[Added 7-25-77 by Ord. No. 77-8-OOO]
Uses permitted shall be:
A.
All uses and buildings permitted in the R-3 District, subject to the restrictions and procedures set forth in § 228-26.
B.
Professional occupations, including the office of a physician, surgeon,
dentist, veterinarian, minister, architect, engineer, attorney or
other member of a recognized profession.
C.
The studio of a teacher of music, dancing or art.
D.
The studio of a photographer.
E.
The office of an insurance agent, real estate broker, accountant,
travel agent or bookkeeper.
F.
Undertaking establishment.
G.
Any other use similar to those listed above, provided that the Board
of Adjustment or Planning Board, as the case may be, shall review
such request and determine whether it is similar to any use listed
above.
H.
Residential dwellings. Where a single-family dwelling existed on
a lot in a residential zone at the time this section was adopted (July
25, 1977), the residential use may be thereafter continued and the
structure may be thereafter enlarged or expanded as long as the proposed
alteration conforms to the minimum requirements for height, area,
yard and off-street parking as they existed prior to July 25, 1977.
If the proposed alteration does not conform to the prior bulk regulations,
an application for a bulk variance shall be made to the Zoning Board
of Adjustment.
[Added 8-27-79 by Ord. No. 79-159]
Accessory uses permitted shall be any accessory building and
use that is permitted in the C-1 District.
[Amended 10-27-97 by Ord. No. 97-22]
A.
All uses not specifically listed above as permitted are hereby prohibited
and specifically the following:
[Amended 5-22-78 by Ord. No. 78-29]
(1)
Fast food restaurants.
(2)
Mechanical amusement devices and mechanical amusement facilities.
[Added 6-25-79 by Ord. No. 79-146]
(3)
Sex clubs and massage parlors.
[Added 12-13-82 by Ord. No. 82-480]
(4)
Limousine or livery service.
[Added 8-28-89 by Ord. No. 89-51]
(5)
Storage yard for wreckers and damaged or disabled vehicles associated
with a wrecker operation.
[Added 10-27-97 by Ord. No. 97-22]
No building or structure in an OP-2 District shall be erected
or enlarged to exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, measured at
the average grade around the structure, or two and one-half (2 1/2)
stories.
A.
Minimum lot size for undertaking establishments shall be 1.5 acres.
Minimum lot size for all other permitted uses shall be twenty thousand
(20,000) square feet.
[Amended 9-28-81 by Ord. No. 81-400]
B.
Maximum coverage for buildings and structures shall be thirty percent
(30%) of the total lot area. Total lot coverage, including buildings,
structures, parking, loading drives, walkways and other paved surfaces
shall not exceed sixty-five percent (65%) of the total lot area.
C.
Every lot used for buildings and uses permitted in the OP-2 District, as listed under § 228-143, shall have a minimum width of one hundred twenty (120) feet at the street line, except that one side of a corner lot shall have a minimum of one hundred sixty (160) feet at the street line.
D.
Front yards of business lots shall have a minimum depth of 20 feet
from the street line if off street parking space is to be provided
at the side or rear of the building and a minimum depth of sixty (60)
feet from the street line if off street parking space is to be provided
in front of the building. In any location where the land on the opposite
side of the street is in a residence district, the twenty foot strip
of front yard adjacent to the street line shall be improved with a
landscaped buffer, installed with a mixture of deciduous and coniferous
plant materials at a minimum height of four feet and maintained at
a height of a minimum of six (6) feet, excluding areas necessary for
adequate sight distance, and this area shall not be used for off-street
parking purposes or for the display of merchandise. An earth berm
of a minimum of three feet may be installed in such a twenty-foot
landscaped buffer area, in which case the height of the plant materials
may be revised as approved by the Planning Board at the time of site
plan approval.
E.
Side yards of business lots shall have a minimum width of 20 feet
each from the side lot lines.
F.
Rear yards of business lots shall have a minimum depth of sixty (60)
feet from the rear lot line. In any location where the land on the
opposite side of the street of a rear property line is in a residential
district, there shall be a twenty foot strip of the rear yard adjacent
to the street line improved with a landscaped buffer, installed with
a mixture of deciduous and coniferous plant materials at a minimum
height of four feet and maintained at a height of a minimum of six
(6) feet, excluding areas necessary for adequate sight distance, and
this area shall not be used for off street parking purposes or for
the display of merchandise. An earth berm of a minimum of three feet
may be installed in such a twenty foot landscaped buffer area, in
which case the height of the plant materials may be revised as approved
by the Planning Board at the time of the site plan approval.
[Amended 11-28-77 by Ord. No. 77-8-UUU]
G.
An attached group of businesses and offices may be considered as
one building in applying the above yard space requirements.
H.
In any OP-2 Zone where the zone line is immediately contiguous or
adjacent to any residential zone, a fifty foot landscaped buffer shall
be installed of deciduous and coniferous plant materials at a minimum
height of five (5) feet and maintained at a minimum height of not
less than fifteen (15) feet. An earth berm of a minimum height of
five (5) feet may be constructed, in which case the Planning Board
may lessen the requirements for plant materials. The Planning Board
may waive the requirements for buffering if equivalent screening is
provided by parks or by topography or other natural conditions. Such
a buffer area is required to shield adjacent residential areas from
parking lot illumination, headlights and fumes and to diminish the
visual encroachment of residential privacy and residential neighborhood
characteristics.
I.
All buildings within two hundred (200) feet of residential zones
shall be designed in a residential character emulating the architectural
style of residential areas in scale, height of buildings, facade materials
and general structural treatment.
[Amended 12-13-93 by Ord. No. 93-72]
Parking shall be provided at the rate of spaces to be approved by the Planning Board, as provided for in § 228-15.1.
[12-27-93 by Ord. No. 93-73]
[4-20-09 by Ord. No. 09-11]
