(A)

There shall be a professional office district, O-1, and the uses permitted in this district shall be any business or professional use similar in nature to those listed below. (These uses are listed for descriptive purposes only, and are not intended to be exclusive.)

Abstract title.

Accounting and auditing.

Adjustors, insurance.

Advertising (no shops).

Agency (insurance, employment, travel).

Architects.

Attorneys.

Building contractors (office only).

Chiropractic.

Clinical or laboratory (medical, dental, optical).

Dentist.

Engineering.

Florist shop.

Gift shop.

Insurance.

Interior decorator.

Investigative.

Investment and tax counseling.

Manufacturer's agents.

Market research.

Medical.

Merchants.

Model agency (no school).

Mortgage brokerage.

Nursing, convalescent, extended-care homes, hospitals.

Optometrist.

Planning and zoning consultants.

Public relations.

Real estate.

Secretarial services.

Shoe store.

Stock brokerage.

(B)

Signs. See Signs, § 150-030.

(C)

Parking standards and requirements. See § 150-016.

(D)

Building height limit. The maximum building height shall be 40 feet or three stories.

(E)

Building site area required. The minimum building site area required shall be a lot or parcel of land 15,000 square feet in area.

(F)

Front yard required for a building designed for commercial use. All buildings shall be built to the front property line, except as follows:

(1)

A setback of 15 feet may be permitted for beautification purposes only.

(2)

Where frontage on the same street has an adjoining or abutting lot restricted to residential use, the front yard requirements of the residential districts shall apply.

(G)

Side yard requirements. No side yard is required for a building designed for commercial use, except where required for protective screening, as hereinafter provided.

(H)

Rear yard requirements. There shall be a rear yard consisting of an area which is not less than 30 percent of the area of the lot or building site to be improved, in order to provide space for drains and other uses, except in those cases where the lot or building site abuts upon a dedicated alley which has a width of not less than 40 feet, in which case the rear yard may be 20 percent of the lot or building site area.

(I)

Floor area requirements. The minimum first floor area of a commercial building in this district shall be 1,500 square feet.

(J)

Protective screening. Where any lot, parcel, or building site in this district adjoins a residential district, a five-foot strip of land adjoining the boundary of the residential district shall be set aside and used for planting or walls by the owner of the commercial lot or parcel at his expense, to form an effective screen for the protection of the residential area. No structure, except the screen or wall, or utilities or drainage facilities, shall be placed or permitted in the area. No vehicular access shall be permitted over the area, except for the installation or maintenance of screening, utilities, and drainage facilities.

(K)

Commercial installations for business purposes shall not include mixed use for living quarters.

(Code 1962, § 25-27.2; amend. Ord. 505, passed 2-28-72; amend. Ord. 599-77, passed 3-28-77; amend. Ord. 760-90, passed 3-26-90)