Approved Uses by Zoning — General Business (B-3)
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
Agencies, new car/truck/motorcycle/recreational vehicles up to 30 ft with appurtenant repair shop and used car lot, Air conditioning equipment, retail repairs, Animal clinics (per hospitals), Animal grooming only, Antique shops, Armored car service, Art supplies, Artist's studios, Auto parts, equipment, accessories, new, Auto repair and service, Automobile sales lot new/used, Auto service station (no fuel dispensing), Auto tag agency, Auto tires, new retail, Auto wash racks, Awning stores, Bakeshops, retail, Banks, Barbershops, Beauty parlors, Beverage store (nonalcoholic), Bicycle stores and repair shops, Boat and marine motor sales and service, Boat rental, Bookstore, Building and loan associations, Building supplies, retail (from buildings only), Camera shops, Candy store, retail, Carpets or rug cleaning establishment, Carpets, rugs, floor covering, retail, Catering services, China, crockery, glassware, earthenware, retail, Cigar store / smokeshop, retail, Clothing stores (except secondhand), Confectionery and ice cream store, Cosmetics, retail and incidental compounding (no manufacturing), Costumers, rental, Dairy products, retail, Day nurseries, Delicatessen, retail, Dental clinic, Dental lab, Department store and dry goods store, Detective agencies, Dress shops and seamstress, Drive-in banks, Drive-in restaurant, Drug and sundries stores, Dry cleaning and pressing, pick-up and delivery only, Dry cleaning (coin-operated), Dry cleaning plants (limited), Electrical appliances, retail and incidental repairs, Electrical/general/plumbing/AC contractor shops (noisy operations in a soundproof room), Employment agencies, Express companies, Fabric, sewing, yarn and notions shop, Fertilizer stores, retail, Fish, retail, Fishing supplies, bait and tackle, Florist, Food caterers, Food take-out, retail, Food take-out, retail (convenience stores), Fruit stores, retail, Furniture stores, Garage, including mechanical service, Garden supplies, Gasoline and oil filling stations with or without service area, Gift shops, Gold and silver exchange, Golf supply, merchant, Grocery store, Hardware store, Heating equipment, retail, Hobby shop, Ice cream, retail, Interior decoration shop, Jewelry store, watch repair, Key shop, Lawn maintenance (office only), Lawn maintenance (office, supplies and equipment storage), Laundries, coin-operated, Leather goods store, retail, Lighting fixtures, retail, Liquor/package store (consumption off premises), Loan agencies (other than pawnbrokers), Luggage shops, Motorcycle shops - new/used sales, parts, service, Music and radio stores, retail, Newsstand, Notions, variety stores, Office buildings, Office supplies and furniture store, Offices for doctors, dentists, podiatrists and related professions, Optical stores, Paint, wallpaper stores, retail only, Parking garage, Pet shops, Photographers, Photostating, Plumbing fixtures, retail, Post office, Printing, quick print, Professional offices, Public utility offices, telephone exchange building, Radio, television studios, Radios, televisions sales, incidental repairs, Real estate offices, Reducing salons, Repair shops (small appliances; radio/TV repair), Restaurant, fast food, Restaurants and dining rooms (alcohol service is a special exception), Rugs, retail, Sales office (no inventory), Shoe repair shop, Shoe stores, Skating rinks, skateboard parks, water slides, other amusements when outdoors, Souvenir stores, Sporting goods store, Stationery stores, Stock exchange and brokerage offices, Sundry stores, Supermarkets, Swimming pools; builders' supplies and accessories, Tailor shop, Tanning parlors, Taxi service establishment, office, fleet service, storage, Ticket office, Travel bureau, Truck sales, new and used, Veterinary clinics (no overnight boarding except medical treatment), Water treatment, pool equipment and chemicals (no manufacturing), Wearing apparel stores
With special approval
Adult book stores/theaters and other adult enterprises, Alcoholic beverages, sales, Ambulance service, commercial, Amusements/recreation enterprises (indoor), Amusements/recreation enterprises (outdoor), Apartments (RM-10 standards; not on ground floor; <=50% of gross floor area), Art galleries, Art schools, Assembly hall, Associations (civic, etc.), Athletic club, Auction houses (art goods, antiques, jewelry, rugs), Billiard rooms, poolrooms, Bingo parlors, Bowling alleys, Bus terminals, Churches and other religious institutions, Clubs, civic, private, noncommercial, Conservatories (art and music) soundproofed, Dance academies, Funeral homes, Golf courses (miniature), Golf driving range, Guns, retail, Gymnasium, Health spas / physical fitness facilities, Heating equipment - wholesale/retail/storage/repair/service, Hospitals, Hotels, Lodge halls, Manufacturing, light; fabrication and assembly consistent with the commercial land use category, Massage establishments, Motels, Motorhome and house trailer sales, new and used, Municipal parking, Museum, Nightclub, Nursing homes and residential care facilities (governmentally sponsored/subsidized), Outdoor vendor (stationary), Pain management clinics, Photograph galleries, Police, fire protection and public safety facilities, Residences (RM-10 standards; not on ground floor), Schools, business, Schools, educational, Schools, driving, Schools, modeling, Schools, trade, vocational, Shooting gallery, Skating rinks, skateboard parks, water slides, other amusements when enclosed, Theater and motion picture houses, Trailers of all kinds, campers, mobile homes, storage and sales, Utilities, public or private, All uses permitted in a CR district if outside, All uses permitted in a CR district if within a totally enclosed building
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