(A) The Central Business District is intended for the conduct of retail business and for personal and business service for the city and its trade area.
(B) It is the most intensely developed district and contains stores and services for all areas of the city, requiring a high degree of internal interaction that demands chose proximity and freedom of movement by pedestrians within the District.
(1) Permitted uses.
(a) Any consumer and personal service establishment such as follows: shoe repair shops; drug stores; hardware stores; barber and beauty shops; clothing stores; banks and other financial institutions; hotels; office buildings; walk-in restaurants; pool rooms; gift shops and variety stores; printing shops; jewelry stores; mail-order houses; radio and television studios; health centers; sidewalk café when accessory to any permitted restaurant schools for technical, business, or artistic training with enrollment of less than 50 students; local, state, and federal government buildings; public libraries; museums; performing arts theaters; dwelling units on the upper floors of buildings where the ground level or first floor is occupied by a permitted commercial or professional use and a separate entrance is provided for the residential uses; residential uses on the first or ground floor are permitted when they occupy the rear portion of a building and represent 25%or less of the available square footage and have a separate entrance; mixed use developments that meet the above criteria; single- and multi-dwelling units are permitted only in those areas (blocks) where single-family and/or multi-family dwelling uses represent over 50% of the existing square footage of all buildings; dry cleaning establishments are permitted; provided, that establishments meet all Fire Code requirements, have installed venting which assures dispersion of all obnoxious fumes, and odors at least 25 feet above the street level or five feet above the roof level of the highest adjoining building, whichever is the higher; use only nonflammable solvents as specified by the Underwriters Laboratory, Inc., receive and disburse merchandise for processing on the premises; and provide at least two off-street parking spaces for customers;
(b) In no case shall the following uses be permitted within the Central Business District; and
(c) New or used car sales, farm implement sales, trailer sales, manufactured home sales, stock yards, heavy industrial or manufacturing operations, warehouse storage units, drive-in theaters, drive-in restaurants, or any other similar uses which the Board of Adjustments determines to be detrimental to the district as a pedestrian-oriented, retail consumer service district.
(2) Conditional uses.
(a) The following uses are special exceptions and require written approval of the Board of Adjustment. Churches and other places of worship, parish houses, passive recreation, and/or public parks; service stations; public utilities; funeral homes; hospitals; and clinics for human care; philanthropic institutions and clubs, including a club of which the chief activity is customarily carried on as a business; schools for technical, business, or artistic training with enrollments in excess of 50 students; single-family or multi-family units in an area where those uses constitute less than 50% of the total square footage available in that area (block); farmer’s market; light manufacturing and assembly operations.
(b) The Board of Adjustment may attach certain conditions to its approval which it feels are necessary to preserve and protect the character of the district in which the proposed use would locate.
(3) Accessory uses. Any accessory use or building customarily incidental to the above permitted uses is permitted.
(4) Required conditions.
(a) All permitted and conditional uses within the Central Business District shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building except for off-street parking and loading facilities provided for under § 17.04.120; and
(b) Any storage outside of enclosed building must be screened from visibility.
(5) Development standards.
Maximum building height | 36 feet or 3 stories |
Minimum lot area | None |
Minimum yard requirements | None |
Open space | No limitation except that residential uses shall provide usable open space equal to not less 10% of only those floors occupied by dwelling units. |
Parking | See § 17.04.120 |
Signs |
(Ord. 2004-03, passed - -; Ord. 1998-15, passed 10-13-1998; Ord. 2004-04, passed 8-3-2004; Ord. 2004-06, passed 11-19-2004; Ord. passed 5- -2005)