A. The Central Business District is designed to:
1. Accommodate and encourage the most desirable, most productive, most intense use of land, without regard to the regulation of percent of land coverage or parking space requirements within the central core area of the city.
2. Preserve and promote the public and private investment of the existing central core area.
B. Permitted uses: Permitted uses are the same as those for the General Business District under § 6.03 A.1. - 3. of this Chapter.
C. Performance standards: The following regulations shall apply in the Central Business District (CBD) in addition to the General Provisions in Chapter 2. Commercial accessory uses are subject to the same provisions as the principal use unless otherwise noted in this ordinance.
1. Height requirement: Except as otherwise provided, the following height requirements shall apply to all buildings, structures, and uses in this district.
a. All primary structures shall not exceed a height of 50 feet.
2. Ground floor area: The minimum ground floor area is not applicable to business districts for business uses. The minimum ground floor area shall be 950 square feet for a single-story dwelling unit. The minimum ground floor area shall be 800 square feet for a multiple-story dwelling unit. The minimum ground floor area excludes all garages, porches, basements, and breezeways. In a multi-family dwelling, each dwelling unit shall have at least 750 square feet of floor area.
D. Other regulations: Other regulations are the same as for the General Business District in § 6.03 B., except for:
1. The CBD is exempt from the off-street parking and loading requirements in Chapter 10.
2. The CBD setbacks are the same as for the General Business District, except that currently existing structures may add on so long as the do not encroach any further into a required setback and any new structural development may go before the Executive Committee for approval of a closer setback.
E. The CBD was established by city Ordinance Number 984, which contains those properties located in the following map (Figure 6.1) as part of the City Central Business District Economic Revitalization Area.
Before additional area, contiguous to that area presently designated CBD, be considered for inclusion within the CBD District consideration should be given to the appropriateness of the General Business District. This alternate designation is intended to create a less congested district than that of the CBD.
(1980 Code, § 6.04) (Ord. 1995-7, passed 6-5-1995; Am. Ord. 2001-22, passed 12-27-2001)