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Sec. 5. Riverfront (RF). Statement of purpose. The purpose of the riverfront district is to promote redevelopment of the riverfront area for recreation, employment and mixed-age and mixed-income housing by encouraging the development of new buildings or the reuse or conversion of existing buildings and other areas that will enhance the use of the Androscoggin River as an amenity. Applicability. The standards of the riverfront district shall apply to all land shown on the "Official Zoning Map of the City of Lewiston" as being located within a riverfront district. Permitted uses. In a riverfront 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; Drinking place; Art and craft studios; Business offices; Commercial outdoor recreation; Commercial parking facilities; Day care centers; 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 (excluding drive-in restaurants); (12) Family day care homes; (13) Home occupations; (14) Hotels, motels and inns; (15) Hospitals and medical clinics; (16) Mixed use structures; (17) Movie theaters (with three or fewer screens); (18) Municipal buildings and facilities; (19) Museums, libraries and nonprofit art galleries and theaters; (20) Nursing or convalescent homes; ---PAGE BREAK--- (21) Office buildings; (22) Personal services; (23) Photography studios; (24) Places of indoor assembly, amusement or culture; (25) Private or commercial schools including business colleges; (26) Professional offices; (27) Public community meeting and civic function buildings including auditoriums; (28) Public or private facilities for nonintensive outdoor recreation; (29) Religious facilities including churches, synagogues and other houses of worship, rectories and parsonages and church-affiliated community purpose facilities; (30) Retail stores; (31) Student dormitories; (32) Community gardens; (33) Transit and ground transportation facilities; (34) Retail bakeries; (35) Water dependant uses, e.g. piers, docks and wharfs; (36) Congregate care/assisted living facilities. Conditional uses. In a riverfront 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 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: ---PAGE BREAK--- ! " & ' ' & ) * # * + , - . / Additional standards. Any building, structure or use of land within the riverfront district shall comply with the following standards: The general performance standards of article XII shall apply. Modifications (i.e. 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 XII, section 22. (Ord. No. 00-19, 10-5-00; Ord. No. 05-07, 3-17-05) Editor's note: See editor's note at article XI.