Township of North Brunswick, NJ Article XV G-O General Office District

[Amended 1-21-1980; 2-4-1985]

§ 205-69 Permitted uses.

[Amended 5-15-1995; 4-29-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10; 11-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-23]

The following uses shall be permitted in G-O General Office Districts:

A. Permitted principal uses.

(1) Administrative, executive and editorial offices.

(2) Banks and financial offices.

(3) Medical and dental offices and clinics.

(4) Professional offices.

(5) Real estate and other general business offices.

(6) Adult day-care facilities.

(7) Auditoriums, conference or concert halls.

B. Required accessory uses.

(1) Off-street parking, subject to Article XXIV of this chapter.

(2) Off-street loading, subject to the provisions of Article XXIV of this chapter.

C. Permitted accessory uses.

(1) Signs, subject to the provisions of Article XXV of this chapter.

(2) Fences, subject to the provisions of § 205-93 of this chapter.

(3) Other customary uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to the principal use and building.

D. Conditional uses (subject to the provisions of Article XXIX of this chapter).

(1) Public utilities.

(2) Philanthropic or eleemosynary uses.

§ 205-70 Development standards.

A. Office buildings shall not exceed a floor area ratio of 1.0. The maximum floor area ratio of 1.0 shall be permitted only if the proposed project is designed to accommodate all required off-street parking spaces.

B. Where a proposed office development abuts a residential zone or a lot developed for residential uses, an additional thirty-foot buffer strip, designed in accordance with the requirements of Article XXVI, shall be added to any required rear or side yard which abuts said residential use.

C. Front yard areas may be utilized for parking, provided that no such parking shall be closer than 10 feet to the street line.

D. All properties and uses shall also be subject to the general provisions under Article IV.

E. All properties and uses are subject to the performance standards as specified in Article XXVII.

F. Nonconforming residential uses located in this zone shall be permitted to have accessory buildings and uses permitted in the R-2 Zone in accordance with the provisions of the R-2 Zone.

§ 205-70.1 Area required for planned office park development.

Planned office park development may be permitted in the G-O Zone, provided that the site to be developed shall contain a minimum of 20 acres.

§ 205-70.2 Permitted uses for planned office park development.

The following uses are permitted in a planned office park development:

A. Permitted principal uses.

(1) Administrative, executive and editorial offices.

(2) Banks and financial offices.

(3) Medical and dental offices and clinics.

(4) Professional offices.

(5) Real estate and other general business offices.

(6) Experimental, research or testing laboratories, provided that no operation shall be conducted or equipment used which would create hazardous, noxious or offensive conditions beyond the boundaries of the property involved.

(7) Administrative and general offices where no manufacturing is performed.

(8) Federal, state, county and municipal buildings and grounds.

(9) Banks.

(10) Educational services, but excluding primary and secondary schools and colleges.

(11) Finance, insurance and real estate services.

(12) Conference and training facilities, including assembly halls and associated housing for such conference and training facilities, which relate to the operations and functions of the various uses permitted in this section.

(13) Computer and data processing facilities.

(14) Office uses and regional sales facilities in combination with warehousing and distribution operations, provided that such warehousing and distribution operations do not exceed 20% of the facility by area.

B. Required accessory uses.

(1) Off-street parking, subject to the provisions of Article XXIV of this chapter.

(2) Off-street loading, subject to the provisions of Article XXIV of this chapter.

C. Permitted accessory uses.

(1) Signs, subject to the provisions of Article XXV of this chapter.

(2) Fences, subject to the provisions of § 205-93 of this chapter.

(3) Private recreation uses intended to provide recreational opportunities to individuals and employees associated with businesses and facilities contained within the planned office park development.

(4) Other customary uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to the principal use and building.

§ 205-70.3 Development standards for planned office park development.

Development standards for planned office park developments shall be as follows:

A. Area, yard and building requirements.

(1) Minimum lot size: five acres.

(2) Minimum lot width: 350 feet.

(3) Minimum lot depth: 350 feet.

(4) Minimum front yard setback: 100 feet from U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 130, and 60 feet from all other streets.

(5) Minimum side yard setback.

(a) Either side: 40 feet.

(b) Total of both sides: 80 feet, except that wherever a side lot line in this zone abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, a side yard of 175 feet shall be required.

(6) Minimum rear yard setback: 75 feet, except that wherever a rear lot line in this zone abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, a rear yard of 175 feet shall be required.

(7) Building height and setback.

(a) Maximum building height shall be 60 feet, except that wherever a building is to be constructed on a lot in this zone which abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, the following schedule shall apply:

[1] Thirty-five feet, provided that wherever a building is to be constructed on a lot in this zone the side or rear lot line of which abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, a building setback of 175 feet shall be provided, which shall include a one-hundred-foot buffer in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

[2] Forty feet, provided that wherever a building is to be constructed on a lot in this zone the side or rear lot line of which abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, a building setback of 200 feet shall be provided, which shall include a one-hundred-foot buffer in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

[3] Fifty feet, provided that wherever a building is to be constructed on a lot in this zone the side or rear lot line of which abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, a building setback of 250 feet shall be provided, which shall include a one-hundred-twenty-five-foot buffer in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

[4] Sixty feet, provided that wherever a building is to be constructed on a lot in this zone the side or rear lot line of which abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, a building setback of 300 feet shall be provided, which shall include a one-hundred-fifty-foot buffer in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

(b) Buildings to be constructed on lots which do not abut a single-family detached residential zone shall be set back from the boundary line of a single-family detached residential zone in accordance with the minimum setback requirements of Subsection A(7)(a).

(8) Required buffer. Required side and rear yard setbacks shall include a thirty-foot landscaped buffer designed in accordance with Article XXVI when said side or rear yard abuts a residentially zoned or developed lot.

(9) Maximum lot coverage: 40%.

B. Conditional uses (subject to the provisions of Article XXIX of this chapter).

(1) Public utilities.

(2) Philanthropic or eleemosynary uses.

C. Accessory buildings.

(1) An accessory building attached to a principal building shall comply in all respects with the yard requirements of this chapter for the principal building.

(2) Detached accessory buildings, yard utility buildings and storage buildings are permitted in the rear yard only, but may not be constructed or installed within any required buffer area.

(3) On through lots, no accessory buildings erected in the rear yard shall be nearer the street line than the minimum distance specified for a front yard setback on that part of the street which said yard abuts.

(4) Accessory buildings shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from all property lines, except that where the yard abuts a single-family detached residential zone, the accessory building shall be set back a minimum of 40 feet.

D. Other provisions.

(1) No railroad tracks or siding shall be erected within 150 feet of any side or rear lot that abuts a residential zone or use.

(2) The installation of railroad tracks shall be subject to the North Brunswick ordinance included as Chapter 111, Railroad Tracks, of this Code.

(3) All properties and uses shall also be subject to the general provisions of Article IV.

(4) No parking area or driveway shall be located within 50 feet of any side or rear lot line that abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone.

(5) No tree having a diameter of more than three inches and a height of three feet from the ground and located within 100 feet of any side or rear lot line that abuts a residential zone or lot utilized for residential purposes shall be removed unless such removal is in accordance with a plan approved by the Planning Board.

(6) All properties and uses are subject to the performance standards as specified in Article XXVII.

(7) Nonconforming residential uses located in this zone shall be permitted to have accessory buildings and uses permitted in the R-2 Zone in accordance with the provisions of the R-2 Zone.