(A) Intent. The purpose of the Medical Overlay is to allow for hospitals and areas around them to be developed with a concentration of medical facilities and related uses. The overlay will consider the character of the surrounding neighborhoods and business districts. The Medical Overlay District should have a campus-like atmosphere with pedestrian connections, landscaping, and compatible architecture. The Medical Overlay District is designated in conjunction with the underlying zoning classification. The medical overlay adds permitted and conditional uses to the underlying district. The conversion of existing homes to medical facilities is highly discouraged; rather the construction of new facilities is encouraged.
(B) Permitted use - certificate required. The following uses are permitted in the Medical Overlay District in addition to those allowed per the underlying base zoning district:
(1) Health care clinics;
(2) Health care offices;
(3) Hospitals;
(4) Urgent care or emergency care facilities;
(5) Surgery centers;
(6) Community health centers;
(7) Assisted living facilities;
(8) Nursing home and/or convalescent homes;
(9) Hospice facilities;
(10) Medical-related education and research facilities;
(11) Medical administration offices;
(12) Medical laboratories;
(13) Parking facilities.
(C) Conditional use requiring Planning Commission approval. The following uses are permitted in the Medical Overlay District in addition to those allowed per the base zoning district subject to the following conditions:
(1) Small retail trade.
(a) Must be ancillary or common to areas around medical facilities. Examples include but are not limited to: coffee shops, pharmacies, book stores, florists, medical supply stores, and retail banking.
(b) All retail facilities shall have a maximum square footage of 4,000 square feet.
(c) Buildings along Main Street must be designed to face South Main Street and circulation must be located behind the building.
(d) Drive-thru operations are not permitted, with the exception of retail banking. See division (C)(1)(e) below.
(e) Drive-thru operations for retail banking shall not have more than two drive thru lanes. Automated teller machines (ATM) may not add a third lane or drive, but are permitted in one of the other two lanes. It is encouraged that ATMs be located along a sidewalk to enhance the walkable character of the hospital overlay district.
(f) Signage shall be limited to ground and wall signs only. Low-profile signs shall not exceed six feet in height and 36 square feet per side with a maximum of two sides. Any boundary with a residential use shall have the appropriate landscape buffer per the landscaping ordinance. Due to the campus atmosphere, wayfinding sign permitting per approval of Village Administrator.
(2) Family medical hospitality centers.
(a) Limit of six hospitality centers within the district.
(b) The hospitality centers may be single-family, duplex, or multi-family.
(c) The duplex and multi-family units shall meet the standards for a multi-family living unit.
(3) Borrow pits.
(D) Required building setbacks.
(1) Front yard setback. The front yard setback shall be 30 feet, or the average depth of the front yard setback of the lots on either side; the lesser measurement shall be used. In no case shall the setback be less than 20 feet.
(2) Side yard setback. The side yard setback requirement is ten feet.
(3) Rear yard setback.
(a) Ten feet;
(b) Twenty feet if abutting a residentially zoned district.
(E) Designation and/or expansion of overlay district minimum request.
(1) A minimum of five acres is required to establish or to expand a new or an existing overlay district.
(2) Land use plan. Expansions shall occur in conformance with the village land use plan.
(F) Minimum building separation.
(1) One- and two-story buildings - ten feet.
(2) Buildings over two stories - 25 feet.
(Ord. O-2019-24, passed 9-9-2019)