638 Canton Rd, Cumming, GA 30040

Office Residential District

These districts are appropriate in areas situated between activity centers or office and institutional districts and single family residential areas. These districts are intended to provide for low intensity, small-scale offices that do not exceed 5,000 sq ft of gross floor area devoted to offices on an individual site. Development is intended to be of an intensity, scale, and character similar to nearby residential development to promote compatibility with the surrounding area. All new development is required to be in architectural harmony with existing residential structures. OR districts are particularly appropriate for properties that front collector or arterial streets on the fringe of stable residential neighborhoods. Rezoning to the OR district is anticipated at the individual parcel level in such locations, though parcels situated as such shall not necessarily be assumed to appropriate for OR uses. Development within OR districts are expected to have roof-pitches and architectural treatments similar to detached single-family residences, parking areas in proportion to single family residential uses, and site development features that ensure a coexistence with the adjacent, quiet residential living environment. OR districts allow the conversion of existing residential structures to offices. Small-scale institutional residential facilities are permitted as conditional uses.