Section 8. Downtown Business District (B-1)

A. Purpose

The purpose of the Downtown Business District is to provide for a compact, pedestrian oriented, year-round business center with a focus on small scale specialty and comparison shopping and services compatible with the existing scale and character of Downtown Camden.

B. Permitted Uses

The following uses are permitted in the Downtown Business District:

The following resource protection uses:

(1) Uses listed in Section 1 of this Article, Natural Resource Protection District, paragraph B

The following residential uses:

(2) Single family dwellings, except no residential use shall occur on a floor at street level†
(3) Two-family dwellings, except no residential use shall occur on a floor at street level†
(4) Multifamily dwellings, except no residential use shall occur on a floor at street level
(5) Elderly congregate housing, except no residential use shall occur on a floor at street level

†The restriction on residential use on a floor at street level shall not apply to structures in the Chestnut Street Historic District.

The following municipal and institutional uses:

(6) Churches
(7) Community buildings
(8) Municipal uses
(9) Nursery schools and day care centers
(10) Private schools
(11) Public schools
(12) Quasi-public facilities


The following commercial uses:

(13) Boat and marine sales and service, provided there is no exterior storage or display
(14) Commercial schools
(15) Fast food restaurants containing no more than 20 seats, provided there shall be no drive-through windows
(16) Financial services, provided there shall be no drive-through windows
(17) Funeral homes
(18) Hair salons
(19) Hotels and motels
(20) Inns
(21) Personal services
(22) Publishing of newspapers, magazines, and books, excluding printing plants
(23) Retail sales and rental of goods and equipment, excluding gas stations, exterior display and storage of motor vehicles and similar outdoor sales establishments that tend to detract from or interfere with a high intensity of pedestrian activity
(24) Sit-down restaurants
(25) Storage within barns or similar accessory structures existing as of the date of adoption of this Ordinance
(26) Theaters and entertainment, excluding games and activities common to amusement parks
(27) Low impact uses, as defined in this Ordinance and not otherwise allowed in this district and that meet the terms of Article VII, Section 4(9)
(27A) Technical services

The following professional services:

(28) Professional offices
(29) Health service facilities, excluding hospitals and other overnight facilities

The following water-dependent uses:

(30) Municipal boat ramps and municipal piers

The following industrial uses:

(31) Tradesmen's shops that include the retailing of items produced on the premises

The following utility uses:

(32) Commercial parking facilities
(33) Essential services
(34) Public utilities
(35) Road construction

The following accessory activities:

(36) Accessory uses
(37) Home occupations
(38) Homestay

C. Uses Permitted as Special Exceptions

(1) Commercial Parking Garages

The following uses may be permitted only upon approval as special exceptions in accordance with the appropriate provisions of this Ordinance:

None

D. Prohibited Uses

Uses not allowed as permitted uses or special exceptions are prohibited within this district.

E. Standards

(1) The standards of performance of Article X, Parts I and II, shall be observed.
(2) The following space and bulk standards shall apply:

(3) Shoreland Area
Unless otherwise noted, properties within shoreland areas shall comply with the additional standards set forth in Article X, Part I, Section 1, of this Ordinance.

(4) Historic Areas
Properties within historic areas shall comply with the additional standards set forth in Article X, Part I, Section 3 of this Ordinance.