Sec. 656.314. - Central Business District Category.

This is a mixed land use category that is coterminous with the jurisdictional area of the Downtown Investment Authority (DIA). The category allows medium to high-density residential (including loft apartments), commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational, and entertainment uses, as well as transportation and communication facilities. Loft apartments consisting of residential units within large, formerly nonresidential buildings converted or partially converted to residential purposes will be permitted throughout the Central Business District Category in the Downtown Overlay Zone. The exact location, distribution, and density/intensity of various types of land use in the DIA's jurisdictional area is guided by the Central Business District Future Land Use Category as described in the Future Land Use Element of the City's adopted Comprehensive Plan, the Business Investment and Development Plan (BID), and the Downtown Overlay Zone and Downtown District Regulations in Sec. 656.361. The requirements for the Commercial Central Business District zoning district are codified in Subpart H of this Part 3 of the Zoning Code, also referenced as Section 656.361. The following primary and secondary zoning districts may be considered in the Commercial Central Business District Category as depicted on the Future Land Use Maps of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. A. Primary zoning district. Commercial Central Business District (CCBD); Section 656.361. B. Secondary zoning district. Planned Unit Development (PUD); Section 656.340 . PUD districts existing as of July 1, 2019 and located in the Central Business District land use category on the Future Land Use Map shall be subject to Subpart H (Downtown Overlay Zone and Downtown District Regulations), also cited as Section 656.361, as amended by Ordinance 2019-196-E , to the extent not inconsistent with the various regulations and performance standards attached to those PUD districts. (Ord. 2007-704-E, § 1; Ord. 2008-969-E, § 4; Ord. 2011-643-E, § 2; Ord. 2012-364-E, § 10; Ord. 2018-769-E , § 1; Ord. 2020-695-E , § 2)