In O Office Districts, the regulations contained in this article
shall apply.
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied
for the following purposes and no other:
A.
Lot area and frontage. The following lot areas shall be provided:
For each office building, there shall be a street frontage of not
less than 75 feet and a minimum lot area of 35,000 square feet.
B.
Height regulations. The height of an office building shall not exceed
55 feet, exclusive of basement, and the height of a building shall
not exceed the distance from the adjacent property line as determined
as follows: The difference in elevation between the top of any element
of a building and the elevation at the property line shall not exceed
the horizontal distance from the property lines to the building element.
This requirement shall be met for all points along the property line
and for all elements of the building.
C.
Side yards. For each building, there shall be two separate side yards,
neither of which shall be less than 30 feet. Further, in the case
of a group of office buildings, there shall be not less than 30 feet
between buildings at any point.
D.
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall
be at least 40 feet.
E.
Building frontage, depth or length. The greatest dimension in frontage, length or depth of a building section erected, altered or used under this article shall not exceed 150 feet, and not more than three such sections may be attached to each other, and sections so attached shall be at an angle of 90° under the requirements of this Subsection E.
F.
Total lot area coverage. Not more than 70% of each lot used for the
construction of service office buildings shall be occupied by buildings,
parking areas, parking facilities and/or improvements of any nature,
such that not less than 30% of the lot area shall remain as green
area.
[Amended 8-10-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-10]
G.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street on which the
lot abuts, the depth of which shall be at least 40 feet. The area
shall be planted with trees, shrubbery and ground cover for screening
in accordance with an overall landscape plan approved by the Planning
Commission and shall be maintained continually in a neat and attractive
manner by the property owner, with existing trees and grades preserved
insofar as possible.
H.
Buffer area. There shall be a buffer area along the district boundary
line within the Office District when adjacent to residential areas,
the depth of which shall be at least 20 feet measured from the district
boundary line. The buffer area may be included in any front, side
or rear yard areas required under the provisions of this article.
The buffer area shall be used for no other purpose other than planting
and screening. The buffer area shall be planted with trees, shrubbery
and ground cover for screening in accordance with an overall landscape
plan approved by the Planning Commission and shall be maintained continually
in a neat and attractive manner by the property owner. There shall
be an immediate dense screen of evergreen trees at a minimum height
of six feet in the buffer area of the lot, placed so as to give maximum
protection to the residential area against light, noise, dust, visual
or other similar nuisances or disturbances and continuously maintained
in a neat and attractive manner by the property owner. No certificate
of occupancy shall be issued until the Zoning Officer or his or her
designee is satisfied that the requirements of this provision have
been met. Should the planting of trees not be feasible at the time
a certificate of occupancy is sought, a bond or other acceptable security
shall be required to guarantee the planting. There shall be erected
in areas on or adjacent to side and rear of property lines a fence
of the type and height approved by the Planning Commission. Existing
trees and grades are to be preserved insofar as possible.
[Amended 11-14-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4]
Service office buildings shall have one parking or garage space
for each 200 square feet of gross floor area, including basement floor
area, but in no event fewer than three parking or garage spaces for
each separate office, such parking spaces to be a minimum of 200 square
feet in area. A parking plan, including exterior lighting and suitable
buffer areas within the parking area, shall be presented to and approved
by the Planning Commission.
A.
No part of any front yard shall be used for garage, storage or off-street
parking purposes, unless the area used for such purposes is beyond
40 feet from the street and the Planning Commission approves such
use.
B.
There shall not be outside storage of any kind.
C.
All driveways and off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance
with Township standards.
D.
All exterior lighting shall be properly shielded from traffic on
any public right-of-way and from any residential district.
