This zone is designed for the use of office buildings for professional
and business occupancy situated in a campus-like setting with a minimum
of interruption of the natural setting of the area. To this end, the
standards established for this zone are designed to be the minimum
required to achieve this objective while permitting maximum flexibility
for reasonable development within the zone. Businesses engaged in
the retail sales of goods or the repair and/or servicing of goods
are expressly prohibited.
Any use other than those listed in § 600-262 is prohibited.
[Amended by Ord. No. 28-81; Ord. No. 12-02]
A.
In the OB-4 Office Building District, the following requirements
shall be complied with:
(1)
Height. No building shall exceed two stories provided the building
is not higher than 28 feet.
(2)
Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback of 100 feet.
Off-street parking is not permitted in the front yard.
(3)
Side yard. There shall be two side yards and no side yard shall be less than 100 feet. Off-street parking as regulated in Article XXVII is permitted provided no parking area or access drive is closer than 25 feet to any property line, nor 10 feet to any building.
(4)
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least 100 feet unobstructed by buildings or other permanent structures provided a fence may be permitted. Off-street parking as regulated in Article XXVII is permitted in the rear yard provided no parking area or access drive is closer than 25 feet to any property line, nor 10 feet to any building.
(5)
Special boundary line buffer area. Where a lot in the OB-4 Zone
abuts a residential zone boundary line, buildings shall be set back
150 feet from such zone boundary and off-street parking and access
drives shall be set back 50 feet to establish a buffer area as defined
herein. Said buffer area shall be suitably landscaped as approved
by the Planning Board.
(6)
Lot area. Each lot in the OB-4 Office Building District shall
contain a minimum lot area of at least four acres and shall have a
lot frontage at the front street property line of at least 400 feet.
(7)
Maximum floor area ratio. The gross floor area of all floors
of all buildings shall not exceed 25% of the total lot area.
(8)
Landscaping. Those portions of all yards that are not used for
off-street parking shall be planted and regularly maintained as approved
by the Planning Board.
(9)
Nuisances. No noise, smoke, fumes, glare, vibrations or odors
shall be emitted form any structure or accessory use of the property.
(10)
Access. Access to any lot may be only from a state highway.
B.
Before the issuance of a building permit for any use within this
zone, the Planning Board shall review and approve a site development
plan of the proposed use and shall ascertain that all requirements
of this article are complied with.
[Added by Ord. No. 3-99]
Permitted accessory uses are established as follows:
[Added by Ord. No. 3-99]
Permitted conditional uses are established as follows:
A.
Wireless telecommunications towers in compliance with § 600-173A(2), (3) and (4) and § 600-198 of this chapter.
