To encourage and provide for the economic vitality of the central business district, residential occupancy shall be permitted.
(A) Businesses may occupy any number of total floors.
(B) In those instances where residential uses are proposed to occupy the same floor as the business use, the Planning Commission shall review such mixed use and may approve such mixed use based on findings that compatibility of the business with residential occupancy will occur. Such findings may include, but are not limited to:
(1) Compatible hours of operation;
(2) Noise of operation or occupancy that would be detrimental to the business operation or vice versa; and
(3) Excess foot traffic.
(C) A use once established shall not require Planning Commission review when a change of occupancy occurs, provided such change of occupancy is to the same or similar type of use.
(D) Each dwelling unit shall have a minimum floor area as follows:
(1) Efficiency dwelling unit: 400 square feet;
(2) One-bedroom dwelling unit: 500 square feet;
(3) Two-bedroom dwelling unit: 700 square feet;
(4) Three-bedroom dwelling unit: 800 square feet; and
(5) Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with § 153.117 and shall be provided in a designated off-street parking area within 1,000 feet of the dwelling unit the area is to serve.
(Ord. 5, passed 1-18-1973)