The intent of the O-S, Business Office District is to accommodate various types of administrative and professional office uses, as well as certain personal service businesses. These uses can serve as transitional uses between more intensive land uses and less intensive residential uses. This district prohibits those types of retail and other uses that typically generate large volumes of traffic, traffic congestion, parking problems, require outside storage, or have other impacts that could negatively affect the use or enjoyment of adjoining properties. Accordingly, low-rise office buildings in landscaped settings with sufficient off-street parking are considered the most appropriate land uses in this district.

(Ord. No. 00-830, 11-8-2000)

   A.   Principal uses and structures. In all areas zoned O-S, Business Office District, no building shall be erected, used, or structurally altered, nor shall the land or premises be used in whole or in part, except for one (1) or more of the following principal permitted uses:

      1.   Office buildings for professionals and general office use, subject to the intent and limitations of this Article.

      2.   General office buildings and uses, provided that goods are not manufactured or sold on the premises.

      3.   Business and technical schools.

      4.   Financial institutions without drive-through facilities.

      5.   Accessory structures and uses such as personal service establishments such as shoe repair shops, tailor shops, beauty parlors, barber shops, and including dry cleaning or laundry pickup stations without processing on the premises and customarily incidental to the above permitted uses.

   B.   Special land uses. The following uses may be permitted, subject to the conditions specified for each use, review and approval of the site plan, any special conditions imposed during the course of review, and the provisions set forth in Article 7.00 and Article 32.00.

      1.   Financial institutions with drive-through facilities.

      2.   Medical, dental, or optical laboratories, excluding the manufacturing of pharmaceutical or other products for wholesale distribution.

      3.   Veterinary hospitals or clinics.

(Ord. No. 00-830, 11-8-2000)

   A.   Required conditions. Unless otherwise noted, buildings and uses in the O-S Business Office District shall comply with the following requirements:

      1.   All business, services, or processing, except off-street parking and loading, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building, unless otherwise specifically permitted.

      2.   There shall be no outside storage of any goods, inventory, or equipment.

      3.   No interior advertising display shall be visible from the exterior of the building.

      4.   Commercially used or commercially licensed vehicles having a maximum gross vehicle weight of three-quarters (¾) of a ton used in the normal operation of a permitted use on the site may be parked in the rear only. This provision applies to operable vehicles that are moved on and off of the site on a regular basis.

      5.   External security gates, bars, steel barriers, hurricane curtains, and other security devices are prohibited. If they are located inside a building, security devices must be retractable so as not to be visible from the sidewalk or public right-of-way during business hours, must be equipped with an emergency release device, and must be permitted and inspected by the fire marshal and the economic and community development department commercial services division.

   B.   Site Plan Review. Site Plan Review and approval by the plan commission is required for all uses in the O-S Business Office District in accordance with Article 32.00.

   C.   Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements. Buildings and uses in the O-S Business Office District are subject to the area, height, bulk, and placement requirements in Article 29.00—Schedule of Regulations.

   D.   Planned Unit Development Mixed Use. Planned Unit Development Mixed Use may be permitted as a means to achieve the basic intent of this district, in accordance with guidelines in Article 23.00.

   E.   General development standards. Buildings and uses in the Business Office District shall be subject to all applicable standards and requirements set forth in this ordinance, including the following:

 

(Ord. No. 00-830, 11-8-2000; Ord. No. 11-1318, 4-4-2011)