The purpose of the Central Business District is to create an atmosphere that encourages the preservation and revitalization of the historic Central Business District. Although land will be provided for economic activity, residential use is also encouraged.
§ 10-72 Uses permitted inherently.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 15, Art. II; Ch. 305, Art. I)]
The following uses are permitted inherently in the Central Business District:
Retail food stores, including bakeries, confectionery, candy or gourmet shops, small convenience grocery shops (without gas pumps) and meat, fish, or produce stores.
Professional services and administrative activities, including such uses as offices of agents, brokers, financial planners, physicians, dentists, attorneys, architects, engineers, musicians, and artists, and governmental offices serving the public.
Each main building hereafter, together with its accessory buildings, shall be located on a lot having an area of at least 5,000 square feet, except for existing lot(s) recorded by deed or plat on record at the time of the enacting of this chapter.
Off-street parking and loading and unloading space shall be provided for all uses, whether an inherent use or special exception. If parking is provided from other sources such as public spaces in the downtown area or in a large parking facility, the number of parking spaces can be flexible, but not less than one space per apartment unit, and subject to approval of the Commission at the time a site plan is submitted.
The buildings facing the railroad tracks on Pennsylvania Avenue from East Street in Delmar, Maryland, to Grove Street in Delmar, Delaware, are exempt from all parking use requirements.
§ 10-76 Sign requirements.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 15, Art. II; Ch. 305, Art. I)]
Refer to Article XXIV, Signs, for sign requirements.
Delmar City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Central Business District
§ 10-71 Purpose of district.
The purpose of the Central Business District is to create an atmosphere that encourages the preservation and revitalization of the historic Central Business District. Although land will be provided for economic activity, residential use is also encouraged.
§ 10-72 Uses permitted inherently.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 15, Art. II; Ch. 305, Art. I)]
The following uses are permitted inherently in the Central Business District:
Retail food stores, including bakeries, confectionery, candy or gourmet shops, small convenience grocery shops (without gas pumps) and meat, fish, or produce stores.
Professional services and administrative activities, including such uses as offices of agents, brokers, financial planners, physicians, dentists, attorneys, architects, engineers, musicians, and artists, and governmental offices serving the public.
Each main building hereafter, together with its accessory buildings, shall be located on a lot having an area of at least 5,000 square feet, except for existing lot(s) recorded by deed or plat on record at the time of the enacting of this chapter.
Off-street parking and loading and unloading space shall be provided for all uses, whether an inherent use or special exception. If parking is provided from other sources such as public spaces in the downtown area or in a large parking facility, the number of parking spaces can be flexible, but not less than one space per apartment unit, and subject to approval of the Commission at the time a site plan is submitted.
The buildings facing the railroad tracks on Pennsylvania Avenue from East Street in Delmar, Maryland, to Grove Street in Delmar, Delaware, are exempt from all parking use requirements.
§ 10-76 Sign requirements.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 15, Art. II; Ch. 305, Art. I)]
Refer to Article XXIV, Signs, for sign requirements.