Chapter 17.23
B-4 EXPANDED BUSINESS DISTRICT
Sections:
17.23.120 Visibility at intersections.
17.23.150 Fences, walls, and hedges.
17.23.010 Intent.
The intent of this district is to provide expansion of the community’s business, service, and cultural activities. Uses within this district should be appropriate to such a focal center with inappropriate uses being excluded. The expansion on this central business district should happen in a planned, logical manner. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.020 Permitted uses.
All permitted uses in this district shall undergo a zoning review during the building permit process. The required submittal for that can be found on the town website or at Town Hall. Permitted uses in the B-4 district are:
A. Amusement centers (indoor only).
B. Bakeries.
C. Bars and cocktail lounges.
D. Casinos.
E. Dressmaking.
F. Florist.
G. Fuel service stations.
H. Hotels and motels.
I. Home occupation.
J. Live-work units.
K. Meeting and lodge halls.
L. Mortuary.
M. Museums, libraries, and galleries.
N. Nursery.
O. Personal service establishment.
P. Printing offices.
Q. Private schools, such as dance, business, secretarial and technical, but not private or public elementary or secondary schools.
R. Professional and business offices.
S. Public offices.
T. Rental of automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and other vehicles.
U. Repair services for clothes, dolls, small appliances, watches, glasses, and such other items.
V. Restaurants and cafes.
W. Retail sales of any legal finished good to the final consumer.
X. Temporary buildings for and during construction only.
Y. Theaters, except drive-ins.
Z. Uses customarily accessory to those listed including:
1. Fallout shelters.
AA. Wholesale establishments. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.025 Conditional uses.
The uses that are permitted in the B-4 district if successful in acquiring a conditional use permit approval from the town of West Yellowstone are as follows:
A. Communications tower.
B. Heavy manufacturing.
C. Industrial uses.
D. Major vehicle repairs.
E. Public swimming pool.
F. Public water park or public splash pad.
G. Timeshares. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.030 Prohibited uses.
The following uses are prohibited in the B-4 district:
A. Salvage yards. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.040 Lot area and width.
No minimum lot area or width prescribed. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.050 Coverage.
Buildings may cover the entire lot providing other requirements are met. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.060 Yards.
There are no yard requirements in the B-4 expanded business district, except all outdoor merchandise as defined in Chapter 17.04 shall have an eighteen-inch setback from all property lines.
No accessory building shall be erected within ten feet of any principal building unless a variance is granted by the town of West Yellowstone. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.070 Corner lots.
When a lot faces more than one street and front yard setbacks have been established on both streets, corner lot setbacks shall be at least as great as the minimum front yard setback established for the district. If the lot is completely in one district then both sides of a corner lot shall conform to the front setback in that district. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.080 Yard encroachments.
Every part of a required yard or court shall be open and unobstructed by any building or structure from its lowest point upward except as follows:
A. Architectural features that include belfries, cornices, chimneys, canopies, eaves, balconies, steeples, or other similar features may extend into a required yard space not more than three feet.
B. Open, unwalled, uncovered steps and entrance landings may extend into a required yard space not more than five feet. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.090 Building height.
Maximum building height in this district shall be thirty-five feet. All elements of a structure shall be at or below the maximum height in the district, unless it is an architectural feature, as defined in Chapter 17.04, which may extend to six feet above the maximum height. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.100 Off-street parking.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.37. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.110 Off-street loading.
Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.38. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.120 Visibility at intersections.
On corner lots on streets in all districts, no fence, wall, or planting in excess of four feet above the street centerline grade is permitted within the area defined as follows: beginning at the intersection of the physical roadway twenty feet along each roadway, except when traffic control signals are installed.
At the intersection of each driveway or alley with a street, no fence, wall, or planting in excess of four feet above the street centerline grade is permitted fifteen feet on each side of the physical intersection of the driveway or alley with the street. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.130 Outdoor lighting.
Outdoor lighting shall not illuminate or be reflected upon any adjacent property. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.140 Signs.
All signs in this district shall be in conformance with the requirements of Chapter 17.40. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)
17.23.150 Fences, walls, and hedges.
A. Fences, walls, and hedges in any district may be located on lot lines provided such fences, walls, and hedges do not exceed eight feet in height, measured from the adjacent ground elevation. Fences, walls, and hedges exceeding eight feet in height, measured from the ground elevation, shall be subject to the minimum yard requirements of the district in which they are located unless a variance is granted by the town of West Yellowstone.
B. No fences, walls, and hedges shall exceed four feet in any front yard as defined in this title.
C. No barbed wire or other sharp fencing materials and no electrically charged fence shall be erected or maintained in any district created by this title.
D. In case of a fence erected on top of a retaining wall, the height shall be measured from the grade of the high side of the wall. (Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024)