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East Moline City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 15

O NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE DISTRICT

10-15-1: GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Office (O-1) District set forth herein is established to promote public welfare, convenience, comfort, and orderly growth of the community. These objectives include, but are not limited to the following:
   (A)   To provide means of transitional use of land between commercial and residential uses.
   (B)   To promote, enhance, and conserve quality of the manmade environment.
   (C)   To protect the worth of property.
   (D)   To promote the most desirable use of land.
   (E)   To provide an appropriate district for functions separate from those dealing in sales, repair, recreation, storage, processing, assembly, lodging, and eating.
   (F)   To separate those functions which are obtrusive, quiet, do not generate large quantities of waste, noise, odor or traffic, use heavy machinery, require docking facilities or separate service entrances and which do not make use of large illuminated displays or signs, from those which do.
   (G)   To provide a district of less intense use and to encourage lower density use and retention of open space.
   (H)   To make use of areas which are not appropriate for other uses.
   (I)   To control the growth of other districts.
   (J)   To make less valuable land available for use other than residential. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

10-15-2: PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES:

Church.
Community service offices.
Consultant offices.
Offices providing clerical administration.
Professional offices.
Schools and facilities for academic instruction.
Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

10-15-3: PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES:

Accessory uses incidental to a permitted principal use other than a permanent residence. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

10-15-4: WHEN AUTHORIZED BY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS:

Any use or structure permitted and as regulated in chapters 8 and 9 of this title, except as hereinafter modified, except that all dwellings shall be located above the ground floor.
Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent by the Board of Zoning Appeals. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

10-15-5: HEIGHT REGULATIONS:

No principal structure shall exceed three (3) stories or thirty five feet (35') in height, and no accessory structure shall exceed one story or fifteen feet (15') in height, except as provided in chapter 28, "Additional Requirements, Exceptions And Modifications", of this title. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

10-15-6: LOT AREA AND YARD REQUIREMENTS:

The following minimum requirements shall be observed for both primary and accessory buildings along with bufferyard requirements as described in chapter 28, "Additional Requirements, Exceptions And Modifications", of this title. No accessory building shall be located in a front yard.
 
Number Of Stories
Lot Area
Lot Width
Front Yard Depth
Side Yard Width
Side Yard Sum Width
Rear Yard Depth
All stories
10,000 sq. ft. duplex (E Moline requires 5,000 sq. ft. per family)
50 ft.
25 ft. or same as adj. R District (all R Districts have front yard depth of at least 25 ft.)
5 ft. or same as adj. R District
None or same as adj. R District
10 ft. or same as adj. R District
35 ft.
 
(Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)