Franconia Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
PO Professional Office Overlay District
§ 145-53 Legislative intent.
This article is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and welfare of the Township in accordance with the goals and objectives of the Joint Municipal Comprehensive Plan. It is designed to provide for appropriate land uses on tracts that have undergone changes to their characteristics as a result of increased development throughout the area. The intent is to insure the suitable design of professional office uses in order to protect the environment, respect the adjacent land uses and to minimize any adverse effects of professional office use development on the surrounding area.
§ 145-54 Applicability.
In the PO Professional Office Overlay District, the regulations contained in this article shall apply.
A.
It is the express intent of the Board of Supervisors that the PO Professional Office Overlay District, the areal boundaries thereof being described by ordinance and delineated on the Township Zoning Map, is deemed an overlay on any other zoning district that may lie within the bounds of the PO Professional Office Overlay District. Any lot, land, or tract of ground may be used for any purpose allowed in such other district subject to the standards and regulations governing such other district.
B.
Should the PO Professional Office Overlay District be declared inapplicable to any tract by reason of an action of the Township Supervisors in amending this chapter or the Zoning Hearing Board or any court of competent jurisdiction in interpreting the same, the zoning applicable to such lot shall be deemed to be the district in which it is located without consideration of this district.
C.
Should the zoning of any parcel or any part thereof in which the Professional Office Overlay District is located be changed through any legislative or administrative actions or judicial discretion, such change shall have no effect on the Professional Office Overlay District unless such change was included as part of the original application.
§ 145-55 Conditional use regulations.
A building may be erected, altered, and/or used, and a lot may be used and/or occupied, for any one of the following purposes and no other when authorized as a conditional use, in accordance with the regulations hereunder:
A.
The offices of a physician, dentist, psychologist, or other state-licensed health care professional, excluding inpatient services.
B.
The offices of an accountant, financial advisor, or bookkeeper.
C.
The offices of an architect, attorney, consulting engineer or outside sales person.
D.
The offices of a veterinarian excluding kennels, boarding and day care.
E.
The offices or studio of an artist, musician, writer, or designer.
F.
The office of a real estate broker, or an insurance agent.
G.
Specifically prohibited are carryout retail sales, schools, banks and personal service shops, clinics and facilities for all forms of substance abuse.
§ 145-56 Dimensional regulations for conditional uses.
A.
Lot area. A lot area of not less than two acres shall be provided for every use conducted thereon.
B.
Lot width. A lot width of not less than 100 feet shall be provided at the building line for every building or use erected thereon.
C.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on every lot which shall be not less than 25 feet in depth.
D.
Side yard. There shall be two side yards on every lot, each of which shall not be less than 30 feet in width.
E.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on every lot which shall not be less than 75 feet in depth.
F.
Buffer yard. Adjacent to residentially zoned or used land there shall be a thirty-five-foot deep buffer yard which shall be landscaped with an opaque screen buffer as approved by the Board of Supervisors as a part of the conditional use process.
G.
Parking setbacks. No parking shall be permitted in the front yard and no parking shall be within ten 10 feet of any property line.
H.
Corner lots. There shall be a front yard on every street frontage and there shall be one rear yard. All remaining yards shall be side yards.
I.
Building coverage. The maximum building coverage on a lot shall be 25%.
J.
Impervious coverage. The maximum impervious coverage on a lot shall be 60%.
K.
Height restriction. The maximum height for a building or structure erected on a lot in the PO Professional Office Overlay District shall be 45 feet, not exceeding three stories.
L.
Accessory buildings and/or uses. Jurisdiction over accessory buildings and uses rests solely with the Board of Supervisors as to their permissibility. They are subject to all requirements of this chapter.
§ 145-57 Additional regulations for conditional uses.
A.
Parking. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Article XIX. The Board of Supervisors may modify the parking requirement based upon an acceptable traffic study.
B.
Signs. Signs shall be permitted in accordance with § 145.136, Permitted permanent signs in the IN Institutional District.
F.
All uses shall be served by public sewer and public water. All utilities shall be underground.