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. 
Off-street parking, subject to Article XXII.
B. 
Sign, subject to Article XXIII.
C. 
Satellite antenna, subject to § 395-139.
D. 
Restaurant, standard or cafeteria.
E. 
Personal service shop.
F. 
Meeting room and classroom.
G. 
Indoor recreation, play area or exercise facility.
H. 
Child day-care center, as accessory to office building, hotel or motel, or research facility/laboratory per § 395-48 subject to § 395-151H.
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.
J. 
All applicable provisions of Article XXII, Parking Regulations, Article XXIII, Signs, and Article XXIV, Performance Standards, shall be followed.
K. 
A planted visual screen, as defined in Article II, shall be provided as required by § 395-141.
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.
M. 
Landscaping shall comply with § 395-142.
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.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be minimum requirements:
A. 
Lot area: one acre.
B. 
Lot width: 125 feet.
C. 
Setbacks:
(1) 
From street: 75 feet.
(2) 
From side and rear property lines: 50 feet; 100 feet when abutting a residential district.
(3) 
Building coverage: 35%, maximum.
D. 
Impervious surface: 50%, maximum.
E. 
Landscaping: 45%.
F. 
Height: 100 feet, maximum.