(A) The Central Business District (CBD) is intended to provide mixed use redevelopment or investment opportunities for the existing traditional downtown. Developments in the CBD are to be characteristic and similar in use, physical layout and architectural style to established structures and businesses that already exist in downtown.
(B) Uses permitted by right include:
(1) Bed and breakfast;
(2) Restaurant;
(3) Commercial use up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet (with the exception of those uses expressly prohibited below);
(4) Office use up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet;
(5) Civic use;
(6) Indoor theater; and
(7) Vocational center.
(C) Prohibited uses include:
(1) Welding and machine shop;
(2) Pool hall/gaming room;
(3) Auto repair shop;
(4) Adult establishments;
(6) Zero lot line residential.
(D) Uses permitted by condition (conditional use permit required - See §§ 156.050 et seq. for additional information regarding conditional uses) include:
(1) Residential;
(2) Day care center;
(3) Gas station;
(4) Nightclub;
(5) Religious institution;
(6) Hotel;
(7) Parking garage;
(8) Commercial or office use over ten thousand (10,000) gross square feet; and
(9) Any business or commercial establishment offering services, food or other items through the use of a drive thru window.
(E) Lot provisions.
Central Business Distract | Commercial & Mixed Use | Other Uses |
Central Business Distract | Commercial & Mixed Use | Other Uses |
Minimum lot size | 4,000 square feet | No minimum |
Minimum lot width | 10 feet | 20 feet |
Front yard setback | 0 feet, maximum 10 feet | * (special) |
Side yard setback (per side) | No minimum | 5 feet |
Rear yard setback | 10 feet | 10 feet |
Minimum building height | 26 feet | 26 feet |
Maximum building height | 35 feet | 35 feet |
* Equal to the average existing front setback within seventy-five (75) feet of the midpoint of the lot in question.
(1) Balconies and awnings must have a minimum clearance of eight (8) feet from the lowest point of the balcony or awning to the sidewalk.
(2) If a balcony and/or awning is projecting over a public right-of-way, proof of insurance naming the city as an insured party must be provided and authorization must be obtained from the City Council.
(G) Landscaping. All applicable landscaping provisions shall be observed.
(H) Architectural standards.
(1) All construction shall conform in design, street orientation and massing to adjacent structures.
(2) Metal paneling shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the surface area of a building wall.
(3) Two (2) wall materials may be combined horizontally on one (1) façade.
(4) All rooftop equipment visible from the ground shall be enclosed in building material that matches the structure or is visually compatible with the structure.
(Ord. 2003-06, passed 3-3-03; Am. Ord. 2012-02, passed 5-7-12; Am. Ord. O-2017-7, passed 6-21-17; Am. Ord. O-2022-4, passed 3-21-22)