[Amended 7-14-1998 by Ord. No. 972; 5-10-2011 by Ord. No. 11-1238, § 3; 11-26-2013 by Ord. No. 13-1277, § 3]
A. Area and
regulations.
(1)
. No EC Employment Center District shall be less than 10 acres.
(2) Minimum
size: two acres.
(3) Minimum
width: 200 feet, measured at the
.
(4)
requirements. [Amended 10-13-1998 by Ord. No. 976]
(a) Front
. The required minimum depth of a front
shall be 50 feet, except where a
takes access from a
, on the opposite side of which the land is zoned residential, in which case the front
shall be 100 feet.
(b) Side
. The required minimum depth of a side
shall be 50 feet.
(c) Rear
. The required minimum depth of a rear
shall be 50 feet.
(d) Exceptions for side and rear
. Where a side or rear
abuts a residential zoning district or a
adjacent to a residential zoning district, the required minimum depth of the abutting side or rear
shall be 100 feet. No side or rear
setback shall be required from a property line which abuts a railroad
.
(e) Maintenance of
and open areas. All
and open areas (except for the portion provided for driveways and parking as herein provided) shall be planted in grass and shrubbery or trees and be maintained by the owner or tenants in a careful and prudent manner. Planting shall comply with the requirements in § 212-32, Landscaping. In addition, any front
shall be planted with a softening buffer, as provided for in § 212-32(F)(2). [Amended 5-10-2011 by Ord. No. 11-1238]
B.
regulations.
(1)
. The maximum
shall be 20% of the square foot area of the
, plus 2.5% per acre multiplied by the
in acres, not to exceed 40%. For example:
of two acres: 20% plus 5% (2 times 2.5) equals 25%.
(2)
. The maximum
of a
shall not exceed 60% for office
, and 65% for all other
. Where feasible, pervious paving surfaces shall be used.
(3)
. For office
, based on the outside perimeter of the
, total
shall not exceed 11,000 square feet per acre of
.
(4) Plans for any change in
of
or
, or a portion of a
or
, shall be submitted to the Township for approval by the Board of Commissioners.
(5) Height regulations.
(a) The maximum
in the Employment Center district is as follows:
[1] Office
: 50 feet, maximum 4 stories.
[2] Nursing homes, assisted living centers, and
: 45 feet, maximum three stories.
[3]
: 60 feet, maximum four stories.
[4] All other
: 35 feet.
(b) The height of a
may be increased above the main roof to accommodate the following:
[1] Parapets, but not in excess of three feet in mean height.
[2] A
or
limited to 10 feet in height and utilizing not more than 10% of the roof area only for elevator penthouses and air conditioning, heating or ventilating equipment, provided that such equipment is screened from public view.
(c) Any portion of a multi-story
erected above 30 feet shall be erected within a recession plane beginning at the height limit as fixed herein and receding at the rate of one foot of recession for each one foot of additional height.
(6) Pedestrian and trail
shall be made by the applicant, including offering bike trail
for dedication, constructing frontage sidewalks and sidewalk connections to
and providing areas for bus stops, where needed.
C. Adjustments to
requirements.
(1) The front
setback noted above shall be replaced with a “
” as detailed below, for new
on
near the intersection of Delaware Avenue, Commerce Drive and Pinetown Road:
(a) Those
on the north and south side of Delaware Avenue within 500 feet east of the above noted intersection.
(b) Those
on the east and west sides of Commerce Drive within 600 feet south of the above noted intersection.
(c) Those
on the east and west sides of Pinetown Road within 250 feet north of the above noted intersections.
(2) The front facades of
on
within the above noted area shall be situated no further than 25 feet from the
. The
may be increased an additional 15 feet, to a total of 40 feet, when the additional area is designed and used for outdoor dining and/or for
as a public plaza with outdoor seating areas.
(3) Surface parking for
on
within the above noted area shall be situated to the rear of the
. A minor number of
, equal to horizontal dimension of the side of the
measured in feet and divided by 10, may be located along the side of the
provided that parking is screened from the view of pedestrians and vehicles traveling in the public
. Screening may be created by using fences and/or landscaping.
[Added 11-26-2013 by Ord. No. 13-1277]