The following uses are permitted in a U-4-B District:

   (a)   Banks, general offices, administrative offices, professional offices and financial offices;

(Ord. 1990-51. Passed 10-22-90.)

   (b)   Medical offices. A medical office is a facility (building or portion thereof) used by physicians, dentists, optometrists, and similar licensed medical personnel for the examination and treatment of patients, solely on an outpatient basis and primarily by appointment. For the purpose of this zoning regulation, drop-in clinics, urgent care and emergency centers/clinics are not considered medical offices; and

(Ord. 1991-36. Passed 9-9-91; Ord. 2005-7. Passed 5-9-05.)

   The following uses are prohibited in a U-4-B District:

   (a)   Retail stores or shops for the purpose of selling articles or services from the premises;

   (b)   Restaurants, bars or other food service establishments;

   (c)   Any automotive type services;

   (d)   Any invasive medical procedures and sophisticated imaging procedures (i.e., MRI, CAT/CT and PET Scans) other than basic x-rays;

   (e)   Any use as determined to be similar by the Planning Commission and confirmed by Council majority as not meeting the purpose and intent as specified in Section 1174.01.

   In a U-4-B District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected which is arranged, intended or designed to be used for other than U-4-B use.

(Ord. 1994-10. Passed 6-27-94; Ord. 2005-7. Passed 5-9-05.)

   A thirty-foot landscape buffer shall be provided in the front yard area of all lots, except for required ingress and egress. In addition to any required vision-impairing masonry wall, a ten-foot landscape buffer shall be provided in the side and rear yard areas of all lots, except for required ingress and egress drives.

(Ord. 1990-51. Passed 10-22-90; Ord. 2002-22. Passed 6-24-02.)

   Access and parking requirements shall conform to the applicable provisions in Chapter 1189 and this section. If the number of parking spaces required by Chapter 1189 is substantially larger than the number anticipated by the applicant, and the applicant provides sufficient evidence that supports the reduced parking needs, a development plan may be approved with an allowance for the construction of fewer parking spaces provided that:

   (a)   The total number of spaces initially constructed shall not be less than one space per 250 square feet of gross floor area.

   (b)   Adequate land area is reserved, if the Planning Commission so requires, for all or a portion of the reduced number of spaces otherwise required by Chapter 1189. Such suitable areas shall be illustrated on the development plan in locations and with landscaping in full compliance with this Zoning Code.

   (c)   The Planning Commission, upon reevaluation of the project's parking needs, may at any time direct that some or all of the parking spaces identified in Section 1174.04(b) be constructed. If such additional parking spaces are required, they shall be provided according to the approved development plan.

   (d)   One access shall be permitted per each 200 feet of lot frontage or fraction thereof. Such access may be a divided boulevard with one-way traffic on either side of a traffic island, provided that the maximum permitted width of a traffic island shall be 15 feet. The location of the access drive shall comply with the requirements of Section 1189.08.

(Ord. 1990-51. Passed 10-22-90; Ord. 2002-22. Passed 6-24-02.)

   In a U-4-B District where a building line is required along both the front and side lines of a corner lot, and where the building thereon, as constructed, faces the front of the lot, the building line along such side line for the entire depth of the sublot shall be located ten feet back from the street line in all cases, except where a greater distance is prescribed on the Zoning Map.

(Ord. 1990-51. Passed 10-22-90.)

   In a U-4-B District where the side line of a lot adjoins a U-1, U-2, U-2-A, U-3, U-3-A, U-3-B or U-3-C District, no building, unless located fifty feet or more back from the street, shall be erected within twenty-five feet of such adjoining District.

   In a U-4-B District where the rear line of a lot adjoins a U-1, U-2, U-2-A, U-3, U-3-A, U-3-B or U-3-C District, every building erected shall have a rear yard. The least dimension of the yard shall be at least twenty percent of the depth of the lot or twenty-five feet, whichever is greater, but the least dimension need not be more than forty feet. However, the least dimension shall not be less than one-half of the height of the building.

   In rear and side yards of a U-4-B District adjoining any district other than U-4 or U-4-A District, the City Planning Commission shall require the installation of a six-foot high vision-impairing masonry wall of face brick or split face brick, in order to create a buffer area where such other district adjoins or abuts a rear or side yard of this District.

(Ord. 1990-51. Passed 10-22-90.)

   No structure shall be erected upon a lot having an average width of less than 200 feet for a distance of 100 feet from the street line in a U-4-B District.

(Ord. 1990-51. Passed 10-22-90; Ord. 2002-22. Passed 6-24-02.)

   In a U-4-B District, all new buildings or additions hereafter erected or permitted to be erected under this Zoning Code shall have outer walls constructed of noncombustible material.

   The outer faces of outer walls of buildings in this District shall be constructed with a minimum four-inch face brick, stone, cast stone, precast concrete panel or architectural cast-in-place concrete of finish, glass, metal or other architectural panel approved by the Architectural Board of Review. Exposed masonry block and through-wall block construction is prohibited.

   The use of solid concrete veneer unit (split face brick) for alterations of existing buildings with suitable masonry walls may be permitted upon the approval of the Architectural Board of Review.

   No brick, cast stone or concrete veneer unit (split face brick) shall be larger than four inches in height.

(Ord. 1992-40. Passed 1-25-93.)

   The erection of any dwelling unit is prohibited on a lot in a U-4-B District when such lot is presently occupied by any building or other structure intended or designed wholly or partly for a business use. The erection of any building or other structure intended for a business use is prohibited on a lot in any district in the City when such a lot has already erected upon it a building or structure containing a dwelling unit. The erection of a structure for both dwelling and business uses is expressly prohibited in a U-4-B District. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to be in derogation of Section 1159.12.

(Ord. 1990-51. Passed 10-22-90.)

   The height of any main or accessory building shall not exceed two stories or twenty-five feet above grade, exclusive of any permitted appurtenances.

(Ord. 1991-38. Passed 9-9-91.)