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ARTICLE XXXIIIA OB-RL2 Office Building and Research Laboratory District ( 166193.1 166-193.4) [Added 6-8-1995 by Ord. No.

o. 16-95] 166-193.1 Primary intended use. The OB-RL2 Office Building and Research Laboratory Zone District is designed for professional, executive or administrative offices, laboratories devoted exclusively to research, design and experimentation, state-licensed hospitals and nursing homes, indoor physical fitness facilities and conditional uses as permitted and regulated in Article XXI of this chapter. Also permitted within the OBRL2 Zone are planned industrial developments (PID) as hereinafter regulated in 166-193.3. Any use permitted by this section shall meet all of the following regulations: A. Pilot plants for the testing of manufacturing, processing or fabrication methods or for the testing of products or materials shall be permitted only as an accessory use to the research laboratory. No materials or shed products shall be manufactured, processed or fabricated on said premises for sale, except such as are incidental to said laboratory research, design or experimental work. B. No manufactured or commercial explosives shall be kept, maintained or stored on said premises, except in small quantities for laboratory research, design or experimental use, and then only in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local safety statutes. C. No animal shall be kept or maintained for laboratory research, design or experimental work unless a written permit is first obtained from the Board of Health. D. Accessory uses are permitted if accessory to the business and professional offices and research laboratory, including garages for the storage and maintenance of company, employee and visitor motor vehicles and the storage of gasoline and lubricating oils therefor; parking facilities; maintenance and utility shops for the upkeep and repair of buildings and structures and service; central heating and power plants for furnishing heat and electrical energy to structures on the site only; training schools for employees; buildings for the storage of documents, records and personal property; communication facilities; and clinics, dining and recreational facilities, banks, post offices, company stores and guest lodges to be used only by company employees and by visitors to the building or buildings, provided that such uses are planned as an integral part of the office building. E. No use permitted shall be of such nature as to endanger neighboring properties, nor shall any such use be so conducted as to be noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration or noise. 166-193.2 Prohibited uses. Any use other than those uses permitted by 166-193.1 are prohibited, and, more particularly, none of the following uses shall be permitted:

A. Retail sales, unless the use conforms to 166-193.1D above. B. Residential construction or use. C. Public or commercial incineration. D. Junkyards. E. Dumps, lagoons or pits for the disposal or storage of garbage, trash or any other liquid or solid waste materials, except by the municipality or its agent. F. Sand, clay or gravel pits. G. Tar plants. H. Aboveground storage or processing tanks, with the following exceptions: (1) One such tank may be permitted if it has a capacity of not more than 500 gallons and is completely enclosed by walls or screening, as approved by the Planning Board. (2) A water-storage tank required for fire-protection purposes, provided that it meets all other requirements of this chapter, including setback requirements as for a principal building. I. The storage and repair of heavy construction equipment either within or outside the confines of a building, such as but not necessarily limited to dump trucks, backhoes, bulldozers, road graders, cranes, front-end loaders, flatbed trailers, portable or stationary mixers, compactors, rollers or blacktop paving machines. J.

Amusement devices, unless an integral part of the permitted accessory uses as set forth in 166-193.1D. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit amusement devices that are available for operation to the general public. Their use shall be limited to company employees and visitors. K. Trucking terminals. This prohibition is not intended to exclude warehousing and manufacturing uses to which trucking is ancillary. L. Refuse separation and recycling stations. M. Refuse transfer stations. N. Resource recovery plants. 166-193.3 Required conditions. The following requirements must be complied with in the OB-RL2 Zone: A. Maximum building height. No building shall exceed a maximum of 100 feet or seven stories in height, whichever is more restrictive. The maximum permitted height shall be measured exclusive of roof tanks and supports, chimneys or head houses or similar enclosures for elevators or air-conditioning machinery, dish antennas or other apparatus and exclusive of any parapet walls used for screening said roof structures. The following shall apply to the foregoing roof structures and any screening for the same: (1) In the case of buildings less than or equal to 60 feet in height, no roof structure or screening for the same shall exceed 16 feet in height. (2) In the case of buildings greater than 60 feet in height, no roof structure or screening for the same shall exceed 20 feet in height. (3) The coverage of the roof area by roof structures shall not exceed the following percentages: 10% of the roof area for buildings having up to two floors, 15% for buildings having three or four floors, 25% for buildings having five or six floors and 30% for buildings having seven floors. (4)

All roof structures shall be screened from view by appropriate materials, as determined by the Planning Board. B. Minimum front yard. The minimum front yard shall be 100 feet. For purposes of administering this provision, any yard which is located between a principal building and the right-of-way of Interstate Route 287 shall not be construed to be a front yard, but shall be construed to be a side yard or rear yard, depending upon the lot configuration. C. Minimum side yard. The minimum side yard shall be 50 feet; provided, however, that the minimum side yard shall be 60 feet for any side yard which abuts and is parallel to Interstate Route 287. D. Minimum rear yard. The minimum rear yard shall be 60 feet. E. Minimum floor area. The mum floor area for principal buildings shall be 1,500 square feet. F. Maximum floor area ratio. The maximum permitted floor area of all buildings on any lot shall be 165% of the lot area. G. Maximum impervious coverage. The maximum permitted impervious coverage by all buildings, parking areas and structures, driveways, sidewalks and other such impervious surfaces shall be 65% of the lot area. H. Minimum lot area. The minimum lot area shall be 60,000 square feet. I. Minimum lot width. The average lot width shall not be less than 200 feet, calculated such that the minimum lot area of 60,000 square feet shall be provided within 300 feet of the front lot line. J. Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be provided as required in Article XXIII, with the following additional requirements: (1) Location. Parking facilities may be placed in any yard in the OB-RL2 Zone but shall comply with the following minimum required setbacks:

Minimum Setback From Lot Lines (feet) Yard Location Front Side Rear Front 100 100 100 Side 25 25 25 Rear 25 25 25

(2) Parking decks. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the construction of parking decks to meet the required parking provisions of this chapter is

permitted, subject to the following requirements: (a) No parking deck shall be located in a front yard. (b) No parking deck shall exceed a height of 33 feet. (c) Parking decks shall comply with the required setback provisions for principal buildings. (d) The floor area of any parking deck shall be excluded from the floor area calculations for purposes of complying with the maximum floor area ratio requirements. (e) Parking decks shall be exempt from the provisions of 166-153M. K. Those portions of all front, rear and side yards that are not used for off-street parking shall be attractively planted and maintained with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns, as required by the Planning Board. L. Every building shall be faced on all exterior walls with a veneer material, as approved by the Planning Board. M. No outdoor storage of any kind shall be permitted. All storage shall be required to be conducted within an enclosed building. N.

Prior to the issuance of a building permit or certificate of occupancy, the Planning Board shall review and approve a site plan, as required in Part 4 of this chapter. O. Planned industrial developments shall comply with the above-required conditions, unless specifically modified below, and shall also comply with the following additional required conditions: (1) More than one principal building on a lot will only be approved if the applicant can demonstrate, on the required site plan, that any future lot created as part of a future subdivision of the property would meet all front yards, side yards, rear yards, minimum lot area and width, off-street parking, floor area ratios and other applicable requirements of this chapter regulating the use of land in the OB-RL2 Zone. (2) The maximum permitted floor area of all buildings on any contiguous portion of the tract shall be 55% of the area of said contiguous portion. A contiguous portion shall be any portion bounded by streets and the tract boundary. This provision shall not be construed to modify the minimum permitted floor area on any single lot, as set forth in Subsection F above. (3) The minimum distance between buildings or structures on the same lot shall not be less than the height of the taller building or structure, exclusive of rooftop structures as set forth in Subsection A above. This provision shall not be construed to modify the minimum setbacks for each lot required by Subsections B, C and D above.

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