(A) Description. The purpose of the Central Business District is to protect and encourage limited renewal while maintaining the existing character and overall appearance of the historical core residential and business area of the community. A variety of business, institutional, public, quasi-public, cultural, residential and other related uses are encouraged in an effort to provide the mix of activities necessary to maintain the historical and cultural significance inherent in the area. Compatibility with the historic structures and uses is the primary goal of the district, while enhancing the overall appearance and function as a historic as well as actively used district.
(B) Permitted primary uses.
(1) Beauty shops and barber shops;
(2) Gift shops and antique shops;
(3) Establishments for the retail sale of food products, such as supermarkets, no greater than 3,000 square feet in building area;
(4) Schools for academic instruction and associated facilities;
(5) Community centers;
(6) Nursing and rest homes;
(7) Banks, credit agencies, security and commodity brokers and exchanges, savings and loan companies and holding and investment companies, provided, however, building is no greater than 3,000 square feet;
(8) Offices for business, professional, governmental, civic, social, fraternal, political, religious and charitable organizations;
(9) Libraries, museums, art galleries and reading rooms;
(10) Medical and dental offices, clinics and laboratories;
(11) Studios for working and teaching the fine arts;
(12) Churches and Sunday schools;
(13) Computer and data processing centers;
(14) Ticket and travel agencies;
(15) Business colleges or technical schools;
(16) Restaurants with no drive-in or drive-through facilities provided;
(17) Bed and breakfast establishments;
(18) Indoor amusements such as billiard or pool halls, skating rinks or bowling alleys;
(19) Indoor theaters; and
(20) Establishments for the retail sale of merchandise.
(C) Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Parking areas; and
(2) One dwelling unit for owners, operators or employees of a permitted use provided that the dwelling unit shall be a part of the building and shall have a separate entrance.
(D) Permitted conditional uses. Uses permitted only with Board of Adjustment approval after consideration of the intent and purpose of these regulations and the Comprehensive Plan: None.
(E) Yard area minimum requirements.
(1) Lot area is 7,500 square feet;
(2) Lot width is 80 feet;
(3) Front yard setback is 20 feet;
(4) Rear yard setback is 25 feet;
(5) Side yard setback is ten feet on both sides of each lot; and
(6) On a corner lot or a lot fronting on two streets, the required front yard setback shall be required on the side yard facing the street.
(F) Maximum requirements.
(1) Lot coverage is 40%; and
(2) Building height is two stories or 30 feet.
(G) Private sewage systems. Wherever private sewage systems or on-site septic treatment facilities are used, the minimum lot area and the rear yard setbacks shall be those required by the Health Department.
(Prior Code, § 152.035)