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City of Galax, VA
 
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This district, containing the major downtown retailing center and major outlying commercial areas, provides a framework for a strong nucleus of the commercial community, in which each business can enhance other business and where all the amenities of downtown can be provided.
Uses permitted in the Business General (B-2) District shall be established in compliance with the standards of this article, Article XV and as provided in the City Code. Uses permitted shall be one or more of the following uses:
A. 
Auto sales and services.
B. 
Bakeries.
C. 
Churches.
D. 
Drugstore and medical clinics or supplies.
E. 
Dry cleaners and laundries.
F. 
Finance, banks and real estate.
G. 
Furniture and home appliance sales and services.
H. 
Funeral homes.
I. 
Hotels, motels and inns.
J. 
Hardware, plumbing and lumber supply with covered storage.
K. 
Offices.
L. 
Public or semipublic uses.
M. 
Public utilities.
N. 
Personal service business (beauty, barber, etc.).
O. 
Retail stores.
P. 
Theaters, lodges and assembly halls.
Q. 
Restaurants and fast food.
R. 
Grocery stores.
S. 
Recreation.
T. 
Printing signs on premises.
Conditional uses in the Business General (B-2) District shall be permitted following a public hearing and approval as set forth in Articles XVI and XVIII. Conditional uses shall be one or more of the following uses:
A. 
Public billiard parlors or poolrooms.
B. 
Bowling alleys.
C. 
Dance halls.
D. 
Wholesale distribution.
E. 
Apartment use, both on the second floor and the first floor not fronting on designated streets.
[Added 11-13-1990]
F. 
Wireless telecommunications towers and antennas.
[Added 7-14-1997]
G. 
Storage warehouses.
[Added 3-26-2001]
H. 
Communication tower.
[Added 2-12-2018]
Area regulations for each use in the Business General (B-2) District shall not be required.
The setback line for structures shall be 10 feet from any street right-of-way.
A minimum frontage shall not be required.
[Amended 9-10-2007]
The maximum height for structures shall be 60 feet.
Sidewalks shall be required to be constructed to equal the existing width along a property frontage and no less than five feet if nonexistent.