The office district (O) is designed to accommodate uses such as offices, banks, and personal services which can serve as transitional areas between residential and commercial districts and to provide a transition between major thoroughfares and residential districts.

(Ord. No. 844, § 2, 3-18-24)

In the office district, land, buildings, and other structures shall be used only for one (1) or more of the uses specified in the table below.

Uses denoted by a "P" are permitted by right, whereas uses denoted by "C" have site development standards for specific uses and uses denoted by an "S" are considered special land uses and may be approved by the planning commission subject to the applicable general and specific standards in Article X, site development standards for specific uses and Article XI, special land uses.

(Ord. No. 844, § 2, 3-18-24)

All uses within the office district shall adhere to the following area, height, bulk, and placement regulations:

Footnotes for section 38-103 schedule limiting height, bulk, density, and area:

¹Setbacks for institutional uses (such as places of worship, nonprofit organization, academic institution, library or hospital) in residential districts shall be as follows:

(a)

A 35-foot-wide greenbelt shall be provided along major thoroughfares or arterial roadways in all residential districts for residential developments. Building setbacks are measured from the interior line of the greenbelt. See Article XVII, landscape standards and tree replacement.

(b)

Refer to Article XVII, landscape standards and tree replacement for required setback and buffering based on adjacent zoning districts.

(c)

All yard areas shall be lawn, ground cover or living landscape plant materials, except for access drives, sidewalks, bike paths, architectural features, permitted accessory buildings and essential service facilities.

(d)

Refer to section 38-53, projections into yards.

(e)

Refer to subsection 38-183 off-street parking space design and setback requirements of Article XV, off-street parking and loading-unloading standards, for parking setbacks.

²Front yard requirements in accordance with section 38-37, front yard requirements. Front yard setback reductions are permitted as follows:

(a)

Where the front yards for existing main buildings in the vicinity of, and in the same zoning districts as a subject lot are less than the required front yard for the zoning district of the subject lot, the required front yard for the subject lot shall be no less than ninety (90) percent and no more than one hundred thirty-five (135) percent of the average established front setback of existing main buildings on the same side of the street and entirely or partially within three hundred (300) feet of the side lot lines of the subject lot, subject to subsections b. and c. below.

(b)

The front yard setback reduction shall only be permitted if there are two (2) or more lots occupied by main buildings within the area described in subsection a, above, for computing the average front yard.

(c)

In no case shall the required front yard resulting from the application of subsection a & b, above, be less than fifteen (15) feet.

(Ord. No. 844, § 2, 3-18-24)

All principal uses and special land uses are subject to the following site development requirements:

(1)

Article II: General provisions.

(2)

Article XIII: Site plan review.

(3)

Article XV: Off-street parking and loading standards.

(4)

Article XVI: Access management and driveway standards.

(5)

Article XVII: Landscape standards and tree replacement.

(6)

Article XVIII: Lighting standards.

(7)

Article XX: Signs.

(Ord. No. 844, § 2, 3-18-24)