No building, structure, or land shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or maintained except for one or more of the uses herein cited and subject to the conditions stated herein:

Accessory structures and uses to those permitted herein.

Agricultural operations on tracts of ten acres or greater—provided no sales are made on the premises, but not including commercial animal or poultry farms or kennels.

Commercial heliports and/or helipads.

Communication services, not elsewhere classified.

Computer and data processing services.

Educational, scientific, and research organizations.

Engineering, architectural, and design services.

Exterior storage in conjunction with the above mentioned uses, completely screened from adjacent property lines and streets.

Federal, state, county, city or public utility owned or operated buildings and uses.

Manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or assembly of the following:

(1)

Printing and publishing.

(2)

Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment and supplies.

(3)

Professional, scientific, and controlling instruments.

(4)

Plastics, glass and rubber products.

(5)

Machinery other than electrical.

(6)

Transportation equipment.

(7)

Metal and metal products.

(8)

Chemicals and chemical products.

(9)

Ordnance and accessories, except ammunition.

(10)

Automotive and implements.

(11)

Food and kindred products intended for human consumption.

(12)

Research and development operations.

(13)

Medical and dental instruments, apparatus and prosthetics.

Medical and dental laboratories.

Mobile food vending sites.

Mobile food vending units.

Office buildings for general office purposes.

Permitted uses as special exceptions as defined and regulated by subsection 92.5.2 hereof.

Radio and television studios but not including broadcast towers.

Research, experimental and testing laboratories.

Telecommunications.

Warehousing, interior storage, and distribution in conjunction with the above mentioned manufacturing, assembly and office uses.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009; Ord. No. 15-479, § 1, 8-27-2015)

All operations shall comply with applicable federal, state and local regulations concerning air pollution, odor, vibration, noise, fire and explosive hazards, glare, radiation, radioactive materials, electromagnetic interference, water pollution, and waste disposal, including the performance standards set forth in section 50.2—Research Park District hereof.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009)

54.3.1. All permitted uses, with the exception of agricultural operations, truck and heavy equipment parking, container storage, and heliports, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

54.3.2. Exterior storage shall be permitted only within rear yards, and the stored products or materials shall be in an enclosed building or enclosed by a masonry wall, fence or evergreen hedge, of sufficient opacity and size to completely screen the stored materials from view from adjacent properties and streets.

54.3.3. Parking or storage of company vehicles, trucks, containers, and heavy equipment used in connection with a permitted business shall be in the rear yard only and shall be screened by vegetation or an earthen berm not less than four feet high.

54.3.4. Any lot in a Research Park Applications 2 District that is used for any purpose other than agricultural, whether or not it contains a structure, shall meet all setback, landscaping and parking regulations of this article.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009; Ord. No. 21-46, § 1(Exh. A, § B.2.), 2-25-2021)

54.4.1. Front yards. Yards facing an existing or proposed street other than a controlled access highway shall have a minimum depth of 40 feet. On a corner lot, the street frontage that the building faces may be designated as the front yard, in which case, the yard opposite the designated front yard shall be considered the rear yard.

54.4.2. Interior side and rear yards are those yards that abut land zoned Research Park Applications 2; interior side yards shall have minimum depth of 20 feet; interior rear yards shall have a minimum depth of 25 feet.

54.4.3. Exterior side and rear yards are those yards that abut land in a zoning district other than Research Park Applications 2; they shall have a minimum depth of 40 feet.

54.4.4. All required yards shall be kept clear of driveways and vehicular access ways, except as necessary to cross a required yard, and shall be kept clear of parking areas, loading areas, exterior storage areas, trash and waste storage containers, and accessory uses and buildings, provided however, a gate or security station may be located in a required yard.

54.4.5. Security fences shall not be placed in any required front yard.

54.4.6. There shall be provided an easement of not less than 20 feet along each side and rear lot line for utilities and drainage.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009)

54.5.1. Minimum lot area shall not be less than two acres.

54.5.2. Minimum lot width shall not be less than 100 feet as measured at the minimum building line.

54.5.3. No portion of any building shall project through imaginary height planes leaning inward from a front yard, as defined in section 54.4.1, at a slope of .6 foot of height for each foot of horizontal distance measured perpendicularly to the property boundary; provided however, that the maximum height shall not exceed 120 feet.

54.5.4. Buildings shall not cover an area greater than 60 percent of the total area of the lot.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009)

54.6.1. Each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 75 feet on a public road.

54.6.2. Access to building sites shall be via collector or arterial streets wherever possible. No access roads serving plants shall be permitted which may place heavy traffic on residential streets that are not classified as major collector or arterial streets.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009)

54.7.1. Driveways and vehicular access ways, except as necessary to cross a required yard, are not permitted in any required side or rear yard, nor within 40 feet of the property line in any required front yard. Driveways and vehicular access ways shall be paved and properly drained.

54.7.2. Parking areas shall not be placed in any required side or rear yard, nor within 40 feet of the property line in any required front yard. All parking areas shall be paved and properly drained. No parking shall be permitted any place other than paved parking areas.

54.7.3. Loading areas shall not be placed within any front yard or any required side or rear yard and shall be located and properly screened so as not to be visible from any existing or proposed street.

54.7.4. Parking and loading areas shall be landscaped in accordance with section 54.9—Loading Requirements.

54.7.5. Lighting of off-street parking and vehicular use areas is required in accordance with section 71.6—PVA Lighting Requirements.

Required bicycle parking spaces and facilities shall be provided as set forth in article 76 hereof.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009; Ord. No. 10-507, § 2, 8-26-2010)

Signs shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of article 72—Sign control regulations.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009; Ord. No. 21-46, § 1(Exh. A, § B.2.), 2-25-2021)

Every building site on which a building shall be placed shall be landscaped in the following manner. All landscaping must be installed in accordance with the provisions of section 73.19—Installation of Landscaping.

54.9.1. All yards required under the ordinance from which this article was derived shall be planted with grass or evergreen ground cover and shall be maintained so as to present an attractive and healthy appearance. Yard tree requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

Front yards. A minimum of one tree per 30 linear feet of distance for each lot line fronting a public street shall be planted in the required front yard(s).

(2)

Side and rear yards shall be planted with a minimum of one tree per 40 linear feet for each side and rear lot line unless such yard abuts a residential district or office district, in which case such yard shall be planted with a minimum of three large deciduous shade trees, five large evergreen trees and seven understory trees for each 100 linear feet of yard.

Existing vegetation shall substitute for the required landscaping if the type, size and density of the existing vegetation creates a year round visual screen separating the Research Park Applications 2 District from adjacent districts.

54.9.2. Required yard trees, unless elsewhere specified, shall be a mix of deciduous shade trees and evergreens; loblolly pines shall not account for more than 25 percent of the required number of trees; other conifers shall be those varieties that retain their branches at ground level.

54.9.3. All off-street parking, loading and unloading areas, and outdoor trash and waste storage containers shall be screened, as well as practicable, from view from streets by the use of walls, earth berms and/or vegetation.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009)

54.10.1. Any landowner of property lying in a Research Park Applications 2 District desiring to dedicate any street, road or right-of-way to the public must submit to the planning commission a plan of the proposed street, road or right-of-way for approval.

54.10.2. Anyone desiring to secure a building permit for the use of land lying in a Research Park Applications 2 District must submit to the director of the city planning department the following information, as appropriate for approval of plans:

(1)

A site plan for traffic engineering analysis, showing location and design of buildings, driveways, driveway intersections with streets, parking areas, loading areas, maneuvering areas and sidewalks;

(2)

The percent of coverage of the total site in buildings, parking areas, accessory structures and drives;

(3)

A grading plan and a planting plan, including screen walls and fences, for analysis of adequacy of visual screening and landscape architectural design;

(4)

A site plan showing utilities and utility easements, including any waste disposal facilities; and

(5)

Plans for all signs to be erected, including location, design, color and lighting of each sign.

The director of the city planning department shall review and approve by signature the proposed plot plan upon finding that the same complies with these regulations. If the proposed plot plan is not approved, the director of the city planning department shall state in writing on the proposed plot plan the cause for such disapproval.

(Ord. No. 09-813, § 1, 10-22-2009)