The GB General Business District is intended
to promote the development of vehicle and pedestrian accessible areas
with a variety of retail, office, civic and service uses. The GB District
is also intended to provide locations for the development of highway-oriented-type
businesses and shopping centers.
In the General Business District, no building
or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for
one or more of the following uses:
A.
Generally recognized retail businesses which supply
commodities on the premises, such as but not limited to groceries,
meats, dairy products, baked goods, beverages, drugs, dry goods, clothing,
books, hardware and similar uses.
B.
Banks, savings and loan, and credit unions.
C.
Cocktail lounges, bars and restaurants, excluding
drive-in or drive-through window facilities.
D.
General, service, sales and professional offices.
E.
Laboratories.
F.
Medical and dental offices, including walk-in clinics
and ambulatory care centers but excluding hospitals.
G.
Outdoor assemblies.
H.
Personal service shops, such as tailor, beauty parlor,
barbershop, photographer, photo dropoff with or without on-site processing,
instant or quick printing shop, shoe repair, laundromats and dry cleaning
establishments, provided the actual dry cleaning takes place off site,
and similar uses.
I.
Private clubs, lodge halls and similar uses.
J.
Public buildings without outdoor storage yards, including
community centers, libraries, museums, and post offices.
K.
Public parks.
L.
Theaters (excluding drive-ins).
M.
Veterinarian offices, excluding kennels.
N.
Antique, thrift and resale shops.
O.
Accessory uses and structures incidental to the principal
use.
The following special land uses may be permitted only after review and approval by the Planning Commission, subject to the requirements and standards of Article XX and the submission of a site plan conforming with the requirements of § 515-100:
Accessory buildings, structures and uses shall be permitted in accordance with § 515-78. In addition, the following accessory structures and uses may also be permitted only when conducted within a completely enclosed building, subject to the following:
A.
Garages shall be used exclusively for the storage
of passenger motor vehicles and/or commercial vehicles of less than
one-ton capacity, which are to be used in connection with a business
permitted and located in the GB General Business District.
B.
Sidewalk sales shall be permitted only as provided
hereunder:
(1)
No person, firm, corporation or merchant shall vend,
sell, dispose of or display any goods, wares, merchandise or produce
on any public street or sidewalk or anywhere else outside a building
without full compliance with this section for the period of said sidewalk
sale.
(2)
Sidewalk sales shall be permitted for no more than
three days. No more than two such sidewalk sales shall be permitted
on a site to any person, firm, corporation or merchant in a single
calendar year.
(3)
Sale of the merchandise under this subsection shall
be limited to merchandise usually sold on the premises. No new merchandise
shall be brought in to vend, sell, dispose of or display at the sidewalk
sale.
(4)
All merchandise offered for sale hereunder must be
displayed on private property. Merchandise shall be securely and adequately
placed so that it will not endanger passersby or fall or extend into
the public right-of-way. Such sales shall not be operated in any manner
which would cause a nuisance or create a fire hazard or obstruct ingress
and egress to premises.
A.
All uses shall be retail or service establishments
dealing directly with customers. All retail goods produced on the
premises shall be sold on the premises.
B.
All business, servicing or processing, except for
off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within a completely
enclosed building, unless otherwise permitted through special land
use approval. All accessory buildings shall be similar in architectural
design and materials to the principal building.
C.
Waste materials of any sort shall be screened from public view by a masonry wall and shall be consolidated in a defined trash receptacle area in conformance with § 515-91K(1).
D.
Exterior site lighting shall be in accordance with § 515-90G. In addition, where a building wall faces an abutting residential district there shall be no floodlighting of such facade. This shall not preclude the lighting of doorways on such facades.
E.
All uses in this district require site plan review and approval. Site plans shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements of § 515-100 of this chapter and shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission prior to issuance of a building permit.
F.
See Article XVIII, General Provisions, relating to off-street parking, off-street parking layout, landscaping and screening requirements and other sections of the article as they relate to uses permitted in the district.
G.
Except where otherwise regulated in this article, refer to Article XVII, Schedule of District Regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot by permitted land use, the minimum yard setback requirements and development options.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Schedule of District Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.
H.
No required front yard space in any GB General Business
District shall be used for the storage or parking of vehicles or any
other materials or equipment.
I.
Prohibited use of open areas: No machinery, equipment,
vehicles, or other materials shall be stored or parked unless in full
accordance with the Village of New Haven Nuisance Ordinance.