1153.01 Purpose.
1153.02 Permitted uses.
1153.03 Conditional uses.
1153.04 Development standards.
CROSS REFERENCES
Site Development Plans - see P.&Z. Ch. 1137
Development Standards - see P.&Z. Ch. 1165
Landscaping and Screening - see P.&Z. Ch. 1167
Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities - see P.&Z. Ch. 1169
Fences - see P.&Z. Ch. 1173
Signs - see P.&Z. Ch. 1175
The Suburban Office and Institution District (SO) is provided in recognition of the need to locate office and institutional land uses where adequate space can be made available in accordance with current development trends and standards. The SO District is intended for offices and institutions that may locate independently or in small clusters and that may desire buildings or groups of buildings surrounded by landscaped open areas away from the concentrations of people and traffic of retail, wholesale and industrial areas in the Municipality.
Land and buildings in the Suburban Office and Institutional District (SO) shall be used only for the following purposes:
(a) Administrative and Business Offices. Administrative offices primarily engaged in general administration, supervision, purchasing, accounting and other management functions and business offices carrying on no retail trade with the general public and having no stock of goods maintained for sale to customers, including financial services, real estate and insurance.
(b) Professional Offices. Professional offices engaged in providing tangible and intangible services to the general public, involving both persons and their possessions, including: offices of physicians and surgeons, dentists and dental surgeons, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractors, medical and dental laboratories, health and allied services, legal services, design services including engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, graphic arts and interior design, accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services, and professional services not elsewhere classified.
(c) Institution. Institutions providing social, cultural, educational and health services to member agencies, organizations and individuals or to the general public, including: hospitals, elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, vocational schools, professional schools, libraries, museums and art galleries, and religious organizations.
(d) Organizations and Associations. Organizations and associations organized on a profit-making or nonprofit-making basis, for the promotion of membership interests, including: business associations, professional membership organizations, labor unions and similar labor organizations, civic, social and fraternal associations, political organizations, charitable organizations, and nonprofit membership organizations not elsewhere classified.
(e) Residential dwelling ancillary and subordinate to a principal permitted use.
The following uses may be allowed in the Suburban Office and Institutional District (SO) subject to approval in accordance with Chapter 1181:
(a) Drive-up window service. Drive-up window service or outdoor service facilities developed in association with a principal permitted use.
(b) Personal Services. Personal services generally involving the care of the person or his/her apparel, including: photographic services and commercial photography, beauty shops, barber shops, and funeral service and crematories.
(c) Educational and Research. Educational and research establishments engaged in providing tangible and intangible services to members or the general public, including: research, development and testing laboratories, school and educational services not elsewhere classified, and nonprofit educational and scientific research agencies.
(d) Food and Lodging. Food and lodging includes commercial establishments and institutions engaged in furnishing lodging and meals on a fee basis, including: eating and drinking places, and organizational hotels and lodging houses on a membership basis.
(e) Offices of Veterinarian and Animal Hospitals.
In addition to the provisions of Chapter 1165, the following standards for the arrangement and development of land and buildings are required in the Suburban Office (SO) District:
(a) Minimum Lot Area. No minimum lot area is required, however, all lots shall abut an improved public right-of-way and lot area shall be adequate to provide the required yard space.
(b) Minimum Lot Width. No minimum lot width is required, however, all lots shall abut an improved public right-of-way and have adequate width to provide the required yard space and meet minimum access requirements.
(c) Minimum Front Yard. The minimum front yard setback shall be no less than fifty (50) feet measured from the street right-of-way.
(d) Minimum Side Yard. For main and accessory structures, including open service and loading areas, the required side yard shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet, unless adjacent to any residential zoning district, Planned Residential District, and Planned Unit District whereby the side yard shall be no less than fifty (50) feet.
(e) Minimum Rear Yard. For main and accessory structures, the required rear yard shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet, unless adjacent to any residential zoning district, Planned Residential District, and Planned Unit District whereby the side yard shall be no less than fifty (50) feet. A use to be serviced from the rear shall have a service court, alleyway or combination thereof not less than forty (40) feet in width.
(f) Maximum Lot Coverage and Intensity of Use. No maximum lot coverage is required, however, the lot coverage shall be adequate to provide the yard space required.
(g) Maximum Height of Structures. No structure shall exceed fifty feet in height.
(h) Supplemental Standards. The following supplemental standards shall apply within the Suburban Office and Institution District (SO):
(1) Outdoor storage is prohibited.