Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
General description. The
Office Commercial District (CO) is intended to provide a place for
institutional and commercial activities that will service the Zoning District
and which require separate buildings and building groups surrounded by
landscaped yards and open area.
(b)
Uses permitted. Property and building in an Office Commercial
District (CO), shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Multi unit dwellings containing not less
than 8 living units per building.
(2) Office building.
(3) Accessory buildings and uses typically
associated with the uses permitted in this Section.
(c)
Conditional uses permitted on
review. The following uses may be permissible on review in accordance
with the provisions listed in OAC
120:10-13-19:
(1) Any uses permitted in a High Rise General
Residential District (RD-4).
(2)
Research laboratories housed completely within enclosed buildings, and which
the Commission determines are not more objectionable due to the emission of
smoke, noise, dust, odor, and blast than office building operation.
(3) Hotels.
(4) Motels.
(d)
Height regulations. No
building shall exceed the height limitations set forth in OAC
120:10-5-3.1
of this Chapter.
(e)
Area
regulations.
(1)
Front
yard. The minimum depth of the front yard shall be 25 feet. When a lot
has double frontage, the front yard requirements shall be complied with on both
streets.
(2)
Side
yard. Main and accessory buildings shall be set back from all side lot
lines not less than 1 foot for each 2 feet of building height.
(3)
Rear yard. Main buildings
used for residential purposes shall be set back from all rear lot lines not
less than 25 feet or 1 foot for each foot of building height, whichever is
greater. All other main buildings shall be set back from all rear lot lines 1
foot for each 3 feet of building height or fraction thereof.
(f)
Intensity of use.
A lot occupied by an 8 unit dwelling shall contain an area of not less than
12,000 square feet, and for each additional dwelling unit in the building 1,000
square feet of lot area shall be added.
(g)
Coverage.
(1) Main and accessory buildings for uses
other than residential use shall not cover more than 40% of the lot area on
interior lots and 45% of the lot area on corner lots, and in no case shall the
gross floor area of main and accessory buildings exceed the total area of the
lot.
(2) Main and accessory
buildings for uses other than residential shall not cover more than 40% of the
lot area of interior lots and 45% of the lot area for corner lots, and in no
case shall the gross floor area of main and accessory buildings exceed 1 1/2
times the total lot area.
(3) Not
less than 20% of the lot area shall be maintained as and remain landscaped open
area and shall not be used for any other purpose including off-street
parking.
(h)
Off-Street Parking. All off-street parking facilities shall be
designed and constructed in accordance with Subchapter 7 and Subchapter 17 of
this Chapter.
