The LI-5 District is intended to permit small, low-impact economic
development uses within an environmentally sensitive area, which has
significant development constraints, including hilly topography, extensive
wetlands areas, limited access, and limited pubic utility availability.
Development within this area needs to be respective and fit into the
topography and natural features of the site, so as to not create a
negative impact upon the natural environment and the rural character
of the proximate residential neighborhoods.
The following uses shall be permitted by site plan approval,
provided that all buildings housing such uses shall be 15,000 square
feet of gross floor area or less:
A. Offices for both single and multi-tenant occupancy excluding those
establishments which primarily provide services to customers and clients
on the premises.
B. Laboratories for research, testing and development printing and publishing
establishments.
C. Manufacturing, processing or assembling of goods within enclosed
buildings, provided there is no outdoor operation or storage and further
provided operation takes place in a manner which does not create a
noticeable amount of smoke, dust, noise or vibration outside of the
building in which it takes place.
D. Uses, buildings and facilities of the Town of Orange.
E. Signs, as provided in Article
XIX.
Developments in the Light Industrial District #5 shall conform
to the following additional standards:
A. There shall be no outside storage.
B. Parking: No surface parking areas shall extend within less than 50
feet of any property line or 100 feet of a Residence District boundary
line and shall be screened from view from any street right-of-way
line or property line by fences, walls and/or closely planted evergreens,
trees, hedges or shrubs to a height of four feet at time of planting.
Within each surface parking lot there shall be evenly distributed
landscaped areas containing a minimum of one shade tree and other
low planting for every 10 parking spaces.
C. Loading: No part of the area required for building setback from a
street right-of-way line or a Residence District boundary line shall
be used for off-street loading. Any off-street loading space, including
any truck loading bay, ramp or dock, which is located within 200 feet
of any street right-of-way line shall be screened from view from such
street by buildings and/or fences, walls, or evergreen shrubs or trees
to a height of eight feet at time of planting.
D. Landscaping: The entire area of the lot not used for buildings, driveways
and off-street parking and loading shall be suitably landscaped with
trees and/or shrubs and with lawns or shall be left as undisturbed
natural terrain. All rooftop or other mechanical equipment shall be
adequately screened from view from roadways or residential properties.
E. Exterior lighting: Exterior illumination shall be provided as necessary
for the safety lighting of parking areas, drives, walkways and buildings.
No offensive glare from lighting shall be transmitted so as to endanger
the public health and safety, nor shall it be transmitted into or
within any Residence District so as to impair the value and enjoyment
of any lot therein.
F. Building and pavement coverage: The total ground coverage of all
structures, paved parking and loading areas and drives shall aggregate
to no more than 15% of the lot area. In order to reduce ground coverage
the Commission may permit a portion of the parking area, not utilized
on a daily basis, to be constructed of pervious, non-gravel, surface
in areas not used for main site or emergency access.
G. Erosion, sedimentation and water quality measures shall be implemented
to adequately protect all wetland areas from contamination or degradation.
H. Buildings shall be designed so each outer facade has an architectural
finish. Concrete block walls shall not be visible. Buildings should
be designed or articulated to reduce apparent mass, avoid large monolithic
box-like shapes and blend into the natural topography and environment.
Prior to approval of any application for a certificate of zoning compliance, a site plan shall be submitted and approved in accordance with the provisions of Article
XIII.