The purpose of this district is to permit the use and erection of general corporate, professional and sales offices within unified planned developments on large minimum sized tracts. Within this district, no lot or building shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered to be used, in whole or in part, unless it complies with the regulations set forth in this article. The following principal uses shall be permitted in this district:
A. 
Offices for professional services such as physicians, lawyers or architects; small commercial offices such as realtors, insurance or travel agencies; small governmental offices, including post office branch or social security; and offices incidental to uses permitted in this section.
B. 
Buildings and structures owned and operated by the Borough of Haddon Heights for municipal purposes.
The following accessory uses shall be permitted in this district:
A. 
Fences and walls. (See § 450-96.)
B. 
Signs. (See § 450-135.)
C. 
Parking lots and parking garages, provided that:
(1) 
There is no automotive service or repair.
(2) 
The use will not increase traffic congestion in the streets abutting the property.
D. 
Public utility installations, subject to the following special requirements:
(1) 
There shall be no storage of materials and trucks and no repair facilities or staging of repair crews except within completely enclosed buildings.
(2) 
The exterior of any structure shall be in keeping with the other structures in the immediate neighborhood.
The following conditional uses shall be permitted in this district:
A. 
Banks, savings and loan associations and other fiduciary institutions. Drive-up facilities may be permitted, provided that such facilities do not adversely impede or conflict with the safe traffic flow required by the principal use on or off the site.
Design considerations for permitted and conditional uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Parking and service areas.
(1) 
Parking shall be screened from adjacent residential properties with grass, shrubs, trees, fences and/or earthen berms to protect residential properties from parking lot illumination and headlight glare, automobile fumes and noise.
(2) 
Curbing or curb stops shall be provided in all off-street parking areas and along all accessways.
(3) 
Off-street parking areas and accessways thereto shall be properly drained, and all such areas shall have a paved hard surface.
(4) 
All off-street parking areas and accessways shall be so arranged that cars and trucks may be turned on the lot so that it is not necessary to back into any roadway. Parking shall only be located in the rear of the property.
(5) 
Common or joint driveway access and parking to the rear of sites is encouraged.
(6) 
Access driveways onto major thoroughfares shall be permitted only if alternatives, including side or rear access and common or shared single access driveways, have been considered by the Planning Board or Zoning Board.
(7) 
Where appropriate, impervious parking coverage shall be limited, to the extent possible, by the use of parking in or under buildings, the elimination of excess paving, grassed landbank parking and the use of permeable surfaces for paving.
(8) 
Parking areas shall be designed to minimize pedestrian and moving vehicle conflicts. Pedestrian walkways, parking lot islands, signage and pavement texture differentiation shall be required by the Planning Board or Zoning Board, where appropriate, to ensure the safe movement of pedestrians.
(9) 
No access shall be permitted to the parking area from within the residential zone.
(10) 
Every structure erected, designed or altered for occupancy by any office use as permitted in this section shall provide, at the rear entrance and access of its building, access and space for the loading and unloading of delivery trucks.
B. 
Building design and use.
(1) 
The treatment of side and rear walls of any building in terms of building materials shall be similar to the treatment of the front facade.
(2) 
The display of merchandise or nonpermanent uses and/or activities, e.g., vending machines, placed on the exterior premises of any building is prohibited.
(3) 
All buildings shall have a unified architectural treatment, whether constructed as new or as an additional structure physically and aesthetically integrated with the existing structure. The Planning Board or Zoning Board shall consider in its architectural review items such as materials, colors, building setbacks, facade treatments and building height and shall encourage the revitalization of existing structures to ensure compatibility with proposed building additions.
C. 
Site design and building layout.
(1) 
The site design layout of buildings and parking areas shall be reviewed so as to provide an aesthetically pleasing design and efficient arrangement. Particular attention shall be given to safety and fire protection, impact on surrounding development and contiguous and adjacent buildings and lands.
(2) 
To promote a desirable visual environment and to ensure a good civic design, the Planning Board or Zoning Board in its review shall consider, but not be limited in its consideration of, visual impacts of the proposed development, including views and view interference, shadow effects, noise impacts and design compatibility with surrounding land uses.
D. 
General design requirements.
(1) 
Any development in this district which will be used wholly or in part for office purposes shall be designed so as to provide a comprehensive development plan for the entire zone for which it is a part, the goals being to control means of access and to coordinate internal pedestrian and vehicular traffic flow relating to existing development and architectural compatibility.
(2) 
Any new facade or change in the facade of an existing building shall be reviewed by the Planning Board or Zoning Board for evaluation of architecture, color and design.
A. 
Lot area. A minimum lot area of 50,000 square feet shall be provided for every use hereafter erected.
B. 
Lot width. Each lot on which office uses shall be erected shall have a width of not less than 150 feet.
C. 
Building coverage. The maximum building coverage shall not be greater than 20% of the gross lot area.
D. 
Lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage, including all structures, shall not be greater than 70% of the gross lot area.
E. 
Front yard. A front yard setback shall be provided to be not less than 30 feet or the same as adjacent properties.
F. 
Side yards. There shall be side yard setbacks of not less than 20 feet on each side.
G. 
Yards. Where the lot in question adjoins a residential district, there shall be a yard within the lot in question adjacent to the common boundary line to provide at least 40 feet between the office building and said boundary line.
H. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard to be not less than 35 feet.
I. 
Height. A structure shall not have a greater height than three stories or 36 feet measured from the average grade line perimetering the building to the top of the main roof cornice line, excluding necessary utility-type roof structures.