Art-X - B-L Local Business District
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§180-59 Purpose
The purpose of the B-L Local Business District is to provide for logical locations where the
retail services needed by the Town population can be made available. The areas are
centrally located near the locations of existing and expected population concentrations and
would include portions of the "downtown business area" as well as other neighborhood
business locations.
retail services needed by the Town population can be made available. The areas are
centrally located near the locations of existing and expected population concentrations and
would include portions of the "downtown business area" as well as other neighborhood
business locations.
§180-60 Applicability
The following regulations and applicable regulations contained in other articles shall apply in
the B-L Local Business District.
the B-L Local Business District.
§180-61 Principal permitted uses
[Amended 2-11-1985 by Ord. No. 141; 11-14-1986 by Ord. No. 147; 10-10-2005 by Ord.
No. 263]
The principal permitted uses in this district shall be as follows:
No. 263]
The principal permitted uses in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Local retail business or service shops, including:
Antique shops
Appliance stores
Bakery shops
Banks, savings and loan institutions
Beauty and barber shops
Candy stores
Clothing stores
Dairy products stores
Dress or millinery shops
Drugstores
Dry goods or variety shops
Florist or garden shops
Food and grocery stores
Furniture and upholstering stores
Gift or jewelry shops
Hardware stores
Hotels
Laundromats
Lunchrooms
Meat markets
Motels
Movie theaters, except that adult movie theaters and adult bookstores shall be
permitted as conditional uses only in the Business General and Industrial Restricted
Zoning Districts
Newspaper publishing establishments
Pet shops
Photographic studios
Produce stands
Radio and television studios or repair shops
Restaurants (without liquor licenses or with liquor licenses, providing that the average
monthly receipts from the sale of food constitute at least 41% of the average monthly
receipts from the combined sale of food and alcoholic beverages as measured over a
period of one year immediately preceding the date of an application for license
issuance, renewal, upgrade, transfer or other modification)
Shoe repair shops
Specialty shops
Sporting goods or hobby shops
Stationery stores
Tailor establishments
Taxi stands
Telephone central office or service center
Antique shops
Appliance stores
Bakery shops
Banks, savings and loan institutions
Beauty and barber shops
Candy stores
Clothing stores
Dairy products stores
Dress or millinery shops
Drugstores
Dry goods or variety shops
Florist or garden shops
Food and grocery stores
Furniture and upholstering stores
Gift or jewelry shops
Hardware stores
Hotels
Laundromats
Lunchrooms
Meat markets
Motels
Movie theaters, except that adult movie theaters and adult bookstores shall be
permitted as conditional uses only in the Business General and Industrial Restricted
Zoning Districts
Newspaper publishing establishments
Pet shops
Photographic studios
Produce stands
Radio and television studios or repair shops
Restaurants (without liquor licenses or with liquor licenses, providing that the average
monthly receipts from the sale of food constitute at least 41% of the average monthly
receipts from the combined sale of food and alcoholic beverages as measured over a
period of one year immediately preceding the date of an application for license
issuance, renewal, upgrade, transfer or other modification)
Shoe repair shops
Specialty shops
Sporting goods or hobby shops
Stationery stores
Tailor establishments
Taxi stands
Telephone central office or service center
B.
Funeral establishments.
C.
Offices and clinics, professional and business, including veterinary clinics or animal
hospitals, but not including any outdoor exercise runway.
hospitals, but not including any outdoor exercise runway.
E.
Retirement, nursing or boarding homes.
F.
Schools, art, trade, business or nursery.
G.
Social clubs, fraternal organizations, community meeting halls.
H.
Any other retail business or service establishment which is determined by the Board to
be the same general character as the above permitted retail business or service use,
but not including any use which is first permitted in the B-G District and which, in the
judgment of the Board, would likely be objectionable in the B-L District. (Note: This
determination is a ministerial act and is made by the Board meeting in public session,
but does not require a public hearing or notice therefor.)
Any use or structure permitted and as regulated as principal permitted use in an
R-7,500 District or except as may hereinafter be modified.
Conversion or alteration of a building existing at the time of the enactment of this
chapter to accommodate apartments, provided the following conditions are met:
be the same general character as the above permitted retail business or service use,
but not including any use which is first permitted in the B-G District and which, in the
judgment of the Board, would likely be objectionable in the B-L District. (Note: This
determination is a ministerial act and is made by the Board meeting in public session,
but does not require a public hearing or notice therefor.)
Any use or structure permitted and as regulated as principal permitted use in an
R-7,500 District or except as may hereinafter be modified.
Conversion or alteration of a building existing at the time of the enactment of this
chapter to accommodate apartments, provided the following conditions are met:
(1)
No more than 50% of the total usable floor space on first floor shall be devoted to
apartments.
apartments.
(3)
All Health Department requirements must be met.
(4)
All renovations, alterations and additions must be in compliance with the 1984
BOCA (Basic National Building Code) and the 1985 BOCA Supplement adopted in
Ordinance No. 52 by the Commissioners of Carroll County.
BOCA (Basic National Building Code) and the 1985 BOCA Supplement adopted in
Ordinance No. 52 by the Commissioners of Carroll County.
(5)
Any additions, supplements and amendments to Carroll County Ordinance No. 52
will be applicable to all renovations, alterations and additions.
will be applicable to all renovations, alterations and additions.
(6)
Apartment units must have a minimum square footage as follows:
(a)
One-bedroom: 600 square feet.
(b)
Two-bedroom: 800 square feet.
(c)
Three-bedroom: 1,000 square feet.
Establishments licensed to keep for sale and to sell beer and light wines at retail for
consumption on the premises or elsewhere (including pubs, taverns, microbreweries,
and wine bars) that were in existence on or before May 9, 2016.
Establishments licensed to keep for sale and to sell beer and light wines at retail for
consumption on the premises or elsewhere (including pubs, taverns, microbreweries,
and wine bars) that were in existence on or before May 9, 2016.
§180-62 Conditional uses
The conditional uses requiring Board authorization in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Food processing and packing plants; provided, such use shall be located three times
the distance requirements specified in § 180-16.
Kennels or animal hospitals with runways, provided that such use shall be subject to
the distance requirements as determined reasonable and necessary by the Board.
Public utility buildings, structures or uses, including radio, television, and other
communication facilities not considered essential utility equipment as enumerated in
§ 180-122; communication towers, freestanding towers, guyed towers, communication
tower complexes, poles and transmission lines including amateur radio facilities as
defined pursuant to this chapter and as regulated as provided hereinafter.
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Commercial swimming pools, parks, and recreational areas, provided that such use
shall be subject to any distance requirements determined reasonable and necessary by
the Board.
A.
Food processing and packing plants; provided, such use shall be located three times
the distance requirements specified in § 180-16.
Kennels or animal hospitals with runways, provided that such use shall be subject to
the distance requirements as determined reasonable and necessary by the Board.
Public utility buildings, structures or uses, including radio, television, and other
communication facilities not considered essential utility equipment as enumerated in
§ 180-122; communication towers, freestanding towers, guyed towers, communication
tower complexes, poles and transmission lines including amateur radio facilities as
defined pursuant to this chapter and as regulated as provided hereinafter.
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Commercial swimming pools, parks, and recreational areas, provided that such use
shall be subject to any distance requirements determined reasonable and necessary by
the Board.
E.
Alcoholic package good stores.
F.
Carpentry or woodworking shops.
G.
Sheet metal shops.
H.
Trade shops, including artists, silversmiths and other unique crafts shops.
|. Computer and electronics repair shops.
|. Computer and electronics repair shops.
J.
Wholesale business, warehousing or service establishments.
K.
Sign painting shops.
L.
Automobile accessory.
M.
Laundry or dry-cleaning establishments and pickup stations.
N.
Service stations.
©. Commercial parking lot.
{Added 10-20-2005 by Ord. No. 263]
©. Commercial parking lot.
{Added 10-20-2005 by Ord. No. 263]
P.
Microdistilleries.
Q.
Establishments licensed to keep for sale and to sell beer and light wines at retail for
consumption on the premises or elsewhere (including pubs, taverns, microbreweries,
and wine bars), and where at least 50% of the business is comprised of selling alcohol.
consumption on the premises or elsewhere (including pubs, taverns, microbreweries,
and wine bars), and where at least 50% of the business is comprised of selling alcohol.
§180-63 Accessory uses
The accessory uses allowed in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Uses and structures customarily accessory and incidental to any permitted principal
use or authorized conditional use.
use or authorized conditional use.
§180-64 Required conditions
A.
All business, services or processing, including the storage of any manufacturing waste
or by-product of the aforesaid business, services, or processing, shall be conducted
wholly within a completely enclosed building, except for sale of automotive fuel,
lubricants and fluids at service stations, off-street automobile parking and loading
areas, public utility uses, taxi stands, garden shops, produce stands and, as
determined by the Zoning Administrator, outdoor seating areas (in, for example,
restaurants, fast-food and carry-out establishments, cafes, bistros, pubs, taverns,
microbreweries, wine bars, coffeehouses, eateries, or similar establishments that serve
food or beverages).
or by-product of the aforesaid business, services, or processing, shall be conducted
wholly within a completely enclosed building, except for sale of automotive fuel,
lubricants and fluids at service stations, off-street automobile parking and loading
areas, public utility uses, taxi stands, garden shops, produce stands and, as
determined by the Zoning Administrator, outdoor seating areas (in, for example,
restaurants, fast-food and carry-out establishments, cafes, bistros, pubs, taverns,
microbreweries, wine bars, coffeehouses, eateries, or similar establishments that serve
food or beverages).
B.
Goods shall consist primarily of new or reconditioned merchandise or antiques.
C.
Processes and equipment employed and goods processed or sold shall be limited to
those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, fumes,
noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste.
those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, fumes,
noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste.
D.
All business, services or processing shall be conducted such that deliveries and
pickups shall not unduly burden any public way or unreasonably inhibit the regular flow
of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
pickups shall not unduly burden any public way or unreasonably inhibit the regular flow
of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
§180-66 Lot area, lot width and yard requirements
The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modified
requirements in Articles XIV and Xv."
requirements in Articles XIV and Xv."
(1)
Editor's Note: These requirements may be found in the B-L Local Business District table at
the end of this chapter.
the end of this chapter.
A.
Tattoo parlors;
B.
Psychic reading establishments;
C.
Adult video stores; and
D.
Car wreck, automobile body repair yards, new and/or used car dealerships.