Denville Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XL
OB-1 Office Building District
[Amended by Ord. No. 28-81; Ord. No. 3-99; Ord. No. 32-99; 5-17-2022 by Ord. No. 07-22]
§ 600-252 Primary intended use.
This zone is designed for the use of office buildings for professional and business occupancy but also permits existing one-family residential dwellings as regulated in the R-4 District. Businesses engaged in retail sales of goods or the repair and/or servicing of goods are expressly prohibited.
§ 600-253 Prohibited use.
Any use other than those listed in § 600-252 is prohibited.
§ 600-254 Required conditions.
A.
In the OB-1 Office Building District, the following requirements shall be complied with:
(1)
Height. No building shall exceed a height of two stories, provided the building is not higher than 28 feet.
(2)
Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback of 25 feet. Off-street parking is not permitted in the front yard.
(3)
Side yard. There shall be two side yards, and no side yard shall be less than 10 feet. Off-street parking as regulated in Article XXVII is permitted in the side yard, provided no parking area or access drive is closer than 10 feet to any property line, nor five feet to any building.
(4)
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least 35 feet unobstructed by buildings or other permanent structures, provided a fence may be permitted. Off-street parking as regulated in Article XXVII is permitted in the rear yard, provided no parking area or access drive is closer than 10 feet to any property line, nor five feet to any building.
(5)
Lot area. Each lot in the OB-1 Office Building District shall contain a minimum lot area of at least 10,000 square feet and shall have a lot frontage at the front street property line of at least 75 feet.
(6)
Maximum floor area ratio. The gross floor area of all floors of all buildings shall not exceed 25% of the total lot area.
(7)
Landscaping. Those portions of all yards that are not used for off- street parking shall be planted and regularly maintained as approved by the Planning Board.
(8)
Nuisances. No noise, smoke, fumes, glare, vibrations or odors shall be emitted from any structure or accessory use of the property.
(9)
Special boundary line buffer area. Where a building in the OB-1 Zone abuts a residential zone boundary line, buildings shall be set back 20 feet and off-street parking and access drives shall be set back 20 feet to establish a buffer area as defined herein. Said buffer area shall be suitably landscaped as approved by the Planning Board.
B.
Before the issuance of a building permit for any use within this zone, the Planning Board shall review and approve a site development plan of the proposed use and shall ascertain that all requirements of this article are complied with, except that the Zoning Officer shall review and approve site development plans for preexisting nonconforming residential properties that comply with the bulk standards of the R-4 Zone.
§ 600-255 Permitted accessory uses.
Permitted accessory uses are established as follows:
A.
The installation of wireless telecommunications antennas on existing structures subject to minor site plan approval pursuant to § 600-121, and consistent with visual compatibility requirements of § 600-173 of this chapter.
§ 600-256 Permitted conditional uses.
Permitted conditional uses are established as follows:
A.
Wireless communications towers in compliance with § 600-173A(2), (3) and (4) and § 600-198 of this Chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 19-5.19, OB-2 Office Building District, which previously followed this section, was repealed by Ord. No. 16-79.
