It is the purpose of this zoning classification to provide the
opportunity for the location of professional offices in mixed-use
dwellings, defined herein as "professional mixed-use dwellings," in
transitional areas between business development and residential development,
in areas which currently consist of such professional mixed-use dwellings
and in areas which are not necessarily appropriate for standard commercial,
industrial or residential activity.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District, the regulations of
this article shall apply.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District, a building may be erected,
altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the following
purposes and for no other:
A. Any use permitted in a Residence A, BB or B District.
B. Professional offices of architects, attorneys, chiropractors, dentists,
professional engineers, medical doctors, optometrists, osteopaths,
podiatrists, real estate or insurance brokers, surveyors or physical
therapists.
C. Professional mixed-use dwellings.
D. By special exception from the Zoning Board of Appeals, the professional offices of a person or persons determined by said Board to be engaged in a profession similar to those set forth in Subsection
B above.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District, each lot shall have
a frontage of at least 75 feet, a depth of at least 100 feet and an
area of at least 7,500 square feet, except that, if a plot having
a frontage of not less than 50 feet and containing an area of not
less than 7,500 square feet was in one single and separate ownership
on December 11, 1989, a building may be erected or altered on such
plot, provided that all provisions of this Code are complied with,
and further provided that such single and separate ownership is continuously
maintained following the aforesaid date.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District:
A. No one-story building shall contain less than 750 square feet of
habitable floor space.
B. No 1 1/2 story building shall contain less than 1,000 square
feet of habitable floor space.
C. No two-story building shall contain less than 1,150 square feet of
habitable floor space.
D. No building shall be less than 24 feet in width, exclusive of porches
and bay windows.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District, no building or structure
shall exceed 32 feet in height.
No building in a PM Professional Mixed-Use District shall have
a roof pitch which is less than four inches to each one foot on the
main part thereof, except that, upon due cause shown, the Zoning Board
of Appeals may grant a special exception.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District, the building area shall
not exceed 40% of the lot area.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District, the required front
yard depth for buildings and structures shall be the same as the average
yard depth of the existing buildings within 200 feet on each side
of the lot on the same side of the street, but no front yard shall
be required to have a depth greater than 40 feet. Where the foregoing
does not control, the minimum depth shall be 30 feet back from the
street line.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District, there shall be two
side yards, one on each side, the aggregate widths of which shall
be at least 24 feet. Neither side yard shall be less than 12 feet
wide.
In a PM Professional Mixed-Use District, there shall be a rear
yard, the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet.
Accessory buildings in a PM Professional Mixed-Use District
shall contain an area of not more than 600 square feet and an average
height of not more than 14 feet as measured by the average grade adjacent
to such building. The yard area occupied by such accessory building
shall, however, be included in computing the maximum percentage of
lot area which may be built upon. No part of an accessory building
shall be used for office or dwelling purposes; nor shall any part
of an accessory building be nearer the rear or side lot line than
five feet. No lot shall have more than two accessory buildings.
There shall be suitable landscaping on lots containing a professional
mixed-use dwelling and there shall be required, along the rear and
side lot lines, a buffer planting strip, at least five feet in width,
with automated sprinklered landscaping to screen surrounding properties
as determined by the Planning Board.