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(PROPOSED) ORDINANCE NO. 43G SECTION 18 - "LDB" LOW DENSITY BUSINESS DISTRICT TO BE ADDED IN IT'S ENTIRETY Section T8.1. Purp6se. 1.8.1.I The purpose.ofan "LDB"Zoned Distrief is to provide a meansby which a land area of limited size interposed beiween•riistricts of widely divergent permitted uses may be developed to :provide a rational and reasonable transition from the more intenseuses alloyed in General B usiness or Retail BusinessDistrictsto the less intense uses allowed in residential districts. The properties cre4ted in:an Office Park would.providc a:rafional and reaso.uable transition from a General Business .District :to a Resideittia) District. Any development shall be designed and operatedin a manner that is.orderly, environmentally acdeptable; and in.conformitywith the goals, policies arid plans of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Gem 18.1.2 The City of.Gem Lake has. designated all "LDB" Zoned Di'*Icts for "Office.Park" type development• for business or professional offices that primarily have regoaar working daytime hours. of operation. OfDCo.biijldhigs, office-condomiaium.buildings, office -showroom ktuildings,-rlelated service businesses and other businesset...dlat complement the appearance of the office environment•and also use rcgulardaytime working hours, are. also deemed sulta... for this -area. 18.1.3 As.:an 'alternate, development consisting of 'life -cycle housing" type residential uses. with a density:not exceeding one {I) unitper acre (Ntlual to "R2" Residential Zoning) would also be.considered..ose af.the.Density Zoning or Density Transfer System including clustering, as defined. in the Zoning Ordinance is encouraged in any consideration of this type of residential use. 18.1.4.A.mixed use development with office., office -condominium or office -showroom use on the -more. intense use side.of the development parcel and residential use in .the balance ofthe parcel wall also be.considereddaslong as the "lotcoverage" requirements in an "LDB" Zoned Distrietare followed. Clustering of the business and the residential -uses is encouraged to provide best use of the land parcel, providemaximum.open space and to utilize the. possible .cost reductions of the infrastructure and the services that would serve this area. Section 1•$.2'Permitted .Pdricipal.Uses 18.2.1 Within any "LDB" Zoned District, the following uses shall be permitted uses: A) Small office buildings; B)'bffice-condominium buildings; C) Business; professional, medical or institutional offices; D) Banks and:savings and loan association offices; E) Risearth.. laboratories, providing no hazardous. waste is produced as part of the research; F) Insurance company buildings. Section. I8`:3:Pcrmitted Accessory Uses 3.8.3.1 Within any "LDB" Zoned District,, the.following use(s) shall be permitted acbessory"'nse(s)i A) -Any incidental repair, storage of processing. necessary -to conduct a`pbrmitted principal or special/Interim use; however; such accessory use shall riot occupy more than twenty (20%) percentoPthe floor area.. Section 1.8.4 •S.pecial Uses or Interim Uses 18A J Within any "LDB." Zoned District, no structure or land shall be used forthe following uses except by Special Uae'Permit or Interim Use Permit: A).P.rivate. clubs, includiag.athledc or tennis•blubs;. B) O.ffict-showroom buildings; Q Cemetery;: D) Churches:and synagogues as provided .for in the Institutional Overlay Process in this O..rdinance; E) Government buildings and libraries. as provided for in:tltc Institutional Overlay Process in: this. Ordinance; F) Nursery or day -schools asprovidcd for in the Institution al. Overlay Process in this Ordinance; G) Any supplemental.retail use within the structure and related directly to. Permitted Principal Use, Special Use or Interim Use and conducted solely for the convenience of and use -by the employees or clients of the Permitted Principal Use, Special Use or Interim Use. Such usage shall be limited to a maximum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the ground floor area or four hundred (400sf) square feet, whichever is less. No s.ignage shall be displayed outside the building advertising this as a retail service to -the public; H) Those uses and structures permitted in Section 8.1 of this.Zoning Ordinance.("R2" Residential District).. Sed ion .18.5 Uses Not Permitted 19.5.]'The following list of uses, while• not •intendcd'to.be coimpleto, provides examples of principal uses NOT PERMITTED :in any "LDB" Zoned l [Whctand that WILL NQT generally be permitted as Special Uses or.Interim Uses in any "LDB" Zoned District: