Brick Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXIX
O-P-T Office-Professional-Transitional Zone
§ 245-252 Applicability.
The following regulations shall apply in all O-P-T Office-Professional-Transitional Zones.
§ 245-253 Permitted uses.
[Amended 3-10-1987 by Ord. No. 354-2GGG-87; 12-31-1990 by Ord. No. 354-2J-90]
The following are permitted uses in the O-P-T Zone:
A.
Professional occupations, including the office of a physician, surgeon, dentist, architect, engineer, accountant, lawyer or member of a recognized profession.
B.
The office of an insurance agent or real estate broker.
C.
Banks and fiduciary institutions.
D.
Municipal and other governmental offices.
E.
Volunteer first aid buildings and firehouses.
[Added 3-25-2003 by Ord. No. 354-2C-03]
F.
Public libraries.
[Added 3-25-2003 by Ord. No. 354-2C-03]
§ 245-254 Accessory uses.
§ 245-255 (Reserved) [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 245-255, Conditional uses, as amended, was repealed 2-3-2015 by Ord. No. 4-15.
§ 245-256 Area, yard and building requirements.
Area, yard and building requirements shall be as specified for this zone in the schedule, § 245-10 of this chapter.
§ 245-257 Off-street parking.
Off-street parking requirements shall be as per Article XXXV of this chapter as defined for that particular use. Off-street parking space, together with appropriate access thereto, shall be provided on the same lot as the building it is intended to serve in accordance with the standards set forth in Article XXXV, § 245-310 et seq., of this chapter.
§ 245-258 Sign requirements.
§ 245-259 Miscellaneous requirements.
A.
Landscaping and buffer requirements:
(1)
Total landscaped area shall be a minimum of 20% of the total lot area.
(2)
Wherever the property line of an occupied lot in the O-P-T Zone abuts or is directly across a street from a residential use or zone, a buffer zone of at least 25 feet in width shall be established in accordance with § 245-409 of this chapter.
[Added 3-25-2003 by Ord. No. 354-2C-03]
(3)
Along lot lines other than street lines within said buffer area, a solid and continuous landscape screen shall be planted and maintained. Said landscaping shall consist of massed evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs of such species and size as will produce, within two growing seasons, a screen at least six feet in height and of such density as will obscure 75% of the glare of automobile headlights emitted from the premises throughout the full course of the year.
(4)
The required height of the landscape screen as required above shall be measured in relation to the elevation of the adjacent parking area. In such cases where the ground elevation of the location at which the screen is to be planted is less than the elevation of the edge of an adjacent parking area, the required height of the screen shall be increased in an amount equal to said difference in elevation.
(5)
The natural buffer area shall be augmented by additional planting to meet the minimum requirements of buffer areas.
(6)
The entire buffer area shall be graded and planted with grass seed or sod and such other shrubbery or trees in accordance with the approved plan. The entire area shall be attractively maintained and kept clean of all debris and rubbish.
B.
Such driveways as are necessary to provide proper means of ingress and egress for the parking areas, subject to the restrictions set forth in § 245-310 of this chapter, shall be provided.
C.
Directional signs shall be provided in conjunction with said driveways as are necessary for the proper guidance and control of vehicular traffic, provided that not more than one such sign is erected in conjunction with each such driveway, and further provided that the sign conforms to the appropriate restrictions set forth in § 245-312 of this chapter.
§ 245-260 Affordable Housing Trust Fund contribution.
[Added 5-25-1993 by Ord. No. 354-2D-93]
The provisions of this article are subject to the mandatory fee contribution to the Brick Township Affordable Housing Trust Fund established in Article VI.