5.6.1 PERMITTED USES — Belmont Zoning Code

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(a) Professional offices limited to the following professions:[72]

Accountant, appraiser, architect, assayer, attorney, auditor Bacteriologist Certified Public Accountant Chemist or laboratory specialist or operator, chiropodist, chiropractor, civil engineer, commercial artist Dental laboratory specialist or operator, dentist, designer Electrical engineer Geologist Hydraulic engineer Management consultant, medical laboratory specialist or operator, music autographer, oculist, optician, optometrist, osteopath Physician Structural engineer, surgeon, surveyor;

Provided further that the following uses shall NOT be permitted:

Advertising agency Barber or beauty shop Collection agency General business offices Pest control office Veterinarian

(b) A pharmacy provided it is conducted within a medical office building and further provided that the sales of articles shall be limited to drugs, prescription medicines, surgical and medical supplies and such other articles required or recommended by the medical profession.
(c) Signs as regulated in the Sign Ordinance.
(d) Accessory uses customarily appurtenant to a Permitted Use.

5.6.2 CONDITIONAL USES - The following Conditional Uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a Use Permit in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 of this Ordinance:

(a) Administrative and executive offices including banks, mortgage lending institutions, investment securities, title insurance companies, life and casualty insurance companies, real estate offices and other general business offices.
(b) Private clubs, lodges and fraternal organizations.
(c) Medical clinic, convalescent hospital.
(d) Telephone answering exchange, antenna towers and other outdoor equipment essential to the operation of the exchange.

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(e) Studios for arts and crafts, photography and similar uses.
(f) Public utility and public services uses including electric substations, fire and police stations.
(g) Other uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are similar to those listed permitted uses.[73]
5.6.3 CONDITIONS OF USE - All Permitted Uses and those permitted upon the granting of a Conditional Use Permit in the E-1 District shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings and any use which creates odor, noise, vibration, smoke or dust in amounts discernible and measurable outside the exterior walls of the building housing such activities shall be prohibited.
5.6.4 SITE AREA, DIMENSION AND COVERAGE LIMITATIONS
(a) The minimum site area in any E-1 Districts shall be 7,200 square feet, the minimum average width 60 feet and the minimum lot frontage on a street 35 feet.
- (b) MINIMUM YARDS - Each building site shall provide a front yard of not less than 15 feet provided, however, that the sum of the front yard plus one half of the right-of-way of the street on which the site fronts shall not be less than 40 feet; and further provided that no building occupying property fronting on a private road or easement shall be less than 45 feet from the center line of such private road or easement.

A side yard of not less than six feet, except that on corner lots a minimum side yard of 7.5 feet shall be maintained on the street frontage having the greater length; and a rear yard of not less than ten feet.

(c) FLOOR AREA RATIO - The floor area ratio of buildings and structures shall not exceed 1.5.
(d) BUILDING HEIGHT - The maximum building height shall be two stories or 35 feet.
5.6.6 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING - Facilities shall be provided as required or permitted in Section 8.
5.6.7 DESIGN REVIEW – All uses in the E-1 Districts shall be subject to Design Review as prescribed in Section 13 of this Ordinance.
5.7 EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE OR E-2 DISTRICTS – The following regulations shall apply to all land located in the E-2.1 and E-2.2 Districts and shall be subject to all the general provisions of this Ordinance.[74]
5.7.1 PERMITTED USES
- (a) The following uses shall be permitted in any E-2.1 District:

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(1) Administrative, executive, and sales offices, provided no retail merchandise is dispensed on site.
(2) Financial offices, including banks, mortgage lending institutions, investment securities, title insurance companies, life and casualty insurance companies, real estate offices and other general business offices.
(3) Professional offices including the professions of accountant, advertising copywriter, appraiser, architect, attorney, auditor, chemical laboratory specialist or operator, dental laboratory specialist or operator, engineer, geologist, medical laboratory specialist or operator, and surveyor.
(4) Laboratories limited to operations of a research and experimental nature only and excluding all assembly, processing and manufacturing activities ties. All such research and experimental operations shall be conducted wholly within a building and any uses which create odor, noise, vibration, smoke or dust in amounts discernible or measurable outside the exterior walls of the building housing such activity shall be prohibited.

tions of a research and experimental nature only and excluding all assembly, processing and manufacturing activities ties. All such research and experimental operations shall be conducted wholly within a building and any uses which create odor, noise, vibration, smoke or dust in amounts discernible or measurable outside the exterior walls of the building housing such activity shall be prohibited.

(5) Product repair or adjustment provided that such activity shall be clearly incidental to the activities of administrative, executive or sales offices located on the same site; further provided that all such operations shall be conducted wholly within a building and any uses which create odor, noise, vibration, smoke or dust in amounts discernible or measurable outside the exterior walls of the building housing such activity shall be prohibited.
(6) Medical doctor, dentist, radiologist and chiropractor offices, and physical therapists.
(7) Signs as classified and regulated in the Sign Ordinance of the City.
(b) The following uses shall be permitted in the E-2.2 districts:
- (1) Any use which is a permitted use in the E-2.1 district.
- (2) Warehousing, storage and distribution facilities when located on the same premises as the administrative or executive offices in connection therewith provided that such warehousing shall meet all of the following conditions:
  - a) Materials stored shall be for the purpose of local and regional distribution and such use shall exclude the storage of household goods, furniture or other goods relating to the operation of a moving and storage business.
  - b) Products to be warehoused shall be limited to finished products and merchandise excluding all assembly, processing and manufacturing activities. The storage or warehousing of perishable food-stuffs or the storage of bulk or raw materials is specifically excluded.
  - c) All warehousing shall take place within a fully enclosed building.
  - d) The bulk storage of explosives, and the bulk storage of toxic, radioactive,

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flammable, and similar hazardous materials are prohibited.

(3) Restaurant facilities when located within a building, provided that such restaurant not occupy more than 10% of the area of the floor upon which it is located or 1000 sq. ft., whichever is less, and when such use is intended as an employee-oriented lunch room or cafeteria with no signs oriented to motorists.