SEC. 121.4. NON-RESIDENTIAL USE SIZE LIMITS IN MIXED USE DISTRICTS.

   In order to protect and maintain small scale use within an historically significant area and to conserve neighborhood-serving uses in Chinatown, Commercial Uses which exceed the use size limits up to the maximum limits stated in the table below shall be permitted only as Conditional Uses subject to the provisions set forth in Section 303 of this Code. The use area shall be measured as the Gross Floor Area for each individual commercial use. Individual Commercial Uses above the use size maximum below shall not be permitted. Further, any space that exceeds the use size maximum below shall be deemed abandoned with any change of use or if no business has been operational for a period of three years or more, except the maximum use size shall not be deemed abandoned if the change of use is for a Legacy Business or Institutional Use, or if a Legacy Business or Institutional Use occupies the non-conforming space after such three year period.

 

District	Use Size Maximum	Use Size Limit
Chinatown Visitor	5,000 sq. ft.	2,500 sq. ft.
Chinatown Residential Neighborhood Commercial	4,000 sq. ft.	2,500 sq. ft.
Chinatown Community Business	No Maximum	5,000 sq. ft.

 

   In the Chinatown Visitor Retail District, the use size limit shall not apply to a Restaurant.

(Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; amended by Ord. 56-13 , File No. 130062, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013; Ord. 129-17, File No. 170203, App. 6/30/2017, Eff. 7/30/2017; Ord. 208-19, File No. 190594, App. 9/20/2019, Eff. 10/21/2019)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Undesignated concluding paragraph amended; Ord. 56-13 , Eff. 4/27/2013. Section header and undesignated concluding paragraph amended; Ord. 129-17, Eff. 7/30/2017. Section amended; Ord. 208-19, Eff. 10/21/2019.