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Italy City Zoning Code

§ 16 “CBD

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

16.1 
General Purpose and Description -
The “CBD”, Central Business District is established to accommodate the existing development in the central area of Italy and to protect the character of the CBD. It recognizes the unique characteristics of the downtown and its space limitations. Uses allowed in the District should be limited generally to those uses that currently comprise the downtown[.]
16.2 
Permitted Uses:
1. 
Generally recognized retail businesses which supply commodities on the premises, such as groceries, meats, dairy products, baked goods, clothing and notions, or hardware and similar uses
2. 
Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises such as: repair shops (watches, radios, TV, household appliances, shoes, etc.), tailor shops, beauty parlors or barbershops, photographic studios and similar uses but not including major automotive repair services
3. 
Small job printing and newspaper printing shops (less than six thousand (6,000) square feet in area)
4. 
Dry cleaning establishments or pickup stations dealing directly with consumers. Central dry cleaning plants servicing more than one retail outlet are not permitted
5. 
Personal services including the following: outpatient medical clinics, offices of physicians, dentists, osteopaths and similar or allied professions such as drugstores or pharmacies
6. 
Office buildings for professional occupations including: executive, administrative, legal, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, drafting, and real estate, and related accessory uses
7. 
Theaters, auditoriums, community center, and other similar entertainment facilities
8. 
Restaurants and cafes
9. 
Mobile food units, subject to the provisions in Chapter 14A, Section 23.10 and in Chapter 4, Article 4.07.
10. 
Municipally owned or controlled facilities, utilities and uses
11. 
Multiple-family dwellings
12. 
Hotels, motels, and bed and breakfast establishments
13. 
Paved parking lots, including commercial parking lots
14. 
Accessory warehousing of goods and materials that are used in the operation of or for retail sale on the site of any use permitted in this District
15. 
An accessory use customarily related to a principal use authorized in this District
16. 
Church or rectory
17. 
Art gallery
18. 
Home occupation
19. 
Gasoline service station
20. 
Bank or Savings and Loan
21. 
Candy and cake shop
22. 
Drapery shop
23. 
Florist
24. 
Temporary concrete batching plant limited to the period of construction, upon approval of location and operation by the City
25. 
Temporary on-site construction offices limited to the period of construction and approved by the City
26. 
Such uses as may be permitted under provisions of Specific Use Permits, Section 21
16.3 
Height Regulations:
Maximum Height - Forty feet (40') or three (3) stories
16.4 
Area Regulations:
A. 
Size of Yards:
1. 
Minimum Front Yard -
N/A
2. 
Minimum Side Yard:
a. 
With fire retardant wall - None
b. 
Without fire retardant wall - Fifteen feet (15')
c. 
Abutting residentially zoned property - Twenty feet (20')
d. 
Abutting a street - Ten feet (10')
3. 
Minimum Rear Yard:
a. 
Abutting non-residentially zoned property and constructed with fire retardant wall and alley separation - None
b. 
Without fire retardant wall or alley - Twenty feet (20')
c. 
Abutting residentially zoned property - Twenty feet (20')
4. 
Minimum distance between detached buildings on the same lot or parcel of land:
a. 
Without fire retardant wall - Fifteen feet (15')
b. 
With fire retardant wall - None
B. 
Size of Lot:
1. 
Minimum Lot Area -
N/A
2. 
Minimum Lot Width -
N/A
3. 
Minimum Lot Depth -
N/A
C. 
Maximum Lot Coverage:
One hundred percent (100%)
D. 
Parking Regulations:
As established by Section 22, Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
E. 
Other Regulations:
As established in Sections 23, 24, and 25
(Ordinance 173 adopted 6/7/88; Ordinance 031018 adopted 10/14/03; Ordinance 090112, sec. 3, adopted 1/22/09; Ordinance 2024-1014-01 adopted 10/14/2024)