(A) Purpose. The NO neighborhood office district is intended to provide for low intensity commercial development in established single-family residential neighborhoods. The standards provide for these uses to be compatible with, and similar in character to, the R1-18 low density residential zone. The primary main purposes of the NO zone is to provide for conversion of existing single-family residential structures to more intense use at the time as the conversion becomes appropriate. This is a transitional zone and should be used to separate and protect the R1-18 zone from more intense land uses and zones, and from heavily traveled transportation routes.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the NO zone:
(1) Office, professional, for accountant, architect, chiropodists, chiropractor, dentist, Engineer, lawyer, minister, naturopath, osteopath, physician, surgeon, surveyor, optometrist and the like;
(2) Office, semi-professional, for insurance broker, public stenographer, real estate broker, stock broker and other persons who operate or conduct offices which do not require the stocking of goods for wholesale or retail, but shall not include barber, beauty operator, cosmetologist, embalmer or mortician except as otherwise provided;
(3) Studio for professional work or teaching of any form of commercial or fine arts, photography, music, drama, dance, but not including commercial gymnasium, dance hall or job printing;
(4) Dwelling units made available for rent, lease or sale;
(5) Accessory buildings (see § 150.258 for property development standards) and uses, including recreation building, private swimming pool, home occupation and model home;
(6) Art gallery;
(7) Pharmacy, limited to 10,000 square feet gross floor area;
(8) Banks, finance offices and lending institutions;
(9) Public or institutional buildings, such as hospitals, fire stations and police stations, YMCA and Boys and Girls Club;
(10) Daycare center and/or nursery;
(11) Park, playground and community owned buildings; and
(12) Public utility buildings, structures or appurtenances thereto for public service uses.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses may be permitted subject to a conditional use permit (see § 150.015):
(1) Church;
(2) Community center, public, recreation and park facility and
(3) School, elementary or secondary, meeting all requirements of the compulsory education laws of the state. Because no list of uses can be exhaustive, decisions on unspecified uses shall be rendered by the Planning and Zoning Commission with appeal to the Town Council.
(D) Property development standards. (See elsewhere in this Development Code for additional standards and exceptions.)
(1) Setbacks.
Front | Interior Side | Street Side | Rear |
20 feet from all streets * | 6 feet ** | 10 feet | 20 feet |
* From all streets 20 feet, the front 10 feet of which shall be maintained as open space, except that access drives may penetrate the open space. ** Unless a lesser yard has been legally established on a lot of record, in which case the building may contain any use allowed in this zone. | |||
(2) Area and bulk requirements.
Minimum Site Area | Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Lot Depth | Maximum Height |
N/A | N/A | 50 feet | 50 feet | 30 feet |
(E) Off-street parking. The provisions of § 150.156 shall apply. In addition, parking shall be allowed in the rear ten feet of the front yard only if it is screened from the street by a solid wall, fence or landscape screen a minimum of three feet in height.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. III, § 4-59) (Ord. 432-06, passed 6-19-2006)