Required minimum lot size, yard setbacks, height limitations and related requirements are set forth in article 23.

The following uses are allowed in any O-I district, subject to the further provisions of this ordinance:

(1)

Business and professional offices, including medical, dental, legal, financial, architectural, engineering, real estate, insurance and manufacturers' representatives, provided no goods are offered for sale at retail.

(2)

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

(3)

Governmental offices.

(4)

Hospitals.

(5)

Medical and dental clinics.

(6)

Nursing homes (aka rest homes) and assisted living facilities.

(7)

Church or any other place of worship.

(8)

Clubs and lodges catering exclusively to their members and their guests.

(9)

Financial services/institutions.

(10)

Customary accessory buildings and uses, provided that such accessory buildings and uses specifically exclude retail business and service establishments that could be construed as principal uses and 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.

Limitation on distributive functions. Distributive functions such as a loading, unloading, storage, packaging, and unpackaging shall be limited to ten percent of the total building area and to five percent of the total lot area.

(Ord. No. 022-10, 7-20-10)

The following conditional uses may be permitted, subject to approval of a conditional use permit by the board of commissioners, after receiving the recommendation of the board of zoning appeals as provided in article 28.

(1)

Hotels and motels.

(2)

Restaurant, not including drive-in restaurant.

(3)

Day care facilities.

(4)

Transitional housing shelters, meeting the regulations of Article 6, Section 68 of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 022-10, 7-20-10)

Required parking, loading and other supplemental regulations applicable to this district are set forth in article 24.

In order to establish and maintain the O-I district as a quality area which will preserve the investments of all landowners and developers, as well as the tax base of Coweta County, all construction and development within the O-I district shall comply with the following development standards:

(1)

Buildings. Exterior wall materials of all buildings shall be one or more of the following:

(a)

Hard-burned clay.

(b)

Stone with either a weathered face or a polished, fluted or broken face. No quarry-faced stone shall be used except in retaining walls.

(c)

Concrete masonry. Units shall be those generally described by the National Concrete Masonry Association as "customized architectural concrete masonry units" or shall be broken-faced brick-type units with marble aggregate. There shall be no exposed concrete block on the exterior of any building; however, rear walls which do not front any street or building may be painted concrete block. Any concrete masonry units that have a gray cement color shall be coated with a coating approved by the building official.

(d)

Concrete may be poured-in-place, tilt-up or precast. Poured-in-place and tilt-up walls shall have a finish of stone, a texture or a coating. Textured finishes shall be coated. Precast units which are not uniform in color shall be coated. Coating shall be an approved cementitious of any epoxy type with a life expectancy of at least ten years.

(e)

One or more of the above-listed materials used in combination with glass and/or metal trim.

(f)

Other exterior wall materials may be used only with the approval of the board of zoning appeals. Approval or disapproval will be judged on the appropriateness of the materials when considered in context with the total building design and surrounding developments.

(2)

Roof-mounted equipment. Roof-mounted equipment shall be located and/or screened to minimize visibility from streets or surrounding buildings.

(3)

Landscaping. The entire area of any lot containing a building site, including the area between the building and the street right-of-way line, shall be landscaped except for areas covered by buildings and paved areas. A minimum strip of landscaping ten feet wide shall be installed and maintained along any portion of the lot bordering a public street right-of-way except for entrance driveways onto the lot. The landscaping plan submitted to the planning department for approval shall identify such features as the planting of trees, shrubs and grass and the installation of screens as appropriate. The landscaping, as approved by the planning director or his designee, shall be installed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The maintenance of the landscaping shall be the responsibility of the owner and shall include the provision of a sprinkler system or readily available water supply with at least one outlet located within 150 feet of all plant material to be maintained.

All vehicle use areas shall be landscaped in accordance with requirements of article 24.

(4)

Exterior lighting. All exterior lighting shall be designed, erected, altered and maintained in accordance with plans and specifications submitted to and subsequently approved by the building official.

(Ord. No. 035-08, 11-18-08)