[Added 12-20-1999 by Ord. No. 649]
The following regulations shall apply in all
D-B Downtown 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 shops.
(3)
Art, trade, business or nursery schools.
(4)
Auto accessory stores.
(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)
Candy stores.
(10)
Places of worship.
[Amended 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 910]
(11)
Clothing stores.
(12)
Commercial parking lots.
(13)
Custom printing and reproduction shops.
(14)
Dairy product stores.
(15)
Day-care facilities.
(16)
Dress and millinery shops.
(17)
Drugstores.
(18)
Dry goods or variety shops.
(19)
Florist or garden shops.
(20)
Food and grocery stores containing 5,000 square
feet or less.
(21)
Fruit or vegetable stores.
(22)
Funeral homes and mortuaries.
(23)
Furniture stores.
(24)
Gift or jewelry shops.
(25)
Hardware stores.
(26)
Home occupations.
(27)
Laundry or dry-cleaning establishments without
drive-through service.
(28)
Meat markets.
(29)
Offices, professional and business.
(30)
Photographic studios.
(31)
Physical fitness facilities.
(32)
Public buildings, structures and properties
of the recreational, cultural, institutional, educational, administrative
or public-service type, including fire, ambulance or rescue squad.
(33)
Radio and television studios.
(34)
Radio and television repair shops.
(35)
Restaurants and lunchrooms, without drive-through
service.
(36)
Retirement or nursing homes.
[Amended 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 907]
(37)
Schools: business, dancing, firearms safety
training not including the discharge of firearms or the handling of
live ammunition, music, trade or others of a commercial nature.
[Amended 2-26-2018 by Ord. No. 885]
(38)
Shoe repair shops.
(39)
Sign-painting shops.
(40)
Signs, with the exception of outdoor advertising signs, subject to the provisions of Article XVII.
(41)
Single-family attached dwellings and multiple-family
dwellings for four or fewer dwelling units.
(42)
Social clubs, fraternal organizations and community
meeting halls.
(43)
Sporting goods or hobby shops.
(44)
Stationery stores.
(45)
Tailor establishments.
(46)
Tattoo parlors.
(47)
Taverns and nightclubs.
(48)
Taxi stations, for the pickup and discharge of customers.
(49)
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.
(50)
Telephone central offices or service centers.
(51)
Theaters and private assembly halls.
(52)
Tourist homes.
(53)
Upholstery shops.
(54)
Video rental establishments, with the exception of adult entertainment.
(55)
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; 2-12-2018 by Ord. No. 886; 11-12-2018 by Ord. No. 898; 1-14-2019 by Ord. No.
903]
A.
The following uses may be permitted as special exceptions in accordance with the provisions of Article XXII:
(1)
All uses authorized as permitted uses or special
exceptions in this zone which are to be located within structures
in excess of three stories but not in excess of six stories.
(3)
Alcoholic beverage package stores.
(4)
Amusement centers.
(5)
Appliance stores.
(6)
Automobile, trailer and implement sales and
services, except automobile car washes and including motorcycle shops.
(7)
Automobile car wash, which may be approved only as an accessory use to § 164-45.9A(6), regarding automobile, trailer and implement sales and services, or as an accessory use to § 164-45.9A(21), regarding service stations, when automobiles are repaired on the premises, but excluding repairs and services that utilize petroleum-based products. Commercial car washes for use by the general public are not included nor permitted by this special exception use category.
(8)
Banks and savings and loan institutions with
drive-through service, provided that the applicant proves that the
use will not adversely affect pedestrian travel.
(9)
Carpentering shops containing 500 square feet
or less.
(10)
Department stores.
(11)
Conversion dwellings, subject to the requirements of § 164-150 and the County Health Department.
(13)
Hotels and motels.
(14)
Laundromats.
(15)
Laundry or dry-cleaning establishments with
drive-through service, provided that the applicant proves that the
use will not adversely affect pedestrian travel.
(16)
Microbreweries and pub breweries licensed under
the Annotated Code of Maryland, Alcoholic Beverages Article.
(18)
Newspaper publishing establishments.
(19)
Pet shops.
(20)
Public utility buildings, structures or uses, including radio, television and other communication facilities not considered essential utility equipment, as enumerated in § 164-139.
(22)
Sheet metal shops containing 500 square feet
or less.
B.
(Reserved)
No structure shall exceed the height of three
stories or the height of an adjacent structure on the block, whichever
is greater, nor shall any building be less than two stories in height.
The following 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 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, noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste or otherwise create a nuisance under the provisions of Chapter 100, Nuisances, of the Code of Westminster.
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.
