The purpose of the General Office District is to provide areas for the development of high intensity office use. The General Office District may serve as a buffer between residential uses and more intensive commercial uses.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   (a)   Administrative, professional, and business offices not carrying on retail trade with the public and having no stock of goods maintained for sale to customers, including, but not limited to:

      (1)   Brokers and dealers in securities, investments and associated services, including financial planning.

      (2)   Insurance agents and brokers and associated services.

      (3)   Real estate sales and associated services.

      (4)   Attorneys and law practices, including title companies.

      (5)   Engineering and architectural services, not including the outside storage of equipment.

      (6)   Accounting, auditing, and other bookkeeping services.

      (7)   Social service agencies and governmental offices.

      (8)   Hospitals and clinics.

   (b)   Professional offices engaged in providing health services to the general public with incidental retail trade including, but not limited to:

      (1)   Medical and medical related activities, but not including veterinary offices or animal hospitals.

      (2)   Dentists, orthodontists, optometrists and opticians.

   (c)   Day care.

   (d)   Residential uses per Section 1258.14.

   (e)   Places of assembly or meeting halls.

   (f)   Assisted living facilities.

   (g)   Private and public educational buildings and campuses using the standards of the CSI District.

   (h)   Recycle collection points.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   (a)   Uses which are customary in the course of or associated with specified permitted use are allowed.

   (b)   Flagpoles, television and radio antennas for the exclusive use of the property owner.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   (a)   Veterinary offices and animal hospitals.

   (b)   Radio broadcasting stations.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   Accessory structures shall comply with Chapter 1274.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   (a)   The floor area in this district is unlimited.

   (b)   The combined square footage of the footprint of all buildings and structures on a given lot shall not be more than thirty-five percent of the lot area, exclusive of any lot area in the floodway.

   (c)   New construction, including additions, shall be reviewed by Planning Commission for compliance with the City's current Development Regulations. The items to be considered in determining compliance shall include, but are not limited to, the following: roadway improvements, access management or traffic congestion prevention, storm water management, floodplain management, public utility connections, FAA requirements and landscaping requirements.

   (d)   All uses in this district shall comply with the applicable requirements of Chapter 1296.

   (e)   Maximum of four recycling collection point containers allowed per lot.

   (f)   Existing residential structures being used as a business may be returned to residential use.

   (g)   There shall be no drive thru business conducted in this district.

   (h)   There shall be no outside storage located in this district.

   (i)   There shall be no retail business conducted in this district, except as per Section 1258.03.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   (a)   On lots less than two acres, adjoining a residential district, no structure shall exceed three stories or forty feet in height. For all other lots there are no height restrictions.

   (b)   Flagpoles, television and radio antennas shall not exceed the height of existing buildings on the property by more than four feet.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   The following minimum requirements shall apply, except as provided in Chapters 1270 and 1271.

 

 

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 1290.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   Corner lots shall meet the requirements of Section 1240.11.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   Landscaping, buffering, and green space shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 1292.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   (a)   Front yard setbacks from public and private roadways shall be modified in accordance with the thoroughfare maps maintained in the office of the City Engineer.

   (b)   Lots with no legal access to an adequate public right-of-way shall obtain approval from the Planning Commission for the proposed access prior to issuance of a zoning certificate. Approval of a lot split by the Planning Commission is evidence of an acceptable legal access.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   Deed restrictions and covenants may establish additional restrictions.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)

   (a)   In this district, a one-family dwelling and related accessory structures on a single lot or parcel in existence at the time of the adoption of this Code may be repaired, altered or enlarged in accordance with Chapters 1242, 1248, 1249, or 1251 as determined by the Zoning Inspector.

   (b)   While solely new one-family residences are not a permitted use in this district, one dwelling unit is permitted on an upper level of a building when the use of the story at grade level is a permitted use in this district.

   (c)   While solely new multi-family residences are not a permitted use in this district, dwelling units are permitted on a maximum of two upper levels of a building when the use of the story at grade level is a permitted use in this district and the dwelling units are approved by the Planning Commission.

(Ord. 08-33. Passed 5-4-09.)