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CHAPTER 8B

(OMP-R) OFFICE, MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL-RESTRICTED DISTRICT

SECTION

14-8B01. OMP-R OFFICE, MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL-RESTRICTED DISTRICT.

14-8B02. USES PERMITTED.

14-8B03. USES PERMITTED ON REVIEW.

14-8B04. LOT AREA.

14-8B05. LOT WIDTH.

14-8B06. SETBACKS.

14-8B06. BUILDING AREA.

14-8B07. BUILDING HEIGHT.

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CHAPTER 8B

OMP-R OFFICE, MEDICAL, PROFESSIONAL -- RESTRICTED DISTRICT

(3115-10/01/2002)

14-8B01. OMP-R OFFICE, MEDICAL, PROFESSIONAL -- RESTRICTED DISTRICT

This district is intended to provide areas for professional, medical, and related businesses requiring

separate buildings and building groups. It is the intent of the Office, Medical, and Professional- Restricted

District to provide a transition area in which offices may co-exist with Medium Density Residential areas.

In order to promote this mixed-use environment, traffic and signage should be maintained at a minimal

level. This zoning can only occur if:

1. The property that is proposed to be zoned OMP-R is adjacent to an existing OMP-R District, and/or

an existing OMP District; OR

2. The OMP-R District can stand alone if there is a minimum of 5 acres of land area, and it is adjacent

(with a minimum of 200 feet of street frontage) to a collector and/or arterial (principal or minor)

classified street.

14-8B02. USES PERMITTED

1. Accessory structures/ buildings.

2. Architects’ and Artists’ Studios (limited practice).

3. Beauty Shops/ Barber Shops (limited practice).

4. Dentists (limited practice).

5. Doctors (limited practice).

6. Engineers (limited practice).

7. Group Home (see definition).

8. Kindergartens and child nurseries, provided that there are not more than six (6) pupils and provided

that said activities are conducted as a customary home occupation.

9. Lawyers (limited practice).

10. Optometrists (limited practice).

11. Parish houses.

12. Parsonages.

13. Psychiatrists (limited practice).

14. Psychologists (limited practice).

15. Residential Dwelling (single family).

16. Residential Dwelling (two-family).

17. Residential Dwelling (multi-family).

18. Roomers (the taking of) provided that no more than two (2) rooms are used for such purposes.

19. Rooming or boarding house.

14-8B03. USES PERMITTED ON REVIEW

1. Bed and Breakfast operations (see Chapter 24, Other Zoning Provisions).

2. Catering Services. (2851-09/17/1996)

a. Not more than twenty percent (20%) of the floor area of the principal and accessory buildings

shall occupy such use.

b. No external alterations or evidence of such occupations existence shall be visible outside the

residence.

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c. No trucks or service vehicles shall have signs or indication of such occupation or be parked

outside the residence.

d. Certification by the Hamblen County Health Department shall be required.

e. Upon complaint of any neighbor within viewing distance of this residence, a review to show

cause shall be conducted by the Board of Zoning Appeals with revocation of the “Use on

Review” status being the consideration at hand.

3. Cemeteries (2806-07/18/1995)

a. Cemeteries in residential zones. Posting of Public Notices shall be placed: On public streets on

which the proposed property fronts. Sign shall read: “This property is proposed Use on Review

as a Cemetery by the Morristown Planning Commission on (Month), (Day), (Time) at City Hall

Council Chambers. For more information call 581-0100.” This sign shall be posted at least ten

(10) days prior to the Planning Commission meeting at which “Use on Review” is to be

decided, and removed after the meeting.

4. Churches, Synagogues, Temples, and other Places of Worship.

5. Convalescent and Nursing Homes.

6. Country Clubs and Golf Courses (public or private).

7. Crop and Tree Farming.

8. Governmental (or Public) Buildings and/or Uses as approved by the Planning Commission, as per

T.C.A. Section 13-4-104.

9. Home Occupation.

10 Kindergartens and Child Nurseries with more than six (6) pupils.

11. Orphanages.

12. Plant and Flower Nurseries.

13. Public Parks and other Recreational Facilities.

14. Schools (public or private).

15. Truck Gardening.

14-8B04. LOT AREA

There is no minimum lot size within the OMP-R District, however, all other applicable provisions within

the Zoning Ordinance must be in compliance for the proposed use.

14-8B05. LOT WIDTH

The minimum lot width, for any lot, shall be sixty-five (65) feet at the building line.

14-8B06. SETBACKS

1. Front-Yard: The minimum front yard setback shall be thirty-five (35) feet to the front yard line.

2. Rear-Yard: The minimum rear yard setback shall be thirty (30) feet.

3. Side-Yard:

a. The minimum side yard setback shall be ten (10) feet; or

b. If the side lot line is adjacent to a street right-of-way, then the side yard setback

shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet; or

c. If the side lot line is adjacent to a lot within any residential district, then the

minimum side yard setback shall be fifteen (15) feet; or

d. If the side lot line is adjacent to a right-of-way of an alley, then the minimum side

yard setback shall be five (5) feet.

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14-8B07. BUILDING AREA

The maximum amount of land area, on any lot, the principal building(s) and the accessory building(s)

shall cover is thirty-five percent (35%).

14-8B08. BUILDING HEIGHT

1. The maximum building height is three (3) stories or 35 feet.

2. Churches, schools, and other public and semi-public buildings may exceed the height limitations of

the district if the minimum depth of the front, side, and rear yards required in the district is

increased one (1) foot for each two (2) feet by which the height of such public or semi-public

building exceeds the prescribed height limit.