A.
The purposes of this district are to provide for planned office and
laboratory establishments developed on a lot-by-lot basis or as a
single, planned development. Development characteristics include strong
project unity, common design, large site and low coverage, open space
and buffer areas and the sharing of services, utilities, parking areas
and amenities.
B.
Another purpose is to prohibit the physical presence of aircraft
within the district.
A.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used
for only one or more of the following uses:
(1)
Office building.
(2)
Research, development, testing or similar laboratory or facility.
(3)
Bank or other financial institution.
(4)
Restaurant, standard.
(5)
Outdoor recreation.
(6)
Uses permitted by right in the IHCO Industrial Heritage Corridor
Overlay District, except light industrial park, bed-and-breakfast
facility, sales, service, repair and storage of boats and marine equipment,
and water transportation facility.
(7)
Communications antennas mounted on an existing public utility transmission
tower, building or other structure, and communications equipment buildings.
B.
There shall be no physical presence of aircraft. No airport-dependent
uses shall be permitted.
The following accessory uses shall be permitted. No accessory
use shall be used as a principal use on a lot.
A.
Any new construction, addition, signs, and lighting shall be in harmony
with the architectural character of existing buildings in the area.
B.
No outdoor vending machines shall be permitted in the district.
C.
No storage of merchandise, articles, or equipment shall be permitted
outside a building.
D.
Each building shall be designed so as to minimize its commercial
appearance to afford minimum evidence of the nature of the operation
conducted within.
E.
No building or group of attached buildings shall exceed 180 feet
in length or depth.
F.
The interior circulation on a lot or tract shall be designed so that
no driveway or street providing parking spaces shall be used as a
through street. If parking spaces are indicated by lines with angles
other than 90°, the traffic lanes shall be restricted to a one-way
flow to permit head-in parking. No driveway or street used for interior
circulation shall have traffic lanes less than 12 feet in width.
G.
An on-site pedestrian circulation system must be provided, which
connects the parking areas and the buildings on the site. The circulation
system must be hard-surfaced and be at least five feet wide. Where
the system crosses driveways, parking and loading areas, it must be
clearly identifiable, through the use of striping, elevation changes,
speed humps, a different paving material or other similar material.
In order for employees to safely use it at night, the on-site pedestrian
circulation system must be adequately lighted.
H.
The pedestrian circulation system shall be connected to other areas
of the site such as a parking lot and any pedestrian amenities, such
as plazas and resting areas.
I.
All parking areas, driveways and loading areas shall be provided
with a lighting system to adequately meet the needs of the area. All
direct lighting shall be completely shielded from traffic on any driveway
or street and from any residential district.
L.
A buffer, as defined in Article II, shall be provided at the property line with all residential uses. The buffer shall be not less than 50 feet wide as measured from the district boundary line or from the near street line where the street serves as the district boundary line. Buffers may be part of front, side, or rear yards.
N.
All refuse shall be placed in closed, vermin-proof containers. Materials
or wastes that might cause fumes, dust or constitute a fire hazard
shall be stored out of doors only in closed containers adequate to
eliminate such hazard.
