(A) Purpose. The intent of this district is to provide for a limited number of existing or potential low intensity office, business and commercial facilities. The provisions of this district are intended to permit the continuance of existing and compatible business and commercial developments which benefit from being in close proximity to each other; to avoid the development of any large general strip commercial or business developments; to encourage such future low intensity development to occur on vacant land where the natural characteristics of such land are suitable for this type of development; to avoid undue traffic congestion on minor streets by directing such developments to abut upon or have relative; close access to major transportation arteries; and to discourage any encroachment by industrial, residential or other uses considered capable of adversely affecting the localized commercial and business characteristics of the district.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Uses permitted by right.
(a) Retail-commercial sales and service;
1. Food stores;
2. Dry good stores;
3. Household and family service establishments;
4. Recreation and sport stores;
5. Drugstores and pharmacies;
6. Business service establishments.
(b) Professional and personal services:
1. Personal service establishments;
2. Professional services.
(c) Governmental buildings and facilities;
(d) Public and private utilities; excluding sanitary landfills, incinerators, refuse and trash dumps (see § 156.090).
(2) Accessory structures permitted. Garages, storage rooms and other structures which are customarily incidental to the principal structure.
(3) Uses permitted by special permit.
(a) Eating establishments;
(b) Financial institutions;
(c) Gasoline service stations and car washes (see § 156.086);
(d) Child day care centers (see § 156.083).
(f) Tattoo studio;
(g) Animal crematory.
(C) Dimensional requirements. All principal and accessory structures shall be located and constructed in accordance with division (D) of this section where it applies, as well as to the following requirements:
(1) Retail-commercial sales and service; professional and personal services; eating establishments; and financial institutions.
(a) Minimum lot area - no limitations.
(b) Minimum yard setbacks:
1. Front - 40 feet.
2. Side, street - 15 feet.
3. Side interior - zero feet; except where the side yard abuts a residential district, then 25 feet.
4. Rear - zero feet; except where the rear yard abuts a residential district, then 25 feet.
(c) Maximum building height of principal structure - 35 feet.
(d) Maximum lot coverage - no limitations.
(e) Minimum lot coverage - 800 square feet.
(2) Accessory structures. An accessory structure shall not exceed two stories or 25 feet in height.
(3) Additional requirements.
(a) No parking, storage or similar use shall be permitted in the required front yards of this district, except that automobile parking is permitted in such yards if separated by at least 100 feet from any single-family residential district.
(b) No parking, storage or similar use shall be permitted in any required side yard (interior or street) of this district adjoining a single-family residential district.
(4) Construction standards.
(a) All buildings will comply with the most recent building codes adopted by the City Council.
(b) All structures shall be of exterior fire-resistant construction having 60% of the total exterior walls, excluding doors and windows, constructed of brick, stone, fiber reinforced cementitious board, or other masonry or material of equal characteristics in accordance with the city’s Building Code and Fire Prevention Code. Fire resistant construction material is a product that when tested in accordance with ASTM E 84 for a period of 30 minutes shall have a flame spread of not over 25 and show no evidence of progressive combustion.
(c) Flat roof shall be concealed behind a parapet or an extension of the wall plane.
(d) No plumbing stacks, venting stacks or roof mounted attic ventilators (except gable and/or dormer vents) shall penetrate the roof surfaces facing the street. Roof projections must be mounted straight and perpendicular to the ground plane and be painted to blend with the roof color. Roof projections and HVAC equipment mounted on the roof shall be screened from view and shall not be visible from any streets abutting or adjacent to the structure.
(e) The minimum roof pitch, visible from the street, shall be 4:12.
(D) Special regulations. In addition to division (C) of this section, the general district regulations of §§ 156.055 et seq. shall apply.
(Ord. 100, passed 12-12-78; Am. Ord. 01-009, passed 5-22-01; Am. Ord. 01-012, passed 8-28-01; Am. Ord. O-2008-031, passed 12-9-08; Am. Ord. O-2019-004, passed 2-26-19; Am. Ord. O-2019-027, passed 12-17-19) Penalty, see § 156.999