Section 14. Transitional River Business District (B-TR)

A. Purpose

The purpose of the Transitional River Business District is to provide for a compact, pedestrian oriented, year round business center in keeping with the scale and character of downtown Camden, with a focus on small scale specialty and comparison shopping, while also encouraging development and redevelopment of lands and buildings in river-oriented locations that have historically been used for economic activity, or for which there is opportunity for such activity.

B. Permitted Uses

The following uses are permitted in the Transitional River 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 uses shall occur on a floor at street level
(3) Two-family dwellings, except no residential uses shall occur on a floor at street level
(4) Multifamily dwellings, except no residential uses shall occur on a floor at street level
(5) Elderly congregate housing, except no residential uses shall occur on a floor at street level

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 services
(14) Commercial schools
(15) Food service, excluding drive-through windows
(16) Financial services, excluding drive-through windows
(17) Funeral homes
(18) Hair salons
(19) Hotels and motels
(20) Inns
(21) Auction sales
(22) Outdoor boat storage incidental to other uses, or in conjunction with boat maintenance or repair
(23) Personal services
(24) Publishing of newspapers, magazines, and books
(25) Retail sales and rental of goods and equipment, excluding gas stations, or exterior display or storage of motor vehicles
(26) Storage within barns or similar accessory structures existing as of the date of adoption of this Ordinance
(27) Theaters and entertainment, excluding outdoor games and activities common to amusement parks
(28) 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)
(28A) Technical services

The following professional services:

(29) Professional offices
(30) Health service facilities

The following water-dependent uses:

(31) Municipal boat ramps and municipal piers

The following industrial uses:

(32) Manufacturing, excluding fish or animal processing and petroleum processing
(33) Printing plants
(34) Research and development
(35) Interior storage and maintenance of construction equipment
(36) Tradesmen's shops

(37) Warehousing within structures existing as of the date of adoption of this Ordinance, excluding truck terminals
(38) Wholesale trade

The following utility uses:

(39) Commercial parking facilities
(40) Essential services
(41) Public utilities
(42) Road construction
(43) Commercial Parking Garages

The following accessory activities:

(44) Accessory uses
(45) Home occupations
(46) Homestay

C. Uses Permitted as Special Exceptions

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:

(4) 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.

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