The Central Business District is designed and intended to promote the development of a pedestrian oriented and accessible central commercial service district in which a variety of retail, commercial, office, civic and residential uses are permitted. Each use shall be complementary to the stated function and purpose of the District and shall not have an adverse impact upon adjacent street capacity and safety, utilities, and other City services.
The Central Business District is further designed and intended to:
(a) Encourage innovative, neotraditional commercial/mixed use developments.
(b) Encourage a lively social environment and economically viable downtown with a wide variety of uses in a pedestrian oriented unified setting, with shared parking.
(c) Extend greater opportunities for traditional community living, working, housing and recreation to all citizens and residents of the City.
(d) Encourage a more efficient use of land and of public services, and to reflect changes in technology of land development, by directing new development in a traditional pattern of mixed use and varied commercial styles.
(e) Reduce the excessive sprawl of development and the segregation of land uses that cause unnecessary traffic congestion.
(f) Discourage the development of drive-through facilities, which contribute to traffic congestion.
(g) Discourage the development of separate off-street parking facilities for each individual use, and encourage the development of off-street parking facilities designed to accommodate the needs of several individual uses.
(h) Prohibit uses that do not deal directly with consumers and are disruptive to pedestrian activities and have as their principal function the sale and services of motor vehicles, such as automotive service and repair stations, automotive fueling stations, automobile parts retail stores, automobile washes, new and used motor vehicle sales or service establishments, drive-in restaurants, restaurants with drive-through facilities, and businesses with drive-through facilities (such as, but not limited to, banks, credit unions, pharmacies, etc.).
(i) Promote the creation of urban places which are oriented to the pedestrian, thereby promoting citizen security and social interaction.
(j) Promote developments where the physical, visual and spatial characteristics thereof are established and reinforced through the consistent use of compatible urban design and architectural design elements. Such elements shall relate the design characteristics of an individual structure or development to other existing and planned structures or developments in a harmonious manner, resulting in coherent overall development patterns and streetscape.
(k) Discourage commercial and business uses that create objectionable noise, glare or odors.
(l) Encourage development of an urban “Main Street” with mixed land uses and shared parking.
(Res. 98-340A. Passed 9-21-98.)