The O Office and Institutional District is intended to accommodate office, institutional, and certain types of residential uses in areas whose characteristics are neither general commercial nor exclusively residential in nature. Certain related structures and uses required to serve the needs of such areas are permitted outright or are permissible as special exceptions subject to restrictions and requirements intended to best fulfill the intent of this title.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

1. Adult daycare.
2. Auditoriums, legitimate theaters.
3. Children's day nursery.
4. Colleges and universities.
5. Community service structures and uses such as community service centers, libraries, fire stations, civic, cultural, or recreational uses.
6. Ethical pharmacies, medical and dental laboratories, establishments for the fitting and sale of prosthetic devices.
7. Funeral homes.
8. Hospitals, medical and health related clinics.
9. Lodges, fraternity or sorority houses, denominational student centers.
10. Offices.
11. Photography studios, art studios, art galleries, art sales, interior design studios, craft studios, craft sales, antique shops, establishments for the teaching of music, dancing or other performing arts.
12. Post office.
13. Public library.
14. Public park or playground.
15. Rooming and boarding houses.
16. Veterinary establishments, provided that all animals are kept within suitably designed soundproof, air conditioned buildings.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

1. Home occupations, subject to the provisions of CCC 12-5-4.
2. Noncommercial greenhouses and plant nurseries, private garages, garden sheds, tool houses, private swimming pools and the like.
3. Signs, subject to the provisions of CCC 12-13.
4. Uses and structures which:
   1. Are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted principal uses and structures;
   2. Are located on the same lot as the permitted principal use or structure, or on a contiguous lot in the same ownership; and
   3. Are in keeping with the character of the district.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

The following uses may be permitted as special exceptions by the Board of Adjustment in accordance with the provisions contained in CCC 12-3A:

1. Any use permitted in the RM-1 Residential Multifamily District which is not a permitted use in this district.
2. As accessory uses to permitted principal uses and structures, barbershops, beauty shops, restaurants, drugstores, newsstands and similar uses not enumerated as permitted principal uses, designed primarily to serve the convenience of persons living or working in the building in which such accessory uses are located. No accessory uses shall be permitted unless the Board finds that:
   1. It is reasonably necessary to serve the needs of the persons involved;
   2. It is accessory and clearly incidental to the permitted principal use;
   3. It is not designed or intended to attract clientele from outside the district; and
   4. It will not adversely affect neighboring uses or the district as a whole.
3. Structures exceeding the maximum height requirements of CCC 12-8-9.
4. Temporary borrow pits for fill dirt and topsoil.
5. Utility substations, provided that the Board of Adjustment shall impose appropriate conditions and safeguards regarding siting or characteristics of use potentially incompatible with nearby uses.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

The following uses may be permitted as specific uses by the Planning Commission and City Council in accordance with the provisions contained in CCC 12-3D:

1. Cemeteries.
2. Churches and other places of worship, including educational buildings related thereto.
3. Elementary schools, high schools, and business and vocational schools not involving operations of an industrial or retail nature.
4. Emergency and protective shelter.
5. Museums.
6. Nursing homes, rest homes, convalescent homes, and homes for orphans licensed by the state.
7. Private clubs and lodges.
8. Rehabilitation centers or halfway houses with a lot area of at least 10,000 square feet.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

1. Front yard. The depth of the required front yard shall be determined in the following manner: Measured from the centerline of the abutting street, add one-half of the right-of-way designated on the Coweta major street and highway plan or 25 feet if not designated on the street and highway plan, to a setback of 35 feet on arterial streets and 25 feet on nonarterial streets. When a lot has double frontage, the front yard requirements shall be provided on both streets.
2. Side yards.
   1. On the side of an interior lot or the interior side of a corner lot abutting a residential district, there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet.
   2. On any corner lot, the depth of the required exterior side yard shall be determined in the following manner: Measured from the centerline of the abutting street, add one-half of the right-of-way designated in the Coweta major street and highway plan, or 25 feet if not designated on the street plan, to a setback distance of 35 feet on arterial streets and 20 feet for nonarterial streets.
   3. In all other cases, no side yard is required if the buildings are built to the side lot line; otherwise, at least three feet of side yard width shall be provided.
3. Rear yard. For dwellings in the O district, the rear yard requirements shall be the same as the RM-1 Multifamily Residential District. When the O zoned property abuts residentially zoned property, or the properties are separated therefrom only by an alley or easement, there shall be a rear yard for principal buildings of not less than 15 feet. Unattached buildings of accessory use shall be set back five feet from the utility easement or alley line, whichever is greater.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011; altered in 2023 recodification)

1. The lot area requirements for dwellings shall be the same as those in the RM-1 Multifamily Residential District.
2. For all other uses allowed, there shall be a lot area of not less than 6,600 square feet and a maximum floor area ratio of 0.35.
3. For main and accessory buildings other than dwellings, and buildings accessory to dwellings, the lot area shall be adequate to provide the yard areas required by this chapter.
4. Where a lot has less area than herein required and all boundary lines of that lot touch land under other ownership on the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived, that lot may be used for any use permitted in this district as long as all setback requirements are carried out.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

There shall be a minimum lot width of 60 feet at the front building line, and such lot shall abut on a street for a distance of not less than 40 feet.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

No building shall exceed a height of three stories or 40 feet.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)