Sec. 59-G-2.38. Offices, professional, nonresidential.

   (a)   An existing single-family structure may be used for professional office purposes by any member or members of a recognized profession, such as a doctor, lawyer, architect, accountant, engineer, or veterinarian, but not including the following:

      (1)   a medical, dental, or veterinarian clinic;

      (2)   an in-patient treatment facility; or

      (3)   a general business office, such as an insurance company office, a trade association, a manufacturing company, an investment company, a bank, or a real estate company.

   (b)   The property must satisfy one of the following criteria:

      (1)   be located in a central business district that is designated as being suitable for the transit station-residential (TS-R) zone on an approved and adopted sector plan;

      (2)   be designated as suitable for a nonresidential professional office in the R-60 zone on an approved and adopted master or sector plan and located along a highway with an existing right-of-way width of at least 90 feet or along a portion of an arterial road designated as a boundary of a Central Business District;

      (3)   be located in the R-90 zone and:

         (A)   designated as historic in the Master Plan for Historic Preservation;

         (B)   located along a highway with an existing right-of-way of at least 120 feet; and

         (C)   contain a structure formerly used for nonresidential purposes; or

      (4)   be located in the R-200 zone and abut a fire station, police station, ambulance squad, or rescue squad on more than 1 lot line.

   (c)   The Board must find that the property:

      (1)   will not constitute a nuisance because of traffic or physical activity;

      (2)   will not affect adversely the use and development of adjacent property;

      (3)   will have at least 25 percent of the lot area devoted to green area.

   (d)   The Board may allow for other than a building designated as historic in the Master Plan of Historic Preservation, the exterior of the premises to be changed, altered, or modified, provided the single-family character and the basic residential appearance of the building are retained.  A historic area work permit must be obtained before any work may be done to alter the exterior features of a historic structure.

(Legislative History: Ord. No. 8-83, § 2; Ord. No. 9-37, § 1; Ord. No. 10-32, § 18; Ord. No. 13-76, §1; Ord. No. 14-47, § 1; Ord. No. 15-48, § 2; Ord. No. 17-07, § 2.)