[Amended by Ord. No. 28-81; Ord. No. 3-99; Ord. No. 32-99; 5-17-2022 by Ord. No. 07-22]
This zone is designed for the use of office buildings for professional
and business occupancy but also permits existing one-family residential
dwellings as regulated in the R-4 District. Businesses engaged in
retail sales of goods or the repair and/or servicing of goods are
expressly prohibited.
Any use other than those listed in § 600-252 is prohibited.
A.
In the OB-1 Office Building District, the following requirements
shall be complied with:
(1)
Height. No building shall exceed a height of two stories, provided
the building is not higher than 28 feet.
(2)
Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback of 25 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 10 feet. Off-street parking as regulated in Article XXVII is permitted in the side yard, provided no parking area or access drive is closer than 10 feet to any property line, nor five feet to any building.
(4)
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least 35 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 10 feet to any property line, nor five feet to any building.
(5)
Lot area. Each lot in the OB-1 Office Building District shall
contain a minimum lot area of at least 10,000 square feet and shall
have a lot frontage at the front street property line of at least
75 feet.
(6)
Maximum floor area ratio. The gross floor area of all floors
of all buildings shall not exceed 25% of the total lot area.
(7)
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.
(8)
Nuisances. No noise, smoke, fumes, glare, vibrations or odors
shall be emitted from any structure or accessory use of the property.
(9)
Special boundary line buffer area. Where a building in the OB-1
Zone abuts a residential zone boundary line, buildings shall be set
back 20 feet and off-street parking and access drives shall be set
back 20 feet to establish a buffer area as defined herein. Said buffer
area shall be suitably landscaped as approved by the Planning Board.
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, except that the Zoning Officer
shall review and approve site development plans for preexisting nonconforming
residential properties that comply with the bulk standards of the
R-4 Zone.
Permitted accessory uses are established as follows:
Permitted conditional uses are established as follows:
