(A) Specific purpose. This district is intended to be composed of mostly office buildings which house places of professional services and business operations and services exclusive of the stocking of goods and the handling, selling, or delivery of same. It is intended that the restriction relative to goods will encourage a distinctive and high type of professional office development which will be compatible with residential areas, and will therefore permit the location of these services closer to the people being served.
(B) Use regulations. Land and structures in this zoning district shall be used according to the regulations for this district as listed in § 154.010.
(C) Height regulations. The maximum height of buildings or structures in this district shall be 40 feet.
(D) Area regulations.
(1) There shall be no minimum lot area for permitted uses in this district.
(2) The maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures shall not exceed 60% of the gross area of the lot.
(E) Yard regulations.
(1) The minimum yard abutting a public street shall be 25 feet.
(2) All other yards shall be not less than 10 feet.
(3) On any lot in this district used for commercial purposes which adjoins any residential district, the minimum building line setback adjacent to such residential district shall be 20 feet. Within that 20-foot setback, a 10-foot wide landscaped buffer yard with no paving, dumpsters or other improvements shall be provided and the screening requirement of § 154.046 shall be complied with.
(F) Special conditions.
(1) Buildings may be used for 1 or more of the uses prescribed in § 154.010 only under the following conditions:
(a) The total area of an office building devoted to any single incidental use shall not exceed 15% of the gross floor area of the building.
(b) The total area of an office building devoted to incidental uses in the aggregate shall not exceed 25% of the gross floor area of the building.
(c) Public access to such incidental uses shall be from the interior of the building only.
(2) Sign standards for this district shall apply to both primary and secondary and incidental uses.
(3) No building in this district shall be constructed or altered to produce a storefront, show window or display window, and there shall be no merchandise visible from the exterior of the building.
(4) No outside storage shall be permitted in this district.
(5) No coin-operated amusement machines, devices, or apparatus shall be permitted in this district.
(6) All single-story buildings hereafter constructed or placed in this district shall have both sides and the front of its exterior wall surface constructed of masonry and/or glass pane.
(7) All buildings having more than a single story hereafter constructed placed in this district shall have at least 50% of its exterior wall surface constructed of masonry and/or glass pane.
(8) All additions hereafter constructed to buildings in this district shall have at least 75% of its exterior wall surface constructed of masonry or glass pane.
(9) That portion of the addition that faces onto a dedicated city street shall have its construction conform to that of the existing building.
(G) Off-street parking regulations.
(1) For each permissible use in this district, off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with § 154.070.
(2) A maximum of 40% of the curb line and parkway adjacent to property in this district shall be used for vehicular access to such property.
(Ord. O-12-743, passed 12-3-2012)