5.6.1.1. Intent and purpose of district.

The OF, office general district is established to provide areas suitable for professional business office facilities. Office general uses should be established along major traffic facilities.

The OF, office general district shall provide for appropriate development of lands that are designated in the comprehensive plan as residential/office general.

5.6.1.2. Permitted uses.

1.

Financial institutions, including drive-thru.

2.

Real estate offices.

3.

Insurance offices.

4.

Travel agencies.

5.

Medical, dental, and optical doctor offices, excluding clinics.

6.

Professional service offices, including accountants, lawyers, architects, engineers and similar professionals.

7.

Brokerage houses.

8.

Studios, including art, sculpture, dance, pottery, and like activities.

9.

Office reproduction services.

10.

Similar business offices.

5.6.1.3. Conditional uses.

1.

Medical, dental and optical doctor walk-in and emergency clinics.

2.

Pharmacy, in conjunction with medical offices consisting of not more than ten percent of total floor area of main structure.

3.

Government buildings and uses.

4.

Places of worship.

5.

Offsite Parking.

a.

Up to 30 percent of the minimum required parking may be provided at an offsite parking location;

b.

Valet parking may be permitted at the offsite parking location provided the spaces utilized for valet are above the minimum number of parking spaces required for the specific use;

c.

The off-site parking location must be improved as required by Article XV, Design and Construction and Article XII Tree Protection, Landscaping and Buffering.

d.

The off-site parking location shall be located within 650 feet of a public entrance to the structure or land area containing the use for which such parking spaces are required.

e.

A safe, direct, convenient, pedestrian route shall be provided between the off site parking location and the use being served, i.e.: the construction of eight-foot sidewalks between the use and the offsite parking location;

f.

The off site parking location and the use site shall be situated on the same side of the road;

g.

Low level lighting is required at the off site parking location.

h.

Additional buffering in the form of opaque screening shall be required for any off-site parking location adjacent to a residential use.

5.6.1.4. Building height regulations.

Maximum building height: 35 feet.

5.6.1.5. Building site area.

Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.

Minimum lot width: 75 feet.

Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.

5.6.1.6. Maximum impervious surface ratio.

Maximum impervious surface ratio (ISR): 0.50 percent.

5.6.1.7. Maximum floor area ratio.

Maximum floor area ratio (FAR): 0.40 percent.

5.6.1.8. Yard regulations.

Front: 40 feet.

Side: Ten feet.

Rear: 20 feet.

5.6.1.9. Public/semipublic threshold.

Public/semipublic uses shall not exceed a maximum area of three acres. Such use or contiguous like uses in excess of this threshold shall require a plan amendment.

(Ord. No. 2007-02, § 2, 4-17-07; Ord. No. 2007-30, § 1, 12-4-07; Ord. No. 2008-03, § 7, 2-19-08)

5.6.2.1. Intent and purpose of district.

The purpose of the RO zoning district is to establish a residential zone that is transitional in character and location, and to promote a mixed pattern of compatible development consisting primarily of residential uses and a blend of professional office, and limited service activities that are recognized as low traffic generators. The RO district is intended to protect the integrity of established residential neighborhoods from noise and excessive levels of traffic while at the same time afford the opportunity for compatible office and service development in a mixed use.

The RO district requires appropriate buffering or screening around such development when it abuts any residential district boundary, to maintain the compatibility with such abutting district.

5.6.2.2. Permitted uses.

1.

Single-family dwelling units.

2.

Multiple-family residential units, including, duplex and triplex; provided area and setback requirements are met.

3.

Real estate offices.

4.

Insurance offices.

5.

Travel agencies.

6.

Medical, dental, and optical doctor offices, excluding clinics.

7.

Professional offices, including accountants, lawyers, architects, engineers and similar professionals.

8.

Studios, including art, sculpture, dance, pottery, and like activities.

9.

Personal service establishments such as barbershops, beauty salons, shoe repair, tailoring, watch and clock repair, and locksmith shops.

5.6.2.3. Conditional uses.

1.

Public or private right-of way; substation for utilities.

2.

Elementary schools and day nurseries.

3.

High schools.

4.

Places of worship.

5.

Public and private parks, playgrounds and recreation centers.

6.

Government buildings, when located on 2½ acre lots.

7.

Bed and breakfast inns.

5.6.2.4. Building height regulations.

Maximum building height: 35 feet.

5.6.2.5. Building site area.

5.6.2.5.1. Single-family development consistent with the R-2 regulations.

5.6.2.5.2. Non-residential and multi-family.

Minimum lot area: 7,500 square feet.

Minimum lot width: 75 feet.

Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.

5.6.2.6. Maximum impervious surface ratio.

Maximum impervious surface ratio (ISR): 0.65 percent.

5.6.2.7. Maximum floor area ratio.

Maximum floor area ratio (FAR): 0.50 percent.

5.6.2.8. Yard regulations.

Front: 25 feet.

Side: Seven and one-half feet.

Rear: Ten feet.

5.6.2.9. Public/semipublic threshold.

Public/semipublic uses shall not exceed a maximum area of five acres. Such use or contiguous like uses in excess of this threshold shall require a plan amendment.

5.6.2.10. Additional requirements.

5.6.2.10 (1) Any non-residential use that is adjacent to the community redevelopment district should compliment and be compatible with the architectural standards of the Town Center Development Code.

5.6.2.10 (2) To maintain the overall compatibility of the RO district with properties abutting any residential district boundary, separation of land uses through appropriate required buffering or screening designed to eliminate or minimize potential nuisances around such development must provide buffering to form a generally opaque vegetative screen, as defined by buffer yard E, of the Land Development Code. The criteria that establish the details of buffer yard E are provided within the appendix of Article XII—Tree protection, landscaping, and buffering.

5.6.2.11. Mixed use.

Mixed uses shall not exceed, in combination, the respective number of units per acre and floor area ratio permitted, when allocated in their respective proportion to the gross land area of the property.

(Ord. No. 2007-02, § 3, 4-17-07; Ord. No. 2008-03, § 8, 2-19-08)