Approved Uses by Zoning — General Business Overlay (B-3A)
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
Air conditioning equipment, retail, repairs, Ambulance service, Animal grooming only [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Antique shops, Art galleries, Art supplies, Artist's studios, Associations (civic, etc.) [no Master List equivalent], Athletic club [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Awning stores, Bakeshops, retail, Banks, Barber shops, Beauty salon or spa, hair, nails or skin care [Sec. 16-79(d) note 12], Bicycle stores and repair shops, Book store, Camera shops, Candy store, retail, Carpets, rugs, floor covering, retail, China, crockery, glassware, earthenware, retail, Clothing stores except secondhand, Coffee house [no Master List equivalent], Clubs—Civic, private, noncommercial [no Master List equivalent], Confectionery and ice cream store, Conservatories (art and music) soundproofed for music, Contractors—Office use only; no outside storage, 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, Dental lab, Department and dry goods store, Detective agencies, Dress shops and seamstress, Electrical appliances, retail and incidental repairs, Employment agencies, Fabric, sewing, yarn and notions shop, Fish, retail, Florist, Food take-out, retail, Fruit stores, retail, Furniture stores, Garden supplies [Sec. 16-79(d) note 5], Gift shops, Grocery store, Gymnasium [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Hardware store, Health spas and clubs [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Heating equipment, retail, Hobby shop, 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, Luggage shops, Mail, private express and package, Meat market, retail, Medical offices or clinics for doctors, dentists, podiatrists and related professions [Sec. 16-79(d) note 12], Messenger office, Millwork, retail, Music and radio stores, retail [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Municipal buildings, parks, playgrounds, parking, Municipal offices in retail centers, Museum, Newsstand [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Notions—Variety stores, Office supplies and furniture store, Optical stores, Office buildings, Outdoor restaurant seating areas [no Master List equivalent], Paint—Wallpaper stores, retail only, Pet shops [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Photograph galleries, Photographers, Places of public assembly, Plumbing fixtures, retail, Printing, quick print, Professional offices, Radios, televisions—Sales, incidental repairs, Real estate offices, Reducing salons, Repair shops (small appliances) [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Restaurants and dining rooms, Restaurant, 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, Supermarket, Swimming pool, supplies and accessories (excluding chemicals) [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Tailor shop, Ticket office, Tobacco store, Travel bureau, Utilities facilities, public subject to sections 16-81 and 16-88 [no Master List equivalent], Video and/or record store
With special approval
Alcoholic beverages, sales, Animal clinics, pet hospitals [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Auto tag agency, Bars (subject to subsection (10) below), Catering services, Convenience store, Dance halls, ballroom dancing [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Day care centers [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Federal, state and county offices located in retail centers, Food caterers, Funeral homes, Laundries, coin-operated, Motorcycle shops (no outdoor display) [Sec. 16-79(d) note 13], Post office, Schools: Adult education, Veterinary clinics (no overnight boarding with exception of medical treatment) [Sec. 16-79(d) note 1], Wholesale sales as accessory to a permitted use, Nightclubs (special exception pursuant to Sec. 16-36; must conform to enclosed-use requirement of Sec. 16-79(d)(1)) [Sec. 16-78(h)(12)]
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