§14-307. "OC" Office-Commercial District.
(1) Use Regulations. The specific uses permitted in this
district shall be the erection, construction, alteration, or use of buildings
and/or land for the following uses, to be conducted wholly within a completely
enclosed building:
(a) Business or professional office or agency,
financial institution, radio or television studio; radio or television
transmission tower shall be permitted only if a Zoning Board of Adjustment
Certificate is obtained;
(b) Instruction in music, arts or
sciences;
(c) Laboratories (analytical, chemical, and research) and
assay offices;
(d) Personal service or treatment of
patients;
(e) Detached multiple dwellings;
(f) Accessory uses,
customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses; provided, that the
accessory use does not occupy more than 25% of the gross floor area, and does
not include open air storage of materials, equipment or
merchandise.
(2) Area Regulations.
(a) Lot Width and Area. The
minimum lot width shall be 100 feet, and the minimum lot area shall be 10,000
square feet.
(b) Occupied Area. Not more than 50% of the lot area shall
be occupied by buildings.
(c) Open Area. The open area shall be not
less than 50% of the lot area and shall consist of at least the required minimum
front and rear yards in all cases, plus such other side yards or open courts as
shall be required to equal an area not less than the total open area above
required.
(d) Building Set-back Line. The building set-back line shall
be 20 feet from all street
lines;
[177] (e) Front Yards. The
minimum depth of a front yard shall be the depth required between the street
line and the building set-back line, as herein specified;
(f) Side
Yards and Open Courts. When side yards or open courts are used, except open
courts between wings of the same building, they shall have a minimum width of 12
feet, subject to the following provisions:
(.1) Any multiple dwelling
erected in this district shall have two side yards, each of which shall be not
less than 12 feet in width;
(.2) In no case shall any building be
erected closer than 35 feet to any Residential District; provided, that any
building used solely as a multiple dwelling shall have a side yard of 12
feet.
(g) Open Courts Between Wings of the Same Building. Open courts
between wings of the same building shall be not less than 12 feet in minimum
width; except in the case of courts between wings of multiple dwellings which
shall be determined by the following requirements:
(.1) For buildings
of three stories or less and not in excess of thirty- five feet high, the
minimum width shall be not less than the length or depth of such
court;
(.2) For buildings over three stories or over thirty-five feet
in height, whichever is less, the minimum width shall be not less than the
length or depth of such court plus one-third of that portion of the height of
the building over three stories or thirty-five feet.
(h) Inner Courts.
The least dimension of an inner court shall be eight feet, and shall contain a
minimum area of 100 square feet, except in the case of such courts in multiple
dwellings, the dimensions of which shall be equal to the height of the higher
wall between which each dimension of the court is being measured.
(i) Rear
Yard. In no case shall any building be erected closer than 35 feet to any
Residential District; provided, that any building used solely as a multiple
dwelling shall have a rear yard of 12 feet.
(3) Height Regulations.
There shall be no height regulations except as height may be limited by the
other applicable provisions of this district.
(4) Floor Area. No
building in this district shall have a gross floor area greater than 150% of the
area of the lot.
(5) Off-street Loading. Off-street loading spaces shall
be provided in accordance with § 14-1405 of this
Title.
(6) Off-street Parking.
(a) Buildings and Portions of
Buildings Not Used for Dwelling. With every 600 square feet of gross floor area
not used for dwellings erected in this district there shall be provided one
off-street parking space in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14-1400 of
this Title, which shall be located behind the building set-back
line.
(b) Dwellings. With every dwelling erected in this district there
shall be provided one off-street parking space for each family in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 14-1400.
(7) Signs. Signs shall be
permitted in this district only under the following
conditions:
(a) Signs shall not exceed a total area of 50 square feet
upon any street line frontage;
(b) Signs which are free-standing
structures on the ground shall not exceed 20 feet in height, measured from the
average level of the ground of the lot to the top of said
structure;
(c) Signs may be animated or illuminated; provided, that the
illumination shall be focused upon the sign itself so as to prevent glare upon
the surrounding areas;
(d) Signs with flashing or intermittent
illumination shall not be erected within 150 feet of any Residential District,
nor facing any Residential District within 300 feet of the
sign.
(e) Signs which revolve shall be prohibited.
(f) Any
revolving device which causes intermittent flashes of light to be projected
shall be prohibited.