(A) Description of District. The C-7 Day-Care and Professional Office District is intended to provide land and structures used to provide day-care and preschool facilities as well as professional office for service to local residents. The uses permitted are characterized by a low overall volume of traffic and limited outdoor advertising, so as to protect any possible abutting and surrounding districts. This district is normally small in size and located near or adjacent to residential districts.
(B) Uses permitted. No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied or used, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:
(1) Child care nurseries, day-care and preschool facilities which are properly licensed and maintained as provided by the village, the state or any political subdivision thereof.
(2) Professional office establishments, such as but not limited to:
(a) Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping.
(b) Artist and industrial designer.
(c) Attorney and law office.
(d) Chiropodist's office.
(e) Chiropractor's office.
(f) Dentist's office.
(g) Doctor's surgeon's and/or physician's office.
(h) Engineering and architectural services.
(i) Landscape architect.
(j) Land surveyor.
(k) Medical and dental clinics.
(l) Optician's office.
(m) Osteopath's office.
(C) Special uses permitted. No special uses are permitted in the C-7 Day-Care and Professional Office District.
(D) Temporary permit uses permitted. The following uses may be operated as temporary uses, provided compliance with § 156.201:
(1) Temporary building or yard for construction material and/or equipment, both incidental and necessary to construction of a permitted or special use on the property or within the same development project.
(2) Each permit shall specify the location of the building or yard and the area of permitted operation..
(3) Each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than six calendar months and shall not be renewed for more than four successive periods at the same location.
(E) Accessory uses permitted. No accessory uses are permitted.
(F) Prohibited uses. All uses not expressly authorized in divisions (B), (C), (D) and (E) of this section, including but not limited to:
(1) Mobile homes.
(2) Home occupations.
(3) Hotels and motels.
(4) Commercial uses.
(5) Industrial uses.
(6) Signs and billboards.
(7) Roomers and boarders.
(8) Air-inflated and air-supported structures, excluding temporary inflatable playground structures.
(9) Sexually oriented businesses, as defined in Chapter 115.
(G) Site and structure requirements.
(1) Minimum lot area.
(a) Where a private sewerage disposal system with private well water supply is utilized, separate minimum ground area in accordance with the ordinances and regulations of the County Health Department in effect from time to time, but in no event less than 15,000 square feet, shall be designated, provided and continuously maintained for each residential lot used for a permitted or special use.
(b) Where central public water supply together with either private sewerage disposal system or central public disposal system is utilized, a separate minimum ground area in accordance with the ordinances and regulations of the County Health Department in effect from time to time, but in no event less than 12,000 square feet, shall be designated, provided and continuously maintained for each residential lot used for a permitted or special use, provided that in any subdivision there shall not be less than 13,000 square feet.
(2) Minimum lot width. A minimum lot width in accordance with the ordinances and regulations of the County Health Department in effect from time to time but in no event less than 100 feet where private sewerage disposal system with private well water supply are utilized, nor 80 feet where central public water supply together with either private sewerage disposal system or central public sewerage disposal system is utilized, shall be provided for each lot used for a permitted or special use.
(3) Front yard. All structures shall be set back at least 30 feet from the front line.
(4) Side yard. All structures shall be set in from the side lot line a distance of not less than ten feet on each side.
(5) Rear yard. All structures shall be set in a distance of not less than ten feet from the rear lot line.
(6) Maximum height. No principal structure shall exceed 2-1/2 stories or 35 feet in height.
(7) Floor area ratio. Not to exceed 2.0.
(8) Corner lots. On a corner lot the required front yard setback shall apply to each side of a lot fronting on a public street.
(10) Trucks. No truck or other type of vehicular equipment in excess of one ton rating shall be parked or stored on a lot in C-7 district, except when located in a garage or a fully enclosed structure.
(11) Trailers and boats. Travel trailers, camping trailer or boat may be parked or stored on a lot in the C-7 district, when located in a garage or enclosed structure, within the buildable area to the rear of the structure, or in a rear yard.
(12) Tents. Tents shall not be erected, uses, or maintained on any lot, except such small tents that are customarily used for temporary recreational purposes.
(13) Design requirements. All buildings constructed in commercial zoning districts shall have continuous concrete foundations from below the frost line to above grade.
(a) Adjacent to minor streets.
1. All sides of such buildings facing or fronting a minor street shall be completely covered to the top of the eve with one or more of the following materials: brick, masonry, glass, stone, wood, stucco or other siding with similar materials and appearances, as may be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to its site plan review authority.
2. Each sidewall (wall not facing or fronting a street) shall have at least 10% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(b) Adjacent to secondary or collector thoroughfares.
1. All sides of such buildings facing or fronting a secondary or collector thorough-fare shall be completely covered to the top of the eve with one or more of the following materials: masonry, brick, stone, decorative concrete block (excluding plain concrete block), architectural steel and glass, precast panels, EIFS or natural materials.
2. Aluminum or vinyl siding shall not be allowed.
3. Each sidewall visible from a street shall have at least 50% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials.
4. Each sidewall not facing or visible from a street shall have at least 10% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(c) Adjacent to major thoroughfares.
1. All sides of such buildings adjacent to a major thoroughfare shall be constructed of masonry, brick, stone, decorative concrete block (excluding plain concrete block), architectural steel and glass, precast panels, EIFS or natural materials.
a. Building facades, parapet walls and roofs shall not be colored in a manner that attracts attention to the building.
b. Screening of all heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment shall be provided on all sides of the building that are exposed to public view.
c. Roof screens shall be allowed, provided they are designed to blend with the architectural style and color of the building.
d. Flues, goosenecks or other equipment mounted on the roof shall also be screened when heights exceed four feet.
e. All structures and pavement, with the exception of ingress or egress isles, shall be setback at least 20 feet from the front lot line.
f. Landscaping shall be in accordance with Chapter 158: Landscape Ordinance.
2. Aluminum or vinyl siding shall not be allowed.
(Ord. 95, passed 4-5-71; Am. Ord. 584, passed 5-7-90; Am. Ord. 636, passed 3-4-91; Am. Ord. 1238, passed 6-17-02; Am. Ord. 1501, passed 8-20-07; Am. Ord. 1530, passed 4-7-08; Am. Ord. 1570, passed 1-19-09; Am. Ord. 2018, passed 7-6-20)