§ 113-174. CBD, Central Business District.

(a)

Purpose and intent.

(1)

The CBD, Central Business District is intended to maintain and encourage office and business development in the central business area of the city. The CBD district is distinguished from other commercial zoning districts in that the CBD permits greater lot coverages, building heights, and building intensities. The CBD also is less restrictive with the absence of front and side building setbacks and exemptions from minimum off-street parking requirements.

(2)

Permitted uses include those that contribute to a pedestrian-friendly central business district and that maintain the character of the district as the governmental office, financial, and commercial business center for the city. Automobile-related facilities and services are not appropriate to this character, and thus, new highway business uses are not permitted in the CBD. Housing may be an appropriate part of development and redevelopment proposals in the CBD, subject to conditional use approval.

(3)

Rezoning to CBD is not appropriate except when clearly needed to expand the existing CBD in a contiguous fashion and to provide for new development or redevelopment with characteristics that would contribute to the pedestrian-friendly, compact form of the existing CBD.

(b)

Permitted and conditional uses. Permitted and conditional uses: in accordance with section 113-181.

(c)

Dimensional requirements. Dimensional requirements: in accordance with section 113-182.

(d)

Special requirements. Special requirements: Any development involving a new building more than three stories in height, or eight dwelling units or more, shall require conditional use approval in accordance with article II of this chapter.

(Ord. of 2-18-2003, § 507)