Lowry Crossing City Zoning Code
§ 12
“O” OFFICE DISTRICT.
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General Purpose and Description:
The “O” Office District is intended for This district is intended for [sic] a Professional or Administrative Office or Offices serving near residential development with professional or administrative services. No chattels or goods may be offered for sale on the premises and site development regulations and standards are required to ensure that uses will be compatible and complementary in scale and appearance with a residential environment. Professional and Administrative Offices to include, but not be limited to, the offices of doctors, dentists, attorneys, architects, engineers, urban planners, insurance, real estate, banks and similar offices.
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Permitted Uses:
A building or premise shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1)
A Professional or Administrative Office or Offices serving near residential development, including but not be limited to offices of doctors, dentists, attorneys,
(2)
No chattels or goods may be offered for sale on the premises.
(3)
Site development regulations and standards are required to ensure that uses will be compatible and complementary in scale and appearance with a residential environment.
(4)
Such other uses as may be permitted with the granting of a Special Use Permit.
(5)
Temporary buildings for use incidental to construction work on the premises, which said building shall be removed.
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Height Regulations:
Not more than (35) feet and (2-1/2) stories.
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Area Regulations:
Compatible with R-1 Residential environment with additional area for customer parking.
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Minimum Size of Yards:
Compatible with R-1 Residential environment with additional area for customer parking.
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Minimum Size of Lot:
Compatible with R-1 Residential environment with additional area for customer parking.
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Parking:
Parking spaces necessary to serve the office facility but compatible with R-1 Residential environment.
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Type of Exterior Construction:
At least eighty (80%) percent of the exterior walls of the first floor of all structures shall be of masonry construction exclusive of doors, windows, and the area above the top plate line. Each story above the first floor of a straight wall structure shall be at least eighty (80%) percent masonry exclusive of doors, windows and the area above the top plate line. See definition of Masonry in Section 30.
Exception: The Board of Adjustment may grant an Exception to the masonry construction requirement of this section and permit use of another type of exterior construction where the Board finds that the grant of the exception will not be contrary to the public interest and the spirit of this ordinance will be observed.
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Screening.
In this district, if a building or parking structure is erected on a building site and a portion of the side or rear yard abuts or is across an adjoining alley from an “A” Agricultural, “RE” Single-Family Residential Estate, “R-1” Single-Family Residential, or a “2F” Two-Family Residential district, any portion of the building site directly across from that district must be screened from that district.
(Ordinance 110 adopted 8/3/99; Ordinance 179, sec. 1, adopted 1/6/04)