§ 21-03.03. O Office District.

Intent - The O - Office District is established to promote the development of: general office uses and complexes; professional health care uses and complexes; limited public and semi-public uses; and, other uses which are generally compatible in physical appearance and service requirements to office uses. The potential for the development of multifamily dwellings is also provided. The O District is intended for areas with easy access and high visibility from primary transportation routes.

(a)

Permitted Uses .

(1)

Primary Uses .

(A)

Educational Uses: Including but not limited to: Child Care Center ; Child Care Ministry ; Pre-School; Public Library; School - Commercial, Trade or Business.

(B)

Governmental Use: Including but not limited to: Governmental Offices; Post Office - without outdoor parking of delivery vehicles.

(C)

Industrial Use: Including but not limited to, Engineering Laboratories; Research Laboratories; Testing Laboratories.

(D)

Miscellaneous: Including but not limited to: Artificial Lake ; Clinic - Medical, Dental or Optometrists; Cemetery - with or without Crematory, Funeral Home, Mausoleum or Mortuary; Conference Center; Crematory; Funeral Home; Hospital; Hotel ; Mortuary; Radio / Television Stations; Rehabilitation Center; Sanitarium; Video Production Studio.

(E)

Office / Professional Services: Including but not limited to, Architect; Artist; Bank Machines - Walk-up; Bank Machines - Drive-Through; Bank Machines - Free-Standing; Construction Companies (office only); Consultant; Contractors (office only); Corporate Headquarters (office only); Dentist; Design Services; Engineer; Financial Institution; Insurance Agent; Lawyer; Manufacturers Representative; Musician; Physician; Pharmacist; Photographic Studio; Professional Offices; Real Estate Office; Service Organization Office; Travel Agency.

(F)

Public Facilities: Including but not limited to: Museum; Neighborhood Recycling Collection Point ; Parking Garage or Parking Lot - when provided for permitted uses located within the same O District ; Religious Use.

(2)

Special Exception Uses .

(A)

Food Sales and Service **: Including but not limited to: Bakery - Retail; Convenience Store; Dairy Bar - Retail; Delicatessen; Ice Cream Store - Retail; Restaurant - Family ; Yogurt Store - Retail.

(B)

Government Use: Including but not limited to: Fire Station; Police Station; Post Office - with outdoor parking of delivery vehicles.

(C)

Public Facilities: Including but not limited to: Heliports - Landing Pads and Stations for Helicopters (Helistop) including facilities for maintenance of helicopters and accessory uses; Public or Private, Park - Active or Passive .

(D)

Recreation: Including but not limited to: Country Club ; Fairgrounds; Golf Course ; Golf Driving Range; Swimming Pool - private or public.

(E)

Residential: Including but not limited to: Dwelling Project , Multifamily (see Section 21-03.03 (b) (14) for applicable development standards ); Dwellings , Multifamily (apartment, townhouse or row house type projects located along a block face - see Section 21-03.03 (b) (15) for applicable development standards ); Dwelling Unit - upper level; Convalescent Home; Family Care Home ; Group Home ; Nursing Home; Rest Home.

(F)

Retail **: Including but not limited to: Apparel Shop; Art Gallery; Arts and Craft Store; Book Store; Camera Store; Card Shop; Computer Store; Flower Shop; Frame Shop; Gift Shop; Jewelry Store; Newsdealer; Shoe Store; Stationery Store.

** - Provided, however, any Food Sales & Service or Retail use authorized by Special Exception shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross floor area of any building in which such uses are located.

(1)

Accessory Uses - See Section 21-03.11 (a) - Accessory Uses, Buildings and Structures.

(2)

Temporary Uses - See Section 21-03.11 (b) - Temporary Uses, Buildings and Structures.

(3)

Home Occupations - See Section 21-03.11 (c) - Home Occupations.

(b)

Development Standards .

(1)

Minimum Lot Width and Frontage - each lot or integrated center shall have a minimum lot width and frontage on a public street of 35 feet.

(2)

Yards and Building Setbacks.

(A)

Front - a front yard and building setback measured from the greater of the proposed right-of-way or existing right-of-way shall be provided as follows:

Limited Access Highway :	50'
All other Streets:	25'

 

(B)

Minimum Side Yard and Setback :

i.

Minimum Side Yard :

a.

Lots less than sixty (60) feet in width - five (5) feet; or,

b.

Lots sixty (60) feet or more in width - eight (8) feet.

ii.

Minimum Side Residential Bufferyard - eight (8) feet

(C)

Minimum Rear Yard and Setback :

i.

Minimum Rear Yard - fifteen (15) feet

ii.

Minimum Rear Residential Bufferyard - fifteen (15) feet

(D)

Minimum Yards for Out Lots :

i.

Out Lots Along A Street - Out lots within an integrated center shall provide a minimum yard of five (5) feet along all lot lines in common with other out lots or ten (10) feet along all lot lines in common with the main portion of the integrated center .

ii.

Perimeter Out Lots - If any portion of an out lot abuts the perimeter of the integrated center , that portion of the out lot shall be required to comply with the applicable minimum front , side or rear yard requirements set forth above.

iii.

Interior Out Lots - Out lots which are located on the interior of an integrated center (i.e., out lots which are not located along, oriented toward or primarily visible from a perimeter street ) shall not be required to provide any minimum yard .

iv.

Integrated Center - The main portion of the integrated center shall not be required to provide a minimum yard along the lot line in common with any out lot .

(3)

Use of Minimum Yards and Residential Bufferyards

All minimum yards and residential bufferyards shall be landscaped in compliance with the requirements for perimeter yard landscaping as set forth in Section 21-07.01 - Landscape Requirements of this Ordinance and shall remain free from structures except where expressly permitted below:

(A)

Minimum front yards:

i.

along limited access highways - may include: parking areas , loading areas , interior access drives , or interior access driveways , provided that no portion of such area may be located closer to the right - of - way than fifteen (15) feet; or, signs as regulated by Section 21-07.03 - Sign Regulations of this Ordinance, and shall be otherwise maintained as open space free from buildings or structures ;

ii.

along all other streets - may include: parking areas , provided that no portion of the parking area may be located closer to the right - of - way than fifteen (15) feet; driveways ; or signs as regulated by Section 21-07.03 - Sign Regulations of this Ordinance, and shall otherwise be maintained as open space free from buildings or structures .

(B)

Minimum Front Residential Bufferyards - may include: driveways ; or, signs as regulated by Section 21-07.03 - Sign Regulations of this Ordinance, and shall otherwise be maintained as open space free from buildings or structures ;

(C)

Minimum Side Yards and Rear Yards - minimum side and rear yards may include: parking areas ; interior access drives; interior access driveways ; walkways ; or, pedestrian ways connecting to adjoining lots or developments, provided that the remainder of said yards shall be maintained as open space free from buildings or structures ;

(D)

Minimum Side Residential Bufferyards and Rear Residential Bufferyards - shall be maintained as open space free from buildings or structures .

(4)

Maximum building height - fifty (50) feet; not to exceed four (4) stories.

(5)

Maximum Gross Floor Area - Unlimited.

(6)

Landscaping - See Section 21-07.01 - Landscape Regulations.

(7)

Lighting - See Section 21-07.02 - Lighting Regulations.

(8)

Signs - See Section 21-07.03 - Sign Regulations.

(9)

Parking - See Section 21-07.04 - Off-Street Parking Regulations.

(10)

Loading - See Section 21-07.05 - Off-Street Loading Regulations.

(11)

Greenway Connection Required - If the lot abuts any portion of a greenway , a direct linkage from the project to such greenway shall be provided.

(12)

Outdoor Operations - All uses and operations (except off-street parking , off-street loading and delivery and walk-up customer service windows) shall be conducted completely within enclosed buildings , except where expressly permitted below:

(A)

Outdoor seating for restaurants:

i.

shall not be located between a building line and a residential bufferyard ;

ii.

shall not be located in any required yard or any street right - of - way ;

iii.

shall be located adjacent to the business' tenant bay or storefront;

iv.

shall be included in the calculation of required foundation landscaping area and any applicable building foundation landscaping area and associated plant unit value shall be extended or relocated around the perimeter of the outdoor seating area; and

v.

shall not block an entrance or exit to or from the business or building .

(B)

Walk-up or drive through customer service windows or Automated Teller Machines (ATM's), provided that such facilities shall:

i.

be set flush with the facade of the building ;

ii.

if free-standing, abut the facade of the building or be located within a service unit island under a drive-through canopy attached to the building ; and,

iii.

be located so as to not interfere or conflict with sidewalks , walkways , pedestrian ways, parking areas , loading areas , driveways , interior access drives , interior access driveways , perimeter landscape yards or foundation landscaping .

(13)

Architecture:

(A)

Additions to Existing Buildings : All additions to existing buildings shall utilize building materials that are compatible and harmonious with the materials used on the existing building.

(B)

Exterior Renovations, Major Additions and Accessory Buildings : Exterior renovations, major additions and accessory buildings to existing buildings or facilities are encouraged to comply with the provisions in Subsection (C), below, for new construction, however, the minimum requirement for exterior renovations, major additions and accessory buildings shall be the same as in Subsection (A), above, for additions to existing buildings .

(C)

New Construction: In order to create variation and interest in the built environment, all new primary buildings shall comply with one (1) of the following two (2) sets of architectural regulations regarding building material and architectural features on each facade visible from a public street :

i.

All brick (excluding window, display window, door, roofing, fascia and soffit materials), provided that the brick used on each applicable facade shall include:

a.

at least two (2) architectural elements (e.g., quoins, pilasters, soldier courses, lintels, friezes, cornices, dentils, architraves, etc.); or,

b.

at least two (2) colors of brick, with the secondary color constituting a minimum of ten (10) percent of the facade (excluding windows, display windows, doors, roofing, fascia or soffit materials); or,

ii.

Two (2) or more building materials (excluding window, display window, door and roofing materials), provided:

a.

Primary Building Material : The primary building material shall be either: brick; stone (limestone, granite, fieldstone, etc.); architectural pre-cast concrete, if the surface looks like brick or stone; or, exterior insulation and finish system (E.I.F.S.) or equivalent, and shall constitute a minimum of fifty (50) percent of each applicable facade.

b.

Secondary Building Material : The secondary building material shall constitute a minimum of ten (10) percent of the facade. Glass curtain wall or a faux window (not intended for use as a window or display window) may qualify as a secondary building material .

c.

Architectural Features: In addition, the exterior building material selection shall be supplemented with the use of multiple colors, textures (e.g., rough, smooth, striated, etc.) or architectural elements (e.g., quoins, pilasters, soldier courses, lintels, friezes, cornices, dentils, architraves, etc.) on each facade visible from a public street .

(14)

Development Standards for Dwellings , Multifamily .

Notwithstanding anything in this O District to the contrary, a multifamily dwelling project shall be subject to the applicable development standards of the MF2 District .

(15)

Development Standards for Dwellings , Multifamily Townhouse .

Notwithstanding anything in this O District to the contrary, a multifamily dwellings (apartment, townhouse or row house type projects) located along a block face shall be subject to the applicable development standards of the MF1 District .

(Ord. No. 9495-04; Ord. No. 9783-07, § I, 9-10-07; Ord. No. 10557-17 , § II, 11-13-17)