76-373. General office district, O-2., Article X. Office and Commercial Districts, Chapter 76. Zoning, Code of Ordinances, Code of Ordinances, Chesterfield

(a)

Purpose. The O-2 district is established to accommodate office uses, office sales uses and basic personal services, particularly larger planned office complexes and office centers.

(b)

Permitted uses. Permitted uses shall be as follows:

(1)

All uses permitted in the O-1 district, except residences.

(2)

Publicly owned buildings and public utility offices, but not including outside storage.

(3)

Retail businesses normally associated with and complementary to office districts, i.e., stationery shops, office supplies and office machine repair.

(4)

Banks, credit unions and similar uses.

(5)

Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily incidental to the permitted uses listed in subsections (b)(1)—(4) of this section. Among such permitted accessory uses (but not limited to such uses) are a pharmacy, optical store, a store for orthopedic appliances and corrective garments, and a coffee and sandwich shop.

(c)

Special approval land uses. The following uses, and others similar to those cited in this article, may be permitted by the planning commission, subject to the standards of section 76-371 and the general and specific standards for each cited in article XIII of this chapter.

(1)

Colleges, universities and other similar institutions of higher learning, public and private, offering courses in general, technical or religious education (see section 76-497).

(2)

Convalescent nursing homes or hospices (see section 76-498).

(3)

Day care centers and nursery schools (see section 76-499).

(4)

Drive-through facilities ancillary to the permitted uses listed in subsection (b) of this section.

(5)

Funeral homes and mortuaries (see section 76-503).

(6)

General hospitals (see section 76-506).

(7)

Noncommercial recreation (see section 76-514).

(8)

Planned unit development (see section 76-518).

(9)

Private clubs, fraternal organizations, etc. (see section 76-519).

(10)

Public utilities, not including outdoor storage (see section 76-521).

(11)

Residential one-family dwelling in nonresidential districts (see section 76-525).

(12)

Restaurants, when incidental in size to the principal office uses included on the site.

(d)

Site area and placement requirements. Site area and placement requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

The minimum size of each lot per building:

Area: 15,000 square feet.

Width: 100 feet.

(2)

Minimum yard setback per lot:

Front and side-street building and parking setback. Front and street-side building and parking setbacks shall be as measured from the centerline of each road right-of-way in accordance with the township's master plan, as follows:

		Distance From Centerline (feet)
	Regional (204-foot right-of-way)	152
	Regional (150-foot right-of-way)	125
	Major	110
	Secondary	110
	Collector	93
	Local	88
	Cul-de-sac	110
	Freeway	50*
	Private roads	50**

	*	Freeways shall be measured from the established right-of-way lines.
	**	In the case of private roads, the front yard setback shall be measured from the road easement or common usage line abutting the subject lot.

Parking shall not be permitted in the required front or street-side setback.

Side. No side yards are required along the interior side lot lines, except as otherwise specified in the building code in article II of chapter 14. A side yard of not less than 20 feet shall be provided where the wall of a structure faces interior side lot lines and contains windows or other openings. No building shall be located closer than 35 feet to the outer perimeter (property line) of such district when the property line abuts any residential district. A suitable twenty-foot-wide access drive shall be provided to the rear yard.

Rear. Twenty feet, except no building shall be located closer than 35 feet to the outer perimeter property line of such district when the property line abuts any residential district.

(e)

Building requirements. The building requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

Maximum height (stories/feet): 2/28.

(2)

Maximum lot coverage (percent): 40.

(f)

Additional site requirements. See section 76-371.

(1)

All business, servicing, processing or storage of commodities, except for off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings. No business of a primarily drive-in nature shall be permitted.

(2)

No interior display shall be visible from the exterior of the building, and the total area devoted to display, including both the objects displayed and the floor space set aside for persons observing the displayed objects, shall not exceed 25% of the gross floor area of either the first or second story or in the basement.

(3)

The outdoor storage of goods or materials shall be prohibited, irrespective of whether or not they are for sale.

(4)

Warehousing or indoor storage of goods or materials, beyond that normally incidental to the above-permitted uses, shall be prohibited.

(g)

Environmental and off-street parking. Environmental (landscaping, lighting, screening and signs) and off-street parking improvements shall be provided in accordance with articles V and VI of this chapter.