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Mcdonough City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

56 - OI - OFFICE/INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT

Sections:


17.56.010 - District intent.

The OI office/institutional district is intended to encourage and provide suitable areas for business and professional offices, hospitals, medical and dental clinics and certain related activities, with a minimum of interference from traffic and conflicting uses.

(Ord. No. 25-01-02, § 1, 1-2-2025)

17.56.020 - Uses.

See Section 17.90.040, use table.

(Ord. No. 25-01-02, § 1, 1-2-2025)

17.56.030 - Development standards.

A.

Minimum lot area.

Forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet or one (1) acre.

B.

Minimum lot width.

Fifty (50) feet adjoining a street.

C.

Maximum height.

Thirty-five (35) feet in for primary structure.

Twenty-five (25) feet for accessory structure.

D.

Minimum front yard setback.

Fifty (50) feet on arterial or collector street.

Fifty (50) feet on local streets.

E.

Minimum side yard setback.

Thirty (30) feet adjacent to interior line.

Thirty (30) feet adjacent to street (corner lot).

F.

Minimum rear yard setback.

Thirty (30) feet.

G.

Minimum distance between buildings.

Twenty (20) feet.

H.

Maximum lot coverage.

Seventy (70) percent.

I.

Other regulations. All other applicable regulations must be satisfied prior to development under this zoning district.

(Ord. No. 25-01-02, § 1, 1-2-2025)

17.56.040 - Architectural standards.

A.

Exterior façcade. On all roadways where buildings or parts thereof are visible, all exposed exterior wall sidings shall be composed of the following building materials.

1.

The first floor shall be either brick, natural stone, high-grade stucco; glass; or exposed concrete block, with metal and/or tile as an accent only.

2.

The second floor and above shall be either brick, high-grade stucco; glass; or a combination.

3.

The installation of windows are encouraged on all facades to provide natural light into the building's interior spaces and to add visual interest to the facades.

4.

Materials not listed may be presented to the director for classification.

B.

Site standards.

1.

The front setback for the primary structure can be reduced to twenty (20) feet along major arterials that have been expanded to four (4) or more lanes, and where additional right-of-way has been purchased but construction has not started.

2.

With the reduced front setback to twenty (20) feet, all required parking shall be located between the rear of the primary structure and the landscape/natural buffer at the rear of the property. Only driveways are allowed to cross the front setback.

C.

Landscape requirements. (See Section 17.120.020.)

D.

Parking lot requirements. (See Section 17.120.026.)

(Ord. No. 25-01-02, § 1, 1-2-2025)

17.14.050 - Buffer requirement.

When an OI district abuts a residential zoning district, a twenty-five-foot buffer is required.

(Ord. No. 25-01-02, § 1, 1-2-2025)