925 1st St, Peekskill, NY 10566

Central Commercial District

This district is designed to provide for office buildings and the great variety of large and small retail stores and related activities which occupy the prime retail frontage in the Central Commercial District and which serve the entire area. The district regulations also preserve, protect and enhance the character of the Central Commercial District as a center of retail trade and services for the City and surrounding region and thereby justify and protect the major public investments made and being made toward the revitalization of the retail core. This district should encourage the concentration of retail stores, restaurants and related activities and achieve continuity of frontage devoted to such purposes which strengthen and complement one another and thereby enhance the area's attractiveness to shoppers and business persons and promote the most desirable use of land in the retail core, and thus conserve the value of land and buildings and thereby protect and enhance a vital part of the City's tax base.; The Common Council finds that certain artistic and creative endeavors may be safely and appropriately located in conjunction with other C-2 commercial uses where such artistic endeavors do not create excessive noise or additional safety hazards.; Another goal of the C-2 District is to provide expanded opportunities for such artists and craftspersons and to provide the necessary incentives for such persons. In order to achieve this objective, accessory living space may be permitted on a limited basis to those persons who are certified as artists by a qualified arts organization and upon a finding that the practice of an art form or craft is deemed to be compatible with adjacent uses and further deemed not to be hazardous or obnoxious.