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Sec. 9. Downtown residential district (DR). Statement of purpose. The purpose of the downtown residential district is to promote the improvement of older residential neighborhoods within the downtown by encouraging a transition to more mixed use neighborhoods, including owner-occupied, mixed-age and mixed-income housing with less density where desired and appropriate, low-intensity nonresidential uses, more open space and other neighborhood amenities, creating diverse, mixed-use neighborhoods. The standards of the district will encourage the upgrading of the existing neighborhoods by removing blight and vacancy, providing an opportunity for new residential and commercial development, and fostering a sense of community and place through neighborhood meeting, gathering and cultural places. Applicability. The standards of the downtown residential district shall apply to all land shown on the "Official Zoning Map of the City of Lewiston" as being located within a downtown residential district. Permitted uses. In a downtown residential 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; Accessory buildings and uses; Art and craft studios; Boarding houses; Business offices; Day care centers; Single-family detached dwellings; Two-family dwellings; Multifamily dwellings in accordance with the standards of article XIII; (10) Single-family attached dwellings in accordance with the standards of article XIII; (11) Restaurants (except drive-in restaurants); (12) Family day care homes; (13) Group care facilities; (14) Home occupations; (15) Hotels, motels and inns; (16) In-law apartments in single-family detached dwellings in accordance with the standards of article XIII; ---PAGE BREAK--- (17) Medical clinics; (18) Mixed use structures; (19) Mortuary or funeral parlors; (20) Movie theaters (with fewer than three screens); (21) Municipal buildings and facilities; (22) Museums, libraries and nonprofit art galleries and theaters; (23) Nursing or convalescent homes; (24) Office buildings; (25) Personal services; (26) Photography studios; (27) Private or commercial schools including business colleges; (28) Professional offices; (29) Public community meeting and civic function buildings including auditoriums; (30) Religious facilities including churches, synagogues and other houses of worship, rectories and parsonages and church-affiliated community purpose facilities; (31) Retail stores; (32) Student dormitories; (33) Community gardens; (34) Transit and ground transportation facilities; (35) Retail bakeries; (36) Congregate care/assisted living facilities. Conditional uses. In a downtown residential 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: Commercial parking facilities (no more than two parking levels are permitted in the DR district); Public or private facilities for nonintensive outdoor recreation; Reservoirs, pumping stations, standpipes or other water supply uses involving 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. ---PAGE BREAK--- TABLE INSET: ! % & & % ( ) " ) + , - . / 0 Additional standards. Any building, structure or use of land within the downtown residential 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. All new residential construction shall comply with the design standards in article ---PAGE BREAK--- XII, section 22. (Ord. No. 00-19, 10-5-00; Ord. No. 00-27, 1-11-01; Ord. No. 05-07, 3-17-05)