163 Willimantic Rd Chaplin, CT 06235-2522

5.3 B - Business District The purpose of the Business District is to assure that the use of land, buildings and other structures and site development within its boundaries are conducted in a manner that promotes the establishment of small-scale business uses, discourages the establishment of strip development, and promotes community character. This district is primarily intended for small-scale business or personal service uses developed in a manner that:  helps enhance the rural character of the district and the town, 17  helps implement pertinent recommendations of the Chaplin Plan of Development,  avoids creation of traffic congestion or hazards within the Route 6 corridor,  protects the water quality in the Natchaug River, and  demonstrates excellence in building and site design. A. Permitted Uses: 1. Any use permitted in an RA-Rural Agricultural Residence District subject to same restrictions if special permit is required. 2. Office, bank, studio. 3. Retail and wholesale business including greenhouses. 4. Personal service business. 5. Restaurants, motels and hotels. 6. Funeral Home. 7. Radio and television studios. 8. Repair service or sales: appliances, radio, television, and bicycles. 9. Theaters. 10. Printing, including newspaper and job printing. 11. Auto, truck and boat sales, repair, service and garage. 12. Laundry and dry-cleaning establishment, agency. 13. Feed and grain sales and storage. 14. Accessory Apartments, subject to the following conditions: (effective 5/1/21) a. An accessory apartment may be located within a business structure, sharing a common interior wall or on a separate level. b. An accessory apartment shall be provided with one kitchen, as well as two (2) means of egress, including at least one separate outside door. The accessory apartment's livable area shall not be less than 500 square feet, nor greater than 1,200 square feet. The accessory apartment shall have no more than two (2) bedrooms and shall have at least one complete bathroom (with toilet, tub/shower and sink, but no more than two (2) bathrooms. The combined square footage of all residences in a given business structure shall occupy no more than 50% of the square footage of any business structure. c. At least two (2) parking spaces, in addition to those used for the business structure shall be required for each accessory apartment. 18 d. Before occupation, a certificate of Zoning Compliance for the apartment must be obtained from the Commission or its Agent.