a.

Central business district (CB). The central business district is intended to promote the consolidation of commercial activities in the existing town center by providing for a variety of retail, office, restaurant and entertainment activities within the district. The purpose of this district is to encourage and promote the business use of existing residential buildings within the district and the development and expansion of the town center to serve the needs of the surrounding area. The central business area of the city is viewed as the older, traditional center of the city, and is characterized by smaller lot sizes, more intense land uses, mixed land uses and higher percentages of lot coverage. This area permits the integration of business activity, governmental functions, services and residential land uses.

b.

Limited commercial district (LC). This district is intended to provide for the limited need for convenience commercial establishments and other businesses which due to either size or nature, are not well suited for locations within the central business zoning district. This district is further intended to be used sparingly and only when necessary in order to protect and preserve the vitality and dominant role of the central business district (CB). The purpose of this district is to enhance the living environment of residential areas by allowing, when needed, small convenience establishments; and to maintain the character of the central business district by providing an alternate location for incompatible business.

c.

Office district (O). This district is intended to accommodate a variety of nonresidential land uses of an administrative, business and professional nature which are necessary to the normal conduct of a community's activities. It is designed to direct office uses to areas which serve as transition between residential land uses and nonresidential districts only in the vicinity of the central business districts (CB) and having access to arterial streets. The regulations contained in this article are designed to promote harmonious relationships between office uses and abutting land uses.

Land and/or buildings in the districts indicated in Table VII-01 Schedule of Business Uses may be used for the purposes denoted by a "P" in the column below by right. Land and/or buildings in the districts indicated at the top of the following table may be used for the purposes denoted by "S" after special land use approval by the planning commission in accordance with the procedures and requirements of article X, special land uses and article XI, site plan review. A notation of "—" indicates that the use is not permitted within the district.

Table VII-01
Schedule of Business Uses

All lots, buildings, and structures shall comply with the following site development requirements:

a.

Site plan review is required in accordance with article XI, site plan review of this chapter.

b.

Parking is required in accordance with article XIV, off-street parking and loading of this chapter.

c.

Signs are permitted in accordance with the requirements of article XV, signs of this chapter.

d.

Landscaping, lighting and building design requirements are required in accordance with article XVI, landscaping, article XVII, lighting and article XVIII, building design requirements of this chapter.

e.

All lots, buildings, and structures shall comply with the area height and bulk requirements as noted in Table VII-02 Business Schedule of Area and Bulk Requirements.

Table VII-02
Business Schedule of Area and Bulk Requirements ^(a)

(a)

PUD. Modifications to dimensional requirements and maximum density may be permitted with a PUD approved under article IX Planned Unit Developments.

(b)

Natural features setback. A twenty-five (25) foot natural feature setback shall be maintained from the ordinary high water mark (shoreline) of any lake, pond, or stream and to the edge of any drainage way, or regulated wetland.

f.

Nonhazardous solid waste. Nonhazardous solid waste which is normally and reasonably discarded from commercial uses of property may be externally stored, provided such storage areas are completely screened in accordance with Table VII-03 Nonhazardous Solid Waste Storage Screening Requirements. Any proposed material storage must also be conducted in accordance with all State and Federal requirements.

Table VII-03
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Storage Screening Requirements

g.

Veterinary clinics and hospitals. All principal uses activities, shall be conducted within a totally enclosed main building, and shall be escape proof by any animals to the maximum extent possible.

(Amend. of 7-22-2014)