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Mentor On The Lake City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1260

Office Building District

1260.01 PERMITTED BUILDINGS AND USES.

   In the Office Building District the following uses, and no others, shall be permitted
   (a)   Dwellings only as living quarters for bona fide caretakers and/or watchmen and their families ;
(Ord.86-0-22. Passed 11-25-86.)
   (b)   Office buildings and offices for professional use, dispensaries, medical clinics, and for the executive or administrative personnel of governmental, public utility or private corporations, and buildings containing offices for use by accountants, bookkeepers, lawyers, real estate agents, dentists, doctors and persons engaged in the limited practice of medicine;
   (c)   Mortuaries;
   (d)   Telephone exchanges;
   (e)   Banks, loan associations and financing corporations or associations;
   (f)   Accessory uses incidental to the main uses listed in subsections (a) through (e) hereof, provided that they are planned and developed integrally with the main dwelling, such as the sale of drugs and the sale and consumption of food and soft drinks and ice cream in connection therewith;
   (g)   Off-street parking in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Zoning Code;
   (h)   Any other use which, in the judgment of the Planning and Zoning Commission, is similar in type of services rendered as permitted in this section; and
(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)
   (i)   Apartments for the elderly. Such apartments are permitted only within the area known as the ARTARP Site, as further indicated on the Zoning Map. Such apartments shall conform in all respects to, and be subject to the restrictions and regulations set forth in, Chapter 1254.
(Ord.80-0-22. Passed 10-14-80.)

1260.02 CONVERSION OF NONCONFORMING USE.

   In the event it is proposed that a nonconforming use in the Office Building District is to be converted or changed to a use permitted under Section 1260.01, written application for such conversion or change shall be made to the Planning and Zoning Commission, to which shall be attached and made a part thereof a plot plan showing the location of the boundaries of the lands upon which such nonconforming use exists, together with plans showing the detail of the exterior and interior of any buildings after conversion or change of use. Such plot plan shall give all dimensions of yards and parking areas to be provided, and in all respects such proposed use shall be in accordance with applicable provisions of this chapter and any other law pertaining to such District.
   The Commission shall review each application and, upon finding that such proposed use meets with the requirements provided in this chapter, it shall authorize a permit to be issued. Before such authorization, the Commission shall have authority to prescribe such conditions to be performed as will make the conversion or change of use conform with the uses permitted in such District.
(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

1260.03 FLOODLIGHTS AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS; PROJECTIONS INTO YARDS. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 1260.03 was repealed by Ord. 2008-O-18, passed 10-28-08. See Chapter 1268 for current provisions regulating floodlights and exterior lighting.)