(A) Purpose. This district facilitates economic development through the creation of employment centers with a mix of light industrial and supportive commercial uses in a master-planned setting. A master plan will permit flexible approaches to site design and development while accomplishing the objectives of the urban design element of the comprehensive plan. An emphasis shall be given to community compatibility and appropriate transitions between land uses. The intent of the Business Park District is to:

(1) Promote economic development for the city by fostering the creation of significant employment centers;

(2) Enhance and implement the comprehensive plan by creating a land use category that supports campus-style office, warehousing, light manufacturing and supportive commercial use;

(3) Provide a high quality employment environment of multi-acre parcels based on an approved master plan that includes architectural guidelines and buffers as outlined in the urban design element of the comprehensive plan;

(4) Plan for efficient transportation access through proximity to arterial roadways;

(5) Ensure appropriate transitions and/or buffers to adjacent low density residential land uses.

(B) Permissive uses.

(1) Auditoriums, bowling alleys, billiard or pool halls, dance halls, theaters, skating rinks, and other indoor entertainment establishments;

(2) Bakeries, pastry and confectioneries for retail sales;

(3) Banks and other financial institutions;

(4) Brewpubs and microbreweries, artisanal distilleries, and taprooms;

(5) Hotel/motel;

(6) Indoor shooting range;

(7) Industrial;

(8) Laboratories, research and experimental stations;

(9) Libraries, museums, cultural institutions;

(10) Light industrial;

(11) Light manufacturing;

(12) Manufacturing;

(13) Medical complexes, professional offices (medical and dental), veterinarians, offices/clinics; except boarding kennels are not permitted;

(14) Motion picture production, radio and television production studios;

(15) Nursery schools and daycare facilities;

(16) Offices and office buildings;

(17) Offset press printing;

(18) Outdoor storage, as an accessory use, provided:

(a) A buffer wall shall separate outside storage from abutting properties and rights-of-way; and

(b) Proposed outside storage areas shall be delineated as such on applicable site or development plans; and

(c) Stored materials shall not be stacked or arranged above the height of the screen wall or fence. If a stored vehicle or other individual item exceeds the height of the screen wall or fence, it shall be stored no less than 15 feet from an abutting property or right-of-way; and

(d) Shall not include any outdoor sales display;

(19) Parks, recreational parks, open spaces, and public facilities;

(20) Personal services – beauty/barber shops, fitness centers, laundry/dry cleaning, tailor/dressmaking, shoe repair, tanning/manicure salon;

(21) Photocopying and blueprinting, shipping and messenger service;

(22) Public utilities, electric facilities;

(23) Repair shops – electrical, radio, and television appliances, keys and similar articles;

(24) Research and development office;

(25) Residential uses as secondary use or above the first floor; provided, that density shall not exceed 50 dwelling units per acre;

(26) Restaurants, bars, lounges, coffee/tea rooms, patio/al fresco dining facilities, provided:

(a) There shall be no drive-in or drive-up restaurants; and

(b) Outdoor seating is at least 75 feet away from any residential zone;

(27) Sales and display rooms or buildings for wholesalers, distributors, warehouses or manufactures;

(28) Schools, private, K-12, college, trade schools;

(29) Schools, public, K-12;

(30) Sheet metal working;

(31) Stores for the sale of retail goods, products, and services; except gasoline stations are not permitted;

(32) Temporary structures and enclosures used in construction as defined in Article III, Section 154.75(D);

(33) Warehousing and indoor storage;

(34) Wholesale commercial.

(C) General requirements and design standards.

(1) All activities and storage of materials, products or equipment shall be within an enclosed building unless consistent with Article III, Section 154.71;

(2) No noise, odors, vibration or other impacts shall be discernible off the premises of the building;

(3) All design standards shall be provided in a master plan approved by Planning and Zoning Board. The master plan shall address the following components:

(a) Development standards for height, setbacks, landscaping, etc.;

(b) Site compatibility and design, including:

1. Open space, trails, and recreational amenities;

2. Landscaping and buffers; and

3. Design concepts and guidelines;

(c) Drainage;

(d) Transportation;

(e) Utilities;

(f) Optional components which may be required by the Development Services Department Director:

1. Master sign plan;

2. Master parking plan.

(D) Area. A minimum 15 acres for the master-planned business park. Lots or tracts within the business park shall be a minimum of one-half acre (21,780 square feet).

(Ord. 18-20; Am. Ord. 22-20)