Kenosha State of Downtown Report.indd - The Lakota Group

COMMERCIAL ZONING
There are two parcels zoned B-2 Community Business District
towards the south end of the study area at 60th and Sheridan
Road and at 63rd and Sheridan Road. and one parcel zoned
B-4 Mixed Use towards the north end of the study area at 8th
Avenue and 51st Place. The majority of the commercial property
in the study area is zoned B-3 Central Business District. All of
these business districts allow for multi-family residential above
the first floor with a graduated increase in side yards, as the
height increases.
B-2 Community Business District
The B-2 Community Zoning District is designed to serve a
population that is geared towards both neighborhoods and
community-wide shoppers. Permitted land uses include
standard convenience and retail service but also include
home improvement and gardening supply stores, tool and
equipment stores and medical clinics. Conditional uses include
automobile service related uses, outdoor commercial uses;
brew pubs, recycling centers and self-storage facilities. There
are no minimum lot size requirements, except for residential
uses above the first floor. These minimum lot size/density
requirements are as follows:
■ Multifamily residential use prior to date of code: 500
square feet of lot area per dwelling unit
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Two story building: 2,000 square feet of lot area per
dwelling unit
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Three story building: 1,000 square feet of lot area per
dwelling unit
Four (or more) story building: 500 square feet of lot
area per dwelling unit
There are no front yard requirements, rear yard is 25 feet and
maximum height is 45 feet. Side yard requirements vary based
on circumstances. Parking requirements are 1 space per 250
feet of gross floor area for commercial uses, and a minimum of
two spaces per unit for multifamily residential.
B-3 Central Business District
This zoning district is designed to accommodate the commercial
uses typical of an urban downtown. These uses include many of
the uses which are in the B-2 Community Business District but
include marina use, and cultural institutions such as museums
and libraries. Amusement and recreational uses are limited to an
approximate seven block area of the Downtown core. There are
no minimum lot size requirements or yard requirements unless
they abut a residential district, except for a rear yard requirement
of 9 feet. The maximum height extends to 100 feet. Density
requirements for multi-family above the first floor are the same as
the B-2 Community Business District:
Downtown parking regulations were reduced to 50% of the
standard parking requirements for commercial uses as an incentive
to encourage redevelopment. The Downtown parking regulations
are however limited to the area bound by 54th to 58th Streets /
8th to 5th Avenues, and 58th to 59th Streets / 7th to 5th Avenues.
Generally there is significant unused height potential within the Downtown’s B-3 Zoning District 100 foot envelope.
CITY OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
KENOSHA DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN: STATE OF THE DOWNTOWN
LAND USE AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
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