(A) Intent. The O-1 Office Building District is designed to accommodate office uses that provide limited impact on adjacent residential neighborhoods. These districts are intended to be located adjacent to major shopping centers or other large establishments generating greater volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(B) Principal uses permitted. The following regulations shall apply in all O-1 Districts and no building, structure or premises, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be erect altered or used except for one or more of the following uses:
(1) Office buildings for any of the following occupations: executive, administrative and professional, subject to the limitations contained below in division (D) below.
(2) Medical and dental offices, including clinics, but excluding substance abuse treatment centers.
(3) Publicly owned buildings, exchanges and public utility offices, but not including storage yards, transformer stations, substations or gas regulator stations, subject to the limitations contained below in division (D) below.
(4) Other uses similar to the above uses.
(5) Publicly owned libraries, post offices, and similar government offices.
(6) Accessory buildings and structures.
(7) Accessory uses and businesses.
(C) Special land uses. The following uses shall be permitted, subject to the conditions set forth in this subchapter, §§ 155.111 through 155.142, Special Land Use Standards and all applicable codes and ordinances set forth in this chapter and other codes and regulations hereinafter imposed for each use. The following uses are subject further to the review and approval of the Planning Commission per standards set forth in this chapter:
(1) An accessory use customarily related to a principal use authorized by this section, such as a pharmacy or apothecary shop, stores limited to corrective garments or bandages, optical company or restaurant may be permitted, provided it is within the building to which it is accessory and does not have a direct outside entrance for customers.
(2) Nursing and convalescent homes.
(4) Utility and public service buildings without storage yards.
(5) Nursery schools.
(D) Required conditions.
(1) No interior display shall be visible from the exterior of the building, and the total area devoted to display, including both the objects displayed and the floor space set aside for persons observing the displayed objects, shall not exceed 25% of the usable floor area or either the first or second story, or in the basement.
(2) The outdoor storage of goods or materials shall be prohibited.
(3) Warehousing or indoor storage of goods or material, beyond that normally incident to the above permitted uses, shall be prohibited.
(E) Area and bulk requirements. For requirements limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot by permitted land use, and providing minimum yard setback requirements see § 155.061.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17)