East China Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 11
MC Medical Campus Districts
§ 480-37 Purpose.
The Medical Campus District is intended to allow for the continuation and flexible expansion of a hospital and its associated uses in a planned and coordinated manner. Flexibility is essential to allow existing and future uses to respond and adapt to changes in technology, the medical profession, and society as a whole. The primary use in the medical campus district is a hospital or hospitals. Related uses may be located within the hospital building or as independent uses within the district but should be served by an internal network of pedestrian and vehicular circulation systems.
§ 480-38 Principal uses permitted.
[Amended 7-7-2025 by Ord. No. 332]
The following regulations shall apply in all MC Districts, and no building, structure or premises, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be erected, altered, or used except for one or more of the following uses:
Professional and medical offices, including but not limited to offices of optometrists, dentists and orthodontists.
Pharmacies, stores which supply corrective garments or bandages, and similar uses.
Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and similar uses.
Florists.
Personal services establishments including but not limited to barbershops, beauty shops and health salons.
Fitness centers.
Veterinary hospitals or clinics, subject to the following conditions:
All activities shall be conducted within a totally enclosed building, except for incidental outdoor activities. No outdoor exercise facilities or overnight boarding is allowed.
Other uses similar to those listed above.
Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to any of the above uses.
§ 480-39 Uses permitted subject to conditions.
Hospitals.
The proposed site shall have at least one property line abutting a major thoroughfare as designated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan. All ingress and egress to off-street parking areas, for guests, employees, staff, as well as any other uses of the facilities, shall be directly from a major thoroughfare or internal access road.
The minimum distance of any main or accessory building from bounding lot lines or major street rights-of-ways shall be at least 100 feet for front, rear, and side yards for all structures with two stories or less. For every story above two, the minimum yard distance shall be increased by a minimum of 10 feet.
Independent and dependent housing for the elderly subject to the following conditions:
Density | Independent 12 units/acre | Dependent 20 units/acre | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum usable floor area | ||||
1 bedroom | 500 sq. ft. | 350 sq. ft. | ||
2 bedroom | 600 sq. ft. | 450 sq. ft. | ||
Maximum building height | 42 ft. | 42 ft. | ||
Setbacks | ||||
Front | 50 ft. | 50 ft. | ||
Side | 25 ft. | 25 ft. | ||
Rear | 25 ft. | 25 ft. | ||
Yards abutting residential districts | 75 ft. | 75 ft. | ||
Street yards | 50 ft. | 50 ft. | ||
Landscaped outdoor garden | 10% of lot or 0.05 acre/unit, whichever is greater | |||
Off-street parking | ||||
Residents | 1.00 space/unit | 0.50 space/unit | ||
Guests | 0.25 space/unit | 0.25 space/unit | ||
Convalescent homes, not to exceed a height of two stories, when the following conditions are met:
Child day-care centers, provided that, for each child so cared for, there is provided and maintained a minimum of 150 square feet of outdoor play area. Such play space shall have a total minimum area of at least 5,000 square feet, and shall be fenced or screened from any adjoining residential land with planting.
Places of worship when the following conditions are met:
§ 480-40 Required conditions.
A total of 10% of each site within the district shall be devoted to landscaped outdoor open space. If significant natural features exist on site, their preservation can be used to fulfill the requirement of landscaped open space, except that the percent of the site devoted to landscaped open space cannot be reduced.
Pedestrian connections via sidewalks or paved paths shall be provided throughout the district. Each site shall include a portion of the system linking the buildings or uses and open space areas.
The Planning Commission may waive or modify any requirement of this zoning district and may also require more stringent controls to assure that any proposed use does not negatively impact adjacent areas. Whenever a relaxation of a standard is requested, a public hearing shall be held in accordance with § 480-92, Public hearings.