail services and shops compatible with the above uses, provided the use and the site plan are approved by the City Plan Commission with any special conditions or requirements necessary to reduce the possibility of negative impact on abutting or nearby residential properties. Special conditions may include but are not limited to:

1. The maximum building floor area;

2. The hours of operation; and

3. Special landscape and/or fencing requirements; and

(cc) Repealed by Ord. 11-430.

Accessory buildings and uses to the specific uses permitted shall also be permitted.

(3) Conditional Uses Permitted. The following uses are permitted subject to MMC 15.370(27):

(a) Conditional uses permitted in the “B-1” Office-Residential District.

(b) Brewpub, distillery, microbrewery, and winery.

(c) Shopping centers.

(4) Limitations on Permitted Uses. Every use permitted in a “B-2” Zone shall be subject to the following limitations:

(a) All uses shall be conducted wholly within a building;

(b) No merchandise or other goods, products or containers shall be displayed outside of the building where such business is carried on; and

(c) Lighting for all permitted uses shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining residential premises. In addition, said lights shall be so arranged as not to interfere with the safe operation of motor vehicles.

(5) Area Regulations.

(a) Front Yard. No principal or accessory building shall be located closer to the street line as established by the Official Map than required in any adjoining Residential District within the same block. If there is no adjoining Residential District within the same block, no setback from the street line as established by the Official Map shall be required, except that the vision clearance area must be maintained and the MMC 15.390(14) setback, if any, must be maintained.

(b) Side Yard. There shall be a side yard of not less than 10 feet adjacent to the side street on corner lots or greater if provided for elsewhere in this chapter. Lots, when bordering one of the “R” Zones, shall provide a side yard as required for the Residential Zone it abuts and shall be effectively sight screened by a wall, tight fence, evergreen hedge or other suitable enclosure of a minimum height of four and one-half feet and a maximum of seven feet. Street side yards, however, shall be provided as required in MMC 15.390(14).

(c) Rear Yard. No rear yard shall be required except where the rear of a lot adjoins an “R” Zone without an intervening alley. Such rear yard shall not be less than 15 feet in depth.

(d) Lot Occupancy. The ground area occupied by the principal and accessory buildings shall not exceed 50 percent of the total area of the lot.

(6) Height Regulations. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height, subject also to airport height provisions.

(7) Vision Clearance. The vision clearance of this district shall not be less than 15 feet, determined by measuring 15 feet each way from the lot corner at the street intersection on each street lot line, or, in the case of an alley, 10 feet, determine by measuring 10 feet along the street line and 10 feet along the alley line.

[Ord. 16-326 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-529 § 32, 2012; Ord. 11-430 §§ 7, 8, 2011. Prior code § 15.25]