(A) Generally. This district is comprised of residential and commercial uses conducive to a compact coordinated development pattern historically associated with downtown central business districts.
(B) Principal uses. Uses substantially similar to those listed herein shall also be permitted, in light of the above described purposes of this zoning district and the comprehensive plan.
(1) Assembly uses:
(a) Business colleges or technical school;
(b) Churches and associated facilities;
(c) Community center;
(d) Events center;
(e) Private club; and
(f) Schools for academic instruction and associated facilities.
(2) Commercial uses:
(a) Adult daycare;
(b) Agricultural market;
(c) Art galleries;
(d) Assisted living facilities;
(e) Banks and similar financial institutions/offices;
(f) Beauty shops, barber shops, shoe repair shops;
(g) Bed and breakfast establishments;
(h) Billiard or pool halls;
(i) Blueprinting, printing, publishing and lithographing;
(j) Cable TV, radio, satellite signal distribution centers and similar uses;
(k) Childcare;
(l) Data processing centers;
(m) Distillery (1,000 gallon/week maximum output);
(n) Fine arts studio;
(o) Funeral homes;
(p) Grocery;
(q) Health club;
(r) Indoor theaters;
(s) Laundry;
(t) Library;
(u) Microbrewery;
(v) Motel or hotel;
(w) Museum;
(x) Offices;
(y) Parking lots and structures;
(z) Restaurants, no drive-in or drive-through service facilities are allowed;
(aa) Retail drink liquor establishment;
(bb) Retail malt beverage establishment;
(cc) Retail package liquor sales;
(dd) Retail sales;
(ee) Self-service laundry or laundry pick-up stations;
(ff) Sidewalk food vendors. Location is to be approved jointly by the Department and the Police Department before issuance of permits;
(gg) Skating rinks;
(hh) Telephone exchanges, radio and television studios, cable television systems, signal distribution centers and studios;
(ii) Towers for distribution of radio and similar signals;
(jj) Travel agencies; and
(kk) Winery.
(3) Institutional uses: Nursing and rest homes.
(4) Residential uses:
(a) Dwelling units, provided the units are not mixed with non-residential uses on the same floor unless separate entrances are provided for the residential and non-residential uses;
(b) Short-term rental, non-owner occupied.
(C) Accessory uses. Uses and structures which are customarily accessory, clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted uses.
(1) Commercial uses:
(a) Sidewalk café when accessory to any permitted restaurant;
(b) Storage, wholesaling and warehousing; and
(c) Storage yards for delivery vehicles of a permitted use.
(2) Residential uses:
(a) Home occupation;
(b) Short-term rental, owner occupied.
(D) Conditional uses.
(1) Uses permitted only with Board approval after consideration of the intent and purpose of these regulations and consideration of the development guidelines as detailed in the comprehensive plan.
(2) Assembly uses: Stadium and exhibition halls.
(E) Special provisions.
(1) All permitted business uses shall confine storage to principal or accessory structures.
(2) There shall be no maximum density restriction in the C-5 Zone.
(3) For short-term rental, owner or non-owner occupied, the dwelling unit is limited to one short-term rental contract at a time and the number of occupants in the dwelling unit during a short-term rental shall not exceed two times the number of bedrooms plus four individuals notwithstanding restrictions of the applicable building or property maintenance code.
(F) Lot criteria.
Minimum lot frontage | 25 ft. |
Minimum lot area | No minimum |
Minimum front yard setback | 0 ft. |
Minimum side yard setback | 0 ft. |
Minimum rear yard setback | 0 ft. |
Maximum impervious surface ratio (I.S.R.) | 1.00 |
Maximum building height | 75 ft. |
Note: For the purposes of this chapter abutting shall address each lot line to determine applicable setbacks for each yard | |
C-5 Signs | |||||||
Use | Allowed Types | Maximum Number | Maximum Sign Area | Maximum Height | Location Require- ments | Lighting Allowed | Additional Require- ments |
C-5 Signs | |||||||
Use | Allowed Types | Maximum Number | Maximum Sign Area | Maximum Height | Location Require- ments | Lighting Allowed | Additional Require- ments |
Assembly Use | Wall | Wall: 15% | 10 ft. off paved surface | Yes | Wall sign 15%or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater | ||
Monume nt | Mon.: 1/street | Mon.: 100 sq. ft. | Mon.: 16 ft. | ||||
Pole | Pole: 1/street frontage | Pole: 100 sq. ft. | Pole: 25 ft. | ||||
Roof | Roof: 15% | ||||||
Commercial Use | Wall | Wall: 15% | Yes | Wall sign 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater | |||
Monume nt | Mon.: 1/street | Mon.: 100 sq. ft. | Mon. 16 ft. | Monumen t: 10 ft. off paved surface | |||
Pole | Pole: 1/street | Pole: 100 sq. ft. | Pole 35 ft. | Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface | |||
Roof | Roof: 15% | ||||||
Residential Use | Wall, | Wall: 1 | Wall: 5%; | External | W.M., one wall only | ||
Monume nt | Mon.: 1 | Mon.: 4 sq. ft. | Mon.: 4 ft. | Monumen t: 10 ft. off paved surface | |||
Pole | Pole: 1 | Pole: 4 sq. ft. | Pole: 4 ft. | Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface | |||
Use Groups | |||||||
Assembly Uses: Business college/technical school; churches; community center; convention center; schools | |||||||
Commercial Uses: All uses not listed as assembly or institutional | |||||||
Institutional Uses: Hospital | |||||||
Residential Uses: Dwelling units; community residence | |||||||
Special Provisions | |||||||
1. If use is a multi-tenant building (3 or more separate tenants) the development name must be placed on the sign; it may be a maximum of 25% of the sign face; this shall not be calculated in the maximum area for tenant signs | |||||||
2. If more than one pole or monument sign allowed, the size may be increased by 50% if only one sign is erected | |||||||
3. Message boards may be illuminated but may only contain manually changeable copy when located in the National Register Historical District Overlay Zone | |||||||
4. Incidental signs, when located so as not to inhibit pedestrian or vehicular traffic movements | |||||||
(H) Parking requirements, C-5 Zone.
(2) Uses located within the C-5 Zone are not required to provide on-site parking. Should on-site parking be provided, must meet the specific location and other standards as found in this zoning chapter to the extent possible.
(Ord. 06-2008, passed 6-16-2008, § 2.8.11; Ord. 08-2009, passed 5-18-2009; Ord. 23-2009, passed 11-16-2009; Ord. 05-2011, passed 2-7-2011; Ord. passed 9-6-2011; Ord. 26-2011, passed 11-21-2011; Ord. 27-2012, passed 12-3-2012; Ord. 10-2014, passed 4-7-2014; Ord. 28-2014, passed 12-15-2014; Ord. 05-2015, passed 5-4-2015; Ord. 05-2017, passed 6-5-2017; Ord. 14-2018, passed 6-4-2018; Ord. 04-2020, passed 4-20-2020; Ord. 03-2022, passed 2-7-2022; Ord. 11-2022, passed 5-16-2022; Ord. 17-2023, passed 8-21-2023)