§ 635. Central Business District (CBD).

635.1 Intent and purpose. The Central Business District is established in order to recognize and protect the present business and commercial uses serving the whole city; to encourage development of this district as the shopping and business center of the City of Cordele and the surrounding trade area; and to encourage full utilization of existing structures by allowing mixed land uses and shared parking facilities.

635.2 Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the CBD Central Business District:

(a)

Appliance stores, including radio and television service.

(b)

Art and antique shops.

(c)

Automobile/truck, farm equipment sales.

(d)

Banks/financial institutions.

(e)

Barber and beauty shops.

(f)

Bicycles and sporting goods stores.

(g)

Book, stationary stores.

(h)

Bowling alleys.

(i)

Bus terminal facilities, taxi stands and dispatchers.

(j)

Cafes, restaurants, grills, and lunch counters.

(k)

Camera or photographic stores, photograph developing services.

(l)

Churches and places of worship.

(m)

Clothing, shoes, millinery, dry goods and notions.

(n)

Commercial parking garages.

(o)

Community centers, public auditoriums, museums.

(p)

Confectionery stores.

(q)

Convenience type grocers, e.g., fruits, vegetables, meat markets, delicatessens, catering.

(r)

Curio and souvenir shops.

(s)

Drug stores.

(t)

Dress-making, tailoring shops.

(u)

Electrical supplies.

(v)

Florist/nursery shops.

(w)

Furniture, including office furniture and home furnishings.

(x)

Hardware and paint stores.

(y)

Heating and plumbing supplies.

(z)

Gift shops.

(aa)

Ice cream shops.

(bb)

Indoor theaters.

(cc)

Jewelry stores.

(dd)

Laundry and dry cleaning establishments.

(ee)

Libraries, museums, community buildings, and similar government and public uses.

(ff)

Motels and hotels.

(gg)

Newspapers, printing, blueprinting, bookbinding, quick copying, lithography and publishing establishments.

(hh)

Night clubs, bars, taverns.

(ii)

Offices.

(jj)

Post offices.

(kk)

Printing, blueprinting, bookbinding, quick copying, lithography and publishing establishments.

(ll)

Private, nonprofits, fraternal lodges.

(mm)

Government office buildings.

(nn)

Public utility structures and buildings, including electric and natural gas substations, telephone exchanges, and excluding towers.

(oo)

Publicly or privately owned utility offices.

(pp)

Radio and television stations, excluding towers.

(qq)

Retail stores.

(rr)

Signs, as permitted in Article IX.

(ss)

Shoe repair shops.

(tt)

Undertaking or mortuary establishments.

(uu)

Grocery stores, supermarkets.

(vv)

Retail liquor stores.

(ww)

Two-family residences.

(xx)

Multi-family residences.

(yy)

Pet grooming shops.

635.3 Conditional uses. The following are Conditional Uses that require approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals pursuant to Article X, Section 1015:

(a)

Hospital, clinics, sanitariums, convalescent/nursing homes.

(b)

Ambulance services.

(c)

Dwellings, including single-family, two-family and multi-family.

(d)

Boarding houses.

(e)

Entertainment arcades, such as skating rinks.

(f)

Automobile service stations.

(g)

Automobile repair garages.

(h)

Retail liquor stores.

(i)

Single-family residences.

(j)

Light industrial uses including the following: warehousing; wholesale distribution; building and/or contractor's material storage; carpentry/woodworking; bottling/packaging; public and private utility substations, yards, and storage; Farmland except livestock; fish; meat curing; storage; frozen foods; florist; greenhouse; forestland; plant nurseries; laboratory research; commercial schools; manufacturing that does not create disturbing or offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, hear, glare, traffic hazards, parking problems, voltage fluctuation, radio or television interference, unhealthy or unsightly conditions.

(k)

Heavy industrial uses as set forth in section 660 below.

635.4 Area regulations. The following area regulations apply within the CBD Central Business District:

(a)	Minimum Lot Area:	None
(b)	Minimum Frontage:	None
(c)	Minimum Lot Width:	None
(d)	Setbacks:
	Front:	0
	Side:	0
	Rear:	0
(e)	Total Building Coverage:	90%
(f)	Maximum height:	45 ft.

 

(Ord. No. 0-04-25, § 5, 9-7-04)