It is the intent of this District to act as a transitional zone between intensive business areas and residential neighborhoods. This District should contain office, residential, institutional and support commercial facilities.

No building, structure, or parcel of land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered, or enlarged which is arranged, intended, or designed for other than one of the following uses:

1.

Banks and financial institutions.

2.

Civic buildings.

3.

Cultural institutions.

4.

Nursery schools, preschool and day care centers.

5.

Offices - business or professional; medical or dental.

6.

Parks, playgrounds and forest preserves.

7.

Religious institutions.

8.

Schools.

9.

Veterinary offices.

The following special uses may be permitted in specific situations as appropriate:

1.

Convalescent and nursing homes.

2.

Dwelling units.

3.

General retail.

4.

Parking lots or garages, principal.

5.

Planned unit developments.

6.

Public and private utility facilities.

7.

Services, including, but not limited to, barber shops, beauty shops, laundries, clothes cleaning and laundry pick-up stations, shoe repair, tailor shops, appliance repair shops, electricians' shops and similar stores or shops for the conduct of business.

The following are requirements of this District:

1.

All business, servicing, or processing, except off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings. The City Council may waive this provision by designating certain days on which business establishments may conduct their businesses outside the building or structure.

The minimum lot area shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

The minimum lot width shall be one hundred feet (100') at the frontage line.

The minimum building setback requirements shall be as follows:

*A setback from all residential districts, of forty feet (40') shall be maintained. A minimum of twenty feet (20') of landscaped area shall be provided along such District boundary or property line separating the specified Districts. The required landscaped area shall be grass covered and densely planted with shrubs and trees to buffer adjacent residential land uses to provide a year-round visual screen in accordance with the Site Plan Review Ordinance. A fence shall be required in cases where the City Council finds landscaping alone is insufficient to protect the health, safety and welfare or adjacent land owners or occupants. Designated parking areas shall be prohibited within the buffer area.

The maximum floor area ratio for all buildings and structures in the OC District shall be 0.5.