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North Caldwell City Zoning Code

§ 107-25

Office District.

A. 
Permitted principal uses are as follows:
(1) 
Administrative, executive and editorial offices.
(2) 
Banks and financial offices.
(3) 
Medical and dental offices and clinics.
(4) 
Professional offices.
(5) 
Retail uses.
[Ord. No. O-2-13)]
(6) 
Eating and drinking establishments with table service, excluding drive-thru windows as accessory uses.
[Ord. No. O-2-13]
B. 
Accessory uses.
(1) 
Required accessory uses are as follows:
(a) 
Off-street parking as provided for in § 107-20 of this article.
(b) 
Off-street loading and unloading spaces. In the Office District, for every building or part thereof hereafter erected which is to be occupied for manufacturing, storage, wholesale store or warehouse or other use similarly requiring the receipt or distribution in vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises with such use, at least one off-street loading space, which shall be at least 12 feet wide, 40 feet long and have a fourteen-foot overhead clearance. A loading space shall only be permitted in a side or rear yard, and no part of such space shall be nearer than 25 feet to any property line.
(c) 
A reasonable buffer zone as may be required on site plan review. The Planning Board shall consider the proposed use of the property, its proximity to any other zone, the characteristics of the surrounding uses and the topography and site characteristics of the site in question.
(2) 
Permitted accessory uses are as follows:
(a) 
Signs, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) 
Other customary uses and structures which are clearly incidental to the principal use.
(3) 
No accessory building shall be built upon any lot on which there is no principal building or structure. No accessory building shall exceed the height of the principal building or structure. Accessory buildings shall be located at least 15 feet from any side or rear lot line and shall be at least 10 feet from the rear building line of the principal building. Every accessory building shall be everywhere distant at least 70 feet from the street line.
(4) 
An accessory building attached to the principal building shall comply in all respects with the yard requirements of this chapter for the principal building.
(5) 
Detached accessory buildings, yard utility buildings and storage buildings are permitted in the rear yard only.
(6) 
No accessory building shall encroach upon any required buffer zone nor shall it be closer than 10 feet from a rear or side property line.
(7) 
On through lots, no accessory building erected in the rear yard shall be nearer the street line than the minimum distance specified for a front yard setback in the Office District.
C. 
Required conditions. Area, yard and building requirements shall be as follows:
(1) 
Minimum front footage: 150 feet at the curbline.
(2) 
Minimum lot size: 22,500 square feet.
(3) 
Minimum front yard setback: 20 feet.
(4) 
Minimum side yard: 10 feet and combined side yard of 40 feet.
(5) 
Minimum rear yard: 15 feet.
(6) 
Maximum lot coverage: 35% of total lot size.
D. 
Height restrictions. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height. Cooling towers, water storage towers, light stanchions, air conditioners and other rooftop structures shall be specifically regulated by the Municipal Agency, giving due consideration to the nature and characteristics of the building, the topography of the land on which it is situated and the general characteristics of the land surrounding the area.
E. 
Additional requirements.
(1) 
Front yard areas shall not be utilized for parking.
(2) 
All rubbish, garbage and waste material shall be stored in metal or plastic containers securely closed and stored in completely enclosed structures.
(3) 
Prior to the issuance of a building permit, all uses shall be subject to site plan approval pursuant to Article IV of this chapter.
(4) 
No use of land or building shall be permitted in the Office District which will result in any:
(a) 
Dissemination of smoke, fumes, gas, dust, odor or other atmospheric pollutant beyond the boundaries of the lot occupied by such use.
(b) 
Noise audible beyond the boundaries of the lot occupied by such use.
(c) 
Dissemination of glare or vibration beyond the immediate lot on which such use is conducted.
(d) 
Discharge of waste of any kind into other than a sewage disposal system designed and approved for such use. Such system shall be as approved by the Borough Engineer at the time of approval of any application for a building permit or a street opening permit.
(e) 
Physical hazard to property in the same or adjacent zone by reason of fire, explosion, radiation or similar cause.