855 Webster St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Downtown Core District

The Downtown Core district is intended to recognize downtown Fort Wayne as the heart of the City and the regional economic and cultural hub for Northeast Indiana. This area should also serve as a hub for different forms of mass transit. This district is intended to be the City’s highest density district consisting of multiple story buildings with mid- to high-rise buildings being common. The district is intended to provide for a pedestrian oriented mixture of cultural, entertainment, governmental, institutional, office, personal service, recreational, residential, retail, restaurant, and similar uses along with the provision of public parks and other gathering spaces. Development following the recommendations of the Fort Wayne Downtown Design Standards and other adopted plans for the downtown area should be encouraged. The development pattern in the district should serve to promote an active, attractive and pedestrian friendly environment while maintaining the unique and historic character of the downtown. In order to promote and maintain a dense urban development pattern, certain characteristics typically associated with less dense development such as minimum building setbacks and single story buildings should be discouraged. Parking is not intended to be provided for each use on-site, but rather is to be provided through on-street parking and parking garages that serve multiple buildings.