§ 16-18A.006. Use regulations.

1.

Permitted principal uses and special permits. See SPI-1 Downtown Use Table for permitted principal uses and special permits.

2.

Permitted principal uses:

a.

A building or premises shall be used only for the principal purposes as indicated with a "P" in SPI-1 Downtown Use Table.

b.

For the purposes of this chapter, uses at sidewalk-level in what would otherwise be classified as an independent primary parking structure shall not constitute principal uses.

(3)

Permitted accessory uses and structures: Accessory uses and structures permitted within this district shall include those customarily accessory and clearly incidental to permitted principal uses and structures and specifically includes parking to serve authorized residential and non-residential uses within the district, as well as the electric vehicle charging stations equipped with Level 1 Level 2 and/or DC Fast Charge EVSE associated with such parking, all subject to the restrictions contained in this chapter.

4.

Special permits: The following uses are permissible only by special permits of the type indicated subject to limitations and requirements set herein or elsewhere in this part, and subject to the applicable procedures and requirements set forth in section 16-25.001, et seq.

a.

Special use permits shall be required as indicated with "SUP" in the SPI-1 Downtown Use Table.

b.

Special administrative permits shall be required as indicated with "SAP" in the SPI-1 Downtown Use Table.

c.

Special exceptions: None.

P	= Permitted Principal Use or Structure
SAP	= Special Administrative Permit Required
SUP	= Special Use Permit Required
X	= Not Permitted

 

SPI-1 Downtown: Use Table

	Subareas
	Downtown Core	SoNo Commercial West	SoNo Commercial East	SoNo Residential	Centennial Olympic Park	Terminus	Fairlie-Poplar
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Commercial/Retail
Bakers and catering establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Eating and drinking establishments (Drive-through facilities are not permitted). In Subarea #5, any eating and drinking establishment which is defined as a nightclub under Chapter 10 of the City Code shall not be permitted within 200 feet on Ivan Allen Boulevard.	P	P	P	P	P/X	P	P
Laundry and dry-cleaning collection stations or plants; laundry and dry-cleaning establishments where equipment is operated by customers	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Mercantile uses, to include merchandise marts and exhibit buildings for wholesale trade	P	P	P	P	P	X	X
Printing and blueprinting shops	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Professional or personal service establishments, but not hiring halls	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Retail establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Repair of office equipment or installations; home appliances, clocks and watches, shoes, bicycles and leather goods	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sales and leasing agencies for new and used cars and motorcycles	P	P	P	P	X	X	X
Sales, leasing, and repair for new and used bicycles and mopeds	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Service stations and car washes meeting the requirements of 16-18A.010(5), provided that no service station may be located within 1,500 feet of another service station. In Subarea #2, shall not be permitted east of Spring Street.	P	P/X	X	X	X	X	X
Tailoring, custom dressmaking, millinery and similar establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Education/Child Care
Business or commercial schools	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Child care centers, kindergartens and special schools	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Public and private schools and institutions of higher learning, including colleges and universities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Institutional
Banks, savings and loan associations, and similar financial institutions, subject to Section 16-18A.014(6)	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and other religious worship facilities	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Museums, galleries, auditoriums, libraries and similar cultural facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Manufacturing
Manufacturing, wholesaling, repairing, assembly, processing, preparation, packaging or treatments of articles, foods, components, products, clothing, machines and appliances and the like uses, where heavy drop hammers, punch presses or other machinery are not used, and where character of operations, emissions and byproducts do not create adverse effects beyond the boundaries of the property and limited to 10,000 square feet.	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Medical/Health
Hospitals	P	P	P	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living facilities	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Clinics and laboratories, but not blood donor stations	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Rehabilitation centers	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	X	X
Veterinary clinics, if animals are kept within soundproof buildings	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Office
Offices	P	P	P	P	P	P	P

 

		Subareas
		Downtown Core	SoNo Commercial West	SoNo Commercial East	SoNo Residential	Centennial Olympic Park	Terminus	Fairlie- Poplar
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Recreation/Entertainment
Clubs and lodges. In Subarea # 5, nightclubs shall not be permitted within 200 feet of Ivan Allen Boulevard		P	P	P	P	P/X	P	P
Commercial recreation establishments, including bowling alleys, theatres, convention halls, places of assembly, and similar uses with primary activities conducted within fully enclosed buildings		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Outdoor amusement enterprises, exhibits, entertainments, meetings, displays or sales areas, or outdoor areas for religious ceremonies	less than 90 days duration	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP
	90 days or more duration	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Sports arenas and complexes		SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	X
Residential Dwellings/Lodgings
Dormitories, fraternity houses and sorority houses, officially affiliated with a college, university or private school and only for the time period that such affiliation is in effect, such that loss of affiliation shall result in the loss of permission for the use		P	P	P	P	P	X	P
Hotels and motels		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Single-family, two-family and multi-family dwellings		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Single room occupancy residences		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Shelter		SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Supportive housing		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Transportation/Parking
Bus terminals		SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	X
Helicopter landing facilities or pick-up or delivery stations		SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Independent primary parking decks or structures	Located within the Parking Limitation District and subject to Section 16- 18A.011(3)	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	X
	Not located within the Parking Limitation District and subject to Section 16- 18A.011(3)	P	P	P	P	P	P	X
Independent primary 'park-for-hire' surface parking lots		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Structures required for public transit but not rail yards or maintenance shops		P	P	P	P	P	P	SUP
Utilities
Roof mounted antennas as provided for and described in Section 16-25.002(3)		SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP
Antennas, broadcast towers, line of sight relay devices for telephonic, radio or television communications when located 200 feet or more from any off-site residential district or use not in SPI-1 when such towers or devices are:	Less than two hundred (200) feet in height	SAP	SAP	SAP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
	Greater than two hundred (200) feet in height	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Digital industry switchboards, relay equipment, and associated power generators as principal uses		SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Other
Drive-in and drive-through facilities, subject to Section 16-18A.014(5)		P	P	P	P	P	X	X
Farmers' market		SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP
Market gardens		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Urban gardens		P	P	P	P	P	P	P

 

(Ord. No. 2007-71(07-O-2221), § 1(Att. A), 11-27-07; Ord. No. 2009-24(08-O-1251), § 2J, 6-9-09; Ord. No. 2011-39(10-O-1773), § 3U, 9-15-11; Ord. No. 2014-53(14-O-1278), § 2(Attach. B), 12-10-14 ; Ord. No. 2014-22(14-O-1092), § 2-U, 6-11-14 ; Ord. No. 2019-09(18-O-1581), § 2.A, 1-31-19 ; Ord. No. 2019-20(18-O-1679), § 8, 3-13-19 )