All R-2 special exception uses shall conform to the standards and criteria of Article
XXI, Special Exceptions, and the criteria contained herein:
A. Office/light-manufacturing.
(1) Uses shall be limited to the following areas only:
(a)
Properties zoned R2 located west of Markley Street and south
of Harding Boulevard (not including Harding Boulevard itself).
(b)
Properties zoned R2 located east of Franklin Street and south
of West Main Street.
(2) Uses shall not interfere with the public's right to a quiet, clean
and peaceful neighborhood.
(3) The standards and criteria contained in Article
XXIV, Performance Standards, of this chapter shall apply.
(4) The minimum distance between office/light-manufacturing uses on separate
lots shall be 1,000 feet.
(5) No more than 20 full-time employees or part-time equivalent employees
per business.
(6) Outdoor storage of materials and/or supplies is not permitted.
(7) A system of efficient vehicle ingress and egress that does not block
or interfere with the use of driveways or the on-street parking areas
of neighboring residential properties is required.
(8) Only two- or three-axle commercial vehicles may service the site
unless the property has direct driveway access off of the following
roads; Markley Street, Dekalb Street and East Main Street.
(9) Truck pick-up and delivery zones shall be accommodated on site and
shall not diminish the amount of available on-street residential parking.
(10)
Deliveries, loading and unloading, shall be during normal daytime
hours of operation only.
(11)
No overnight idling of vehicles.
(12)
All employee and visitor parking in addition to truck pick-up
and delivery zones shall be accommodated on site and shall not diminish
the amount of available on-street residential parking.
(13)
Parking lots:
(a)
Minimum parking setback five feet from rear and side yards when
abutting a nonresidential use and 20 feet when abutting a residential
use or district.
(b)
No parking shall be permitted within the front yard setback.
(14)
Screen buffer of landscaping as per § 433 of the Municipal
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance shall be required along all side and rear yards abutting
a residential use or district.
(15)
Refuse collection areas shall be indoors where feasible. Where
indoor refuse collection and storage is impracticable or infeasible,
refuse may be stored out of doors provided the following conditions
are met:
(a)
Refuse collection areas shall be located to the rear of the
building and set back a minimum of 50 feet from all property lines
abutting a residential district or use.
(b)
Refuse collection and storage shall be within an enclosure that
contains architectural elements consistent with, and complementary
to, the primary building(s) on the site.
(c)
Refuse collection areas shall be shielded from the direct view
of any adjacent residential district or use with landscaping as per
§ 433.2.F. of the Municipal Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance.
(16)
Sign illumination shall be limited to the hours of operation
or between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., whichever is less.
(17)
All proposals for new development, redevelopment, or the expansion of an existing light industrial use that results in the construction of a new building(s) or alterations to the exterior of an existing building(s) shall submit the following information to the Design Review Board as established in §
320-243 in sufficient detail for the Board to render an advisory opinion to the Zoning Hearing Board. Sketch plans shall show the following information:
(a)
Location of existing and proposed buildings and structures on
the site.
(b)
Adjoining residential buildings and structures within 50 feet
of the property line.
(c)
Architectural elevations or photographs of similar buildings
and or structures that are generally accurate facsimiles.
B. Residential mixed-use conversion.
(1) Residential mixed-use conversions may only occur in an existing twin,
duplex, or rowhouse dwelling that was originally constructed for residential
use.
(2) Residential mixed-use conversions may not interfere with the public's
right to a quiet, clean and peaceful neighborhood.
(3) Only one residential mixed-use conversion shall be permitted on a
corner property of an intersection, exclusive of alleys or driveways,
of a street listed below in the R-2 District.
(b)
Elm Street, from Buttonwood Street to Arch Street.
(c)
DeKalb Street, south of West Brown Street.
(f)
West Oak Street, from Buttonwood Street to Tremont Avenue.
(g)
Spruce Street, from Markley Street to Arch Street.
(h)
Markley Street, south of Fornance Street.
(i)
Fornance Street, from Harding Boulevard to Arch Street.
(4) Midblock conversions may only occur on DeKalb Street between Basin
Street and Elm Street.
(5) The minimum distance between intersections with a mixed-use conversion
shall be 500 feet as measured from the center point of the intersection
extending linearly along the center-line of an above named street.
(6) Residential mixed-use conversion shall be limited to the first floor
only and shall not exceed 750 square feet of gross floor area except
for those uses located on DeKalb Street which may convert an additional
750 square feet of first floor space to a maximum of 1,500 square
feet provided that one off-street parking space be provided for each
additional 250 square feet of gross floor area.
(7) No residential uses shall be permitted on the first floor.
(8) No more than one residential unit per floor shall be permitted to
a maximum of two residential units per building after conversion.
(9) Exterior alterations of the front or side facades shall be limited
to that which is necessary for safe and efficient public access.
(10)
Refuse collection shall be contained within the confines of
the primary structure.
(11)
Hours of operation shall be limited to between 6:00 a.m. and
9:00 p.m.
(12)
Signage shall be limited to one wall or window per street frontage
and shall not exceed 10 square feet.
(13)
Sign illumination shall be limited to the hours of operation
or between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., whichever is less.
(14)
Applicant shall submit architectural plans showing proposed
interior alterations, building entrance(s), exterior elevations, signs
and lighting shall be submitted to the Design Review Board in sufficient
detail for review and comment.