§ 178.116 C-3 DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT.

   (A)    Intent.  

      (1)   The C-3 Downtown Business District is designed to distinguish the area as unique from all other business district areas in the village. The unique characteristics include closer massing of buildings, taller buildings, pedestrian-friendly walkways; numerous uses to co-exist that are prohibited in other districts; using the village's rights-of-way for outdoor dining, sidewalk sales, and exhibits; lack of required setbacks, and; lack of parking requirements.

      (2)   The C-3 Downtown Business District is the most open zoning district and allows the mixing of uses that other zoning districts do not permit. Creative parking arrangements are encouraged but not required. Absent any parking requirements, there cannot be an expectation to provide ample curbside parking in front of each business door, nor can there be a code standard cited as reason for creating surface parking lots in place of existing buildings.

   (B)   Uses permitted. In the C-3 Downtown Business Districts the following principal uses shall be permitted:

      (1)   Professional services;

      (2)   Libraries;

      (3)   Restaurants;

      (4)   Art and antique shops;

      (5)   Bakeries - retail;

      (6)   Bed and breakfasts;

      (7)   Book stores;

      (8)   Bars, taverns, night clubs;

      (9)   Business services;

      (10)   Coffee shops;

      (11)   Convenience stores;

      (12)   Craft supplies;

      (13)   Dance studios;

      (14)   Day care centers (Type A & B);

      (15)   Dry cleaners;

      (16)   Flower shops;

      (17)   Food retailing;

      (18)   Hardware stores

      (19)   Health services;

      (20)   Ice cream shops;

      (21)   Beauty salons;

      (22)   Barber shops;

      (23)   Sidewalk cafes (dependent on approval from Village Administrator);

      (24)   Veterinary clinic (no kennel);

      (25)   Accessory uses;

      (26)   Taxi services.

   (C)   Conditional uses permitted.

      (1)   Residential uses;

      (2)   Automotive sales;

      (3)   Borrow pits;

      (4)   Other uses. Other uses are those which the Village Planning Commission finds to be:

         (a)   Similar in character to one or more of the use groups indicated above.

         (b)   Supports the high intensity nature of downtown including the pedestrian oriented goal.

   (D)   Lot requirements.

      (1)   Front and rear yard requirements. No front or side yards are required in the C-3 Districts.

      (2)   Rear yards.

         (a)   Loading spaces shall be provided in the ratio of at least ten square feet per front foot of the building.

         (b)   Where an alley exists or is provided at the rear of the buildings, the rear building setback and loading requirements may be computed from the center of said alley.

   (E)   Applicable provisions.

      (1)   Sections 174.065 through 174.084 Sidewalk Repair and Construction.

      (2)   Section 178.141 Screening.

      (3)   Section 178.144 Outdoor Storage Standards.

      (4)   Section 178.145 Parking Standards.

      (5)   Section 178.146 Sign Standards.

   (F)   Violations. A violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed a violation of this zoning code and subject the violator to enforcement and penalty set forth in §§ 178.260 through 178.268 and 178.999.

(Ord. O-2019-24, passed 9-9-2019)