§ 156.071 OR — OFFICE AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
   (A)   Purposes. In addition to the objectives set forth in § 155.002 of this title, the OR Office and Multi-Family Residential District is included in the zoning regulations to achieve the following purposes:
      (1)   To provide opportunities for offices of a semi-commercial character to locate outside commercial districts;
      (2)   To provide space for semi-public facilities and institutions which appropriately may be located in office and multi-family dwelling districts;
      (3)   To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern offices, including the off-street parking of automobiles and, where appropriate, the off-street loading of trucks;
      (4)   To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them;
      (5)   To protect offices and multi-family dwellings from noise, disturbance, traffic hazards, safety hazards, and other objectionable influences incidental to certain commercial uses; and
      (6)   To protect offices and multi-family dwellings from fire, explosion, noxious fumes, and other hazards.
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   (B)   Required conditions.
      (1)   All uses shall comply with the regulations prescribed in §§ 155.025 through 155.036 of this title.
      (2)   All professional pursuits and businesses shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure except for off-street parking and loading areas.
      (3)   No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment, or material shall be employed which is found by the Planning Commission to be objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property located in the vicinity by reason of odor, insect nuisance, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness, or truck traffic or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.
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   (C)   Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
      (1)   Any use permitted under § 155.053(C) of this title in RM Districts, provided that there shall be not less than 1,000 square feet of site area per dwelling unit, and provided that units not located above a permitted nonresidential use shall be subject to the requirements of usable open space per dwelling unit of the RM-1,000 District. Yards at and above the first level occupied by dwelling units shall be as required in the RM District;
      (2)   Administrative, business, and professional offices;
      (3)   Any other use which is determined by the Planning Commission, as provided in §§ 155.265 through 155.270 of this title, to be similar to be used listed in subsection (2) of this division;
      (4)   Mobile vendors as prescribed in §§ 155.220 through 155.221;
      (5)   Parking facilities, including fee parking facilities improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-street parking facilities in § 155.118 of this title;
      (6)   Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use; and
      (7)   Medical cannabis transportation facilities, located separate from a distribution facility, subject to the provisions of Chapter 158.
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   (D)   Conditional uses. The following conditional uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a use permit in accord with the provisions of §§ 155.280 through 155.299 of this title:
      (1)   Nursing homes, not including nursing homes for mental, drug addict, or liquor addict cases;
      (2)   Private schools and colleges, including music and dance studios not less than 150 feet from an R District;
      (3)   Public utility and public service pumping stations, power stations, equipment buildings and installations, drainageways and structures, storage tanks, and transmission lines found by the Planning Commission and to be necessary for the public health, safety, or welfare;
      (4)   Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditional use;
      (5)   Family care homes and halfway houses;
      (6)   Charitable institutions;
      (7)   Churches and other religious institutions;
      (8)   Nursery schools;
      (9)   Private noncommercial clubs and lodges;
      (9.1)   Medical cannabis testing facilities, where no cultivation, processing, or distribution of medical cannabis occurs, subject to the provisions of Chapter 158;
      (10)    Mortuaries;
      (11)    Motels and hotels; and,
      (12)    Retail and service establishments that are compatible with and complementary to other permitted uses, including only:
         (a)   Art and artists' supply stores;
         (b)   Art galleries and stores selling objects of art;
         (c)   Banks and savings and loan offices;
         (d)   Bail bonding establishments;
         (e)   Bars not less than 150 feet from an R District;
         (f)   Barber shops and beauty shops;
         (g)   Book stores and rental shops;
         (h)   Candy stores;
         (i)   Finance companies;
         (j)   Florists;
         (k)   Gift shops;
         (l)   Interior decorating shops;
         (m)   Prescription pharmacies provided at least 80% of the interior display area of a pharmacy shall be used for the sale of prescription or trade drugs and provided liquor shall not be sold;
         (n)   Restaurants and soda fountains, not including drive-in establishments, not less than 150 feet from an R District;
         (o)   Telegraph offices; and,
         (p)   Travel agencies.
      (13)   Timber harvest of less than three acres;
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      (14)   Wireless telecommunication facilities subject to the provisions of Chapter 159 .
   (E)   Off-street parking. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for each use as prescribed in §§ 155.115 through 155.124 of this title.
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   (F)   Off-street loading. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided for each use as prescribed in §§ 155.135 through 155.141 of this title.
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   (G)   Signs. No sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any character shall be permitted except as prescribed in §§ 155.155 through 155.169 of this title.
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   (H)   Site plan review and architectural review. All permitted uses, except one-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings containing not more than six units, and dwelling groups containing not more than six units, shall be subject to site plan review as prescribed in §§ 155.180 through 155.188 of this title. All conditional uses shall be subject to architectural review.
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(Ord. 417-C.S., passed 12-6-84; Am. Ord. 512-C.S., passed 3-8-90; Am. Ord. 518-C.S., passed 8-26-90; Am. Ord. 757-C.S., passed 10-19-10; Am. Ord. 786-C.S., passed 8-21-12; Am. Ord. 842-C.S., passed 7-19-16; Am. Ord. 847-C.S., passed 9-20-16) Penalty, see § 150.999