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Town of Orange, CT
New Haven County
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[Amended 6-15-2010]
The LI-5 District is intended to permit small, low-impact economic development uses within an environmentally sensitive area, which has significant development constraints, including hilly topography, extensive wetlands areas, limited access, and limited pubic utility availability. Development within this area needs to be respective and fit into the topography and natural features of the site, so as to not create a negative impact upon the natural environment and the rural character of the proximate residential neighborhoods.
The following uses shall be permitted by site plan approval, provided that all buildings housing such uses shall be 15,000 square feet of gross floor area or less:
A. 
Offices for both single and multi-tenant occupancy excluding those establishments which primarily provide services to customers and clients on the premises.
B. 
Laboratories for research, testing and development printing and publishing establishments.
C. 
Manufacturing, processing or assembling of goods within enclosed buildings, provided there is no outdoor operation or storage and further provided operation takes place in a manner which does not create a noticeable amount of smoke, dust, noise or vibration outside of the building in which it takes place.
D. 
Uses, buildings and facilities of the Town of Orange.
E. 
Signs, as provided in Article XIX.
A. 
All uses permitted within § 383-74 in buildings of over 15,000 square feet.
B. 
Warehouses, provided they are accessory to a permitted or special use.
C. 
Conference and training centers for use by companies, corporations, organizations, and groups for events, executive, management or educational training purposes, or meetings of their officers, directors, shareholders, members and/or employees.
A. 
Minimum lot area: two acres.
B. 
Minimum dimension of square: 200 feet.
C. 
Minimum frontage: 100 feet. The Commission may permit as a special use lots without direct frontage on a public road, if it finds that it would be consistent with the preservation of the overall environment of the area, and that adequate and proper access is ensured through the use of access and or driveway easements.
A. 
Maximum building height: 2 1/2 stories.
B. 
Maximum ground coverage: 15%.
A. 
From street line: 50 feet.
B. 
From rear property line: 50 feet.
C. 
From other property line: 25 feet.
D. 
From residentially zoned property: 100 feet.
Developments in the Light Industrial District #5 shall conform to the following additional standards:
A. 
There shall be no outside storage.
B. 
Parking: No surface parking areas shall extend within less than 50 feet of any property line or 100 feet of a Residence District boundary line and shall be screened from view from any street right-of-way line or property line by fences, walls and/or closely planted evergreens, trees, hedges or shrubs to a height of four feet at time of planting. Within each surface parking lot there shall be evenly distributed landscaped areas containing a minimum of one shade tree and other low planting for every 10 parking spaces.
C. 
Loading: No part of the area required for building setback from a street right-of-way line or a Residence District boundary line shall be used for off-street loading. Any off-street loading space, including any truck loading bay, ramp or dock, which is located within 200 feet of any street right-of-way line shall be screened from view from such street by buildings and/or fences, walls, or evergreen shrubs or trees to a height of eight feet at time of planting.
D. 
Landscaping: The entire area of the lot not used for buildings, driveways and off-street parking and loading shall be suitably landscaped with trees and/or shrubs and with lawns or shall be left as undisturbed natural terrain. All rooftop or other mechanical equipment shall be adequately screened from view from roadways or residential properties.
E. 
Exterior lighting: Exterior illumination shall be provided as necessary for the safety lighting of parking areas, drives, walkways and buildings. No offensive glare from lighting shall be transmitted so as to endanger the public health and safety, nor shall it be transmitted into or within any Residence District so as to impair the value and enjoyment of any lot therein.
F. 
Building and pavement coverage: The total ground coverage of all structures, paved parking and loading areas and drives shall aggregate to no more than 15% of the lot area. In order to reduce ground coverage the Commission may permit a portion of the parking area, not utilized on a daily basis, to be constructed of pervious, non-gravel, surface in areas not used for main site or emergency access.
G. 
Erosion, sedimentation and water quality measures shall be implemented to adequately protect all wetland areas from contamination or degradation.
H. 
Buildings shall be designed so each outer facade has an architectural finish. Concrete block walls shall not be visible. Buildings should be designed or articulated to reduce apparent mass, avoid large monolithic box-like shapes and blend into the natural topography and environment.
Prior to approval of any application for a certificate of zoning compliance, a site plan shall be submitted and approved in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII.