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Sec. 13. Centreville district (CV). Statement of purpose. The purpose of the Centreville district is to encourage a concentration of economic enterprises in the central business district that is convenient and attractive for a wide range of retail, service, financial, government, professional, entertainment and appropriate residential uses in a setting conducive to a high volume of pedestrian traffic. The standards of the district will initiate economic revitalization through increased occupancy of downtown properties, improved real estate values, increased consumer activity, and encourage the restoration and preservation of historic buildings and honor the rich Franco-American cultural heritage of the community. Applicability. The standards of the centreville district shall apply to all land shown on the "Official Zoning Map of the City of Lewiston" as being located within a Centreville district. Permitted uses. In a Centreville district, any new building or structure which is constructed, any existing building or structure or part thereof which is used, altered or enlarged and any parcel of land, whether in whole or in part, may be used for one or more of the following: Academic institutions, including buildings or structures for classroom, administrative laboratory, art, theater, dining services, library, bookstores and student recreational uses, together with buildings accessory to the foregoing permitted principal buildings or structures; Reserved; Drinking place; Accessory buildings and uses; Art and craft studios; Boarding houses; Business offices; Clubhouses for qualified charitable corporations (but notmerely nonprofit), provided that the primary use of the premises is not for the conduct of profit making ventures; Commercial parking facilities; (10) Day care centers; (11) Multifamily dwellings in accordance with the standards of article XIII; (12) Restaurants (except drive-in restaurants); (13) Family day care homes; (14) Gasoline service stations which are part of and subordinate to a retail use; (15) Group care facilities; (16) Home occupations; (17) Hospitals, including institutions for the handicapped; ---PAGE BREAK--- (18) Hotels, motels and inns; (19) In-law apartments in single-family detached dwellings in accordance with the standards of article XIII; (20) Medical clinics; (21) Mixed use structures; (22) Mortuary or funeral parlors; (23) Movie theaters (with fewer than three screens); (24) Municipal buildings and facilities; (25) Museums, libraries and nonprofit art galleries and theaters; (26) Nursing or convalescent homes; (27) Office buildings; (28) Personal services; (29) Photography studios; (30) Places of indoor assembly, amusement or culture; (31) Private or commercial schools including business colleges; (32) Professional offices; (33) Public community meeting and civic function buildings including auditoriums; (34) Religious facilities including churches, synagogues and other houses of worship, rectories and parsonages and church-affiliated community purpose facilities; (35) Research, experimental or testing laboratories related to a permitted use; (36) Retail stores; (37) Student dormitories; (38) Community gardens; (39) Transit and ground transportation facilities; (40) Commercial bakeries; (41) Retail bakeries; (42) Printing facilities including newspaper publishers and information services; (43) Congregate care/assisted living facilities. Conditional uses. In a Centreville district, any new building or structure which is constructed, any existing building or structure or part thereof which is used, altered or enlarged and any parcel of land, whether in whole or in part, may be used for one or more of the following uses only after the issuance of a conditional use permit in accordance with article X of this Code: Reservoirs, pumping stations, standpipes or other water supply uses involving ---PAGE BREAK--- facilities located on or above the ground surface; Utility structures--Transformer stations, high voltage power transmission lines, substations, telephone exchanges, microwave towers or other public utility or communications use. Spaces and bulk standards. TABLE INSET: " # # % " # & ' ( % Additional standards. Any building, structure or use of land within the Centreville district shall comply with the following standards: The general performance standards of article XII shall apply. Modifications (ie. relaxation of standards) of setbacks, yards, maximum lot coverage ratios, maximum impervious surface ratios, minimum open space ratios, and maximum building height as contained in subsection may be granted by the board of appeals, planning board, staff review committee and the code enforcement official pursuant to articles V, VII, VIII, IX, and XIII of this Code. ---PAGE BREAK--- (Ord. No. 00-19, 10-5-00; Ord. No. 00-27, 1-11-01; Ord. No. 04-07, 4-15-04; Ord. No. 05-07, 3-17-05)