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Muncie City Zoning Code

DIVISION 12

BP BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE

Sec. 150.100.- Permitted uses.

No building, structure, or land shall be used and no building, or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or maintained except for the following uses.

(A)

Single-family dwellings, as regulated in the R-4 Residence Zone.

(B)

Buildings owned, leased, or used by municipal, township, county, state, or federal governments.

(C)

Religious and charitable institutions.

(D)

Public schools; colleges and universities; nursery schools and child care centers.

(E)

Business and professional offices.

(F)

Credit bureaus.

(G)

Political offices; union offices; real estate offices; insurance offices.

(Ord. No. 624-80, 11-10-80)

Sec. 150.101. - Yard and height requirements.

(A)

There shall be a front yard of not less than 25 feet in depth measured from the right-of-way line to the front wall of the building.

(B)

There shall be two side yards, each six feet in width and measured at right angles to the side lot line.

(C)

There shall be a rear yard 30 feet in depth measured at right angles to the rear lot line.

(D)

No building or structure shall exceed 1-½ stories or 30 feet in height.

(Ord. No. 624-80, 11-10-80)

Sec. 150.102. - Conditions.

(A)

All business and professional offices, credit bureaus and political, union, real estate, and insurance offices shall be service in nature only and generally open to the public only during the day. The sale of goods and merchandise, the preparation and service of food, and the storage and handling of goods, materials, and equipment shall not be permitted. Parking of trucks, other than in the course of delivery of supplies and equipment used in such offices, shall not be permitted. Direct vehicular access to each such office shall be separate and distinct from direct access to any other office, and in no case shall there be access to one such establishment from within another. Only such signs as are permitted in Residence Zones shall be permitted in the BP Business and Professional Office Zone.

(B)

Off-street parking shall be three parking spaces for each office suite within any structure or building, plus one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet of gross floor area.

(Ord. No. 624-80, 11-10-80)