§ 40-542. Permitted uses.

In Office-Warehouse Districts only the following uses of property shall be permitted:

(1)

Any use permitted in a C-2 General Commercial District, except Elderly Housing and Assisted Living Facilities and any residential use either stand-alone or located in the main structure containing non-residential uses; however, any existing stand-alone residential use shall be recognized as a conforming use. The existing residential use cannot be restored if it is destroyed beyond seventy-five (75) percent or more of its value.

(2)

Laundries employing more than ten (10) persons (exclusive of drivers who spend the greater part of their working time away from the premises).

(3)

Laundries and dry cleaning establishments (combined operations) employing more than twenty-five (25) persons on the premises.

(4)

Office and warehouse facilities for distribution of appliances, furniture, dry goods and other similar type commodities.

(5)

Trade services and repair establishments employing not more than twenty-five (25) persons on the premises exclusive of routemen, drivers and other employees who spend the greater part of their working time away from the premises, to include printing, electrical, plumbing, bicycle repair, television, radio and appliance repair and other similar services in areas enclosed within a solid wood or masonry fence of such height as to adequately screen the area from public view.

(6)

Office and related storage warehouses with floor area devoted to warehousing and handling of merchandise limited to fifty thousand (50,000) square feet.

(7)

Off-track wagering facilities with the criteria listed in article XXVIII, general commercial district C-2 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XIV-A(2)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 21715, § 15, 11-13-02; Ord. No. 22794, § 13, 7-19-06; Ord. No. 24545, § II, 4-14-13)