500.1.

General purposes.The office districts are designed to preserve and promote the development of efficient office facilities and to maximize the compatibility with other land uses by:

A.

Establishing bulk and area controls.

B.

Requiring off-street parking and loading facilities.

C.

Establishing the several districts necessary to meet the need for a variety of office types.

D.

Controlling the number, area, location, and types of signs.

500.2.

Purposes of the OL Office Low Intensity District.The OL District is designed to facilitate the development and preservation of low intensity office development.

500.3.

Purposes of the OM Office Medium Intensity District. The OM District is designed to provide area for offices, together with certain community facilities normally compatible with primary office uses. It is designed to preserve existing medium intensity office development and to facilitate the development of new medium intensity office areas.

The principal uses permitted in the office districts are designated by use units. The use units are groupings of individual uses and are fully described, including their respective off-street parking, loading, and screening requirements and other use conditions in Chapter 9. The use units permitted in office districts are set forth in Table 1.

Table 1
Use Units Permitted in Office Districts*

X — Use by right.

E — Use by special exception.

**

Emergency and protective shelter permitted by special exception only.

***

Antennas and antenna support structures are not permitted by special exception in any O District.

520.1.

Accessory uses permitted. Accessory uses customarily incident to a principal use permitted in an office district are permitted in such a district. In addition, the uses set forth in Table 2 are permitted.

Table 2
Accessory Uses Permitted in Office Districts

*By special exception requiring Board of Adjustment approval subject to the requirements set forth in Section 540.

520.2.

Accessory use conditions.

A.

General conditions.

1.

Accessory buildings shall meet the minimum building setback lines of the applicable district.

2.

An accessory building erected as an integral part of the principal building shall be made structurally a part thereof, shall have a common wall therewith and shall comply with the requirements applicable to the principal building.

B.

Convenience goods and services and shopping goods and services.

1.

Limited to the uses included in Use Unit 13 (Chapter 9).

2.

Shall be located entirely within the principal building.

3.

Shall not occupy more than fifteen (15) percent of the gross floor of the building in which located.

C.

Eating places other than drive-ins.

1.

Limited to the uses included in Chapter 9, Use Unit 12 designed and located for the convenience of the occupants of the principal building.

2.

Shall be located entirely within the principal building.

3.

Shall not occupy more than five (5) percent of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

4.

Exterior signs identifying the eating place are prohibited.

D.

Private clubs. With the OM District the private club shall be located entirely within the principal building and shall not occupy more than five (5) percent of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

E.

Within the OM District, the principal office structure may include an eating place (five (5) percent maximum), private club (five (5) percent maximum), and accessory goods and services (fifteen (15) percent maximum), or a total of twenty-five (25) percent maximum of the total gross floor area devoted to the uses. Provided, the eating place, private club, and accessory convenience goods and services do not exceed the maximum allowable for each individual use.

F.

Special housing facilities in Use Unit 5 (Community Services), Use Unit 6 (single-family), and Use Unit 8 (multi-family) shall meet applicable use conditions and off-street parking and loading requirements as provided in Chapter 10.

G.

Antennas and antenna support structures.

1.

Antennas and antenna support structures which are accessory to an office use are permitted to be mounted on an office building or customary accessory building; provide that it does not exceed sixty-five (65) feet in height measured from the average ground elevation at the office building to the highest horizontal point of the antenna and antenna support structure and that surface area of all such mounted Antennas shall not exceed ten (10) square feet. Only one (1) side having the largest surface area is to be calculated. These provisions do not apply to principal use antennas or to antennas which are accessory to uses requiring Board of Adjustment approval.

2.

Structures other than an office building or a customary accessory building which are used to support accessory antennas (or guy lines) shall:

a.

Be located in the rear yard only and be limited to one such structure;

b.

Not exceed sixty-five (65) feet in height, measured from the average ground elevation at the office building to the highest point of the antenna and antenna support structure;

c.

Not encroach upon the land or airspace of any abutting property; and

d.

Not exceed twenty-four (24) inches in width above twenty-five (25) feet in height, exclusive of guy lines.

Table 3
Bulk and Area Requirements in the Office District

*Plus one (1) foot of setback for each one (1) foot of building height exceeding eighteen (18) feet, from an abutting, RE, RS, or RD District.

The special exception uses, permitted in the office districts as designated in Tables 1 and 2, are subject to the minimum requirements set out below and such additional safeguards and conditions as may be imposed by the Board of Adjustment:

A.

The accessory provisions of the office districts pertaining to signs apply to signs which are accessory to uses permitted by special exception; provided that each sign permitted shall primarily identify the principal office building; permitted accessory convenience goods and services shall be secondary.

B.

Multi-family use in the OL and OM District shall comply with the bulk and area requirements of the RM-1 District.

C.

Convenience goods and services in the OL District shall comply with the following requirements:

1.

No accessory convenience goods and services shall be permitted unless the principal building contains a minimum of fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of floor space.

2.

The permitted accessory goods and services listed below shall be located entirely within the principal building and shall have its own pedestrian entrance and exit through the principal building.

3.

Permitted accessory convenience goods and services in the OL District are limited to the following uses and groupings:

a.

Barber shop;

b.

Beauty shop;

c.

Book store;

d.

Florist;

e.

Gift, novelty, souvenir shop;

f.

Liquor store;

g.

Newsstand;

h.

Medical, dental, optical, and orthopedic supplies (prescription service only);

i.

Stationary and office supplies;

j.

Tobacco, candy, and nut store.

i.

The permitted accessory convenience goods and services listed above shall not occupy more than ten (10) percent of the gross floor area of the building in which located; provided that if a club is requested that the total gross floor area for all accessory uses, including a private club, shall not exceed twelve and one-half (12.5) percent.

ii.

Each accessory use shall be limited to a maximum of two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area per specific use grouping (a.—j.) listed above.

D.

Private clubs or eating places, other than drive-ins in the OL District shall comply with the following requirements:

1.

The private club or eating place shall be located within the principal building.

2.

The private club or eating place shall not occupy more than five (5) percent of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

3.

The private club or eating place shall be listed on the building directory only.

E.

Except as provided in Section 230 for public protection and utility facilities, a minimum frontage of one hundred (100) feet are the requirements of the special exception uses unless the use unit requirements are more restrictive, in which case the more restrictive shall apply.

By reason of potential adverse effects on public services or to neighboring land uses, site plan review and approval by the Planning Commission is required for all office developments for the purpose of assuring proper accessibility, circulation, functional relationships of uses and compatibility with the adjoining and nearby development. No building permit shall be issued nor use commenced within this development except in accordance with an approved site plan. See Sections 660.2 and 660.3 which also apply to the office site plan review process.