In the GBD District, no building or land shall
be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of
the following uses:
A. Generally recognized retail businesses which supply
goods on the premises, including, but not limited to, grocery or appliance,
pop and alcoholic beverage stores, delicatessens, drug, dry goods,
meat, hardware, gift, clothing, jewelry, music, paint, sporting goods
and variety stores.
B. Banks, savings and loan, and credit unions, excluding
drive-through window facilities.
C. Cocktail lounges, bars and restaurants, excluding
drive-in or drive-through window facilities.
D. General, service, sales, and professional offices.
F. Medical and dental offices, including walk-in clinics
and ambulatory care centers but excluding twenty-four-hour clinics
and hospitals.
G. Personal service shops, such as tailor, beauty parlor,
barbershop, photographer, photo dropoff with or without on-site processing,
instant or quick printing shop, shoe repair, laundromats and dry cleaning
establishments (excluding dry cleaning plants), and similar uses.
H. Private clubs, lodge halls and similar uses.
I. Public buildings without outdoor storage yards, including
community centers, libraries, museums and post offices.
L. Single-family residential, two-family residential,
and multiple-family residential development.
M. Theaters (excluding drive-ins).
N. Antique, thrift and resale shops.
O. Veterinarian offices, excluding kennels.
P. Accessory uses and structures incidental to the principal
use.
The following special land uses may be permitted only after review and approval by the Planning Commission, subject to the requirements and standards of Article
XX and the submission of a site plan conforming with the requirements of §
515-100:
B. Bed-and-breakfast establishments (§
515-125).
H. Nursery schools and child-care centers (§
515-149).
I. Outdoor cafe, when incidental to a permitted bar, restaurant, coffee shop, delicatessen, ice cream parlor, or similar use (§
515-150).
L. Uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission
based on findings of fact, are similar to the above permitted uses.
Accessory buildings, structures and uses shall be permitted in accordance with §
515-78. In addition, the following accessory structures and uses may also be permitted only when conducted within a completely enclosed building, subject to the following:
A. Garages shall be used exclusively for the storage
of passenger motor vehicles and/or commercial vehicles of less than
one-ton capacity, which are to be used in connection with a business
permitted and located in the GBD District.
B. Sidewalk sales shall be permitted only as provided
hereunder:
(1) No person, firm, corporation or merchant shall vend,
sell, dispose of or display any goods, wares, merchandise or produce
on any public street or sidewalk or anywhere else outside a building
without full compliance with this section for the period of said sidewalk
sale.
(2) Sidewalk sales shall be permitted for no more than
three days. No more than two such sidewalk sales shall be permitted
on a site to any person, firm, corporation or merchant in a single
calendar year.
(3) Sale of the merchandise under this subsection shall
be limited to merchandise usually sold on the premises. No new merchandise
shall be brought in to vend, sell, dispose of or display at the sidewalk
sale.
(4) All merchandise offered for sale hereunder must be
displayed on private property. Merchandise shall be securely and adequately
placed so that it will not endanger passersby or fall or extend into
the public right-of-way. Such sales shall not be operated in any manner
which would cause a nuisance or create a fire hazard or obstruct ingress
and egress to premises.