122 Alamance Rd, Burlington, NC 27215

General Business District

The General Business (GB) district is the primary district intended to serve retail, business, and service uses in the City and is found along major arterial streets, interstate interchanges, and on blocks surrounding the central business district. Development in the GB district tends to be automobile oriented and comprised of a mix of individual buildings on individual sites and multi-tenant or multibuilding developments located near major roadway intersections. In addition to commercial uses, the district also accommodates wholesale sales, warehousing uses, and a very wide range of institutional uses. Limited forms of residential use are allowed, such as upper-story residential and multi-family development. Uses in the district are subject to standards intended to ensure development is compatible with adjacent residential neighborhoods, ensure that the traffic carrying capacity along the City's major roadways is not impaired due to unsafe turning movements, and that development is well landscaped and aesthetically pleasing. In order to maintain compatibility with surrounding uses and ensure a high quality of development, all activities, including storage shall be indoors or be fully screened from view from the street or from lands in lower intensity zoning districts.