§ 42-211. BG General Business District.

(a)

Purpose. The purpose of the BG General Business District is to provide for a wide range of retail, service and wholesale establishments requiring a location accessible to large segments of the population.

(b)

Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the BG district:

(1)

Any use permitted in the BN district.

(2)

Automobile retail establishments.

(3)

Reserved.

(4)

Bicycle sales and repair shops.

(5)

Bowling alleys.

(6)

Bus terminals.

(7)

Business and commercial schools.

(7.1)

Convenience stores.

(8)

Dancing schools including group instruction.

(9)

Drive-in configurations of any business otherwise permitted in this district, provided that any such establishment shall provide adequate off-street space for the maneuvering and storage of patrons' vehicles, and further provided that there be a sturdy, close woven or solid fence suitable for the retaining of any discarded paper or other material on all sides of the parking area except the front, and provided no music or loud speaker system shall be installed or operated that can be heard at neighboring residential, motel or motor hotel properties, and providing all lighting shall be directed and shielded so as to light only the property of such establishment.

(10)

Dry cleaners and laundries employing not over five persons exclusive of drivers.

(11)

Feed and seed stores.

(12)

Funeral homes.

(13)

Furniture and antique stores including used furnishings.

(14)

Gasoline service stations.

(15)

Greenhouses and nurseries.

(16)

Professional type assembly and repair of such items as eyeglasses, custom jewelry, prosthetic devices and other similar services and manufacture.

(17)

Music stores.

(18)

Reserved.

(19)

Painting and decorating stores.

(20)

Parking lots and structures.

(21)

Reserved.

(22)

Pet shops.

(23)

Printing, job, when mechanical operation is not visible from a street, and employing not more than four persons.

(24)

Radio and television stations, except transmission towers over 35 feet high.

(25)

Restaurants.

(26)

Shopping centers.

(27)

Stationery and office machines sales and service.

(28)

Theaters (indoor).

(29)

Upholstery shops.

(30)

Reserved.

(31)

Warehouses with no outdoor storage.

(32)

Wholesale stores, but not establishments operated primarily as a warehouse. A wholesale store shall not be distinguished from a warehouse if there is at least one square foot or more of office, sales and display space for each square foot of warehousing space, and the building is so arranged as to encourage walk-in trade.

(33)

Other uses as may be determined by the mayor and council to be similar and compatible with the above-listed permitted uses.

(c)

Accessory uses. Accessory uses in the BG district are those determined by the mayor and council to be customarily appurtenant to those uses permitted in this district.

(d)

Conditional uses. The following shall be conditional uses in the BG district:

(1)

Ambulance service.

(2)

Auction gallery.

(3)

Animal hospital or clinic, provided there are no outside runs or pens.

(4)

Auto laundry.

(5)

Building and lumber supply establishments.

(6)

Campgrounds for travel trailer or motor coaches.

(7)

Churches and their customary related uses.

(8)

Clubs and lodges.

(9)

Mortuaries and crematoriums.

(10)

Outdoor amusement enterprises, including pony riding, miniature golf, carnivals and bazaars.

(11)

Outdoor theatres.

(12)

Trade shops.

(13)

Mini-warehouses.

(e)

Prohibited uses. The following uses shall be prohibited in the BG district:

(1)

Pawn shops, as defined in section 42-124.

(f)

Space limits. Space limits in the BG district are as follows:

(1)

Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.

(2)

Minimum lot width: None.

(3)

Minimum front yard: 75 feet on major thoroughfare and 60 feet on minor or local street.

(4)

Minimum rear yard: five feet.

(5)

Minimum side yard: five feet but 30 feet if a corner lot.

(6)

Maximum building height: 40 feet.

(7)

Maximum ground coverage: 80 percent.

(Code 1994, § 110-1; Ord. No. 01-02, § 9(9.10), 7-9-2001; Ord. No. 02-02, § 1, 5-13-2002; Ord. No. 2015-3, § 2, 10-12-2015; Ord. No. 2016-06, §§ 3, 4, 7-11-2016; Ord. No. 2018-01, § 3, 1-8-2018)