Village of Boston Heights OH, Planning and Zoning Code  

CHAPTER 1159
Retail Business District (RB)

CROSS REFERENCES

General Provisions - see P. & Z. 1151.04

Height extensions - see P. & Z. 1171.02

Raised advertising signs - see P. & Z. 1171.13

Design and fireproofing of buildings - see P. & Z. 1171.14

1159.01 INTERPRETATION; SCOPE.

The following regulations shall apply to the Retail Business District, subject, however, to such of the other provisions of the Zoning Ordinance as are pertinent to this chapter.
(Ord. 5-2003. Passed 3-12-03.)

1159.02 RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT REGULATIONS.

(1) Purpose. This district is established to provide for uses principally to accommodate large retail business operations for retail or hotels. It is intended that this district will encourage the development of businesses in wholly enclosed buildings located in a uniform manner.

(2) No building constructed for use in the Retail Business District shall exceed 50,000 square feet.

(3) Any use of land in the Retail Business District shall conform to the requirements of Sections 1157.03, 1157.04, 1157.05, 1157.06, 1157.07, 1157.08, 1157.09, and 1157.10.

(Ord. 5-2003. Passed 3-12-03.)

1159.03 PERMITTED USES.

(1) All uses permitted in the Office/Professional District and General Business District.

(2) Hardware, paint, floor coverings, wall paper, materials and objects for interior decorating, outdoor accessories, and repair of household items, building supplies and bicycles.

(3) Retail sales of furniture, appliances, and other major household articles.

(4) Amusement and recreational uses such as a bowling alley, theater, indoor racquetball court, indoor tennis court, but excluding drive-in theaters and other drive-in uses such as miniature golf and driving ranges and other uses where the recreation is primarily outdoors.

(Ord. 5-2003. Passed 3-12-03.)

1159.04 CONDITIONAL USES.

(1) Vehicle service stations subject to the following:

(A) No vehicle service station shall be located closer than 5,000 feet from any other vehicle service station.

(B) Lighting shall not create a nuisance and shall in no way impair safe movement of traffic on any street or highway. No light shall shine directly on adjacent property. No strings of open light bulbs shall be permitted.

(C) Locations shall be on major thoroughfares and at intersections of major and/or collector thoroughfares.

(D) Site location should be preferred that offer natural or manmade barriers that would lessen the effect of intrusion into an area. Further site selection should be compatible to surrounding area and the following factors should be considered for site selection:

(1) Appearance of proposed station.

(2) Existence of nearby service stations.

(3) Character of surrounding land.

(4) Proximity to residential users.

(5) Distance from places of public assembly.

(E) Such uses shall be permitted under the following conditions:

(1) Provided that such facilities be located at the extremity of the business district so as not to interfere with the pedestrian interchange between stores in the complex and provided further that it would not limit expansion of pedestrian-oriented facilities.

(2) No more than two driveway approaches shall be permitted directly from any thoroughfare and shall not exceed thirty feet in width at the property line.

(3) If the property fronts on two or more streets, the driveway shall be located as far from the street intersection as is practical.

(4) At least six-inch high pedestrian safety curbs shall be installed along all street right of way lines except at driveway approaches.

(5) For rental, leasing, storage or permitting of parking of any vehicles such as trailers or tools except for servicing and/or emergency purposes, shall not be permitted.

(6) All signs, streamers, announcements, flags and other attention and/or advertising devices not specifically permitted under the Zoning Ordinance, shall have the prior and temporary approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals before installation or use.

(2) Car washes.

(3) Motels and Hotels. (Ord. 18-1998. Passed 8-12-98.)

(4) Taverns.

(5) Automobile sales.

(6) Other commercial venues housed in buildings which are not in conflict with the general commercial makeup of the adjacent area and are compatible with the aforementioned conditional uses.

(Ord. 5-2003. Passed 3-12-03.)

1159.05 GENERAL RESTRICTIONS.

(1) Ample inside or enclosed storage space must be provided for commercial debris, waste and garbage. Storage space must be contiguous to the main building and all storage items shall be screened from the parking lot and roadway. Outside storage of various sundry items such as business equipment and rental or lease equipment, trade-in or salvage merchandise, construction materials and containers or cases are prohibited. Removal and disposal by owner of the debris, waste or garbage is required to maintain a neat and orderly premises.
(Ord. 40-1985. Passed 8-21-85.)

(2) Open Areas. Exclusive of driveways, parking and building areas, each lot shall contain twenty-five percent (25%) of its total lot area in landscaped open area. Any buffer of undeveloped land required by Section 1151.04(a) of the Planning and Zoning Code shall be included in the calculation of the 25% required by this subsection.

(Ord. 5-2003. Passed 3-12-03.)

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