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Griffith City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VI

PB PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

Sec. 86-71.- Use and bulk regulations in PB professional business districts.

Use and bulk regulations applying specifically to professional business districts are set forth in this article. Also applying to professional business districts are additional regulations set forth in other articles and sections of this chapter as follows:

Section 86-4. Zoning districts, establishment and application.
Section 86-5. Rules and interpretation of district boundaries.
Section 86-6. General provisions and supplementary district regulations.
Section 86-7. Definitions.
Article XIII. Planned Unit Development Districts.
Article XIV. Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks.
Article XV. Off-Street Parking and Loading.
Article XVI. Signs.
Article XVII. Nonconforming Uses and Nonconforming Buildings.
Article XVIII. Site Plan Review.
Article XIX. Administration and Enforcement.
Article XX. Use Variances.

 

Sec. 86-72. - Purpose.

The purpose of this article is to establish a district designed and intended to accommodate uses such as offices for professional and personal services, which can provide a transition area between residential uses, and the more intense uses found in business districts, major thoroughfares and railroads.

Sec. 86-73. - Permitted uses.

The following listed uses and no others are permitted uses in a PB district:

(a)

Banks, credit unions, savings and loan institution and other similar uses. Drive-up teller windows, cash stations and the like are permitted only as an accessory use.

(b)

Churches, rectories and parish houses.

(c)

Personal services including barber shops, beauty shops, health and fitness centers and other similar uses.

(d)

Medical and dental offices, including clinics.

(e)

Office buildings for business and professional offices.

(f)

Off-street parking lots.

(g)

Other uses as determined by the plan commission to be similar in design and intent to the above listed uses.

(h)

Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to the above listed uses.

Sec. 86-74. - Prohibited uses.

In a PB district, the following uses are prohibited:

(a)

Commercial retail establishments.

(b)

Drive-in establishments, other than automatic teller machines.

(c)

Outdoor storage of goods and materials.

(d)

Warehousing.

(e)

Outdoor sales.

Sec. 86-75. - Maximum floor area ratio.

In a PB district, the floor area ratio of all buildings and structures on a zoning lot shall not exceed 1.0.

Sec. 86-76. - Maximum coverage.

The maximum building coverage in a PB district shall be 35 percent, and the maximum lot coverage shall be 50 percent.

Sec. 86-77. - Minimum front yards.

In a PB district, the regulations governing front yards in R-1 and R-2 districts shall apply.

Sec. 86-78. - Minimum side yards.

In a PB district, the regulations governing side yards in R-1 and R-2 districts shall apply.

Sec. 86-79. - Minimum rear yards.

In a PB district, the regulations governing rear yards in R-1 and R-2 districts shall apply.

Sec. 86-80. - Maximum height

In a PB district, no building or structure shall exceed a height of 35 feet above grade.