[Amended 9-25-1995 by Ord. No. 602; 1-27-1997 by Ord. No. 615; 12-20-1999 by Ord. No.
649]
The following regulations shall apply in the
C-B Central Business Zones.
[Amended 2-12-2007 by Ord. No. 758; 9-25-2017 by Ord. No. 869; 2-12-2018 by Ord. No. 886]
A.
No building, structure or land shall be used and no
building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered,
enlarged or maintained except for one or more of the following uses:
(1)
Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental
to any permitted use in this section.
(2)
Antique and arts and crafts shop.
(3)
Appliance stores.
(4)
Art, trade, business or nursery schools.
(5)
Bakery shops.
(6)
Banks and savings and loan institutions without drive-through
service.
(7)
Beauty parlors or barbershops.
(8)
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
(9)
Building materials sales and storage yards which are
enclosed.
(10)
Candy stores.
(11)
Places of worship.
[Amended 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 910]
(12)
Clothing stores.
(13)
Commercial parking lots.
(14)
Custom printing and reproduction shops.
(15)
Dairy product stores.
(16)
Day-care facilities.
(17)
Department stores.
(18)
Dress or millinery shops.
(19)
Drugstores.
(20)
Dry goods or variety shops.
(21)
Florist or garden shops.
(22)
Food and grocery stores containing 5,000 square
feet or less.
(23)
Fruit or vegetable stores.
(24)
Furniture stores.
(25)
Gift or jewelry shops.
(26)
Hardware stores.
(27)
Home occupations.
(28)
Hotels and motels.
(29)
Laundromats.
(30)
Laundry or dry-cleaning establishments without
drive-through service.
(31)
Meat markets.
(32)
Multiple-family dwellings not in excess of seven
stories.
(33)
Offices, professional and business.
(34)
Pet shops.
(35)
Photographic studios.
(36)
Physical fitness facilities.
(37)
Public buildings, structures and properties
of the recreational, cultural, institutional, education, administrative
or public-service type, including fire, ambulance or rescue squad.
(38)
Radio and television studios.
(39)
Radio and television repair shops.
(40)
Restaurants and lunchrooms, without drive-through
service.
(41)
Retirement or nursing homes.
[Amended 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 907]
(42)
Schools: business, dancing, music, trade or
others of a commercial nature.
(43)
Shoe repair shops.
(44)
Sign-painting shops.
(45)
Signs, with the exception of outdoor advertising signs, subject to the provisions of Article XVII.
(46)
Single-family attached dwellings and multiple-family
dwellings for four or fewer dwelling units.
(47)
Social clubs, fraternal organizations and community
meetings halls.
(48)
Sporting goods or hobby shops.
(49)
Stationery stores.
(50)
Tailor establishments.
(51)
Tattoo parlors.
(52)
Taverns and nightclubs.
(53)
Taxi stations, for pickup and discharge of passengers.
(54)
Telecommunications installations, subject to the facility limitations in § 139-28.2A(3)(a) through (f) and the screening requirements for modern appurtenances in § 164-131.3.
(55)
Telephone central offices or service centers.
(56)
Theaters and private assembly halls.
(57)
Tourist homes.
(58)
Upholstery shops.
(59)
Video rental establishments, with the exception of adult entertainment.
(60)
Art galleries/studios.
[Added 9-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
B.
The buying, selling or trading of firearms shall not
be allowed under any of the uses permitted under this section.
[Amended 2-12-2007 by Ord. No. 758]
A.
The following uses may be permitted as a special exception in accordance with the provisions of Article XXII:
(2)
Banks and savings and loan institutions with drive-through
service, provided that the applicant proves that the use will not
adversely affect pedestrian travel.
(3)
Building materials sales and storage yards which are
unenclosed.
(4)
Conversion dwellings, subject to the requirements of § 164-150 and the County Health Department.
(5)
Laundry or dry-cleaning establishments with drive-through
service, provided that the applicant proves that the use will not
adversely affect pedestrian travel.
(6)
Microbreweries and pub breweries licensed under Article
2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
(8)
Newspaper publishing establishments.
No structure shall exceed an elevation of 800
feet in height based on United States Geological Survey datum as shown
on Carroll County photogrammatic maps, but in no event shall any structure
exceed eight stories in height nor shall any building be less than
two stories in height.
Lot area, lot width and yard requirements shall
be observed. Special fire-resistance-rated construction practices
may be required for setbacks of less than five feet.
A.
Building or use setback:
(1)
Front: no front yard setback is required. The maximum
front yard setback permitted is five feet.
(2)
Side: where the side line is along an alley or public right-of-way, 10 feet or equal to the setbacks of the immediately adjacent buildings or as provided in § 164-145, whichever is less, but in no instance shall adequate site distances be encroached upon. Where neither side line is located along an alley or public right-of-way, at least one side yard setback must be equal to zero feet. No setback is required for the second side yard; however, if a side yard is provided, the setback must be no less than three feet and no greater than 10 feet.
(3)
Rear: a minimum setback of five feet.
(4)
For parking lots: a minimum setback of five feet from
the right-of-way or adjacent lots. Private parking lots are permitted
only in rear yards.
(5)
From residential districts: a minimum setback of 20
feet.
A.
Goods shall consist primarily of new or reconditioned
merchandise or bona fide antiques.
B.
Processes and equipment employed and goods processed
or sold shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason
of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, fumes or noise.
C.
The front facades of new and remodeled buildings shall
be designed with windows on all stories. The size and placement of
the windows shall be compatible with the size, scale and character
of the facade.
