The purpose of the Calverton Office Zoning Use District is to
promote the construction of the highest quality (Class A) office development
in an integrated campus-like setting upon large tracts of land. It
is the goal of the Calverton Office Zoning Use District to require
design relationships between buildings and to provide amenities for
workers and visitors.
No building or premises shall be used and no building shall
be erected, reconstructed, altered or added to except for the following
permitted, specially permitted or accessory uses:
A. Permitted uses:
(1)
Office buildings for business and governmental uses, including
general, executive, and administrative, administrative training, data
processing, libraries, publication, financial institutions, sales
offices, offices or agencies for scientific or technical development,
including research and testing laboratories.
B. Special permit uses:
(1)
The production, processing and assembly of small, light or microscopic
or electronic parts or precision instruments in which the close supervision
by scientific personnel of a permitted research laboratory is required.
(2)
Institutions for higher learning.
C. Accessory uses:
(1)
Those uses customarily incidental and subordinate to and in
furtherance of any of the aforementioned principal uses. Accessory
uses shall be for the sole use of the employees and tenants of the
principal use and not for the use by the general public. The following
accessory uses are specifically provided for:
(a)
Retail or personal service uses that are specifically designed
as accessory to principal uses, such as but not limited to pharmacies,
lunch counters, lunch stands, newsstands, barbershops and beauty parlors
and shoe repair, provided that said retail or personal service accessory
is located within the same building, and there are no exterior signs
advertising said retail or personal service use. Such use shall be
confined to the lower level of a building, unless such use supports
a specific tenant's use.
(b)
Restaurants, not including diners, luncheonettes, drive-in and
fast-food facilities, for the use of executives, employees and visitors
of the principal use.
(c)
Indoor and outdoor recreation facilities for the exclusive use
of employees, and tenants by special permit of the Town Board of the
principal use, and their families.
(d)
In-service training schools for employees of the principal use.
(g)
Banks, automatic teller machines.
(h)
Lower-level and ground-floor storage, copy centers, conference
rooms and training rooms.
(i)
Private garages for the storage and service of motor vehicles
owned by the owner of the principal use or the executives or employees
thereof, or visitors thereto.
(j)
Central heating and power plants accessory to the principal
use and the service of all structures on the premises.
(k)
Fully enclosed storage facilities incidental to the principal
use.
(l)
Maintenance and utility shops incidental to the principal use.
(m)
Accessory signs, subject to the applicable provisions of the sign regulations of the Town of Riverhead, Article
XLVIII, Signs, of this chapter.
(n)
Trash compactors and dumpsters which are screened from sight.
Prohibited uses are as follows:
B. Retail sales of consumer merchandise, unless permitted by §
301-100 of this article.
C. Personal service uses, unless permitted by §
301-100 of this article.
D. Wholesale business, excluding a showroom or demonstration center.
E. No machinery or equipment shall be installed and no labor shall be
engaged upon the premises for the manufacture, processing or assembly
of goods or articles, except the manufacturing, processing or assembly
of prototypes or experimental products in which the close supervision
by scientific personnel of a permitted research laboratory is required.
F. No such process shall involve the handling, storage or discharge
of explosives or permit upon the premises any virus or other type
of infectious organisms identified with diseases of animals or humans.
G. No manufacturing, processing or assembly of goods or articles of
any kind for sale shall be permitted on the premises, except for the
sale of pilot prototypes or experimental products which are the result
of the end product of scientific research, development or engineering.
H. No offensive noises, gases, fumes, smoke, odors, dust, effluent or
vibrations shall emanate from such use, and no waste products shall
be discharged therefrom of a character to create a nuisance or to
be injurious to health.
I. Any use not expressly permitted or specially permitted is prohibited.
No building shall be erected nor any land area utilized unless
in conformity with the Zoning Schedule incorporated into this article by reference and made part
hereof with the same force and effect as if such requirements were
herein set forth in full as specified in said schedule, except as
may be hereafter specifically modified.
The following design standards shall apply to all uses within
the Calverton Office Zoning Use District:
A. Parking shall be provided at a rate of one space per 200 square feet
of gross floor area for office use and three stalls per 1,000 square
feet of gross floor area for research and testing laboratories.
B. The maximum gross and coverage (buildings, structures and paved)
area shall not exceed 60%.
C. No more than 30% of the required parking shall be located in the
front yard.
D. The provision of a one-hundred-foot nondisturbance area to hard surface
from the roadbed of New York State Route 25.
E. Building design. The objective of the building design standards is
to provide overall high quality and complementary design of industrial
and multifloor Class A office buildings. Special emphasis is placed
upon methods that tend to reduce the large-scale visual impact of
buildings and to encourage imaginative design for individual buildings.
(1)
Building mass. Solid and unarticulated buildings are discouraged.
The mass and scale of buildings shall be reduced by staggered building
walls or other architectural treatments at least every 150 feet to
provide architectural interest and reduce the visual scale of a building.
Buildings shall include the following elements:
(a)
The use of variations in height, rooflines and grade definition
is encouraged to reduce the perceived height and mass of a building.
(b)
Building entries shall be readily identifiable through the use
of canopies, marquees and architectural treatment.
(c)
Where possible, buildings with smaller or multiple structures
instead of one large building are preferred to reduce massive appearance.
(d)
Clusters of mature landscaping and berms shall be provided along
the building facade. The landscaping clusters shall include a variety
of trees and tall shrubs.
(e)
Wall texture changes shall be provided.
(f)
Small-scale elements, such as planter walls and hedges, shall
be clustered around building entrances.
(2)
Materials.
(a)
One dominant material shall be selected and used through each
building on a site.
(b)
It is encouraged that the front and two side elevations of all
buildings and/or structures be constructed of brick, granite, or other
masonry matter and architectural block or architectural precast concrete.
Painted or natural utility concrete panels or masonry units should
be confined to rear elevations and in loading dock areas.
(c)
Roof design shall be as aesthetically pleasing as possible and
shall screen all mechanical equipment.
(d)
Glass windows or some similar architectural treatment shall
occupy at least 10% of the front elevation of a building.
(3)
Color and texture.
(a)
Texture patterns are encouraged to create shadow patterns which
will reduce the high visibility of the building.
(b)
Variations in color shall be kept to a minimum.
(c)
Colors shall be subdued in tone.
(d)
Accent colors may be used to express corporate identity.
(4)
Location.
(a)
No building shall be constructed closer than 100 feet to an
adjacent building.
(b)
Planters, walls and sign elements not exceeding six feet in
height shall be permitted in yard areas. Roof overhangs may extend
a maximum of six feet into setback areas.