27.38.020 PERMITTED USES.

Unless otherwise provided in this title, uses of building or land in this district and buildings hereafter erected, structurally altered or enlarged shall be limited to the following uses:

(a) Any use permitted in the C2 District, except an animal hospital and emergency shelters; provided that the use limitations contained in Section 27.38.110, Required Retail Frontage, shall apply to properties located within the required retail frontage area, as shown in the Downtown Plan.

(b) Multiple-family dwellings, when part of a mixed use development, subject to CBD residential development standards and affordable housing requirements as adopted by City Council resolution; however, secondary units are prohibited.

(c) Name plates and signs, as classified and regulated in Title 25.

(d) Temporary buildings for construction purposes for a period not to exceed the duration of such construction.

(e) Accessory uses which are necessary to the above-mentioned buildings and uses; including a maximum of 15% of floor area for ancillary office uses related to retail establishments located in the ground floor area of the district, and which are not visible from the street nor located within the retail storefront area.

(f) Any other use deemed similar in nature and operation that is determined by the zoning administrator to be compatible with existing and permitted uses allowable under the CBD-Central Business District zoning, and is deemed desirable in serving the downtown core area and the community at large.