21 Albany Tpke Canton, CT 06019-2503

Business District (B). [Amended 6-10-2022 ; 1-18-2023 ; 8-30-2023 ; 4-16-2025 ; 1-21-2026 ] A. Purpose. The Business District is intended to provide areas for retail, offices, and service type uses. B. Uses permitted by zoning permit (staff) and site plan approval (Commission). Zoning permit approvals. The following principal uses shall only be permitted by zoning permit approval in accordance with § 470-908B within existing buildings or structures in the Business District, provided no building expansion is proposed and the parking requirements for the proposed use are satisfied by the existing parking facilities. Site plan approvals. When new construction, or building expansion is proposed or the existing parking facilities for the proposed use do not comply with § 470-702 , the following principal uses may be permitted subject to site plan approval in accordance with § 470-901 . (1) Retail and service businesses (excluding drive-through facilities). (a) Retail and service business up to 2,500 square feet of gross floor area. (b) Personal service businesses up to 2,500 square feet of gross floor area. (c) Massage therapy, provided that: [1] All therapists who will be employed in the establishment shall provide the Commission/ZEO with a valid license from the State of Connecticut (C.G.S. 20-206b). (2) Office. (a) Professional offices. (b) Banks not including drive-through facilities. (3) Restaurant. (a) Restaurant, Class I. (b) Restaurant, Class II. (c) Outdoor dining accessory to a Class I, II, and III restaurant. (4) Mercantile industrial. (a) Artists, artisans, craftspeople, and similar studio operations, including manufacturing, processing or assembling of artisan or craftsman goods such as jewelry, crafts, small food items, or other similar items typical of local merchants, for sale on the premises at retail and off site via mail-order/parcel post, up to 2,500 square feet of gross floor area, provided that such processes do not include the use of dangerous or noxious chemicals and/or processes and does not produce noise higher than 45 dBA measured outside the building. (5) Hospitality. (a) Motels and hotels. (b) Bed-and-breakfast. (6) Residential. (a) Accessory dwelling unit use on an upper story of a building with nonresidential use on the first story. (7) Other. (a) Farmers market. (b) Signs as allowed by § 470-703 . (c) Outdoor lighting subject to the provisions of § 470-704 . (d) Parking for up to 25 off-street vehicles, located farther than 50 feet from a residential structure, subject to the provisions of § 470-702 .