The B-1, Central Business District is intended to implement the comprehensive plan goals of protecting the town's unique historical and architectural character, ensuring that new development is in keeping with the small-town character of Ashland, encouraging aesthetic treatment along the entrances to town to provide an attractive entry into the historic town core, and promoting tourism and visitor opportunities, all of the foregoing being deemed to advance and promote the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Ashland and its visitors. Commercial opportunities include a diversity of specialty, retail services, cultural, recreation, offices, entertainment activities, and public functions which is not characterized either by frequent heavy trucking other than stocking and delivery of light retail goods, or by any other nuisance factors other than those occasioned by incidental light and noisy congregation of people and passenger vehicles. Signing and outdoor storage are regulated in order to promote an attractive and stable small-town environment.

Outdoor storage of materials shall not be located in any front yard and must be fully screened from view of public right of way or street.

Outdoor display shall be for the sale and display of seasonal or temporary merchandise as an incidental part of retail activities regularly conducted from a permanent building, provided that such merchandise is displayed in an orderly manner within sidewalk or courtyard areas located immediately adjacent to or upon the same lot or parcel as the primary use. A clear path of no less than 5 feet shall be maintained to ensure pedestrian and/or safety personnel access along sidewalks and areas of ingress/egress from structures. See ATC chapter 21, article XXV for further definition between outdoor storage and display.

None. There are no area requirements in this district except as provided for in ATC section 21-98.

There are no frontage regulations in this district, except as provided for in ATC section 21-98.

There shall be no minimum setback requirement for buildings and structures, provided that no parking area or other area for circulation of vehicles shall be located between the main building on the lot and the street, nor shall any such area be located any closer to the street than the main building. Parking areas shall be located to the side or rear of buildings, and shall be provided with a landscaped setback of not less than ten (10) feet when adjacent to the sidewalk, which shall be improved and used in accordance with the provisions of ATC section 21-233 (b) and (c) and ATC section 21-234. See the Development Guidelines Handbook for guidelines and examples for treatment of landscaped setbacks.

New buildings or structures built in the B-1 district and adjacent to a building that is of significant historical character in the historic district must be setback the average of the two (2) adjacent structures on either side unless waived by the zoning administrator or a minimum fifty percent (50%) of the new building or structure's front façade shall be no greater than a maximum setback of twenty-five (25) feet from the property line or new development shall bring the existing structure into greater conformity with this maximum setback.

No driveway intersecting a street that constitutes the principal frontage of the lot shall be permitted when other street frontage or alley access is available to serve the lot.

No building or structure shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet from grade. If adjacent to a single family residential zoned parcel then no building or structure shall exceed a height of twenty-five (25) feet from grade with the option of obtaining a conditional use permit to expand the permitted maximum height to thirty-five (35) feet. See ATC chapter 21, article XXV for supplemental height regulations.

A site plan shall be required as set forth in ATC article XVII of this chapter.

A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.

Minimum one (1) pedestrian entrance per building with street frontage where the entrance is located on the street front. Corner lots with a building facing two street frontages would only be required to have one (1) pedestrian entrance.