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Erie City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 5

C CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

9-5-1: SCOPE:

The regulations set forth in this chapter, or set forth elsewhere in this title when referred to in this chapter, are the regulations in the C central business district. (Ord. 215, 9-17-1962)

9-5-2: USE REGULATIONS:

A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
Any use permitted in the B outlying business district.
Accessory uses and structures incidental to the permitted uses.
Automobile service and tire stores.
Bars and taverns, provided that no establishment is located closer than five hundred feet (500') from any residential district, religious institution, or school.
Body art establishments, licensed under the tattoo and body piercing establishment regulation act.
Business and advertising signs when attached to a building pertaining to the use of the property in which the sign is located. The signs must conform to the provisions set forth in this code.
Business and professional services, including, but not limited to, medical and dental offices and clinics, law offices, insurance and real estate offices, banks, finance, and utility company offices, currency exchange stores, pet stores, animal grooming stores, animal hospitals and clinics with no open kennels.
Class III and class IV garages and automobile salesrooms.
Convenience retail stores, pharmacies, drugstores, liquor stores, meat markets, bakeries, delicatessens and grocery stores.
Entertainment and amusement uses: movie theaters, dance studios, and bowling alleys.
Hotels and motels.
Personal services, including, but not limited to, laundromats, jewelry shops, dry cleaning and laundry establishments, plumbing shop, repair shops, barber, beauty, and shoe repair shops, photography studios, and printing and publishing establishments.
Physical fitness center.
Public and semipublic uses such as buildings used by any department of the village, school district, township, county, state, or federal governments; except for vehicle maintenance, raw material storage, and other similar type facilities.
Public utilities.
Radio, television, and recording studios.
Railroad right of way and passenger stations.
Residential uses located above the ground floor.
Restaurants.
Retail and wholesale stores, including, but not limited to, hardware, clothing, and furniture stores.
Specialty shops, including, but not limited to, antiques, gift shops, magazines, book and stationery outlets, office supply stores, florist shops, musical instrument stores, sporting goods stores, video sales and rentals and printing shop.
Used car sales or storage lots but excluding salvage of automobiles or of automobile parts. (Ord. 693, 12-8-2015)

9-5-3: PARKING REGULATIONS:

The parking regulations for uses permitted in the A residence district shall apply to such uses when located in the C central business district. No parking space shall be required in the C central business district in any other instances. (Ord. 215, 9-17-1962)

9-5-4: HEIGHT REGULATIONS:

No building shall exceed three (3) stories nor shall it exceed forty five feet (45') in height, except as otherwise provided in chapter 9 of this title. (Ord. 215, 9-17-1962)

9-5-5: AREA REGULATIONS:

   (A)   Front Yard: No front yard is required except where the frontage on one side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets is partly in the C central business district and partly in a dwelling district, in which event the front yard regulations of the dwelling district shall apply.
   (B)   Side Yard: No side yard shall be required except that for dwellings, the side yard regulations are the same as those in the A residence district.
   (C)   Rear Yard: The rear yard regulations for dwellings are the same as in the A residence district. In all other cases, a rear yard is not required except where a lot abuts upon a dwelling district, in which case there shall be a rear yard with a depth of not less than fifteen feet (15'). (Ord. 215, 9-17-1962)

9-5-6: INTENSITY OF USE:

When a lot is improved with a single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling or a multiple dwelling or when living facilities are erected above the other uses, the intensity of use regulations are the same as those required in the A residence district. (Ord. 215, 9-17-1962)