In accordance with the recommendations and policies
of the Town Master Plan, this district is intended to achieve the
following:
A. This district specifically provides areas within the
Town for business and industrial firms and offices consisting of a
high level of permanent design quality, extensive amenities, open
spaces and environmental protection.
B. The district is intended to create visibly high-prestige
environments for uses engaged in research and development in a parklike
setting with extensive amenities and the infrastructure necessary
to conduct business without the need for each use to concern itself
with adverse impacts from adjacent uses.
C. Places of employment can be located within reasonable
distance of residences of employees.
D. Development of uses permitted in this district will
strengthen the community's tax base without causing major increases
in demand for governmental services.
E. Special requirements, such as stringent site planning
standards and aesthetically desirable design criteria, are included
to ensure appropriate and compatible design and uses within the district.
In the Technology and Office Park TOP District,
no building or premises shall be used, and no building or part of
a building shall be erected or altered, which is arranged, intended
or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any purpose except
the following:
A. Permitted uses shall be as follows:
(1) Office buildings for business, professional and medical
use, such as attorneys, accountants, architects, engineers, dentists
and doctors, including all medical specialists, psychiatrists, psychologists,
therapists and chiropractors, banks, insurance agents and real estate
brokers.
(2) Business, professional and governmental offices.
B. Conditional uses. Up to 25% of the gross square footage
can be devoted to the following conditional uses. All uses must be
housed in fully enclosed buildings. No outdoor storage is permitted.
The characteristic of all conditional uses is that they are designed
to serve the needs of employees within the TOP District.
(1) Research, design and development laboratories.
(2) Light industrial processing and assembly activities.
(3) Restaurants, quick-print and secretarial services,
banks, personal services, such as dry cleaners (drop-off and pickup
only), barber- and beauty shops, gift shops and motels with conference
facilities which serve the park, day-care facilities, recreation facilities,
clinics and cafeterias (for the exclusive use of employees and guests
of the principal use).
C. Accessory uses shall be as follows:
(1) Garages, pump houses, water towers and storage tanks
for other liquid materials in a side or rear yard, and fully enclosed
warehouses and storage facilities.
(2) In any yard as regulated by the Planning Board: quarters
for caretaker or watchman, gatehouses, transport-system waiting stations,
other structures for security or traffic control purposes, or ornamental
fountains and statuary.
(3) In addition to meeting the provisions of Chapter
207, Article
VI, of these regulations, all signs shall be in conformance with the design standards specified in the preliminary site plan. No other signs will be permitted within this district other than necessary public signs for traffic control and movement.
D. Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited:
(2) Any use which creates any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable fire, explosion or other hazard; noise or vibration; smoke, dust, odor or other form of air pollution, heat, cold, dampness, electromagnetic or other disturbances; glare; liquid or solid refuse or waste; or any other substance, condition or element, in such manner or in such amount as to, in the opinion of the Planning Board, adversely affect the use of the surrounding area or adjoining premises. In making such determination, the Planning Board shall be guided by performance standards set forth in §
203-168D.
All uses in the Technology and Office Park TOP District shall be subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board in accordance with the requirements of Chapter
217, Article
III, of these regulations. In addition to the preliminary site plan, the following items are also required:
A. Proposed uses for all lots.
B. Landscaping plans, including planting plan in critical
areas of the district.
C. The design of the common open space.
D. The location and design of all signs.
E. The location and design of exterior lighting fixtures.
F. Proposed covenants for regulating this district.
G. Any additional development standards which will be
applied to this district.
All uses shall be subject to all applicable off-street parking and loading requirements set forth in Chapter
205, Articles
I and
II, of these regulations.
A. Location. No parking or loading areas shall be located
between a principal building and any public street, except expressways,
or between a principal building and any private street which provides
sole access to their properties or within 10 feet of any property
line.
B. Area limitations. No parking or loading areas shall
exceed 65 feet in width or 500 feet in length unrelieved by landscaped
areas not less than 10 feet in width.
C. Landscaping and screening. All parking and loading areas shall be screened from all neighboring properties, public streets and pathways and private streets providing access to two or more properties. All landscaping shall be subject to regulations set forth below in Chapter
207, Article
V, of these regulations and the following:
(1) Preexisting retaining walls, trees or landscaping
shall not be removed except upon written approval of the Building
Inspector, nor shall the existing grade be disturbed except with such
approval. The entire lot, except for areas covered by buildings or
surfaced as parking or service areas, shall be suitably landscaped.
All landscaping shall be properly maintained throughout the life of
any use on said lot.
(2) Where the lot lines of the subject lot coincide with
those of another lot in residential use or the lot abuts or is traversed
by a residential district boundary, there shall be planted or installed,
along the lot lines thereof, trees, shrubs, berms and/or fencing of
such type and spacing as shall be required by the Planning Board to
adequately screen all operations on the lot from the view of the adjoining
properties.
(3) Landscaping shall consist of combinations of trees,
berms, hedges, shrubs, fences and vegetative or natural material ground
covers. The sufficiency of amount and size of species or plant material
or nature of other materials shall be subject to the approval of the
Planning Board. In making its determination, the Board may be guided
by other provisions of these regulations, such as the design guidelines
to buffers and linkages.
(4) All permitted uses and accessory equipment, materials
or activities shall be confined within completely enclosed buildings
or within an area enclosed by a wall, fence, berm or hedge. The design,
size and location of such screening shall be subject to the approval
of the Planning Board. In determining the design, size and location
of such screening, the Board may be guided by other provisions in
these regulations, such as the design guidelines for buffers and linkages.
(5) Fuel storage tanks, utilized as part of the heating
equipment, shall be located underground or within a building. The
storage of gasoline or chemical or petroleum products shall not be
permitted except as incidental to a laboratory, a production operation
or the servicing of company vehicles and shall be located underground
or within a building.
All signs within this district are subject to approval by the Planning Board in accordance with Chapter
207, Article
VI, of these regulations.
[Added 7-23-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997]
See the communication facilities regulations in Chapter
207, Articles
VIII and
I, §
207-3D, of these regulations.
All proposed development shall be referred to
the Architectural Review Board for an advisory report prior to the
issuance of the building permit. This review should include an analysis
of all facades, exterior building materials and signage.
All proposed development which has a direct
impact on open space, buffers, linkages or landscaping shall be referred
to the Conservation Board for an advisory report prior to final site
plan approval by the Planning Board.