Section 10. Transitional Business District (B-3)
A. Purpose
The Transitional Business District is meant to accommodate limited
business uses in areas that are located along main traffic arteries but are
residential in character. The explicit purpose of this district includes the
prevention of strip highway development and the preservation of the character
and appearance of established residential neighborhoods.
B. Permitted Uses
The following uses are permitted in the Transitional Business
District, however, if the listed use is followed by a raised 1
and circumstances stated in Article
VIII, Section 10, (C) apply, a special exception is required:
The following resource protection uses:
(1) Uses listed in Section 1 of this Article, Natural Resource Protection District,
paragraph B
The following residential uses:
(2) Single family dwellings
(3) Two-family dwellings
(4) Multifamily dwellings served by public sewer
(5) Open space residential developments that meet the standards
of Article IX
(6) Community living uses
(7) Elderly congregate housing served by public sewer
(8) Nursing and convalescent homes
(9) Rooming houses
(10) Accessory apartments
The following municipal and institutional uses:
(11) Churches
(12) Community buildings 1
(13) Hospitals
(14) Municipal uses 1
(15) Nursery schools and day care centers 1
(16) Private schools 1
(17) Public schools 1
(18) Quasi-public facilities 1
The following commercial uses:
(19) Auto repair garages 1
(20) Commercial schools 1
(21) Financial services, excluding drive-through windows 1
(22) Funeral homes 1
(23) Hair salons 1
(24) Hotels and motels 1
(25) Inns 1
(26) Publishing of newspapers, magazines, and books, excluding
printing plants 1
(27) Sit-down restaurants 1
(28) Storage within barns or similar accessory structures
existing as of the date of adoption of this Ordinance
(29) Low impact uses, as defined in this Ordinance and not
otherwise allowed in this district and that meet the terms of Article VII, Section 4(9) 1
(30) Any expansion of a retail business in existence as of June
9, 1992, within the boundaries of the lot in which such business
is located as of June 9, 1992.
The following professional services:
(31) Professional offices 1
(32) Health service facilities 1
The following industrial uses:
(33) Research and development 1
(34) Tradesmen's shops 1
The following utility uses:
(35) Commercial parking facilities, provided there is no
demolition of buildings existing as of December 1, 1992.
(36) Essential services
(37) Public utilities
(38) Road construction
The following accessory activities:
(39) Accessory uses
(40) Home occupations
(41) Homestay
The following additional Commercial Uses are permitted only on
Lots which were in existence and had no structures as of June 8,
1993 and were also in the B-3 District prior to June 8, 1993:
(42) Retail Sales, if either of the following criteria, a or b,
is met:
a. The cumulative floor space devoted to retail sales on the lot
is limited to 50% of the total floor space of the structures on
the lot, or
b. The maximum building coverage on the lot is 20% or less.
(43) Rental of goods and equipment, provided there is no outdoor
storage or display of such goods or equipment. Floor space
devoted to rentals shall not be considered as being devoted to
retail sales on the lot as set forth in Article VIII, Section
10.B(41), above, in determining the cumulative floor space
devoted to retail sales on the lot.
(44) Technical services
(45) Personal services
A 1 following a listed use in the B-3 District means the use must
be located wholly within structures existing as of November 4,
1992 or wholly within structures constructed or to be constructed
upon lots which were in existence and had no structures as of
June 8, 1993 or permitted as a special exception under the
circumstances set forth in C.
C. Uses Permitted as Special
Exceptions
The permitted uses listed for the Transitional Business District (B-3) which are
designated by a raised 1 following the listed use shall be allowed upon approval
as special exceptions in accordance with the appropriate provisions of this Ordinance
in the circumstances set forth below:
(1) The expansion, substantial alteration, or replacement for such a permitted use
of an existing principal structure, provided that the Zoning Board of Appeals finds,
as part of its review, that such expansion, alteration, or replacement of the
structure will retain the appearance of and reflect the existing residential
character of the district.
(2) The construction, on a lot that is occupied as of the date of adoption of
this Ordinance, of a new structure in addition to the existing structure or
structures for such a permitted use in this District.
D. Prohibited Uses
Uses not allowed as permitted uses or special exceptions are
prohibited within this district.
E. Standards
(1) The general standards of performance of Article X, Parts I and II, shall be
observed.
(2) The following space and bulk standards shall apply:
| Sewer | No Sewer | |
| MINIMUM LOT AREA | ||
| Residential | 10,000 sq. ft. | 40,000 sq. ft. |
| Nonresidential | 20,000 sq. ft. | 20,000 sq. ft. |
| MINIMUM LOT AREA PER DWELLING UNIT | ||
| Single Family | 10,000 sq. ft. | 40,000 sq. ft. |
| Accessory Apartments | No increase in lot area required | No increase in lot area required |
| Two-Family Dwellings | 7,500 sq. ft. | 40,000 sq. ft. |
| Multi-family Dwellings | 7,500 sq. ft. | Not permitted |
| Elderly Congregate Housing | 3,000 sq. ft. | Not permitted |
| MINIMUM STREET FRONTAGE | ||
| Residential | 75 feet | 100 feet |
| NonResidential | 100 feet | 100 feet |
| MINIMUM SETBACKS | ||
| Residential | ||
| Front | 15 ft., except where the following lots with existing buildings have established auniform setback relationship (See Definitions) to the street, any new building shall beset back from the edge of the right-of-way of the street no more than a maximumdistance which is 5 feet greater than the average setback for those two adjacent lots on each side of the subject lot, and no less than a minimum distancewhich is 5 feet less than the average setback for those twoadjacent lots on each side of the subject lot; provided however thatsuch a building on the subject lot shall be no closer to the right-of-way of the street than the building closest to the edge of that right-of-way on those four adjacent lots. Where a uniform setback relationship exists, accessory structures or additions to existing structures shall be set no less than two feet further back than the actual setback of the principal building unless that actual setback is greater than the maximum setback. | 25 feet |
| Side | 10 ft., provided the sum of both side yards is at least 25 ft. | 15 feet |
| Back | 15 feet | 15 feet |
| Normal High Water Mark | See Article X, Part I, Section 1(9)(j) | See Article X, Part I, Section 1(9)(j) |
| Nonresidential | ||
| Front | Same as residential | Same as residential |
| Side | 15 feet | 15 feet |
| Back | 15 feet | 15 feet |
| Normal High Water Mark | See Article X, Part I, Section 1(9)(j) | See Article X, Part I, Section 1(9)(j) |
| Side and Back yard for nonresidential use abutting a residential use | 25 feet | 25 feet |
| MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE | ||
| Residential | 25% | 20% |
| Nonresidential | 30% | 30% |
| MAXIMUM GROUND COVERAGE | ||
| Residential | None, provided that the area between the front property line and the wall of the building or structure closest to the street and running the full width of the wall, except thedriveway, shall not be used for parking and shall be maintained as a yard area. | None, provided that the area between the front property line and the wall of the building or structure closest to the street and running the full width of the wall, except thedriveway, shall not be used for parking and shall be maintained as a yard area. |
| Nonresidential | None, provided that the area between the front property line and the wall of the building or structure closest to the street and running the full width of the wall, except thedriveway, shall not be used for parking and shall be maintained as a yard area. | None, provided that the area between the front property line and the wall of the building or structure closest to the street and running the full width of the wall, except thedriveway, shall not be used for parking and shall be maintained as a yard area. |
| Shoreland Area | 20% | 20% |
| MAXIMUM BUILDING OR STRUCTURE HEIGHT | ||
| Residential | 30 feet | 30 feet |
| Nonresidential | 30 feet | 30 feet |
| MIMIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS ON SAME LOT | 30 feet | 30 feet |
(3) Screening
Multifamily and nonresidential uses abutting a residential use or district
shall provide screening in accordance with the standards in
Article X, Part II,
Section 3, of this Ordinance.
(4) Shoreland Area
Properties within shoreland areas shall comply with the additional
standards set forth in Article
X, Part I, Section 1, of this Ordinance.
(5) Historic Areas
Properties within historic areas shall comply with the additional
standards set forth in Article
X, Part I, Section 3 of this Ordinance.
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