The following is an expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in Article
I, §
205-3, of this chapter. It is the intent of this article to provide for offices in a campus setting with certain compatible commercial uses in districts of at least 10 acres and having at least 800 feet of frontage along a principal arterial street. Furthermore, it is the intent of this article to:
A. Establish standards and certain limitations which
encourage orderly and planned development of an architecturally harmonious
office campus while prohibiting incompatible uses and minimizing community
impact.
B. Provide employment centers in close proximity to existing
and future commercial and residential developments to reduce commuting
distance for the workforce and minimize traffic impact as well as
to enhance the community tax base.
C. Ensure that residential and institutional neighbors
will be buffered against the Executive Campus District and prevent
encroachment upon existing highways by the use of setbacks and encourage
the preservation of natural features and existing foliage.
D. Encourage efficiency from shared planned parking and
shared driveways through the use of an internal driveway network in
order to eliminate uncontrolled access to exterior streets and to
reduce excessive impervious surfaces.
In any EC Executive Campus District, the following
regulations shall apply.
[Amended 2-25-2014 by Ord. No. 550; 10-27-2015 by Ord. No. 566]
A building or buildings may be erected, altered or used and
a lot may be occupied for the following purposes or combination of
the following purposes and no other, provided that the requirements
of the following sections are met:
A. The following are the permitted uses in an Executive Campus District:
(1)
Offices for administration, executive, business, medical, veterinary,
professional, sales, data processing, financial institutions, research
and other uses of the same general character, including insurance
and real estate offices, the normal attributes of which do not involve
the actual bulk warehousing, exchange or delivery of inventory on
the premises.
(2)
Municipal or governmental offices; educational or conference
center uses.
(3)
Educational and academic institutions and studios for instruction
and the production of music and other arts.
(4)
Communications broadcasting studios and offices.
(5)
Cafeterias, when allied with and contained within permitted
office uses.
(6)
Retail uses as follows:
(a)
Retail sales when contained within the confines of permitted
office buildings, parking garages or hotels. The total gross floor
area of retail uses permitted by this subsection shall not exceed
10% of the total gross floor area approved for the entire executive
campus development. In the event that the project is constructed in
phases, the 10% of retail use shall be computed on fully completed
phases.
(b)
Retail sales and/or a combination of retail sales and other
uses that are permitted in the Executive Campus district, provided
that the retail sales component shall be limited to a maximum floor
area of 15,000 square feet and that such retail sales is limited confined
to one building in the Executive Campus District.
(7)
Hotels with lodging accommodations of 100 or more rooms, provided
that not more than two such hotel facilities shall be permitted within
any EC District. Hotel restaurants and lounges shall be exempt from
the 10% calculation when located within the hotel.
(8)
Day-care centers and nursery schools, provided that any mandatory
state licensing requirements are met.
(9)
Off-street automobile parking facilities.
(10)
Accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted
uses.
(11)
Full-service restaurants and fast-casual restaurants.
(12)
Apartment house or group of apartment houses and related amenities,
including, but not limited to, a fitness center, swimming pool, and/or
community room, provided that such amenities are designated for use
by the residents and guests of the apartment house(s) and that the
apartment houses are a minimum of four stories in height. A maximum
of two apartment houses shall be permitted in the Executive Campus
District.
B. The following uses are permitted by conditional use:
(1)
A building in excess of eight stories or 110 feet but not exceeding
12 stories or 160 feet, whichever is less, subject to additional conditions
contained within this article.
The plan for the development of an Executive
Campus District shall include evidence and facts showing that it has
considered and made provision for, and the development shall be executed
in accordance with, the following essential conditions:
A. A proposed development shall be constructed in accordance
with an overall preliminary subdivision and land development plan
for the entire site and shall be designed as a unified architectural
unit with appropriate landscaping. If the development of the executive
campus is to be constructed in phases, each phase shall be so planned
that the foregoing requirements and the intent of this chapter shall
be fully complied with at the completion of any phase. The initial
phase of the development shall comprise a total floor area of not
less than 30,000 square feet.
B. A subdivision or land development plan which has been
granted final approval by the Board of Supervisors for a proposed
development in the EC District may not be altered without the approval
of the Board of Supervisors. In order to be considered for subdivision
for the sole purpose of facilitating secured financing and subsequent
exemption from setback, coverage, area of tract/open space and fee
requirements, a development in the EC District must provide documentation
satisfactory to the Board of Supervisors and the Township Solicitor
assuring the appropriate covenants are recorded against the affected
parcels requiring all parcels to be operated and maintained in good
order and repair, in a clean and sanitary condition, uniform with
the appearance and maintenance of the Executive Campus District complex
and providing appropriate covenants for driveways, accessways and
easements for shared facilities and improvements.