§ 44-109. OSC, Office Service Commercial District.

(a)

Purpose. This district is intended to provide the necessary professional, administrative, personal, technical and scientific offices and related services as the principal uses. Any sale of retail goods is intended to be only incidental to or normally accessory to such principal uses. Office uses in part are intended to function as transition areas between retail commercial uses and residential uses. It is the further purpose of this district to retain the existing residential building character during and after their conversion from residential to office uses in order to continue to retain the overall historical and present city character.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Office buildings for any of the following occupations: computer science, governmental, executive, administrative professional, accounting, clerical, sales and data processing, insurance, real estate offices, general business and professional offices, chamber of commerce, utility offices.

(2)

Research, computer technology and design centers, including the development of pilot, experimental, or prototype planning.

(3)

Medical offices, dental offices, laboratories, clinics, but excluding veterinary offices.

(4)

Off-street parking lots.

(5)

Essential public services and buildings.

(6)

Banks and financial institutions, credit unions, including drive-through.

(7)

Office buildings used in conjunction with residential dwellings.

(8)

Single-family dwelling.

(c)

Accessory uses.

(1)

Normal accessory uses to permitted principal uses.

(2)

Incidental services provided for employees and visitors connected with the principal use, including child care centers, recreational and physical health facilities, swimming pools, conference, educational, library and meeting facilities, sales display facilities and maintenance, storage and repair facilities.

(d)

Special uses.

(1)

Hospitals, section 24-191.

(2)

Veterinary offices and hospitals.

(3)

Child care center, section 24-187.

(4)

Adult foster care congregate facility.

(5)

Adult foster care large group home.

(6)

Funeral establishments.

(7)

Multiple-family dwelling structures, including duplexes, triplexes, quadruplexes, row housing, garden apartments, townhouses and other similar types of multifamily dwelling unit buildings.

(Code 1992, § 24-96; Ord. No. 304, § 406, 6-2-2003)