§ 11-440. Permitted accessory structures and uses.

(A)

In general. Permitted accessory uses within CBD district include maintenance and parking facilities, mechanical equipment, and other buildings and structures which are necessary to the operation of the principal use.

(B)

Child care center as an accessory use to a principal commercial activity and for the exclusive service to employees of that activity.

(C)

Temporary structures for storage of equipment and materials used in connection with construction of a lawfully authorized use, not to exceed two years.

(D)

Warehousing and storage related to the principle use as follows:

(1)

Warehousing and storage uses shall not be located in the storefront of a building, which shall be defined as that area of the building at street level that fronts on a public right-of-way (not including an alley), and shall consist of the first 20' back from the wall of the building at street level that fronts on the public right-of-way (not including an alley). In the case of a corner building, both sides of the building at street level that fronts on a public right-of-way (not including an alley) shall be considered a storefront. Where there are no window openings in the street level of a wall that fronts on a public right-of-way, such frontage shall not be considered a storefront.

(2)

Warehousing and storage uses shall be separated from the storefront area of the building by a wall that extends from floor to ceiling, or at a minimum 24" above the height of a standard door, the entire width of the building or area to be used for storage. For the purposes of this section, a wall shall be constructed of dry-wall, plaster, stone, brick or other masonry material, or other similar material to provide adequate physical and visual separation between the primary use and the secondary warehousing or storage use.

(3)

Additional conditions may be established to ensure compatibility of the use with surrounding uses.

(4)

Existing warehousing and storage uses shall comply with all provisions of this section within one year of the effective date of this section.

(Ord. No. 99-20, § 1, 11-23-99; Ord. No. 2001-15, § 1, 8-28-01)