[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.1, 3-4-1997]
Permitted uses in the General Purpose "B" District are as follows:
(1) 
Residential uses, including manufactured housing units.
(2) 
Home occupations (expanded definition).
(3) 
Agricultural, including the keeping of farm animals and pleasure animals, forestry and horticultural uses.
(4) 
Recreational or community activities except those operated for profit.
(5) 
Municipal uses deemed necessary by the City Council, but, prior to taking action thereon, the council shall hold a public hearing for which 10 days' public notice shall be given.
(6) 
Essential services.
(7) 
Accessory structures and uses and yard sales on no more than 10 days in any calendar year.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.2, 3-4-1997; Ord. No. 42-1997, 4-15-1997; Ord. No. 49-1997, 5-20-1997; Ord. No. 1-1999, 7-6-1999; Ord. No. 21-2006, 2-7-2006]
Permitted uses requiring Planning Board review in the General Purpose "B" District are as follows:
(1) 
Fill, loam, sand and gravel extraction operations (subject to site review under the provisions of chapter 90, no matter what the size of the nonvegetated area), provided the operation does not include the removal of bedrock material through blasting or any other mechanical means or the crushing or further processing of such bedrock material.
(2) 
Cemeteries.
(3) 
Recreational activities operated for profit.
(4) 
Junkyards, including auto graveyards (subject to site review under the provisions of chapter 90, no matter what the size of the nonvegetated area), commercial piggeries, and commercial poultry raising.
(5) 
School, day nursery, or institution of an educational, religious, philanthropic, fraternal, political or social nature.
(6) 
Planned unit development and cluster housing development.
(7) 
Congregate residential retirement housing.
(8) 
Health services offices and professional offices.
(9) 
Health care facilities.
(10) 
Nonmunicipal public and quasipublic uses.
(11) 
Veterinarians and veterinary clinics and hospitals.
(12) 
Kennels for boarding of pets.
(13) 
Mobile home parks, which may be located only within a Manufactured Housing Overlay District.
(14) 
Boat storage for profit.
(15) 
Commercial structures and uses, including but not limited to funeral homes, small scale retail and wholesale business establishments, multifamily housing, small scale retail stores and services, manufacturing, hotels, motels, restaurants, motor vehicle sales and services, mobile home and equipment sales and services, retail motor fuel and service establishments, shopping centers, drive-in theaters, warehouses, storage facilities, light industrial uses, marine-related activities, boat storage, office complexes, and crafts production.
(16) 
Storage tanks for petroleum products, including propane (subject to site plan review under the provisions of chapter 90, no matter what the size of the nonvegetated area).
(17) 
Bed and breakfast, including class 1, class 2 and class 3.
(18) 
Stealth telecommunications facilities.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.3, 3-4-1997]
Provisions of chapter 82, pertaining to shoreland zoning, and chapter 78, article II, pertaining to floodplains, may apply in the General Purpose "B" District. See the shoreland zoning maps and FIRM flood maps.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.4, 3-4-1997]
(a) 
The general standards of performance of article IX of this chapter shall be observed in the General Purpose "B" District.
(b) 
The following standards shall also apply:
(1) 
Residential uses.
a. 
Maximum residential density for one- or two-family dwelling structures is one dwelling structure per net acre.
b. 
Maximum residential density for one-family dwelling structures with City sewer shall be one dwelling structure per one-third net acre.
c. 
Maximum residential density for three- or more family dwelling structures is three dwelling units per net acre.
d. 
Minimum lot frontage is 100 feet.
e. 
The minimum rear and side yard setback is 15 feet.
(2) 
Commercial, industrial and other nonresidential uses.
a. 
Minimum lot size is one net acre. A commercial or nonresidential use may be located on the same one-acre lot as a dwelling structure.
b. 
Minimum lot frontage is 150 feet.
c. 
The minimum rear and side yards are 20 feet.
(3) 
Setback from right-of-way. The minimum setback shall be 30 feet from the road right-of-way line as determined by either measuring a distance from the center of the traveled way that equals 1/2 the right-of-way distance plus 30 feet, or determining the right-of-way boundary by a survey at the owner's expense and adding 30 feet. Where the right-of-way width is unavailable or uncertain, the setback shall be 60 feet from the center of the traveled way.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.5, 3-4-1997]
In the case of planned unit development and cluster housing development in the General Purpose "B" District, the standards in section 102-344 may be modified in accordance with the special provisions of article VI of this chapter. In addition, planned unit development and cluster housing development shall be reviewed under the City's subdivision ordinance.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 602.6, 3-4-1997]
Only those uses specifically listed as permitted uses or permitted uses requiring Planning Board review are allowed within the General Purpose "B" District. All other uses are excluded.