Findlay City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1131
O-1 Institutions and Offices District
1131.01 INTENT.
The Institutions and Offices district is established to provide for the development of professional and office type businesses which may serve as buffer areas between residential and more intense commercial districts.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1131.02 PERMITTED USE - CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
(a) Accessory Uses.
(b) General Offices.
(c) Government Uses.
(d) Financial and Insurance Institutions.
(e) Laboratories.
(f) Medical Offices.
(g) Law Offices.
(h) Places of Worship.
(i) Professional Offices.
(j) Public/Private Parks.
(k) Schools – Public/Private Kindergarten to 12.
(l) Daycare Facilities.
(m) Libraries.
(n) Community Centers.
(o) Schools: Trade, Business, Commercial.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1131.03 CONDITIONAL USES.
(a) Nursing and Convalescence Homes.
(b) Funeral Services.
(c) Cemeteries.
(d) Emergency Services.
(e) Communication Structures.
(f) Mixed Use Office/Residential.
(g) Electric Vehicle Charging Station.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1131.04 REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACKS.
Building setbacks are based on three categories of height: Buildings one (1) or two (2) stories in height, buildings three (3) stories in height or less, and; buildings in excess of three (3) stories.
(a) Buildings One (1) or Two (2) Stories Tall.
(1) Front Yard Setback. Twenty-five feet (25’).
(2) Side Yard Setback. Five feet (5’).
(3) Rear Yard Setback. Twenty feet (20’).
(b) Buildings Three (3) Stories Tall.
(1) Front Yard Setback. Forty feet (40’).
(2) Side Yard Setback. Twenty feet (20’).
(3) Rear Yard Setback. Twenty feet (20’).
(c) Buildings Four (4) Stories Tall or More.
(1) Front Yard Setback. Fifty-five feet (55’).
(2) Side Yard Setback. Twenty feet (20’).
(3) Rear Yard Setback. Forty Feet (40’).
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1131.05 LOT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Minimum Lot Size. No minimum lot size other than the land that is needed to meet all the required development standards.
(b) Minimum Lot Frontage. Fifty feet (50’).
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1131.06 MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION.
(a) Buildings Three (3) Stories Tall or Less. Twenty feet (20’).
(b) Buildings Four (4) Stories Tall or More. Thirty feet (30’).
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)