Orange City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Business Office Park District
§ 383-80 Permitted uses.
A.
Buildings, each having a ground coverage of not less than 20,000 square feet, containing administrative, business and professional offices, including banks and other financial institutions, and research facilities for development and testing of products, management systems and services, provided, however, that when any building contains the office or research facility of two or more separate firms or organizations, the access to floor area occupied by each firm or organization shall be by means of doors and corridors serving the building generally and there shall be no separate access from such floor area to the outdoors.
B.
Public utility substations and telephone equipment buildings provided that there is no outside service yard or outside storage of supplies.
C.
Buildings and facilities of the Town of Orange, State of Connecticut and federal government, excluding corporate or proprietary uses unless otherwise permitted above.
E.
Accessory uses customary with and incidental to any aforesaid permitted use, provided that such accessory uses are located on the same lot with the use to which they are accessory; such uses may include but are not limited to off-street parking and loading spaces, and technical schools as well as training facilities, copying and printing facilities, eating, recreation and auditorium facilities primarily for persons employed in the building and not open to the general public.
§ 383-81 Special uses.
A.
Commercial entertainment/amusement facilities.
B.
Hotels and motels provided that:
[Amended 8-16-2005]
(1)
The hotel/motel use is located on a lot of not less than five acres;
(2)
The hotel/motel use contains not less than 100 sleeping rooms for transient lodging, where a "sleeping room" shall mean a transient lodging unit which consists of a bedroom, may include common areas and kitchen facilities, and is designed for independent occupancy;
(3)
Maximum height of structures shall not exceed four stories or 60 feet, whichever is less;
(4)
The hotel/motel shall provide function space consisting of conference facilities and/or banquet rooms at the rate of not less than 15.0 square feet per sleeping room, with a minimum requirement of 2,000 square feet. Said space is in addition to floor area required for supporting office space, storage, kitchen area and similar support uses. All function space shall be located within the principal hotel/motel structure.
(5)
In addition to self-serve food services customarily provided for the convenience of its patrons, a hotel/motel proposal under this subsection may also include a restaurant facility as accessory and subordinate to the hotel/motel and subject to a special permit approval. Such facility may be located within the hotel/motel structure or in a detached structure and said restaurant shall be a full-service facility where patrons are served by wait staff and only when seated at tables. Such use may include a bar area and limited take-out, incidental to the primary permitted use, but shall specifically exclude drive-through service and establishments where customers are served primarily at take-out counters.
§ 383-82 Prohibited uses.
§ 383-83 Lot area, shape and frontage.
§ 383-84 Height.
[Amended 5-2-2009]
A.
Maximum height: 60 feet.
§ 383-85 Setbacks.
A.
From street line: 50 feet; provided, however, a setback of 100 feet shall be provided from the centerline of a major street, including Marsh Hill Road and Indian River Road.
B.
From rear property line: 35 feet.
C.
From other property line: 35 feet.
D.
From residence district boundary line: 100 feet.
E.
Projections into setback area: five feet.
§ 383-87 Site plan.
Prior to approval of any application for a certificate of zoning compliance, a site plan shall be submitted and approved in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII.