a.

Purpose. The purpose of the CBD Central Business District is to accommodate retail, commercial, office and other complementary land uses within the downtown core area of the City of Wichita. The CBD District is generally compatible with the "Downtown Regional Center" designation of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Comprehensive Plan. It is intended for application only within the City of Wichita and only within the downtown core area and certain nearby areas being redeveloped with similar patterns of uses and site development standards such as but not limited to zero Lot Setbacks, shared Parking, public streetscapes as landscaping and urban design elements and mixed uses within a Building.

b.

Permitted Uses. The following Uses shall be permitted by-right in the CBD District.

(1)

Residential Uses

Single-Family

Duplex

Multi-Family

Accessory Apartment, subject to Sec. III-D.6.a

Assisted Living

Group Home

Group Residence, Limited and General

Short Term Rental in the City, subject to Sec. III-D.6.qq

(2)

Public and Civic Uses Auditorium or Stadium Cemetery

Church or Place of Worship

Community Assembly

Correctional Facility, subject to Sec. III-D.6.h

Correctional Placement Residence, Limited and General, subject to Sec. III-D.6.h

Day Care, Limited and General, subject to Sec. III-D.6.i

Golf Course

Government Service

Hospital

Library

Nursing Home

Parks and Recreation

Recycling Collection Station, Private, subject to Sec. III-D.6.q

Recycling Collection Station, Public, subject to Sec. III-D.6.r

Recycling Processing Center, subject to Sec. III-D.6.s

Reverse Vending Machine, subject to Sec. III-D.6.u

Safety Service

School, Elementary, Middle and High

University or College

Utility, Minor

(3)

Commercial Uses

Animal Care, Limited and General

Automated Teller Machine

Bank or Financial Institution

Bed and Breakfast Inn

Broadcast/Recording Studio

Car Wash, subject to Sec. III-D.6.f

Construction Sales and Service

Convenience Store

Entertainment Establishment in the City, subject to Sec. III-D.6.w

Event Center in the City, subject to Sec. III-D.6.w

Farmer's Market in the City, subject to Sec. III-D.6.jj

Funeral Home

Hotel or Motel

Marine Facility, Recreational

Medical Service

Microbrewery

Mobile Food Unit in the City, subject to Sec. III-D.6.oo

Monument Sales

Nightclub in the City, subject to Sec. III-D.6.w

Nursery and Garden Center

Office, General

Parking Area, Commercial

Pawnshop

Personal Care Service

Personal Improvement Service

Post Office Substation

Printing and Copying, Limited

Printing and Publishing, General

Recreation and Entertainment, Indoor and Outdoor

Restaurant

Retail, General

Secondhand Store

Service Station

Tavern or Drinking Establishment, subject to Sec. III-D.6.w

Teen Club in the City, subject to Sec. III-D.6.w

Vehicle and Equipment Sales

Vehicle Repair, Limited and General

Vocational School

Warehouse, Self-Service Storage

Wireless Communication Facility, subject to Sec. III-D.6.g

(4)

Industrial, Manufacturing and Extractive Uses

Asphalt or Concrete Plant, Limited, subject to Sec. III-D.6.d

Manufacturing, Limited and General

Research Services

Storage, Outdoor, subject to Sec III-D.6.dd

Vehicle Storage Yard

Warehousing

Welding or Machine Shop

Wholesale or Business Services

(5)

Agricultural Uses

Agriculture

Agricultural Research

Agricultural Sales and Service

c.

Conditional Uses. The following Uses shall be permitted in the CBD District if reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission in accordance with the procedures and standards of Sec. V-D.

(1)

Residential Uses

None allowed by Conditional Use

(2)

Public and Civic Uses

Utility, Major

(3)

Commercial Uses

Heliport

(4)

Industrial, Manufacturing and Extractive Uses

Mining or Quarrying

Oil and Gas Drilling

Rock Crushing

Solid Waste Incinerator, subject to Sec. III-D.6.v

(5)

Agricultural Uses

None allowed by Conditional Use

d.

Property development standards. Each Site in the CBD District shall be subject to the following minimum property development standards. Setbacks and heights are for Principal Structures. See Sec. III-D.7.e for Setbacks and heights for Accessory Structures. See also Sec. III-E.2.e(2) for Front Setbacks on unplatted tracts. Compatibility standards in Secs. IV-C.4 and IV-C.5 may take precedence.

(1)

Minimum Lot Area: 2,500 square feet for Single-Family; 2,000 square feet per Dwelling Unit for Duplex; 250 square feet per Dwelling Unit for Multi-Family (maximum 174.2 Dwelling Units per acre); no minimum for nonresidential uses

(2)

Minimum Lot Width: No minimum

(3)

Minimum Front Setback: No minimum

(4)

Minimum Rear Setback: No minimum

(5)

Minimum Interior Side Setback: No minimum, but if an Interior Side Setback is provided it shall be at least five feet in width

(6)

Minimum Street Side Setback: No minimum

(7)

Maximum Height: No maximum

e.

Special CBD District regulations. The following special regulations shall apply to property in the CBD District.

(1)

Environmental performance standards. Uses and activities that are in violation of the Sedgwick County Code or the Code of the City of Wichita or that are out of character with ordinary and customary standards and practices for a Permitted Use to such an extent that the Use or activity is obnoxious, offensive or a nuisance due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration or other similar causes, are prohibited in the CBD District.