<div class="chunk-title">Section 1309. - HB highway business district.</div>
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               The HB highway business district is established as a district for highway oriented
               business.
               
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                  1309.01 The following uses are permitted in the HB highway business district:
                  
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                     a.
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                     Accessory retail uses, incidental such as cafeterias, gift or variety shops, soda
                     bars conducted solely for the convenience of employees, patients, patrons or visitors
                     on the premises wholly within the principal building and without exterior advertising
                     display.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
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                     b.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Accessory uses clearly incidental to a permitted use and which will not create a nuisance
                     or hazard.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
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                     c.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Agencies and offices rendering specialized services in the professions, finance, real
                     estate and brokerage, including service agencies not involving on-premises retail
                     trade or on-premises services with and to the general public, nor wholesale trade
                     on-premises, nor maintenance of a stock of goods for sale to the general public.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
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                     d.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Agriculture and horticulture including retail sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
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                     e.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Airports and landing fields for rotary wing aircraft.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     f.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Alcohol beverage packaged retail sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
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                     g.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Amusement enterprises such as billiards, pool, bowling, theater, when housed in a
                     permanent structure.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     h.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Animal hospitals and kennels provided no animal storage or runs shall be closer than
                     200 feet to any residential property line.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     i.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Antiques and gift retail sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     j.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Art supply retail sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     k.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Assembly halls, coliseums, gymnasiums and other similar structures provided such facilities
                     are operated by clubs or other organizations no part of the net earnings of which
                     inures to the benefit of any private person, corporation, or shareholder.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     l.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Automobile commercial parking enterprise in accordance with article XVI.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     m.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Automobile (new and used) and accessory sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     n.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses and in accordance with
                     the requirements of article XVI.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     o.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Automobile repair garages with outside storage of wrecked or inoperable automobiles
                     permitted only for autos actually in process of repair, and such vehicles shall be
                     concealed from view from a public street by a fence, wall, or evergreen planting at
                     least five feet high.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     p.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Automobile service (gas and oil stations), providing screening for any cars not in
                     operation.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     q.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Automobile washing establishments.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     r.
                     </p>
                  		
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                     Bakery shops and confectioneries operating both wholesale and retail business provided
                     such operations are limited to 1,500 square feet of manufacturing area and to the
                     use of nonsmoke producing types of furnaces.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     s.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Barber, beauty and other personal services.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     t.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Bicycle sale and repair.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     u.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Blueprinting and photostating establishments.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     v.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Book and stationery stores.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     w.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Bookbindery.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     x.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Bottling works for soft drinks.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     y.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Business signs as permitted in article XIV, subsections 1410.03, 1410.05, 1410.06,
                     and 1410.07.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     z.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Bus passenger stations.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     aa.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Bus repair and storage terminals.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     bb.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Catering establishments.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     cc.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Churches and other places of worship, including parish houses and Sunday school buildings.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     dd.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Clothing manufacture.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ee.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Clothing sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ff.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Colleges, business colleges, trade schools, music conservatories, dancing schools
                     and similar organizations all without students in residences offering training in
                     specific fields.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     gg.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Contractor's plants or storage yards.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     hh.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Curb markets.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ii.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Dairy bars.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     jj.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Department and variety stores.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     kk.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Drive-in or outdoor motion picture show.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ll.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Drugstores.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     mm.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Dry cleaning pickup stations.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     nn.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Dry cleaning, pressing and dyeing plants operated in conjunction with retail service
                     counter provided that not more than 2,000 square feet is devoted to these processes.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     oo.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Exhibitions designed to judge or display the intrinsic excellence of the objects or
                     properties exhibited when sponsored by civic or charitable organizations and when
                     the net proceeds are used clearly for civic or charitable purposes.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     pp.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Farm machinery assembly, repair and sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     qq.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Florist: greenhouses, cultivation facilities and warehousing for wholesale and related
                     retail trade.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     rr.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Florist, retail.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ss.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Food processing: for sale at retail on the premises, but excluding the killing and
                     dressing of any flesh or fowl.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     tt.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Food stores (retail only)â€”grocery, delicatessen, meat and fishâ€”but excluding the killing
                     and dressing of any flesh or fowl.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     uu.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Frozen food lockers.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     vv.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Fuel oil and kerosene for heating purposes in aboveground containers provided the
                     same comply with applicable codes.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ww.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Fuel oil, kerosene or other class III (National Board of Fire Underwriters) flammable
                     liquids: the incidental sale at retail of same in containers provided the same comply
                     with applicable codes.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     xx.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Funeral homes, undertaking establishments, embalming, crematoria.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     yy.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Furniture retail sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     zz.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Furriers, retail sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     aaa.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Fur storage.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     bbb.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Gases or liquified petroleum gases in approved portable metal cylinders for storage
                     or sale.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ccc.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Gasoline storage aboveground provided the same comply with applicable codes and regulations.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ddd.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Gasoline storage, underground, provided the same comply with applicable codes.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     eee.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Glass manufacture.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     fff.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Grounds and facilities for open air games and sports, and other similar properties
                     operated exclusively for pleasure, recreation and other social, athletic or educational
                     purposes limited to not more than 300 participants, including spectators, provided
                     such grounds and facilities are operated by clubs or other organizations, no part
                     of the net earnings of which inure to the benefit of any private person or shareholder.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ggg.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Hardware, appliances, and electrical items retail sale.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     hhh.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Hat cleaning and blocking.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     iii.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Ice manufacture storage and sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     jjj.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Jewelry and watch sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     kkk.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Laboratories for research and testing.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     lll.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Launderette service: where individual, family-sized laundry equipment is rented for
                     use by the customer.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     mmm.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Laundries: all hand laundries and small power laundries operated in conjunction with
                     a retail service counter on the premises where not more than 2,000 square feet of
                     floor space is devoted to the laundering and finishing processes, provided the total
                     operating capacity of all commercial washing machines shall not exceed 400 pounds
                     and no coal burning or smoke producing equipment is used.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     nnn.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Laundries, steam.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ooo.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Laundry pickup stations.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ppp.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Libraries, museums, and art galleries.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     qqq.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Lock and gunsmiths.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     rrr.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Lodges, fraternal and social organizations provided such facilities are operated by
                     clubs or other organizations, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit
                     of any private person, corporation, or shareholder.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     sss.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Lumberyards, building materials, storage and sale.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ttt.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Mobile home sales areas.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     uuu.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Mobile home, security purposes, on mobile home sales areas.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     vvv.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Motels, hotels and motor courts.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     www.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Motorcycle sales and repair.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     xxx.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Music stores.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     yyy.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Musical, dramatic and other artistic programs or events.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     zzz.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Newsstands.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     aaaa.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Nonconforming uses and buildings as provided in article IV.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     bbbb.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Office equipment and supplies sales and service.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     cccc.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Opticians and optical supplies sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     dddd.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Paint retail sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     eeee.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Pawnshops or secondhand stores.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ffff.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Pet shops, bird stores, taxidermists.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     gggg.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Photograph studios and camera supply stores.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     hhhh.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Physical culture establishments.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     iiii.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Police, fire, rescue squad and civil defense stations.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     jjjj.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Printing, publishing and reproduction establishments.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     kkkk.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Public utility service and storage yards.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     llll.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Radio and television stations.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     mmmm.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Radio, television, retail sales and service.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     nnnn.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Railroad rights-of-way.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     oooo.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Repair and servicing of office and household equipment.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     pppp.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Restaurants.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     qqqq.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Retail stores not otherwise named on this list including those conducting incidental
                     light manufacturing or processing of goods above the first floor or in the basement
                     to be sold exclusively on the premises and employing not more than ten operatives.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     rrrr.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Retail stores similar to those otherwise named on this list.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ssss.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Roller rinks, dancehalls, shooting gallery, and coin-operated amusements as a primary
                     use.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     tttt.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Shoe repair.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     uuuu.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Sign manufacture, painting, and maintenance.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     vvvv.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Sign painting, exclusive of manufacture.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     wwww.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Single-family dwelling.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     xxxx.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Sporting events such as baseball, football, basketball, track meets, and similar games,
                     including accessory concessions, in accordance with the grounds and facilities permitted
                     in the district by this ordinance.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     yyyy.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Sporting good[s] sales.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     zzzz.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Storage, undercover, of goods intended for retail sale on the premises.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     aaaaa.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Tailors, dressmakers, milliners.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     bbbbb.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Taxi stands.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ccccc.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Theaters, housed in a permanent indoor structure.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ddddd.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Tire recapping and retreading limited to not more than 18 molds, none of which shall
                     accommodate a greater tire size than 14:00 Ã— 24, operated in conjunction with a retail
                     sales counter, provided that any buffing machine is enclosed in a fireproof room equipped
                     with a dust dispenser to substantially eliminate odors and dust, provided that no
                     coal burning or smoke producing equipment is used.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     eeeee.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Upholstery, paper hanging and decorator shops.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     fffff.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Telephone exchange operation exclusive of structures that may be entered by service
                     personnel provided same complies with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1403PUUTSTSU" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1403</a> of this ordinance.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     ggggg.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Fabricated pipe and pipe manufacturing with outside storage to section 1309.01 "Highway
                     Business District Established Uses."
                     </p>
                  		
                  
                  <p class="incr2">
                     hhhhh.
                     </p>
                  		
                  <p class="content3">
                     Mini-storage facility/warehouse.
                     </p>
                  		
                  
               
            <p class="historynote0">
               (Ord. of 4-19-84; Ord. of 4-4-88; Ord. of 12-4-95(1) ; Amend. of 5-7-01; Amend. of
               11-3-03)
               </p>
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.02 The following uses may be permitted upon the approval of the Halifax County
               board of adjustment, in accordance with article VII, section 701.03 of this ordinance.
               It shall be the duty of the board of adjustment to hold a public hearing in regard
               to any proposed conditional use in order to review the plans for the location and
               use of all buildings, structures, and open land. The board of adjustment shall evaluate
               the effect of the proposed conditional use on the surrounding property and on the
               traffic capacity of the existing road system.
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  a.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Circuses, carnivals, fairs, sideshows operated for profit, racing of motor vehicles
                  or animals only when granted by a conditional use permit.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  b.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Day nurseries and kindergartens with an outdoor play area equivalent to at least 100
                  square feet per child as permitted by article XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1405DACAFA" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1405</a> of this ordinance.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  c.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Public utility transformer substations, transmission towers, and water tanks on towers,
                  and telephone central offices but not service or storage yards are permitted as a
                  conditional use in all districts subject to the conditions as specified in article
                  XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1403PUUTSTSU" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1403</a>. Public utility distribution lines shall be permitted as a permitted use in all zoning
                  districts.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  d.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Reclamation landfills, temporary.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  e.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Temporary uses subject to appeal to the board of adjustment.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  f.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Telephone exchange operation whose enclosure is designed to be entered by service
                  personnel provided same complies with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1403PUUTSTSU" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1403</a> of this ordinance.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  g.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Electronic gaming operations (as defined in subsection 1413.01), arcades or similar
                  forms of amusement and entertainment within the establishment.
                  </p>
               		
               
            <p class="historynote0">
               (Ord. of 12-4-95(1); Res. of 7-10-17(1), Â§ 2)
               </p>
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.03 The following use may be permitted by the Halifax County board of commissioners,
               in accordance with article VIII of this ordinance. It shall be the duty of the board
               of commissioners to hold a public hearing in regard to any proposed special use to
               review the plans for the location and use of all buildings, structures, and open land.
               The board of commissioners shall evaluate the effect of the proposed special use on
               the surrounding property and on the capacity of the existing road system.
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  a.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Planned shopping centers subject to the conditions of article XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1409PLSHCE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1409</a> of this ordinance.
                  </p>
               		
               
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.04 Dimensional requirements:
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  a.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Minimum required mean lot width per buildingâ€”75 feet.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  b.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Minimum required depth of a front yard shall be 30 feet which shall be developed for
                  sidewalks, grass, living plants and the necessary entrances and exits to driveways.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  c.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Additional front yard regulations. Where lots comprising 25 percent or more of frontage
                  on the same street within the block (or within 600 feet on both sides of the proposed
                  structure, whichever is less) are developed with buildings having front yards with
                  a variation in depth of not more than eight feet, no building or other structure shall
                  be erected, reconstructed, altered, or moved so as to project closer to the right-of-way
                  line of the street or road on which it faces than the average building line established
                  by such buildings. This provision shall not require a building or structure to [be]
                  set back from the street a greater distance than (a) 30 feet or (b) the setback line
                  observed by one of the two existing main buildings on immediately adjoining lots (one
                  on either side) which is further removed from the street line.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="b3">
                  Where no building line has been thus established the minimum front yard shall be 30
                  feet.
                  </p>
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  d.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Offstreet parking shall be permitted in a front yard area, provided that ten feet
                  of the yard area be developed and used as a planted, landscaped buffer strip adjacent
                  to the existing or proposed street. The parking area for the front yard area shall
                  be paved with concrete or asphalt.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  e.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Minimum required side yards. Corner side yards shall be a minimum of 20 feet. Interior
                  side yards shall be a minimum of 15 feet.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  f.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Minimum required rear yards. All rear yards shall be a minimum of 20 feet.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  g.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Height of buildings. No building shall exceed 45 feet in height.
                  </p>
               		
               
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.05 Location of accessory buildings: No accessory building shall be erected in
               any required front or side yard or within 15 feet of any street line or within three
               feet of any lot line not a street line. An accessory building may be located in a
               rear yard provided it is located a distance of not less than eight feet from any principal
               building and three feet from the rear lot line; and provided further, that on reversed
               corner lots no accessory building shall extend toward the street line beyond the required
               front yard line of the lot to the rear or nearer than 15 feet to the street whichever
               is the greater.
               </p>
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.06 Corner visibility: On a corner lot, within the triangular area formed by the
               centerlines of the intersecting streets and a direct line in adjoining points on such
               centerline at a distance of 80 feet from their intersection, there shall be no obstruction
               to vision between a height of two feet and a height of ten feet above the average
               centerline grades of the streets, such grades being measured along the above cited
               80-foot portions.
               </p>
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.07 Offstreet parking: As required in article XVI of this ordinance.
               </p>
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.08 Offstreet loading and unloading: As required in article XVI of this ordinance.
               </p>
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.09 Additional conditions and standards for the HB highway business district:
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  a.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  The board of adjustment may require that any outdoor use or area or storage area in
                  this district be buffered with living evergreen foliage screening or a combination
                  fence and shrubbery screen. Such a buffer shall have a minimum height of five feet
                  and shall be subject to inspection by the building inspector or by a duly appointed
                  inspection officer.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  b.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  The board of adjustment may require the dedication of streets, service alleys, and
                  traffic easements to adjoining property or other such easements as will insure sound
                  growth and development and promote the general health, safety, and welfare.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  c.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Traffic circulation lanes to all offstreet parking areas shall meet the following
                  minimum dimensional requirements:
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr3">
                  1.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content4">
                  One-way travel lanes shall be minimum ten feet wide.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr3">
                  2.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content4">
                  Two-way travel lanes shall be minimum 20 feet wide.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="b3">
                  These lanes shall be exclusive of designated offstreet parking areas.
                  </p>
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  d.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Outdoor advertising signs (billboards) are permissible in this district only along
                  the Interstate 95 corridor and as set forth in North Carolina Department of Transportation
                  regulations.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  e.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Business signs or name signs (not billboards) shall be permitted on the premises of
                  the business in which the principle use is permitted subject to the following limitations:
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr3">
                  1.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content4">
                  One permanent sign attached to the building one-half square foot to each linear front
                  foot, not to exceed a maximum of 100 square feet on a single front lot. Two signs
                  of this type and dimension may be permitted on a double front lot.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr3">
                  2.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content4">
                  In addition to the signs specified in paragraph 1. above, one freestanding sign may
                  be permitted subject to planning board approval of the following:
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr4">
                  a)
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content5">
                  Heightâ€”20 feet above centerline at street grade.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr4">
                  b)
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content5">
                  Length.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr4">
                  c)
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content5">
                  Design.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="b4">
                  All signs shall be constructed subject to Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., standards.
                  (Refer to North Carolina State Building Code for construction standards guidelines.)
                  No roof signs shall be permitted within the HB district.
                  </p>
               
            <p class="historynote0">
               (Amend. of 2-3-03, Â§ 4.A.)
               </p>
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.10 Additional parking and traffic circulation standards:
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  a.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  All accessways, walkways, and parking areas shall be lighted adequately by lighting
                  fixtures which shall be so installed as to protect the street and neighboring properties
                  from direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  b.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Curbs, walls, fences or similar devices shall be located along the perimeter of parking
                  lots, garages, and storage areas, except at entrances and exits indicated in approved
                  parking plans. Such barriers shall be so designed and located as to prevent parked
                  vehicles from extending beyond property lines of parking lots and garages and to protect
                  public rights-of-way and adjoining properties from changing effects of surface drainage.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  c.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  All offstreet parking, including exits, entrances, and maneuvering and parking shall:
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr3">
                  1.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content4">
                  Have access to a dedicated street or alley;
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr3">
                  2.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content4">
                  Have asphalt, concrete or all-weather surface treated access drives or lanes which
                  are at least ten feet wide for single lane movement and 20 feet wide for double lane
                  movement;
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr3">
                  3.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content4">
                  Be graded;
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="incr3">
                  4.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content4">
                  Be permanently maintained by the owners.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  d.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Offstreet parking areas for more than ten vehicles shall be effectively screened on
                  each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residential district, or
                  institutional premises by a suitable fence or hedge at least five feet high. Such
                  fence or hedge shall be maintained in good condition.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  e.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  All parking lots that are used regularly at least five days per week shall be paved
                  with asphalt or concrete or all-weather surface material up to the required driveway.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  f.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  All parking facilities shall be so designed that the required access to public streets
                  shall be by forward motion of vehicles exiting the parking facility.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  g.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  Curb cuts.
                  </p>
               		
               
            <p class="hg1">
               1309.11 Plans: Sketch plans shall be required. The plans shall show location and approximate
               size of all existing and proposed buildings, existing and proposed streets and alleys,
               easements, storm drainage, existing and proposed buffers and landscaping and such
               other items as are deemed necessary and reasonable by the planning board and/or the
               board of adjustment.
               
               <p class="b2">
                  Such plans shall be subject to review by:
                  </p>
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  a.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  The county planning board.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  b.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  The county building inspector.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  c.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  The county health department.
                  </p>
               		
               
               <p class="incr2">
                  d.
                  </p>
               		
               <p class="content3">
                  The North Carolina department of transportation.
                  </p>
               		
               
            <p class="historynote0">
               (Amend. of 2-3-03, Â§ 1)
               </p>
            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Roads, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH50RO" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">ch. 50</a>.
               </p></div>