*NOTE. Not to exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet per lot of record existing as of August 17, 1995 (date of adoption)
F. General requirements
(1) One (1) building may contain more than one (1) use or organization, provided that the total building coverage and maximum floor area ratio are not exceeded.
(2) Within the first twenty (20) feet adjacent to any street line and within ten (10) feet of any lot line except a street line, there shall be no parking, and, except for access driveways, the area shall be planted and maintained in lawn area, ground cover or landscaped with evergreen shrubbery and/or trees.
(3) The outside storage and/or display of merchandise, products, equipment, waste or similar material or objects shall be prohibited
(4) All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs, ground cover, seeding or similar plantings and maintained in good condition
(5) The minimum setback dimensions shall include a planted buffer of ten (10) feet in width along any common property line with a residential district or use (see § 190-39) or along any street line.
(6) Site plan review and approval shall be required for any nonresidential use or combination of residential and nonresidential use (see § 190-45).
G. Minimum off-street parking
(1) Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit
(2) One (1) space for every two hundred fifty (250) square feet or fraction thereof of net habitable floor area devoted to office use
(3) See § 190-38 for additional standards
H. Minimum off-street loading.
(1) As determined by the Board at the time of site plan review, each activity shall provide for off-street loading and unloading with adequate ingress and egress from streets and with adequate space for maneuvering and shall provide such area at the side or rear of the building
(2) There shall be at least one (1) trash and garbage pickup location provided by each building which shall be separated from the parking spaces by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside the building which shall be a durable, totally enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall or planting or combination of the three (3)
I. Signs
(1) Detached dwellings. Street number designations, postal boxes, on-site direction and parking signs, warning signs and signs posting property as "Private property," "No hunting" or similar signs are permitted but are not to be considered in calculating sign area.
(2) Office uses. No more than one (1) freestanding sign, not exceeding six (6) square feet, for any parcel of land. Additionally, one (1) attached sign per office tenant, not exceeding one (1) square foot, affixed flush against the building
(3) Home professional occupation One (1) sign not exceeding four (4) square feet
A. Purpose. The purpose of the OP/LI District is to provide for continued use of industrial and professional residential sites along Juliustown Road and provide for an expanded range of professional, light industrial and. commercial uses while maintaining the residential character of the neighborhood and minimizing the impacts of non-residential uses
B. Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1) Professional and business offices and office buildings.
(2) Combined usage for office and residential units, provided that no there than one (1) dwelling unit is included on any lot.
(3) Child-care centers (see Section 190-32.1).
(4) Health clubs, fitness centers and the like.
(5) Recreational commercial uses, including theaters, bowling alleys, racquet clubs, swim clubs, skating rinks and similar entertainment uses, excluding pinball or video arcades.
(6) Schools and school administrative buildings
(7) Churches.
(8) Nurseries for the growing of trees, bushes, vegetable and flowering plants and limited accessory retail sales to nurseries.
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been added as per an ordinance dated 1/18/01.
C. Conditional Uses, subject to Section 190-56E.
(1) Light industrial uses on parcels not less than four (4) acres, including manufacturing operations of a type which can carry on processes within completely enclosed buildings, including the manufacture, assembly or treatment of products from previously prepared materials where the molecular structure of materials, remains unchanged.
(2) Light assembly uses.
(3) Warehouses or similar storage facilities, not including mini-storage facilities.
D. Accessory uses permitted.
(1) Off street parking and private garages (see section 190-38)
(2) Fences and walls not exceeding (6) feet in height.
(3) Signs (see Section 190-24.21, 190-41 and 190-44).
(4) Exempt home occupations (see Section 190-56.2).
(5) Home occupations of a medical doctor, attorney, dentist, architect, engineer, real estate agent, insurance broker or similar professional use.
(b) Limited retail sales to nurseries.
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been added as per an ordinance dated 1/18/01.
E. Maximum building height. No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet ;n height and two and five-tenths (2.5) stories, except that churches and schools shall not exceed fifty-five (55) feet, and except further as allowed in Section 190-54.
F. Area and yard requirements for the OP/LI District.
Principal Building
Minimum
Lot Area (acres) 2.8
Lot Area (acres) 4.0
(Light Industrial Use)
**Webmasters Note: The previous standard has been added as per an ordinance dated 1/18/01.
Lot frontage (feet) 300
Lot width (feet) 300
Lot depth (feet) 300
Side yard, each (feet) 50
Front yard (feet) 150
Rear yard (feet) 50
Accessory building
Minimum
Distance to side line (feet) 35
Distance to rear line (feet) 35
Distance to other building (feet) 35
Maximum
Total impervious surfaces (percent) 35
G. General requirements.
(1) One building may contain more than one use, provided that the total building coverage of the combined uses does not exceed the maximum building coverage specified for this district, and further that each use occupies a minimum gross floor area of 750 square feet.
(2) At least the first 25 feet adjacent to any street line shall not be used for parking but shall be planted and maintained in lawn area, ground cover or landscaped with evergreen shrubbery and separated from the parking area by poured concrete or Belgian block curbing.
(3) No merchandise, products, waste, equipment or similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
(4) No solvents, chemicals or hazardous or explosive materials may be stored on site, except when used in the production of light industrial or light , assembly uses permitted in the OP/LI District.
(5) All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls facing any street or residential district line shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes, I which shall not include unpainted or painted cinder block or concrete block walls.
(6) All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or similar plantings and maintained in g good condition.
(7) A minimum buffer area of 25 feet in width shall be provided along all common property lines with adjoining properties (see § 190-39).
H. Minimum off-street parking.
(1) Professional and business offices. Six spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(2) Combined office and residential units: Six spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area of office space plus two spaces for each dwelling unit
(3) Light industrial and light assembly uses: One space for every one 1,000 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for storage and warehousing, plus one space for every seven hundred square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for light manufacturing, plus one space for every 200 square feet of or fraction thereof of floor area used for offices.
(4) Child care centers: One space per employee, plus one additional parking space for every five children. Adequate space shall be provided for the loading and unloading of children which shall take place on-site and not in a public right-of-way.
(5) Health clubs, fitness centers and similar uses: five and one-half spaces per 1,000 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area.
(6) Recreational commercial uses, including theaters, bowling alleys, racquet clubs, swim clubs, skating rinks, and similar entertainment uses: Six spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area.
(7) Schools: One space per employee for kindergarten through tenth grade, two and one-half spaces per employee for grades eleven and twelve and in all cases sufficient space for school bus loading and unloading.
(8) School administrative uses: One space per 600 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof.
(9) Churches: One space per 3 seats (22" of fixed seating = 1 seat).
(10) Nurseries: One space per employee, plus one space for each 1,500 square feet of retail area planted in shrubs and trees for the sale of nursery stock.
(11) Parking areas for individual uses shall be designed to be interconnected with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and exit(s) where feasible to minimize access points to the street.
(12) Where more than one use occupies one building or where there is an attached group of buildings, the total parking spaces shall be an accumulation of the various standards appropriate to the uses noted above, except where more than five separate uses are grouped into one area using common parking facilities and controlled access points to the parking area(s), the total parking need may be computed on the basis of providing at least five and one-half (5 1/2) spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area to serve the total complex.
(13) See § 190-38 for additional standards.
I. Minimum off-street loading.
(1) Each activity shall provide for off-street loading and unloading with adequate ingress and egress from streets and shall provide such area(s) at the side or rear of the building. Each space shall be at least fifteen by thirty (15 x 30) feet and one space shall be provided for every 4,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof in each building. There shall be no loading or unloading from the street.
(2) There shall be at least one trash and garbage pickup location provided by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three. If located within the building, the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/ garbage functions, and if located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to or within the general loading area(s), provided the container in no way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
(3) All off-street loading areas shall be lighted (see § 190-36).
J. Signs.
(1) Each lot is permitted one frees freestanding sign advertising the name of the business or site.
(2) No more than one (1) sign shall be permitted for any one lot.
(3) No sign in the OP/LI District /nay exceed 12 square feet, except as provided below.
a. Office uses. No more than one freestanding sign, not exceeding ti square feet, for any parcel of land. Additionally, one (1) attached sign per office tenant, not exceeding one (1) square foot, affixed flush against the building.
b. Home professional occupation. One (1) sign not exceeding four (4) square feet.
c. Where more than one use occupies a building on a site, on-site directional signage shall be provided, identifying the location of each use in the building. In addition, one sign not exceeding four (4) square feet shall be affixed to the. building at the entrance to each use occupying the building.
(4) No temporary signs are permitted in the OP/LI District including banners or hanging signs affixed to buildings or freestanding signs.
(5) Maximum height of freestanding signs permitted is 12'
(6) Signs shall be setback from the roadway at least 25' from any roadway.'
(7) See § 190-41 for additional standards.
**Webmasters Note: The previous section has been added as per Ordinance No. 28-2000.
