Approved Uses by Zoning — Community Business (B-2)
Uses permitted by right under the municipality’s zoning for this district. The property may carry additional restrictions (deed, association or lease), so tenants are responsible for confirming their intended use with the municipality and landlord before committing.
Allowed by right
Animal grooming only [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Antique shops, Art galleries, Art supplies, Artist's studios, Athletic club [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Auction houses—art goods, antiques, jewelry, rugs and the like, Bakeshops, retail, Banks, Barber shops, Bicycle stores and repair shops (no outdoor display), Beauty salon or spa, hair, nails or skin care [Sec. 16-79(d) note 12], Book store, Building and loan associations, Camera shops, Candy store, retail, Carpets, rugs, floor covering, retail, China, crockery, glassware, earthenware, retail, Clothing stores except secondhand, Confectionery and ice cream store, Conservatories (art and music) soundproofed for music, Cosmetics, retail and incidental compounding no manufacturing, Costumes, rental, County-owned and municipality-owned building (with the exception of jails, which are prohibited), Curio stores, Dairy products, retail, Dance academies [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Delicatessen, retail, Dental clinic, Department and dry goods store, Detective, agencies, Dress shops and seamstress, Dry cleaning and pressing—Pickup and delivery only, Electrical appliances, retail and incidental repairs, Employment agencies, Fabric, sewing, yarn and notions shop, Federally owned and state-owned buildings (with the exception of prisons, which are prohibited), Fertilizer stores, retail, Fish, retail, Fishing supplies—Bait and tackle, Florist, Food take-out, retail, Fruit stores, retail, Furniture stores, Garden supplies [Sec. 16-79(d) note 5], Gift shops, Grocery store, Hardware store, Health club [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Health spa [Sec. 16-79(d) notes 1, 12], Hobby shop, Hotels [Sec. 16-79(d) note 4], Ice cream or frozen yogurt, retail, Interior decoration shop, Jewelry store—Watch repair, Key shop, Lawn mower sales and service (no outdoor display), Leather goods store, retail, Library, Lighting fixtures, retail, Loan agencies excluding pawnbrokers, check cashing and paycheck advances, as a primary or accessory use., Luggage shops, Mail, private express and package, Marine supplies, retail, Meat market, retail, Medical offices or clinics for doctors, dentists, podiatrists and related professions [Sec. 16-79(d) note 12], Messenger office, Motels [Sec. 16-79(d) note 4], Music and radio stores, retail [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Municipal buildings, parks, playgrounds, parking, municipal offices in retail centers or office buildings not owned by government, Museum, Newsstand [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Notions—Variety stores, Office building, Office supplies and furniture store, Optical stores, Paint—Wall paper stores, retail only, Pet shops [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Photograph galleries, Photographers, Photostating, Places of Public Assembly (seating capacity of 100 or fewer), Places of Public Assembly (seating capacity of greater than 100), Printing, quick print, Professional offices, Radios, televisions—Sales, incidental repairs, Radio television and video recording studios (Providing that noisy operations are conducted in a soundproof room) [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Real estate offices, Reducing salons, Restaurants and dining rooms, Restaurants, fast food, Rugs, retail, Schools: Instructional, Shoe repair shop [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Shoe stores, Souvenir stores, Sporting goods store, Stationery stores, Stock exchange and brokerage office, Sundry stores, not including drug stores, Supermarkets, Swimming pool, supplies and accessories (excluding chemicals) [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Swimming pool chemical supply, retail [Sec. 16-79(d) note 9], Tailor shop, Telephone exchange building, Ticket office, Tobacco store, Travel bureau, Video and/or record, store, Water treatment, pool equipment and chemicals (within building) and no manufacturing [Sec. 16-79(d) note 9]
With special approval
Air conditioning equipment, retail, repairs, Amusement/recreation enterprises (indoor) [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Auto tag agency, Bar or tavern, Billiard or pool rooms [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Community care facilities as defined in Article XVII, Convenience store, Day care centers [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Drive-through restaurant, Dry cleaning with plant on premise [Sec. 16-79(d) note 3], Federal, state and county offices located in retail centers or office buildings not owned by government (unless otherwise provided for in the master business list), Funeral homes, Gasoline station. See section 16-136 ., Laundries, coin-operated, Liquor and alcholic beverage store, Post office, Residential, multifamily [Sec. 16-79(d) note 2], Restaurants with drive-through, Restaurants, fast food with drive-through, Skating rinks (indoor or outdoor), skateboard parks, water slide, and other outdoor amusements, Veterinary clinics (no overnight boarding with exception of medical treatment) [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1]
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