A. Professional Office.
1. Characteristics. A building, or portion of a building, wherein activities are performed involving predominately administrative, record keeping, professional, and/or clerical operations and, where in the case of professions such as dentists, physicians, lawyers or engineers, the facility where such professional services are rendered.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include cafeterias, day care facilities, health facilities, parking, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the firm or building.
3. Examples. Examples include professional services such as lawyers, government offices, social service facilities, accountants, engineers, or architects; real estate agents; travel agencies, employment agencies, data processing; sales offices; and TV and radio studios.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Offices that are part of and are located with a firm in another category are considered accessory to the firm’s primary activity.
b. Contractors and others who perform services off-site are included in the office category if equipment and materials are not stored on the site and fabrication, services, or similar work is not carried on at the site.
B. Financial Services without Drive-Through.
1. Characteristics. Office uses are characterized by activities conducted in an office setting and generally focusing on personal or financial services. No drive-through.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include cafeterias, day care facilities, health facilities, parking, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the firm or building.
3. Examples. Bank, financial institution, credit union.
C. Financial Services with Drive-Through.
1. Characteristics. Office uses are characterized by activities conducted in an office setting and generally focusing on personal or financial services. Drive-throughs are permitted.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include cafeterias, day care facilities, health facilities, parking, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the firm or building.
3. Examples. Bank, financial institution, credit union featuring a drive-through.
4. Use Standards.
a. Drive-through windows, speaker boxes, and ordering stations shall not be adjacent to any residential use or district.
b. Drive-throughs shall be designed to incorporate similar architectural features and building elements as the principal building.
c. A bypass lane is required to ensure free flow of traffic.
d. A minimum two (2) stacking spaces shall be provided for drive through windows.
e. Drive-through shall be designed so as not to obstruct the movement of pedestrians along sidewalks or between the building entrance and customer parking spaces.
D. Hospital.
1. Characteristics. An establishment which primarily engages in providing medical treatment, including (but not limited to) diagnostic services, surgical services, as well as continuous nursing services. The facility may feature emergency room care and ambulatory care.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include cafeterias, day care facilities, health facilities, parking, pharmacy, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees.
3. Examples. Examples may include a hospital, freestanding emergency room with ambulatory care, detoxification centers.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Medical office, private doctor office, dental office, urgent care immediate care) facility without ambulatory care (classified as Medical/Dental Office).
5. Use Standards.
a. Drive up lanes for ambulances shall not be located within one-hundred (100) feet of a residential use.
b. Landscape buffer of buffer intensity 3 must be provided when abutting a residential use.
c. Emergency vehicle entrance shall not be located across the street from a residential use or residential zoning district.
E. Medical/Dental Office.
1. Characteristics. A facility engaged in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of medical chiropractic, ophthalmologic, dental, and pediatric or other health care patients; includes administrative and clerical operations of the practice; does not include overnight facilities for patients.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include cafeterias, day care facilities, health facilities, parking, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the firm or building.
3. Examples. Examples include medical and dental clinics, medical and dental labs, urgent care facilities without ambulatory care, outpatient facilities without ambulatory care; and blood-collection facilities.
F. Rehabilitative Clinic.
1. Characteristics. A facility engaged in the care and treatment for psychiatric, alcohol and/or drug problems where patients are residents and require more than an overnight stay.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include associated office, parking, cafeterias, health facilities, staff residences located on site for continuous care.
3. Uses Not Included.
a. Residential care facilities including assisted living facilities (see residential use).
4. Use Standards.
a. No structure shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any residential district.
G. Animal Hospital/Veterinarian.
1. Characteristics. A facility where animals are provided medical care. Animals may be boarded or stay overnight within a completely enclosed building.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include parking, limited retail sales of animal goods, limited sale of medicine and prescriptions for animal use, associated office, ancillary indoor storage.
3. Examples. Vet clinic, private veterinarian practice, animal hospital.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Animal boarding is classified as Animal Shelter/Kennel.
5. Use Standards.
a. All outdoor areas for animals must be fenced.
b. Outdoor activity is permitted only during the day.