The purposes of establishment of the Arts Overlay District (AOD)
are:
A.
To promote the expansion of art and culture within the community.
B.
To enhance the environment and improve site opportunities for fine
arts uses within the AOD.
C.
To enhance vitality in the central business district - downtown -
waterfront areas by fostering a mix of uses through establishing and
increasing downtown housing opportunities and fostering arts-related
development and activities. This district is intended to create a
core of arts, cultural, and residential activities; encourage greater
pedestrian activity as part of entertainment and residential uses,
mixed with traditional retail and business activities; encourage economic
revitalization; nurture artistic contributions to the City and region;
and reduce crime in streets by remaining active for longer hours with
shops and restaurants serving increased numbers of area residents
and patrons.
The AOD shall be considered as overlaying and shall overlay
all other zoning districts within its boundaries. Any uses permitted
in the district or portion thereof so overlaid shall be permitted,
subject to all provisions applicable to the district as set forth
in this division.
See the Table of Uses included as an attachment to this chapter (§ 86-36). Adult use, as defined as in Article IV, Division 7, Adult Entertainment, §§ 86-390 through 86-399, is prohibited in the Arts Overlay District.
A.
All standards and regulations in the underlying zoning district are
valid in the AOD, except as modified in this division.
B.
Residential use is prohibited on first-floor frontage on that portion
of North Main Street south of Pine Street and on that portion of South
Main Street north of Morgan Street.
C.
In a specific case, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall, after a public
hearing, grant a special permit to waive minimum lot areas and height,
lot coverage percentage and yard requirements for multifamily development
as cited in this code, unless, in the opinion of the Zoning Board
of Appeals, such waiver would be detrimental to the area and not in
the best interest of the City.
D.
Townhouse development in those areas of the AOD have no minimum lot
size.
