The intent of the OR Office Residential District is to:
A. 
Recognize an area of existing single-family houses which may have declined in suitability as residences because of immediate proximity to arterial streets experiencing increases in traffic and to industrial uses.
B. 
Provide an option to these landowners to continue to maintain a residence or to convert to a limited commercial use.
C. 
Make sure that any commercial use would not be so intense as to create nuisances to neighboring residences or additional traffic hazards.
In the OR District, land, buildings or premises shall be used by right for one of the following uses but for no others:
A. 
Any use listed as permitted by right or by accessory use in the R-1 District, within the requirements of the R-1, and not the OR, District.
[Amended 7-10-2025 by Ord. No. 2460, approved 7-10-2025]
The following uses are permitted as special exception uses when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board:
A. 
Office, which may include one dwelling unit within the same building on the lot.
B. 
One retail sales or personal service establishment on a lot, not including motor vehicles sales, adult bookstore or adult movie theater.
The only business sign that shall be permitted for a special exception use shall be one on-premises sign that is not illuminated, that has a maximum sign area of six square feet and that has a maximum height of six feet, except that an auto service station may have a maximum sign area of 16 square feet on each of two sides.
Any off-street parking area intended for three or more vehicles shall be separated from the lot line of any abutting dwelling by a fifteen-foot-wide buffer yard with screening as required by § 255-191, except this buffer yard shall be 30 feet from an auto service station.
The following regulations shall be observed:
A. 
Lot area: 6,000 square feet minimum, except that 12,000 square feet minimum shall be required for a retail sales use.
B. 
Front yard setback line: 40 feet minimum for both principal and accessory structures.
C. 
Lot width: 60 feet minimum at the street line, except no lot shall be subdivided in such a way as to create an additional driveway onto an arterial street, and provided that 120 feet minimum shall be required for a retail sales use.
D. 
Coverage: maximum of 30% building coverage and 50% impervious coverage.