§ 3.1.3D. Office building.

1.

Description: A building form that accommodates larger building footprints for office uses.

2.

Access: The principal entry to each ground floor unit shall be a direct entrance from the primary abutting street. Access to above ground units shall be via a lobby with direct access to the street. Parking, loading, and trash disposal may be accessed from an alley or shared drive.

3.

Parking:

a.

General: See zoning ordinance, section 1250.13—Off-street parking and loading.

b.

Lot standards: Parking shall be located behind the rear plane of the principal building or partially or wholly underground. Parking may be located on the side of the lot provided that no more than 62 feet of lot frontage along the primary abutting street is occupied by parking or driveways and shall have a landscaped buffer facing the street with a minimum depth of five feet, and a street wall with a maximum height of 36 inches.

c.

Parking requirements: See parking placement illustration.

4.

Massing and articulation: The building facade along the primary abutting public street shall feature horizontal articulation/change visibly at a maximum interval of 48 feet in height, setback, materials, or color. Facades facing a public street shall be vertically articulated at a maximum interval of every 48 feet.

5.

Encroachments : Maximum 14 feet on building frontage only; not to exceed curb line.

6.

Development standards:

a.

Architecture: See article 3.0 section 3.4.5.1.

b.

Accessory buildings: Permitted on review of zoning administrator; not to exceed lot coverage maximum.

c.

Land uses: See article 5.0.

d.

Building heights within 100 feet of a residential district shall be a maximum of two stories.

e.

A transitional buffer yard (TBY) that complies with section 1228.08 of the city's zoning code shall be provided where a commercial district adjoins a residential district.

f.

For drive throughs attached to office building types: See 3.2.4 M.

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Development standards: Office building
Building footprints (min/max in sq. ft.)		10,000/none
Lot width (min/max in ft.)		100/300
Building width (min/max in ft.)		80%/100%
Lot coverage by buildings (max)		60%
Yard Requirements	Front (min/max in ft.)	10/50
	Rear (min/max in ft.)	0/25 Town center 0/0 All other districts
	Side (min/max in ft.)	0/25 Town center 0/0 All other districts
Height, min/max in stories (ft.)		See Table 3.1.4B
Encroachments (max in ft.)		14
Minimum Floor-to-ceiling height (ground floor/upper floor)		12/10
Finish Ground Floor Above Grade (min/max in inches)		0/0
Corner lots must meet front yard requirements on each frontage. Minimum rear yards apply to principal buildings. Buildings for all accessory uses (including garages and accessory dwellings) must maintain a five-foot minimum rear yard, except where the rear yard is an alley where no separation is necessary. Encroachments permitted on building frontage only; corner lots have frontage on each abutting street.

 

Permitted frontages: Office building (See section 3.2)
Common yard	N
Porch	N
Stoop	N
Forecourt	N
Awnings and canopies	Y
Balconies	Y
Colonnades	Y
Arcades	Y
Terrace and lightcourt	N
Bay windows	Y
Storefront	Y
Cafe	Y
Drive through	See 3.2.4M

 

Office building by development districts
Mixed-use commercial	Y
Town center	Y
General neighborhood	S—SUP needed
Neighborhood residential	N
Rural residential	N
Y—Allowed/S—Special Use/N—Not Allowed

 

(Ord. No. 6016-07-16, 7-19-2016)