(A) Intent and purpose. The intent of the ORI District is to provide areas in the community within which office, research, and light industrial enterprises can locate with an assurance of a high and permanent level of design quality, extensive site amenities, open space, and environmental protection. The restrictions and conditions applied to this district are intended to promote the development of a corporate-like business park atmosphere.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the ORI District. In addition to the land uses permitted in this district, certain other uses may be conditionally allowed per division (C) below. Other uses not listed, which are determined by the Enforcement Officer to be identical or similar to one or more of the following uses, may be permitted as well. When an unlisted use is proposed, which appears to meet the intent of this district but its potential impact is uncertain, then such use shall be considered a special use:
(1) Accessory uses (see § 154.056);
(2) Advertising agencies;
(3) Hotels, including conference centers, meeting, and dining facilities;
(4) Laboratories and ancillary uses (in enclosed structures) for research and development including, but not limited to:
(a) Engineering and testing laboratories;
(b) Medical and dental research laboratories; and
(c) Agricultural research laboratories, provided that the conduct of animal, plant, or other biological and genetic research activities outdoors is prohibited.
(5) Manufacturing uses including, but not limited to, electronic, scientific, and precision instruments manufacture and repair, experimental product development and plastic products design and assembly, cloth products manufacture, light machinery production and assembly, printing, and publishing;
(6) Offices;
(7) Offices, medical and dental;
(8) Pilot plants in which processes planned for use in production elsewhere can be treated to the extent reasonably necessary for full investigation of the merits of a product or process including commercial viability;
(9) (a) Convenience, service, and retail uses, as herein enumerated, within a building, or group of buildings within a unified development, having 40,000 or more square feet of gross floor area, and meeting the following conditions:
1. Is provided principally for the convenience of the owner and/or tenants of a particular building or buildings within a unified development;
2. Does not have exterior signs of any type;
3. Does not have separate outside entrance facing any street; and
4. The combined square feet of the gross floor area dedicated to these uses shall not exceed 10% of the gross floor area of the principal building or group of buildings within a unified development.
(b) Convenience, service, and retail activities shall be limited to the following or similar uses:
1. Blueprinting and reprographics establishments;
2. Barbershop or beauty parlor;
3. Camera and photographic supply shops;
4. Candy, ice cream, deli, and sandwich shops;
5. Gift shops, tobacco stores, and newsstands;
6. Office machine sales and drop-off repair service;
7. Office supply store;
8. Parcel delivery station of not more than 500 gross square feet of floor area;
9. Photographic development and processing;
10. Postal substations and telegraph office;
11. Shoe repair shop;
12. Tailor and seamstress shop;
13. Travel agency; and
14. Valet shop, cleaning pick-up and drop-off only (no plant on premises).
(10) Training and educational facilities;
(11) Warehousing and distribution facilities, but excluding motor freight terminals; and
(12) Union halls and trade association offices/meeting rooms.
(1) Any land use and developments which include drive-through facilities in excess of two lanes;
(2) Banks and financial institutions;
(3) Clubs, lodges, and fraternal organizations;
(4) Day care centers;
(5) Heliports;
(6) Parking areas, including parking structures, as a principal use of a property;
(7) Public utility facilities, provided that any installation, other than poles and equipment attached to the poles, shall be:
(a) Adequately screened with landscaping, fencing, or walls, or any combination thereof;
(b) Placed underground;
(c) Enclosed in a structure in such a manner so as to blend with and complement the character of the surrounding area; and
(d) All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted as part of the special use permit application.
(8) Police and fire stations;
(9) Recreation facilities, commercial or health club;
(10) Restaurants; and
(11) Showrooms and retail outlets associated with warehouse or manufacturing facilities where the showroom or retail portion does not exceed 50% of the total floor area.
(D) Density and dimensional regulations.
(1) Minimum lot size.
(a) Lot area: 40,000 square feet; and
(b) Lot width: 150 feet.
(2) Minimum building setbacks.
(a) Front yard setback: 50 feet;
(b) Side yard setback: 20 feet;
(c) Rear yard setback: 20 feet; and
(d) Exception: building setback requirements described above for side or rear yards adjacent to a railroad service spur shall not be applicable.
(3) Parking area setback requirements.
(a) Front yard: 30 feet;
(b) Side yard: 20 feet; and
(c) Rear yard: 20 feet.
(4) Building height limitations.
(a) Height limit: 35 feet or three stories; and
1. Right-of-way setback. The minimum building setback shall be increased by one foot for each two feet, or portion thereof, of increased building height, provided; however, that the setback from the right-of-way does not have to exceed 100 feet.
2. Property line setback. When adjacent to a dwelling district, the minimum building setback shall be increased by one foot for each two feet, or portion thereof, of increased building height, provided; however, that the setback from the property line does not have to exceed 100 feet.
(5) Maximum site coverage. Maximum site coverage: 70%.
(E) Other development standards.
(1) Every use, unless expressly exempted by this chapter shall be operated in its entirety within a completely enclosed structure.
(2) All outdoor storage areas of goods, products, materials, supplies, machinery equipment, or commercial vehicles shall not be allowed in the front yard. In the case of through lots, outdoor storage areas are permitted in those front yards that do not serve as the access to the lot. Where permitted, these outdoor storage areas shall be enclosed to a height of eight feet above grade and screened to an opacity of not less than 75% as follows:
(a) A fence eight feet above grade;
(b) Berming and/or landscaping screen; or
(c) A combination of fencing, berming, and/or landscaping.
(3) All rooftop building service equipment must be screened from view from any street, parking lot, or from grade level of other properties within the district. All mechanical equipment shall be screened or colored to blend in with the field color of the building. Rooftop equipment may be permitted without screening if it is in a location on the roof which is not visible from adjoining properties.
(4) Fencing shall be permitted as follows:
(a) Unless otherwise approved via special use permit or under the planned development district regulations, fences shall not exceed eight feet in height;
(b) Fences shall be designed to be consistent in style and color with the principal structure. Corrugated fencing material is prohibited. Chain-link type fencing is permitted if it has been pre-finished in an appropriate color. Black, brown, or green are recommended for this type of fencing; and
(c) However, chain-link fences having an alternative color may be approved if they are found to be compatible with adjoining structures and if they are erected along with a mix of trees, shrubs, and other landscaping features placed along their perimeter.
(5) Whenever possible, antennas, satellite dishes, and other communication transmitting and receiving equipment shall be located to the rear or hidden side of the building. In the case of through lots, these facilities are permitted in those front yards that do not serve as the access to the lot if said facilities are screened between the ground level and eight feet above the ground with a sight-obscuring fence, wall, or landscaped area placed around its perimeter.
(6) All refuse collection areas and containers shall be fully screened from streets and adjacent properties with a six foot high sight-obscuring fence, wall, or landscaped area placed around said facility.
(7) Processes and equipment employed and goods processed or sold shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, refuse, water-carried waste, pollutants, or other matter which in any manner creates a nuisance beyond the property line of a particular use (also see § 154.062 for performance standards).
(Ord. 834, passed 2-1-2001)