The Business Medical (B-3) District is established
for the purpose of developing the area adjacent to the general hospital
as a low-density, commercial district for the specific purpose of
serving the medical profession and the public in general by reducing
noise and traffic congestion around the hospital and surrounding residential
area. The principal use is for medical services and auxiliary facilities.
In the Business Medical (B-3) District, structures
to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following
uses:
A.
Hospitals, general.
B.
Medical and dental offices.
C.
Apothecaries, limited to prescriptions, patent medicines,
medical devices and all other items generally found in a drugstore,
provided that same are not publicly displayed.
D.
Diagnostic laboratories serving the medical profession.
E.
Dental laboratories.
F.
Dormitory buildings for medical personnel.
G.
Buildings used for training medical technicians and
nurses.
H.
Off-street parking as required by this chapter.
I.
Business signs which are ground mounted and which
do not exceed 10 square feet, except that larger signs may be permitted
for hospitals, offices and dormitories with the approval of the Planning
Commission.
J.
Professional offices.
Structures shall be located 30 feet or more
from any street right-of-way.
For permitted uses, the minimum lot width at
the setback line shall be at least 80 feet, and for each additional
permitted use there shall be 10 feet or more of additional lot width
at the setback line.
Structures may be erected up to 35 feet in height
from grade, except that:
A.
The height limit for buildings may be increased up
to 45 feet and up to three stories, provided that there are two side
yards for each permitted use, each of which is 10 feet or more, plus
one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building
height over 35 feet.
B.
A public or semipublic building such as a general
hospital may be erected to a height to 60 feet from grade, provided
that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot
for each foot in height over 35 feet.
C.
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height
of the building on which the walls rest.
