The purpose of this zone is to encourage large-scale
coordinated development of office research facilities in order to
capitalize on the tract's location at a grade-separated interchange
on U.S. Route 1. The size and location of the tract lends itself to
development at a greater intensity of land use than other available
nonresidential areas in the Township. As such, development standards
have been established to encourage integrated development for corporate
office and research facilities.
The following uses are permitted in O-R Office
Research Districts:
A. Permitted principal uses.
(1) Administrative, executive and editorial offices.
(2) Banks and financial offices.
(3) Medical and dental offices and clinics.
(5) Experimental, research or testing laboratories, provided
that no operation shall be conducted or equipment used which would
create hazardous, noxious or offensive conditions beyond the boundaries
of the property involved.
(6) Administrative and general business offices where
no manufacturing is performed.
(7) Educational services and for-profit primary and secondary
schools and colleges.
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(8) Finance and insurance offices.
(9) Hotel/convention facilities, provided that only those
retail and service uses which are ancillary to the principal use shall
be permitted.
(10)
Computer and data processing facilities.
B. Required accessory uses.
(1) Off-street parking, subject to the provisions of Article
XXIV of this chapter.
(2) Off-street loading, subject to the provisions of Article
XXIV of this chapter.
C. Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Signs, subject to the provisions of Article
XXV of this chapter.
(2) Fences, subject to the provisions of §
205-93 of this chapter.
(3) Private recreation uses intended to provide recreational
opportunities to individuals and employees associated with businesses
and facilities contained within the development.
(4) Other customary uses and buildings which are clearly
incidental to the principal use and building.
D. Conditional uses (subject to the provisions of Article
XXIX of this chapter): none.
Development standards shall be as follows:
A. Area, yard and building requirements.
(1)
Minimum front yard setback: 100 feet from U.S.
Route 1 and 60 feet from all other streets.
(2)
Minimum side yard setback:
(b)
Total of both sides: 80 feet, except that wherever a side yard of a building which is proposed to exceed 30 feet in height abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, the minimum required side yards shall increase in accordance with §
205-81.1A(4).
(3)
Minimum rear yard setback: 75 feet, except that wherever the rear yard of a building which is proposed to exceed 30 feet abuts a lot in a single-family detached residential zone, the minimum required rear yards shall increase in accordance with §
205-81.1A(4).
(4)
Building height and setback. The maximum building
height shall be 75 feet, provided that wherever a building which is
proposed to exceed 35 feet in height abuts a residentially zoned or
developed lot, rear yard and side yard setbacks shall increase in
relation to building height in accordance with the following:
|
Building Height Exceeds
30 Feet
(feet)
|
Additional Setback
Required
(feet)
|
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|
5
|
20
|
|
10
|
40
|
|
15
|
60
|
|
20
|
80
|
|
25
|
100
|
|
30
|
120
|
|
35
|
140
|
|
40
|
160
|
(5)
Required buffer. Required side and rear yard setbacks shall include a thirty-foot landscaped buffer designed in accordance with Article
XXVI when said side or rear yard abuts a residentially zoned or developed lot.
(6)
Maximum lot coverage: 40%.
B. Accessory buildings.
(1)
An accessory building attached to a principal
building shall comply in all respects with the yard requirements of
this chapter for the principal building.
(2)
Detached accessory buildings, utility buildings
and storage buildings are permitted in the rear yard only, but may
not be constructed or installed within any required buffer area.
(3)
Accessory buildings shall be set back a minimum
of 20 feet from all property lines, except that where the yard abuts
a single-family detached residential zone, the accessory building
shall be set back a minimum of 40 feet.
C. Other provisions.
(1)
All properties and uses shall also be subject to the general provisions of Article
IV.
(2)
No parking area or driveway shall be located
within 50 feet of any side or rear lot line that abuts a lot in a
single-family detached residential zone.
(3)
No tree having a diameter of more than three
inches and a height of three feet from the ground and located within
100 feet of any side or rear lot line that abuts a residential zone
or lot utilized for residential purposes shall be removed unless such
removal is in accordance with a plan approved by the Planning Board.
(4)
All properties and uses are subject to the performance standards as specified in Article
XXVII.