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Clinton Charter Township
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1272

OS-3 Office/Service High-Rise District

1272.01 PURPOSE.

   (a)   The OS-3 Office/Service High-Rise District, as herein established, is intended to accommodate office uses performing administrative, professional and technical services within a structure having a height of at least six stories with a maximum of nine stories.
   (b)   The District is further intended to serve as a transitional district between major thoroughfares and less intense uses of land, such as commercial, office/service (low-rise) and multiple-family residential.
(Ord. 260-A-163. Passed 6-6-88; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

1272.02 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED.

   In the OS-3 Office/Service High-Rise District, no land or building shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following uses, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code. These uses may be subject to additional standards as specified in Chapter 1293 Use Standards:
   (a)   Office buildings for any of the following occupations: executive, administrative, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic and drafting, subject to the limitations contained in Section 1272.04.
   (b)   Medical offices, including clinics only for human care solely serving patients on an out-patient basis.
   (c)   Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, loan companies, insurance offices, real estate offices and similar uses.
   (d)   Drive-in or drive-through facilities when accessory to the above uses.
   (e)   Child care centers or adult daycare centers.
   (f)   Other uses similar to the above uses.
   (g)   Accessory uses customarily associated with an above permitted principal use.
   (h)   Railroad rights-of-way.
   (i)   Carnivals and festivals.
(Ord. 260-A-163. Passed 6-6-88; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

1272.03 USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

   The following uses shall be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed for each use and in Section 1272.04 and Chapter 1293 .
   (a)   Personal service establishments such as beauty parlors, barber shops and other similar uses may be permitted, provided that such uses are an integral part and wholly contained within the office structure of which they are a part.
   (b)   Restaurants or other places serving food or beverages, except banquet and catering halls and those having drive-ins or drive-throughs, provided that such uses are an integral part and wholly contained within the office structure of which they are a part and are subject to the conditions in 1293.01(a)(56).
   (c)   Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations (without storage yards), when operation requirements necessitate the location of said building within the District in order to serve the immediate vicinity. The Planning Commission and the Township Board may require walls and landscaping in order to screen such uses where they deem the same to be necessary. This is also subject to the conditions in 1293.01(a)(52).
(Ord. 260-A-163. Passed 6-6-88; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

1272.04 REQUIRED CONDITIONS.

   (a)   The outdoor storage of goods or materials shall be prohibited irrespective of whether or not they are for sale.
   (b)   Warehousing or indoor storage of goods or materials, beyond that normally incidental to the above permitted uses, shall be prohibited.
(Ord. 260-A-163. Passed 6-6-88; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

1272.05 HEIGHT, BULK, AREA AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

   All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements:
 
Maximum Height of Building
Minimum Yard Setback (Per Lot in Feet)
In Stories
In Feet
Front
Side
Rear
9
108
75a
75a
75a
 
   Figure 1: OS-3 Dimensional Standards Diagram: 
 
   FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS CHART
   (a)   The minimum setback from all property lines shall be the height of the building or 75 feet, whichever is greater. Parking may be permitted in all rear and side yard setbacks and in all but the front 25 feet of the front yard setback.
(Ord. 260-A-163. Passed 6-6-88; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)