The R-O Residential/Office Districts are designed to afford a transition of use in existing housing areas by permitting new construction or conversion of existing structures. This district recognizes the existence of older residential areas of the City where larger houses have been or can be converted from single-family and two-family residences to low intensity office uses in order to extend the economic life of these structures and allow the owners to justify the expenditures for repairs and modernization.

In a residential/office district, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this chapter:

The following special condition uses shall be permitted in the R-O district subject to the conditions required in this section for each use, subject to any and all reasonable conditions which may be imposed in accordance with § 4c.(2) of the City-Village Zoning Act (MCL 125.584c, MSA 5.2934(3)), as amended, and further subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission as specified in § 86-393, pertaining to review and approval of conditional uses, and § 86-391, pertaining to review and approval of site plans: all special condition uses for the one-family residential districts, permitted and as regulated under § 86-93.

Area and bulk requirements for the R-O district are set out in Article XI of this chapter, the Schedule of Regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, providing the minimum size of lots permitted by land use, providing the maximum density permitted, and providing minimum yard setback requirements.