The regulations set forth in this section or elsewhere in this ordinance which are applicable, shall apply in the PC Professional Commerce Park District.
1. Statement of Intent. The PC District is intended to be an area for accommodating the management, research, design, marketing and production needs of those professional-commerce enterprises which comply with the performance standards of this section, and are in the interest of general community welfare, which recognizes that the Community should be beautiful, as well as financially prosperous, spacious, and efficient. Within the PC District it shall be emphasized that the manner in which a use is accomplished is as important as the use; detracting, detrimental, or other generally unacceptable characteristics, including ugliness of physical properties, shall be discouraged, and contemporary, modern and futuristic design techniques which yield visual attractiveness encouraged.
2. Principal Permitted Uses. Only the use of structures or land listed in this section shall be permitted in the PC District. Any enterprise, regardless of professional - commerce category which cannot wholly enclose its functions within the principal structures or otherwise effectively conceal its functions from public observation shall be prohibited.
A. Professional and semi-professional office buildings and associated uses as listed in the CO Zoning District, Subsection 175B.09(2).
B. Day care center, day nursery or nursery school, licensed by the State of Iowa, and subject to standards for the same use permitted in the C-O District.
C. Health, athletic or fitness centers or clubs, with all indoor facilities, or outdoor facilities concealed from general public view.
3. Permitted Accessory Uses. The following uses may exist as part of, or in accessory to the principal permitted or special uses. Any accessory facility or use shall be physically accomplished in an aesthetically compatible manner and shall comply with all restrictions or performance standards applicable to the principal use.
A. Retail establishments, refreshment stands and employee cafeterias accessory to principal buildings; provided, however, there shall be no access to such place of retail use except from the inside of the principal building, complex, or internal courtyard, nor shall any display of stock, goods or advertising for such be so arranged that it can be viewed from outside the principal building.
B. Storage or warehousing area incidental to the principal use, but not to exceed a floor area which is equal to fifty (50) percent of the floor area used by the principal use, and such storage shall be wholly contained within the principal building, and loading areas are screened or concealed from general public view.
C. Temporary use of buildings or trailers for use incidental to construction work, which buildings or trailers shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction work.
D. Temporary Sales in conformance with Section 175A.41
(Ord. 21-03 - Dec. 21 Supp.)
E. Building Mounted Solar Energy Systems
(Ord. 21-07 - Dec. 21 Supp.)
4. Special Uses. The following uses may be permitted in the PC District subject to approval of a special use permit by the Board of Adjustment in accordance with Chapter 175J, after notice and public hearing. All special uses shall be accomplished in a manner compatible with performance standards required of principal permitted uses.
A. Hospitals.
B. Private dining clubs, which are operated for the use and benefit of its members.
C. Branch facilities of colleges, and schools which specialize in business, commercial and technical training courses.
5. Maximum Height Regulations. There shall be no height regulations in the PC Zoning District, except that no building or structure shall be constructed to a height which may create an air traffic hazard to the approach or departure of an existing airport.
6. Bulk Regulations. The following minimum bulk requirements shall be observed in the PC District:
Use | Lot Area | Lot Width | Front Yard Setback | Side Yard Setback, Least Width on Any One Side | Sum of Both Side Yard Setbacks | Rear Yard Setback |
All Uses | 100,000 sq. ft. | 300 feet | 50 feet | 50 feet | 100 feet
| 50 feet
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A Multiple occupancy of a lot by more than one (1) principal building shall be permitted, only if the site is developed as a complex with a master plan for the building site submitted for approval by the City with restrictions placed upon the property requiring that buildings are compatible in architectural design and use of exterior materials; organized in close physical proximity, utilizing a centrally planned open space, landscape plan and parking plan to serve and maintain a unified master plan concept, and provided parking areas are not located between buildings within the complex. | ||||||
7. Open Space and Landscaping Requirements. See Chapter 175D.
8. Off-Street Parking and Loading. See Chapter 175E.
9. Buffer Requirements. See Chapter 175F.
10. Architectural Standards. See Chapter 175G.
11. Sign Regulations. See Chapter 175H.
12. Site Plan Requirements. See Chapter 175I.