8.1.

Agricultural — (A). This district is intended to preserve the open character of certain land within the county and to promote development of a type which does not require extensive public facilities and services.

1.

Permitted uses. Within any Agricultural (A) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

a.

Single family dwelling or two family dwellings (duplex), both conventional and manufactured.

b.

Commercial forest, agriculture, dairying, poultry and livestock raising provided that buildings used for housing fowls or animals or processing products not be located closer than 200 feet to any property line.

c.

Non-commercial agriculture, poultry, dairying, horse and livestock raising and greenhouses, as an accessory use to a permitted residential dwelling for the principal benefit of the occupants thereof.

d.

Schools, colleges, and publicly owned and operated community structures.

e.

Public utility structures, buildings and land.

f.

Accessory uses and buildings.

g.

Public parks, playgrounds, community buildings, golf courses and similar public service facilities

h.

Privately owned day nurseries, pre-schools, and kindergartens.

i.

Churches, similar places of worship, and one family burial plot satisfying the requirements and specifications of section 5.15.

j.

Clubs, private and public, including golf and country clubs, fishing and hunting clubs and other similar enterprises

k.

Reserved.

l.

Commercial processing of animal products provided that no machinery or housing used for such purposes be located closer than 750 feet to any property line; such processing does not include slaughter houses.

m.

Borrow pit, as the same is defined in O.C.G.A. § 12-4-72, "The Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968," or in any successor statute, provided such use or operation does not disturb more than 1.1 acres of land and is not part of a larger common plan with a planned disturbance greater than 1.1 acres of land.

2.

Conditional Uses. Within any Agricultural (A) District, the following uses may be permitted after application to the governing authority:

a.

Reserved.

b.

Secondary detached residences for rent, hire, let, or lease provided that all applicable health department regulations and building codes are met.

c.

Kennels.

d.

Hospitals, nursing homes, and charitable or philanthropic institutions.

e.

Athletic fields, commercial recreation areas, including golf driving ranges, swimming pools, private airplane landing fields and accessory facilities.

f.

Reserved.

g.

Borrow pit, as the same is defined in O.C.G.A. § 12-4-72, "The Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968," or in any successor statute, provided such use or operation disturbs, or is part of a larger common plan to disturb, greater than 1.1 acres of land.

3.

Lot size — Minimum. Within any Agricultural (A) District, the following minimum lot sizes are required:

a.

Lot width at minimum setback line: 125 feet.

b.

Lot area: Four acres.

c.

Setback requirements — Minimum.

d.

Front. Setback from center line of:

State or Federal Highway — 125 feet;

County Road — 100 feet.

e.

Side — 15 feet.

f.

Rear — 15 feet.

8.2.

Reserved.

8.3.

Residential (R). This district is intended to provide for a higher density use than other areas and is situated in places convenient to streets and commercial areas.

1.

Permitted uses. Within any Residential (R) District the following uses shall be permitted:

a.

One family conventional dwellings;

b.

Schools, colleges, and publicly owned and operated community structures;

c.

Public utility structures, buildings and land;

d.

Accessory uses and buildings;

e.

Churches and similar places of worship;

f.

Public parks, playgrounds, community buildings, golf courses and similar public service facilities serving residential areas; and

g.

Non-commercial agriculture as an accessory use to a one-family dwelling for the principal benefit of occupants thereof.

2.

Conditional uses. Within any Residential (R) District, the following uses may be permitted after application to the governing authority:

a.

Reserved.

b.

Privately operated day nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens;

c.

Reserved;

d.

Commercial horticultural activities;

e.

Reserved;

f.

Reserved;

g.

Reserved.

3.

Prohibited uses.

a.

Secondary detached residential dwellings;

b.

Principal use signs; and

c.

Manufactured homes.

4.

Lot size — Minimum. Within any Residential (R) District, the following minimum lot sizes are required, but shall also be subject to approval by the Georgia Department of Public Health:

a.

Lot width at minimum building setback line: 200 feet.

b.

Lot area: One acre.

5.

Yard requirements — Minimum

a.

Front. Setback from center line of:

State or Federal Highway — 125 feet;

County Road — 100 feet;

Subdivision Street — 75 feet.

b.

Side — 15 feet; 50 feet if corner lot.

c.

Rear — 20 feet.

8.4.

Reserved.

8.5.

Multi-Family Residential (MFR). This District is intended to provide suitable locations for apartments and other multi-family dwelling units such as townhouses, condominiums, and group housing.

1.

Permitted uses. Within any Multi-Family Residential (MFR) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

a.

One family conventional dwellings;

b.

Schools, colleges, and publicly owned and operated community structures;

c.

Public utility structures, buildings and land;

d.

Accessory use and buildings;

e.

Churches, and similar places of worship;

f.

Public parks, playgrounds, community buildings, golf courses and similar public service facilities serving residential areas; and

g.

Non-commercial agriculture, excluding poultry, horse and livestock raising as an accessory use to one-family dwelling for the principal benefit of occupants thereof.

h.

Multi-Family Residential dwelling units such as apartments, row houses, townhouses, patio homes, rooming houses, boarding houses, group homes, and duplexes.

i.

Build-to rent or horizontal apartments, or other similar developments

2.

Conditional uses. Within any Multi-Family Residential (MFR) District, the following uses may be permitted after application to the governing authority:

a.

Non-commercial poultry, horse, an livestock raising and greenhouses as an accessory use to a one-family dwelling for the principal benefit of the occupants thereof, provided that all related accessory buildings are located in the side or rear yards;

b.

Privately operated day nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens;

c.

Reserved;

d.

Commercial horticultural activities;

e.

Secondary detached residential dwellings;

f.

Principal use signs; and

g.

Manufactured homes designed, manufactured, and installed to give the appearance of a one family conventional dwelling. Such appearance would ordinarily include:

1.

Permanent masonry foundation

2.

Pitched, shingled roof

3.

Porches at exterior doors

4.

A floor space commensurate with adjacent dwellings located within the district, and

5.

Exterior appearance of either wood or masonry.

3.

Lot size — Minimum. Within any MultiFamily Residential (MFR) District, the following minimum lot sizes are required:

a.

Lot width at minimum setback line: 150 feet plus an additional five feet for every unit over four.

b.

Lot area: One-half acre per dwelling unit where public water or sewerage is available. One acre per dwelling unit where no public water or sewerage is available. Ten dwelling units per acre where public water and sewerage is available.

4.

Yard Requirements — Minimum.

a.

Front — 50 feet plus five feet for each story over two stories.

b.

Side — 20 feet plus five feet for each story over two stories.

c.

Rear — 40 feet plus five feet for each story over two stories.

8.6.

Manufactured Home Subdivisions (MHS). This district is intended to provide suitable locations for a higher density use than other areas and is situated in places convenient to streets and commercial areas and is intended primarily for the placement of manufactured homes.

1.

Permitted uses. Within any Manufactured Home Subdivision (MHS) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

a.

Manufactured homes designed, manufactured, and installed to give the appearance of a one family conventional dwelling. Such appearance would ordinarily include:

1.

Permanent masonry foundation;

2.

Pitched, shingled roof;

3.

Porches at exterior doors;

4.

A floor space commensurate with adjacent dwellings located within the district; and

5.

Exterior appearance of either wood or masonry.

b.

One family conventional dwellings;

c.

Schools, colleges, and publicly owned and operated community structures;

d.

Public utility structures, buildings and land;

e.

Accessory use and buildings;

f.

Churches, and similar places of worship;

g.

Public parks, playgrounds, community buildings, golf courses and similar public service facilities serving residential areas; and

h.

Non-commercial agriculture as an accessory use to one-family dwelling for the principal benefit of occupants thereof.

2.

Conditional uses. The following uses may be permitted after application to the governing authority:

a.

Reserved;

b.

Privately operated day nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens;

c.

Reserved;

d.

Commercial horticultural activities;

e.

Reserved;

f.

Reserved; and

g.

Reserved;

3.

Prohibited uses. Within any Manufactured Home Subdivision (MHS) District, the following are expressly prohibited:

a.

Secondary detached residential dwellings:

b.

Principal use signs.

4.

Lot size — Minimum. The following minimum lot sizes are required, but shall also be subject to approval by the Georgia Department of Public Health:

a.

Lot width at minimum building setback line: 100 feet.

b.

Lot area: One acre.

5.

Yard requirements — Minimum.

a.

Front — Setback from center line of:

State or Federal Highway — 125 feet;

County Road — 100 feet;

Subdivision Street — 75 feet;

b.

Side — 15 feet;

c.

Rear — 20 feet.

8.7.

Reserved.

8.8.

Commercial (C). This district is intended to provide suitable locations for retail stores and other commercial services.

1.

Permitted uses. Within any Commercial (C) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

a.

Retail business, retail stores, business or personal service establishments, including the making of articles sold at retail on the premises, provided such manufacturing is incidental to the retail business.

b.

Indoor amusement enterprises, including theater, bowling alleys and skating rinks.

c.

Offices and clinics.

d.

Principal use signs.

e.

Motels and hotels.

f.

Automobile, truck, and manufactured home sales, service, and repair.

g.

Funeral homes and mortuaries.

h.

Restaurants and other retail food establishments.

i.

Clubs and lodges, private and public.

j.

Churches and other places of worship.

k.

Publicly owned and operated buildings and lands.

l.

Public utility structures and land.

m.

Commercial cemeteries.

n.

Special events facility.

o.

New farm equipment, farm tractor, and farm implement dealerships. New farm equipment, farm tractor, and farm implement dealerships may include sales, service, and repair of used farm equipment, farm tractor, and farm implement which is a secondary and auxiliary component of the dealership's primary operation of new farm equipment, farm tractor, and farm implement sales.

2.

Conditional uses. Within any Commercial (C) District, the following uses may be permitted after application to the governing authority:

a.

Outdoor theater provided the theater screens are not visible from an existing road, residence, or thoroughfare.

b.

Warehousing, wholesaling, storage, and truck terminals, provided all outdoor storage areas are enclosed with a solid fence or buffer strip.

c.

Used farm equipment, farm tractor, and farm implement sales, service, and repair.

3.

Lot size — Minimum. Within any Commercial (C) District, the following minimum lot sizes are required:

a.

Lot width at minimum setback line: 100 feet.

b.

Lot area: One-half acre where public water or sewerage is available. One acre where no public water or sewerage is available.

4.

Yard requirements — Minimum.

a.

Front. Setback from center line of:

State or Federal Highway — 125 feet;

All Other Roads or Street — 100 feet

b.

Side. Fifteen feet except that where a commercial building abuts a residential district or a side street there shall be a side yard of not less than 30 feet.

c.

Rear. Fifteen required except that where a commercial building abuts a residential district there shall be a rear yard of not less than 50 feet.

8.9.

Industrial (I). The purpose of this district is to provide suitable areas for industrial development. All uses in the Industrial (I) District shall be constructed, maintained, and operated so as not to be injurious or offensive to the occupants of adjacent premises by reason of the emission or creation of noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, toxic or noxious waste materials, odors, fire and explosive hazard or glare: Within 200 feet of a residential district, all processes and storage (except of vehicles) shall be in enclosed buildings.

1.

Permitted uses. Within any Industrial (I) District the following use shall be permitted:

a.

Construction or contractors yards.

b.

Storage or warehousing facilities.

c.

Offices.

d.

Retail, service, and wholesale businesses.

e.

Motels and hotels.

f.

Building materials, storage or wholesaling.

g.

Truck terminals.

h.

Automotive, farm implement, manufactured home, and trailer sales, service and repair.

i.

Bottling plants or dairies.

j.

Manufacturing, fabricating, processing, assembling, repair, or servicing of any product or commodity except fertilizer or explosives.

k.

Restaurants.

l.

Public utility structures and lands.

m.

Public buildings.

n.

Principal use and outdoor advertising signs.

2.

Conditional uses. Within any Industrial (I) District the following uses may be permitted after application to the governing authority:

a.

Automobile wrecking and junk yards when screened with a solid fence, wall, or natural screening of such height as will screen all junk or other materials or vehicles from the view of any adjacent property -owner or from any public road provided that such fence be at least ten feet from any street right-of-way or any zone district boundary.

b.

Manufacture of fertilizer or explosives.

c.

Bulk storage of petroleum products.

d.

Airports.

e.

Landfills, sewage treatment facilities, or other waste disposal sites.

f.

Surface mining, as the same is defined in O.C.G.A. § 12-4-72, "The Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968," or in any successor statute, including, but shall not be limited to, rock quarries; provided that:

1.

Such operation shall be located on at least 100 acres of land.

2.

The areas extracted shall be entirely enclosed within a fence located at least ten feet back from the edge of any excavation and that said fence shall be of adequate strength and height to be demonstrably capable of excluding children and livestock from such areas.

3.

The buildings, machinery and other equipment and appurtenances shall not be closer than 1,000 feet to any property line.

4.

At the time of application for a permit, the owner or operator shall file comprehensive plans for the reclamation and reuse of the property after operations cease.

g.

Shooting range, indoor, must meet at a minimum, all the following requirements:

1.

Shall be required to meet all applicable standards established by The NRA Range Source Book published by the NRA.

2.

Shall be required to meet all applicable standards established by Lead Management and OSHA Compliance for Indoor Shooting Ranges published by the National Association of Shooting Ranges (NASR) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

3.

Shall be required to have a NRA Range Technical Team Evaluation and provide a copy of the final report from the range technical team advisor prior to the certificate of occupancy and business license being issued.

4.

Liability insurance required. Each application for a license issued under this permit shall be accompanied by evidence that the applicant has obtained a general liability insurance policy in an amount not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence and $2,000,000.00 aggregate. Such insurance policy shall remain in force and effect during the term of the license. Such insurance policy shall contain a clause requiring the insurer to immediately notify the county if for any reason, coverage under the policy terminates. The proof of insurance required by this section shall be furnished to the county upon each renewal of the license. Additionally, the licensee shall furnish to the county proof of insurance when requested to do so.

5.

Certified instructors required. The owner or operator of an indoor shooting range shall have on the premises at all times during range operation an individual certified as a firearm or range instructor by the National Rifle Association or the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Council.

6.

Shall provide an operating telephone available to range participants and spectators for the purpose of contacting emergency medical services.

7.

A first-aid kit containing the items recommended by a certified expert in emergency medical treatment shall be readily available at each shooting sports facility for emergency treatment or care of minor injuries.

8.

A management guidebook shall be maintained that includes procedures for operations, maintenance, and lead management and recovery. The management guidebook shall be kept on-site and shall be accessible at all limes to those using the shooting sports facility.

h.

Shooting range, outdoor, must meet at a minimum, all the following requirements:

1.

Shall be required to meet all applicable standards established by The NRA Range Source Book published by the NRA.

2.

Shall be required to meet all applicable standards established by Lead Management and OSHA Compliance for Indoor Shooting Ranges published by the National Association of Shooting Ranges (NASR) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the EPA's Best Management Practices for Outdoor Shooting Ranges.

3.

Shall be required to have a NRA Range Technical Team Evaluation and provide a copy of the final report from the range technical team advisor prior to the certificate of occupancy and business license being issued.

4.

Liability insurance required. Each application for a license issued under this permit shall be accompanied by evidence that the applicant has obtained a general liability insurance policy in an amount not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence. Such insurance policy shall remain in force and effect during the term of the license. Such insurance policy shall contain a clause requiring the insurer to immediately notify the county if for any reason, coverage under the policy terminates. The proof of insurance required by this section shall be furnished to the county upon each renewal of the license. Additionally, the licensee shall furnish to the county proof of insurance when requested to do so.

5.

Certified instructors required. The owner or operator of an indoor [outdoor] shooting range shall have on the premises at all times during range operation an individual certified as a firearm or range instructor by the National Rifle Association or the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Council.

6.

Shall provide an operating telephone available to range participants and spectators for the purpose of contacting emergency medical services.

7.

A first-aid kit containing the items recommended by a certified expert in emergency medical treatment shall be readily available at each shooting sports facility for emergency treatment or care of minor injuries.

8.

A management guidebook shall be maintained that includes procedures for operations, maintenance, and lead management and recovery. The management guidebook shall be kept on-site and shall be accessible at all times to those using the shooting sports facility.

9.

Prior to submitting for the conditional use permit, applicant shall have the NRA Range Development Technical Team advise as to the standard of noise reduction possible and to what decibel level the proposed operation will create. Applicant shall provide NRA documentation of the evaluation including any potential noise levels.

10.

Applicant shall not exceed noise level granted in the conditional use permit. If complaints are received, the planning director shall use the best tools reasonably available to determine the merit of the complaint. If determined by the planning director that a valid noise concern exists, approval from board of commissioners to employ services of a noise consultant shall be requested. All related expenses shall be incurred by the applicant. The planning department shall obtain an estimate of the expenses and the applicant shall pay the estimate in advance. Should the actual costs be less than the estimate, the applicant shall be returned the balance. In addition, applicant will be given 30 days to modify shooting range to reduce noise to approved level or all outdoor shooting range activities shall cease.

11.

All buildings, structures, facilities, processes, and uses shall maintain a minimum setback of 200 feet from the property lines.

3.

Lot size — Minimum. Within any Industrial (I) District the following minimum lot sizes are required:

a.

Lot width at minimum setback line: 100 feet.

b.

Lot area: One acre.

4.

Yard requirements — Minimum.

a.

Front. Setback from center line of:

State or Federal Highway — 100 feet;

Other Public Road or Street — 75 feet

b.

Side. Thirty feet.

c.

Rear. Thirty feet.

[8.10]

[Reserved.]

8.11

Technology Park (TP).

8.11.1. Purpose. The Technology Park District is established for the development of higher echelon technology and business development seeking to develop separate facilities for management headquarters, training areas, low-impact light manufacturing, motion picture, television and other multi-media production research and development operations and offices. Such facilities are often grouped together in order to provide common amenities, such as adequate and convenient parking, service, utilities and a park-like, harmonious atmosphere free from offensive noise, vibration, smoke, odors, glare and other objectionable features. Operations shall cause no radiation or radioactivity at any exterior wall and no electrical radiation that affects any operation or equipment other than those of the creator of the radiation. The establishment of such a district requires a predetermined development plan, appropriate screening, adequate separation from other land uses and more stringent controls. It is the primary intent of this district to allow for such areas in order to meet contemporary needs.

8.11.2. Principally permitted uses. The following uses, if conducted within an enclosed building or buildings, shall be permitted in TPD districts:

A.

Administrative operations (finance, insurance).

B.

Commercial printing.

C.

Commercial testing laboratories.

D.

Communications equipment Mfg.

E.

Computer and electronic repair and calibration.

F.

Computer operations and data processing.

G.

Corporate offices or headquarters.

H.

Design and engineering.

I.

Drugs and pharmaceuticals distribution and/or Mfg.

J.

Educational services.

K.

Electronic components Mfg.

L.

Hospitals, clinics, medical and dental offices, medical and dental laboratories, and veterinary clinics.

M.

Industrial controls Mfg. (used in industrial production for controlling equipment or machines).

N.

Management and professional services.

O.

Metalworking machinery production.

P.

Motion picture, television and other multi-media production.

Q.

Office machines Mfg.

R.

Office/research.

S.

Public/Govt. buildings.

T.

Pilot plants and production facilities.

U.

Plastic, composite products Mfg.

V.

Research and development Mfg.

W.

Special industry machinery Mfg.

X.

Transportation equipment Mfg.

Y.

Unlisted use. The director may approve an unlisted use in this zoning district where the unlisted use is similar in type and nature to a listed use in that district.

8.11.3. Permitted accessory uses. Permitted accessory uses are as follows:

A.

Employee lunch rooms.

B.

Temporary outside storage if the same is in conjunction with pilot plants or production facility uses, subject to being screened from adjoining properties.

C.

Recreational facilities for use by tenants, employees and clients.

D.

Private temporary living quarters associated with research and development

E.

Storage facilities within wholly enclosed buildings.

F.

Trash receptacles.

G.

Telecommunication structures shall be required to follow section 102-5.

H.

On-site day care provided by businesses within the park for employees.

8.11.4. Maximum height of structures. In the TP district, no principal building or accessory structure shall be erected to exceed a height of 50 feet.

8.11.5. Minimum yard standards.

A.

The minimum planned TP district area size shall be 20 acres.

1.

Minimum lot size shall be two acres.

2.

Minimum set-back requirements shall be as follows:

3.

Lot width (measured at the setback building line) shall be a minimum of 100 feet.

4.

For corner lots, the building setback from both street right-of-way lines shall be 50 feet.

5.

Buildings and other improvements shall be placed so that the existing topography and landscape shall be disturbed as little as possible and so that the maximum number of desirable trees and other natural features will be preserved to the existent possible; however required grading shall be allowed with plantings to restore buffer.

6.

All lighting, except streetlights, whether affixed to a structure or free-standing shall be designed so that the lamp is not visible to an observer at an elevation equal to or greater than the ground line below the light source from any point more than five feet inside the adjacent property. All lights shall be directed downwards and shall not cast a cone of light that is greater than 120 degrees total or greater than 60 degrees from vertical.

7.

Parking requirements.

A.

Orientation. Parking should promote clear circulation patterns. Parking areas are encouraged to be located on the side or behind buildings and should not be the primary visual focus on the site.

B.

Amount and type.

1.

Parking shall be provided at a minimum rate of one space per employee on site during the largest shift of operation. Where appropriate the county shall accept the institute of transportation engineers parking generation manual most current edition.

2.

Joint parking areas serving multiple sites/uses may be permitted with cross parking easements.

3.

Parking areas shall not be used for external storage, vehicular storage or for long-term parking;

4.

Handicap accessible parking shall be provided in conformance with law.

5.

Parking areas shall be setback ten feet from right-of-way. Parking areas shall not extend into buffer areas.

6.

Environmentally friendly parking lot concepts shall be permitted within the Technology Park.

7.

Unloading shall be onsite and not within the right-of-way.

8.11.6. Landscape buffering. Landscaping for TP district shall be as follows:

A.

General purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote the health, safety morals, and general welfare of the residents of the community by providing for open space, visual screening and landscape buffers to remove, reduce, lessen or absorb the shock of impact of incompatible uses of real properties between one use or zone district and another.

B.

Specific intent. The intent of this section is:

1.

To create a park-like environment conducive to the permitted uses;

2.

To extend space or to screen undesirable views, to reduce the impact of the one land use upon another;

3.

To increase soil water retention through landscape requirements;

4.

To protect and preserve the appearance and property values of residential uses from adverse effects of adjoining nonresidential uses; and

5.

To enhance careful land use planning and not be considered as a substitute for it.

C.

General provisions.

1.

Landscape buffering may include, but shall not be limited to, trees, shrubs, bushes, grass cover, earth berms or a combination thereof.

2.

Screening shall consist of plant material.

3.

Buffering is the act of enhancing or lessening the impact of one area on another.

a.

Location and width.

Bufferyards: A minimum 40-foot bufferyard shall be maintained separating the TP property from residential uses. The bufferyard may be planted, natural, or a combination thereof, unless varied by the zoning board of appeals.

b.

Use. Designed buffered areas shall be used for no other purpose than planting or screening, except necessary ingress to or egress from the buffered area.

c.

Design. A buffered area shall be designed to allow for access to easements in order to perform the functions for which such easements were granted and for fire protection purposes.

4.

Fencing and walls are not desirable and may be used only as needed for screening and limited storage areas. Natural architectural elements of extension from the building may be used for screening. Earth mounding is encouraged to be used in screening applications and where aesthetic values could be gained in their placement.

8.12.

Office and Institutional District (OI).

1.0

Purpose. The intent of this district is to permit and encourage business, office, institutional, or specified public purpose development with very limited retail sale of goods incidental to a permitted use. The regulations which apply within this district are designed to encourage the formation and continuance of a quiet, compatible and uncongested environment for office type business or professional firms and certain public uses; and to discourage any encroachment by unrestricted retail and/or wholesale business establishments, industrial concerns, or other uses capable of adversely affecting the specialized commercial, institutional and housing character of the district.

2.0

Permitted uses. No more than 25 percent of the total floor area of any building may be devoted to storage. The following uses shall be permitted within an office/institutional district:

(1)

Professional offices such as those for engineers, architects, doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, opticians (including the sale of eyewear as an accessory to professional eye examinations), psychologists or social workers.

(2)

Business offices, such as those for realtors, insurance agents, stock brokers, employment agencies, advertising or public relations agencies, public opinionand other research firms, and national, regional, state and local office headquarters for commercial, manufacturing, charitable or other corporations or organizations.

(3)

Educational institutions; including colleges and universities, business schools, trade/vocational schools, professional schools, and technical schools.

(4)

Governmental offices and governmental services.

(5)

Medical and dental clinics.

(6)

Hospitals, nursing homes, personal care homes, rest homes and hospices (including an apothecary shop as an accessory use).

(7)

Church or any other place of worship.

(8)

Clubs and lodges catering exclusively to their members and guests.

(9)

Financial services/institutions.

(10)

Funeral homes.

(11)

Museums and libraries.

(12)

Artist studios for crafts, dance, drama, music, and photography.

(13)

Radio and/or television studio, excluding towers and antennae which do not meet the height restrictions of this district.

(14)

Manufacturers' representatives offices; provided no goods are offered for sale at retail.

(15)

Animal hospitals/veterinary offices; outside animal pens and runs are not allowed.

3.0

Accessory uses. Customary accessory buildings and uses to the above permitted uses, provided that such accessory buildings and uses exclude retail business and service establishments that could be construed as principal uses and that include only those buildings and uses that are primarily intended for and used by patrons or occupants of the principal use to which said establishment is accessory. Separate accessory structures may be located in the rear or side yards only. No outside storage of materials or equipment shall be permitted in an office/institutional district. No more than 25 percent of the total floor area of any building may be devoted to storage.

4.0

Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may be permitted, subject to review and approval of a conditional use permit:

(1)

Residential dwellings and home occupations.

(2)

Day care facilities.

(3)

Restaurant, not including drive-in restaurant.

(4)

Cemeteries and other facilities for disposal of the deceased.

5.0

Dimensional requirements. The following development dimensions are permitted in an office/institutional district:

5.1

Minimum lot area.

1.

Five thousand square feet where public water and sewerage is available.

2.

Twenty thousand square feet where public water or sewerage is available.

3.

Forty thousand square feet where no public water or sewerage is available.

5.2

Minimum lot width. One hundred feet at minimum building setback line.

5.3

Minimum yard requirements.

1.

Front setbacks. Forty feet as measured from the right-of-way line of an adjoining roadway.

2.

Side yard setbacks. Interior side yards shall be 15 feet except where an office/institutional building abuts a residential district there shall be a side yard of no less than 30 feet. Side yards adjacent to a street or highway shall be measured from the right-of-way.

3.

Rear yard setbacks. Fifteen feet except where an office/institutional building abuts a residential district there shall be a rear yard of no less than 50 feet.

5.4

Maximum height. Buildings and structures shall be no more than 35 feet tall.

5.5

Maximum lot coverage. The area of the footprint of all buildings and parking shall not exceed 60 percent of the total lot area.

(Ord. of 7-14-98(2), § 8.0; Res. of 10-13-98(1); Res. of 10-13-98(2); Res. of 7-13-99(1), §§ III, IV; Res. of 4-11-00(1); Ord. of 10-16-01(1), § 1; Ord. of 3-5-02(1), § 1; Ord. of 5-5-15(1); Ord. of 11-1-16(1); Ord. of 7-11-17(1), § 1; Ord. of 10-1-19; Ord. of 12-3-19, § 2; Ord. of 8-4-20(1), §§ 5—11; Ord. of 8-3-21(1), §§ 1—3; Ord. of 2-1-22(1), § 2; Ord. of 8-2-22(1), §§ 1, 2; Res. of 10-5-22 (3), § 1; Res. of 10-4-22(2), §§ 1—3)