Sections:
17.34.010 Regulations—In general.
17.34.020 Purpose.
17.34.030 Definitions.
17.34.040 Permitted uses.
17.34.050 Prohibited uses.
17.34.060 Parking regulations.
17.34.070 Height restrictions.
17.34.080 Front yard.
17.34.090 Side yard.
17.34.100 Rear yard.
17.34.110 Interior courts.
17.34.120 Maintenance requirements.
17.34.130 Security requirements.
17.34.140 Additional requirements.
17.34.150 Prohibition.
17.34.160 Notice; abatement; hearing.
17.34.170 Contents of notice.
17.34.180 Service of notice.
17.34.190 Abatement by city.
17.34.200 City’s costs declared lien.
17.34.210 Penalty.
17.34.220 Effective date.
A. To promote, as a matter of public policy, the preservation, protection, and enhancement of those buildings, properties, structures, sites, and incidental appurtenances used for commercial purposes that generate gross receipt tax revenue for the city in the area described as:
1. Main Street, beginning at Avenue R and ending at Love Street, bounded on the east by the east edge of the alley easementbetween Main Street and Love Street, and bounded on the west by the west edge of the alley between Main Street and 1st Street. For properties that do not have an alley built or platted, the boundary will be assumed as the number of feet from the public right-of-way to the alley that would exist if it were platted or built;
2. Avenue D, beginning at 17th Street and ending at Commercial Street, bounded on the north by the northern edge of the alley easement between Avenue D and Avenue C, and bounded on the south by the southern edge of the alley easement between Avenue D and Avenue C. For properties that do not have an alley built or platted, the boundary will be assumed as the number of feet from the public right-of-way to the alley that would exist if it were platted or built;
3. In the event the property within the district is subdivided, zoning may not be changed.
B. This district is created in the interest or prosperity, civic pride, and general welfare of the city, to prevent urban blight by:
1. Providing a mechanism to preserve, protect, enhance, and perpetuate those structures, properties, sites, buildings, and incidental appurtenances used for commercial purposes in designated areas;
2. Fostering civic pride and respect in the community's future;
3. Maintaining and improving property values;
4. Protecting and enhancing the community's attraction to tourists and visitors;
5. Promoting the structures, property sites, buildings, and incidental appurtenances for the general welfare of the community; and
6. Fostering and encouraging preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of structures, properties, buildings, sites, and incidental appurtenances, thereby preventing urban blight; and
7. Increase municipal revenues that will be used for the operation, repair, maintenance, and improvement of the community.
(Ord. 569 (part), 2019)
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
“Alteration” means any act or process that changes one or more of the exterior features of a structure through the erection, construction, reconstruction, or painting a part thereof.
“Building” means any structure with walls or roof, site, or property used for commercial purposes within the designated area as set forth in this chapter.
“District” means the area described in Section 17.34.020.
“Repair” means an applied coating of paint or stain to the exterior of a structure, or upkeep of any stucco, sheetrock, wood exterior, stone, rock, glass, or other exterior covering of a building, site, property, or structure; and/or any change that is not construction, removal, or alteration.
“Structure, site, building, property, or incidental appurtenances” means anything already constructed, to be constructed or erected, in the designated area referenced in this chapter, the use of which requires permanent or temporary location on or in the ground, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, buildings, fences, gazebos, signs, radio and television antennas, including supporting towers, and any other structure or building that would normally be allowed in a commercial zone.
“Urban nuisance” means:
1. Any structure, property, building, site, or incidental appurtenance that is not properly maintained. Maintenance requirements are listed in Section 17.34.120.
2. Any structure, property, building, site, or incidental appurtenance to exist, which, because of the condition of the exterior, invites vandalism, graffiti, damage to the building, unlawful entry by persons not otherwise authorized to be present in the area, affects the overall structural maintenance of the structure, property, building, and site, in a manner as to allow rodents or other vermin to infest the area, or which in any manner affects the public's health or safety, in general, or as regards the immediate property owner or adjoining property owners.
(Ord. 569 (part), 2019)
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