(a) Permitted Main Uses and Buildings. The following uses are permitted in a U-7 District:
(1) Headquarters or executive offices for businesses or administrative entities, as described in Section 1177.01 and complying with the criteria set forth in this chapter
(2) Medical offices. A medical office is a facility (building or portion thereof) used by physicians, dentists, optometrists, and similar licensed medical personnel for the examination (pre as well as post operation and general examinations) and treatment of patients, solely on an outpatient basis and primarily by appointment. For the purpose of this zoning regulation, drop-in clinics, urgent care and emergency centers/clinics are not considered medical offices;
(3) Offices, classrooms, libraries and laboratories for a college, university, or other accredited educational facility. These uses are restricted, entirely, to the interior of the structure; and shall not include any activities, facilities or equipment that are not typically in an office building or that are incompatible with the U-7 Office environment; and
(4) Any other main use not listed in Section 1177.01 and determined to be similar by the Planning Commission may be permitted, in which event it shall comply with all other applicable sections.
(b) Occupancy. A building located within a Headquarters or Executive Offices Park may be occupied by more than one user, provided that each such user occupies not less than 1,250 usable square feet of space within the building, that each user has separate ingress and egress facilities to a common corridor or the outside and that no user shall sublet or share any required floor space with another user.
(c) Accessory Uses and Buildings.
(1) Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to the principal use, including dining facilities, auditoriums, meeting rooms and physical fitness facilities,
intended for use by the occupants of the buildings within a Park site, are permitted.
(2) Buildings to house maintenance equipment necessary for the operation of the buildings and the site are permitted.
(3) Signs, as regulated by Chapter 1191, are permitted, except that a building wall sign shall be permitted only on the northern wall of a building whose property directly abuts interstate highways bearing an "I" designation. Such signs shall be limited to one sign per building, shall be no larger than twenty square feet in area and shall not be internally illuminated or backlit.
(4) Open space uses such as tennis courts and swimming pools operated for the use of the occupants of the buildings within the Park site are permitted.
(5) Buildings meeting the above requirements shall be permitted to a height of not more than forty feet above grade, but in no case more than three useable stories, and shall maintain a minimum setback of 200 feet from any residential use district.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) hereof, research and development may be permitted within buildings in a U-7 District based upon the following floor areas:
Total Floor Area Maximum Research
In Square Feet & Development Area
150,001 - 300,000 8% of floor area
Over 300,001 6% of floor area
For the purposes of this section, research and development shall mean and be limited to the fabrication, assembly and testing of mechanical, electronic and electrical devices and components. The storage and handling of flammable, toxic or explosive materials shall not be permitted in said District, and the operations shall be of a type that will not disseminate any dust, smoke, fumes, gas, glare or noxious odors or that possess other equally objectionable characteristics.
(d) Prohibited Uses. The following are uses which are prohibited in a U-7 District:
(1) Manufacturing uses;
(2) Warehousing uses;
(3) The uses specified in Chapter 1171 and 1173;
(4) Any other similar commercial activity serving the public;
(5) Medical offices or facilities utilizing a procedure where an overnight stay after the procedure is required;
(7) Any other use not specifically provided for in subsections (a) and (b) hereof.
(Ord. 1996-13. Passed 4-22-96; Ord. 2005-11. Passed 6-27-05; Ord. 2014-2. Passed 3-24-14.)