The purpose of this district is to provide supplemental land use, development and standards to create a transition between the traditional single-family residential zone and the commercial zone along Railroad Avenue/State Highway 200. In addition to allowed and special uses within the single-family residential district, the neighborhood-office overlay district allows for neighborhood offices and low impact commercial uses by special use permit on lots, or combinations of lots, fronting on Railroad Avenue/State Highway 200. (Ord. 201, 11-15-2013)

   A.   These regulations shall apply to all property located within the neighborhood-office overlay district, as depicted on the official zoning map.

   B.   The neighborhood-office overlay district shall overlay the underlying single-family residential zoning district. The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in combination with the underlying base zoning district regulations and all other applicable standards of this title. When regulations within the neighborhood-office overlay district conflict with the underlying base zoning district regulations, or other standards of this title, the regulations of the neighborhood-office overlay district shall apply. (Ord. 201, 11-15-2013)

The following site requirements shall apply in the neighborhood-office overlay district:

   A.   Site Area: The minimum lot size shall be seven thousand one hundred (7,100) square feet.

   B.   Street Frontage: The minimum street frontage on a public street shall be fifty feet (50'). (Ord. 201, 11-15-2013)

No new building shall be constructed in the neighborhood- office overlay district, except in conformance with the following requirements:

   A.   Building Height Limits: The maximum height of buildings in the neighborhood-office overlay district shall not exceed thirty five feet (35') or two (2) stories, whichever is less, except that:

      1.   Tool/storage sheds, garages and shop buildings accessory to a residential use shall not exceed twenty feet (20') in height.

      2.   Other nondwelling structures may exceed this height by special use permit.

   B.   Building Setback Requirements:

 

 

   C.   Building Coverage: Building coverage shall not exceed forty percent (40%).

   D.   Impervious Surface Coverage: Impervious surfaces, including building footprints, paved driveways, parking areas and walkways, shall not exceed seventy five percent (75%) of the area of the development site. (Ord. 201, 11-15-2013)

   A.   Permitted Uses: All permitted uses within the Single-Family Residential Zone, as detailed in chapter 10, article A of this title, shall be permitted uses within the Neighborhood-Office Overlay District. (Ord. 201, 11-15-2013)

   B.   Special Uses: In addition to the special uses allowed within the Single-Family Residential Zone, as detailed in chapter 10, article A of this title, the following special uses may be permissible within the Neighborhood-Office Overlay District on lots (or combinations of lots creating 1 development site) with frontage on Railroad Avenue, provided they meet the standards for approval for a special use permit, as detailed in chapter 3, article A of this title, and design standards as detailed in section 8-14-3-2 of this title:

Adult daycare.

Art galleries, artist studios and photographic studios, not meeting the definition/standards of a home occupation.

Bed and breakfast.

Childcare centers, subject to standards detailed in chapter 14 of this title.

Personal services, including, but not limited to, barber shops, beauty salons, massage therapy, nail salons, personal trainers and/or tanning salons, not meeting the definition/standards of a home occupation.

Professional offices, including, but not limited to, accountant, architect, attorney, engineer, financial planner, insurance agent, medical/dental and/or real estate offices, not meeting the standards of home occupation.

Residential care facilities, including group homes and assisted living facilities, with over eight (8) beds, but not more than sixteen (16) beds.

Other low impact commercial uses, including, but not limited to, bakeries, coffee shops, sandwich shops/delis, as determined by City Council to be compatible with the character of this zone, and meeting the standards for approval for a special use permit, as detailed in chapter 3, article A of this title, and design standards as detailed in chapter 14 of this title. (Ord. 201, 11-15-2013; amd. Ord. 221, 5-1-2018)

   C.   Uses Prohibited: Any use not explicitly permitted in this overlay district is prohibited. (Ord. 201, 11-15-2013)