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Mountain Brook City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XI.

OFFICE PARK DISTRICT

Sec. 129-171.- Permitted uses.

The uses permitted in office park districts shall be as follows:

(1)

Professional offices;

(2)

Business offices;

(3)

Clinics, medical and dental;

(4)

Public buildings;

(5)

Gymnasiums and fitness centers;

(6)

Daycare centers;

(7)

Restaurants;

(8)

Dressmaking, millinery, sewing, tailoring, alterations, knitting and crocheting; provided, that any person engaged in dressmaking, millinery, sewing, tailoring or alterations may conduct trunk sales at his place of business, subject to the following conditions: (a) as used herein, "trunk sale" shall mean the sale of new clothes, clothing accessories and other consumer goods by means of the purchaser ordering the finished goods from samples and/or catalogs which are available for inspection at the place of business during the trunk sale; (b) no more than four trunk sales may be conducted at the place of business during any calendar year; and (c) no trunk sale may last for more than five days, which days must be consecutive.

(9)

Laboratories for the compounding and sale of prescription drugs;

(10)

Building and office cleaning services whose primary business is the cleaning of buildings and offices located in the same office park district in which the cleaning service is located;

(11)

Not more than ten percent of the rentable floor area in a building or buildings located on a parcel in an office park district may be used for retail establishments; provided, that: (a) all such retail businesses shall be designed and intended for the support of the other uses permitted under this section 129-171 and shall not be designed or intended to attract business or customers from without such office park district and provided, further, that such retail use shall be subject to the prior approval of the planning commission; and

(12)

Accessory structures customarily incidental to the uses permitted in an office park district.

(Ord. No. 1224, 2-26-96; Ord. No. 1247, 1-13-97; Ord. No. 1398, 2-14-00; Ord. No. 1410, 6-12-00; Ord. No. 1447, 10-23-00; Ord. No. 1955, § 1, 7-12-2016)

Sec. 129-172. - Area and dimensional requirements.

(a)

Minimum dimensions of parcel. .....

(1)

Minimum area of parcel .....15,000
square feet

(2)

Minimum width of parcel at all points between the street line and the front setback line .....100 feet

(b)

Minimum yards and building setbacks. .....

(1)

Minimum front yard setback .....40 feet

(2)

Minimum rear yard setback .....40 feet

(3)

Minimum side yard setback .....20 feet

(c)

Building limitations. .....

(1)

Maximum building area .....25 percent
of the total area of parcel

(2)

Maximum number of stories .....Five

(3)

Maximum building height .....60 feet

(Ord. No. 1224, 2-26-96)

Sec. 129-173. - Offstreet parking.

(a)

Generally. All parking spaces and such attendant driveways and other areas which may be necessary for the maneuvering of motor vehicles shall be arranged so as to provide convenient access to and from a paved street or alley. All parking spaces, driveways and maneuvering areas shall be paved with asphalt or concrete. All such areas shall have adequate storm drainage facilities.

(b)

Parking spaces.

(1)

Minimum number of parking spaces required, for every 250 square feet of rentable floor area of the buildings on the parcel .....One

(2)

Minimum size of each parking space .....Nine feet
wide by 18 feet long

(Ord. No. 1224, 2-26-96)

Sec. 129-174. - Exterior lighting.

If artificial illumination is provided for a parking area, it shall be arranged so as to shine and reflect away from any adjacent residential areas and away from any streets adjacent to or near the parcel. No lighting fixtures used for any parking area shall be elevated more than 14 feet above the ground. Each lighting fixture shall be designed and installed so as to direct its beam of light below the horizontal plane of such lighting fixture.

(Ord. No. 1224, 2-26-96)

Sec. 129-175. - Additional requirements and provisions.

(a)

Limitation on inventory. No business, profession or other operation in an office park district may maintain inventories for wholesale or retail purposes, except: (1) retail businesses which are permitted under section 129-171(7) may maintain retail, but not wholesale, inventory; and (2) any other business or profession may use not more than one-half of its rentable floor area for the storage of inventory, provided that none of such inventory may be sold or delivered at the premises of such business or profession. The storage of supplies required for the operation of a duly permitted business or profession shall be permitted and shall not be considered inventory.

(b)

Storage of garbage and waste. All trash, garbage and other waste shall be kept in sanitary containers in a fully enclosed service yard, which yard must be conveniently accessible by street or driveway to vehicles collecting such material and to occupants of the buildings served by such yard. The service yard shall be paved with asphalt or concrete and shall be enclosed with an opaque wall or fence of permanent construction, at least six feet, but not more than eight feet, in height, and designed and constructed so as to conceal the service yard from visibility. The entrance to the service yard shall be screened by a gate at least six feet, but not more than eight feet, in height. No part of the service yard may be used to satisfy the offstreet parking requirements of this article.

(Ord. No. 1224, 2-26-96)