The intent of the OSP, off-street parking district is to provide areas to be used solely for off-street parking as an incidental use to an abutting commercial, office or industrial use. More specifically, the OSP district is intended to accommodate the parking needs of businesses which may have developed without adequate parking, or which have the need for additional parking due to business growth, or which have inadequate parking because of shallow lot depth.

The OSP district is intended particularly to alleviate parking need along Ford Road, between Sheldon and Liffey Roads, and along Michigan Avenue. Permitted off-street parking areas shall be carefully designed and amply screened to alleviate the potential impact on adjacent residential uses.

Planned development may be permitted as a means to achieve the basic intent of this district, in accordance with the guidelines in section 27.04.

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Principal uses and structures. In all areas zoned OSP, off-street parking district, no building or part of a building shall be erected, used, or structurally altered, nor shall the land or premises be used in whole or in part, except for one or more of the following principal permitted uses:

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Off-street parking, subject to the following conditions:

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Permitted off-street parking shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the provisions in article 4.00.

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Off-street parking in the OSP district shall be accessory to, and for use in connection with, one or more principal business, office, or industrial uses.

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The off-street parking area shall abut an MR or nonresidential district. There may be a private driveway or public alley between the off-street parking and the abutting MR or nonresidential district.

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Off-street parking areas shall be used solely for parking of passenger vehicles for periods of less than one day.

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The minimum parcel size for off-street parking in the OSP district shall be 2,000 square feet.

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Notwithstanding the landscaping requirements in article 5.00, off-street parking in the OSP district shall not be screened from the business it is intended to serve.

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Required conditions.

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Side and rear yard screening. A six-foot-high masonry wall shall be located along any side or rear yard of an OSP district which abuts a residentially zoned district, in accordance with section 5.08.

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Front yard requirements. Where an OSP district is contiguous to a residentially zoned district which has common frontage on the same road, the minimum front yard setback shall be equal to the required front yard setback for the residential district or 25 feet, whichever is greater. A landscaped berm shall be required to screen the parking from view of the road, in accordance with section 5.03.

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Site plan review. Site plan review and approval is required for all uses in the off-street parking district in accordance with section 27.02.

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Planned development. Planned development may be permitted in the off-street parking district, subject to the standards and approval requirements set forth in section 27.04.

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General development standards. Buildings and uses in the off-street parking district shall be subject to all applicable standards and requirements set forth in this ordinance, as specified below and more generally in section 8.06.