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Bradford City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

C-1 Urban Business District

§ 220-54 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to preserve the historic character of the downtown business district; to promote the revitalization of the business district; to provide retail shopping, entertainment and services to the residents of Bradford and the surrounding area; to attract tourists visiting the nearby recreational areas; to provide gathering places for residents and university students to spend leisure time; and to provide opportunities for housing to support the businesses in the downtown.

§ 220-55 Authorized uses.

In the C-1 Urban Business District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Art, music or photography studio.
(b) 
Assisted-living facility.
(c) 
Bakery.
(d) 
Inn.
[Amended 3-26-2019 by Ord. No. 3231.2]
(e) 
Beverage distributor.
(f) 
Biking/hiking trails.
(g) 
Bus station.
(h) 
Business or professional offices.
(i) 
Business services.
(j) 
Candy or ice cream store.
(k) 
Catering service, including rental hall.
(l) 
Cemetery.
(m) 
Churches.
(n) 
Commercial recreation, indoor.
(o) 
Commercial school.
(p) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 220-103.
(q) 
Convenience store.
(r) 
Custom print shop.
(s) 
Custom craft shop.
(t) 
Day-care center or preschool facility.
(u) 
Day spa.
(v) 
Drive-in bank, subject to § 220-97.
(w) 
Dry-cleaning or laundry pickup station.
(x) 
Eating or drinking establishments.
(y) 
Educational studio.
(z) 
Essential services.
(aa) 
Financial institutions.
(bb) 
Fire and emergency medical services.
(cc) 
Food store.
(dd) 
Forestry, subject to § 220-101.
(ee) 
Funeral home.
(ff) 
Garden apartments.
(gg) 
Hardware store.
(hh) 
Health club; fitness center.
(ii) 
High-rise apartments.
(jj) 
Home health-care agency.
(kk) 
Indoor entertainment.
(ll) 
Laundromat.
(mm) 
Medical clinic.
(nn) 
Medical offices.
(oo) 
Mid-rise apartments.
(pp) 
Motel, hotel or resort.
[Amended 3-26-2019 by Ord. No. 3231.2]
(qq) 
Newspaper plant.
(rr) 
Nonprofit service organization.
(ss) 
Oil, gas or water intake well, subject to § 220-104.
(tt) 
Outdoor cafe, subject to § 220-110.
(uu) 
Personal services.
(vv) 
Pet services; pet grooming.
(ww) 
Pharmacy.
(xx) 
Places of assembly.
(yy) 
Private club.
(zz) 
Private recreation.
(aaa) 
Public buildings.
(bbb) 
Public parking garage, subject to § 220-105.
(ccc) 
Public parking lot, subject to § 220-105.
(ddd) 
Public recreation.
(eee) 
Public utility building or structure.
(fff) 
Retail stores not specifically listed in this § 220-55A(1).
(ggg) 
Theaters.
(hhh) 
Veterinary clinic.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Fences, subject to § 220-94.
(b) 
Home occupation in existing dwelling, subject to § 220-106.
(c) 
No-impact home-based business in existing dwelling, subject to § 220-102.
(d) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(e) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XV.
(f) 
Private garages and storage buildings, subject to § 220-94.
(g) 
Signs, subject to Article XVI.
(h) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 220-98.
(i) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
B. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Apartment in combination with business, subject to § 220-90B.
(b) 
Buildings in excess of 75 feet in height, subject to § 220-90E.
(c) 
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 220-90I.
(d) 
Group care facility, subject to § 220-90N.
(e) 
Off-site parking, subject to § 220-90V.
(f) 
Student housing, subject to § 220-90AA.
(g) 
Temporary use or structure other than a construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 220-90BB.
(h) 
Transitional dwelling, subject to § 220-90N.
(i) 
Rooming house.
[Added 3-26-2019 by Ord. No. 3231.2]
(j) 
Guesthouse.
[Added 3-26-2019 by Ord. No. 3231.2]
(2) 
Accessory uses: none.

§ 220-56 Area and bulk regulations.

In the C-1 Urban Business District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific uses by special exception contained in Article XIII.
A. 
Minimum lot area: none required.
B. 
Minimum lot width: none required.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 100%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 10 feet. (Note: Exception: Where buildings on either side of a property and in the same block have a setback that is less than 10 feet, the property may utilize the average of the existing setbacks on immediately adjacent properties.)
E. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
All principal and accessory structures:
(a) 
Adjoining any R District: 20 feet or the height of the building, whichever is greater.
(b) 
Adjoining all other districts: 10 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard:
(1) 
All principal and accessory structures:
(a) 
Adjoining any R District: 10 feet.
(b) 
All other side yards: zero feet.
G. 
Maximum dwelling unit density:
(1) 
Mid-rise and high-rise apartments: 55 units per acre.
(2) 
Garden apartments and student housing: 36 units per acre.
H. 
Minimum floor area per dwelling unit:
(1) 
Efficiency apartments: 400 square feet.
(2) 
One-bedroom apartments: 550 square feet.
(3) 
Two-bedroom apartments: 750 square feet.
(4) 
Three-or-more-bedroom apartments: 750 square feet plus 150 square feet for each bedroom in excess of two bedrooms.
I. 
Special yard requirements: See § 220-94.
J. 
Permitted projections into required yards: See § 220-95.
K. 
Maximum height:
(1) 
Principal structures: six stories, but no more than 75 feet (unless an increase in height is granted as a use by special exception in accordance with the requirements of § 220-90E).
(2) 
All accessory structures: one story, but no more than 20 feet.
L. 
Height exceptions: See § 220-96.

§ 220-57 Off-street parking and loading.

See Article XV.

§ 220-58 Signs.

See Article XVI.

§ 220-59 Buffer areas and landscaping.

See § 220-93.

§ 220-60 Storage.

See § 220-100.

§ 220-61 Historic district overlay.

See § 220-111.

§ 220-62 Floodplain regulations.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
See Chapter 114, Floodplain Management, of the Code of the City of Bradford.