§ 156.032 OFFICE PROFESSIONAL.

   (A)   The Office Professional (OP) District is designed to provide a district for low-profile professional uses suitable for location abutting residential uses. The Office Professional District shall be for professional and limited commercial office development which will be compatible and harmonious with the existing or potential development of adjacent residential or other areas and to foster professional and limited commercial office developments. The OP Districts are established to provide suitable alternative locations for offices and services of a professional, clerical or administrative nature.

   (B)   Uses permitted by right include:

      (1)   Office buildings not exceeding seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet for professional and business uses;

      (2)   Office buildings may provide professional offices, such as offices for doctors, dentists, lawyers and accountants, and general business offices for insurance companies, trade associations, banks and trust companies, real estate companies and other similar concerns;

      (3)   Office buildings within the Office Professional District shall not include veterinary offices;

      (4)   Medical and dental clinic and laboratory; and

      (5)   Drug store/pharmacy when clearly incidental to a permitted use in this district.

   (C)   Uses permitted by condition (conditional use permit required - See §§ 156.050 et seq. for additional information regarding conditional uses) include:

      (1)   Office building exceeding seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet for professional and business uses;

      (2)   Religious institution;

      (3)   Educational facility;

      (4)   Day care;

      (5)   Meeting facility;

      (6)   Indoor recreational facility;

      (7)   Performing arts building;

      (8)   Funeral home;

      (9)   Civic use; and

      (10)   Residential use.

   (D)   Development provisions.

 

Office Professional	All Uses
Minimum lot size	¼ acre
Minimum setbacks	25 feet front. All others 10 feet except where the property adjoins a residential use, then 20 feet*
Maximum height	35 feet

 

      * No lighting shall be permitted which would glare from this zoning district onto any adjacent residential property that would be harmful or disruptive to the residential use.

   (E)   Parking and loading requirements. See §§ 156.160 et seq. for parking and loading regulations.

   (F)   Landscaping. All applicable landscaping provisions shall be observed.

(Ord. 2003-06, passed 3-3-03; Am. Ord. O-2016-7, passed 3-7-16)