Orange City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Light Industrial District #2
§ 383-65 Permitted uses.
A.
Manufacture, processing or assembling of goods.
B.
Laboratories for research, testing and development; printing and publishing establishments.
C.
Office buildings for business and professional establishments, excluding those establishments which primarily provide services to customers and clients on the premises.
D.
Warehousing of goods or materials manufactured on the same lot or warehoused for distribution and sale or resale and wholesale business.
E.
Freight and materials trucking businesses when clearly accessory and subordinate to another permitted use on the same lot.
F.
Repairing and servicing of motor vehicles when clearly accessory and subordinate to another permitted use on the same lot.
G.
Public utility substations, telephone equipment buildings and switching stations; water supply pump stations and storage facilities; public utility transmission lines; public utility maintenance facilities.
H.
Buildings and facilities of the Town of Orange, State of Connecticut, and federal government, excluding corporate or proprietary uses unless otherwise permitted above.
I.
Railroad rights-of-way and storage sidings.
K.
Accessory uses customary with and incidental to any aforesaid permitted use, provided 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 eating, recreation and auditorium facilities primarily for persons employed on the lot and not open to the general public.
§ 383-66 Special uses.
A.
On-premises child care and preschool development facility, when located on the same parcel or an abutting parcel of a user employing no fewer than 500 employees (the "employer") for a permitted use within the Light Industrial No. 2 Zone, provided further that:
[Amended 6-6-2005]
(1)
At least one-half of the clients served by the facility must be children of employees or children of family members of employees of the employer.
(2)
The balance of the clients served by the facility may be children of employees or children of family members of employees of other employers located within the Light Industrial No. 2 Zone or children of employees of the on-premises child care and preschool development contractor.
B.
Hotels, provided that:
[Added 2-1-2005]
(1)
The hotel 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 designed for independent occupancy;
(2)
The subject property has frontage on, or is immediately adjacent to, a non-access highway line of the Interstate 95 road system or its access ramp(s) and frontage on Marsh Hill Road or access to Marsh Hill Road via easement, right of access, or deed that is in effect as of September 1, 2017.
[Amended 10-3-2017]
(3)
Maximum height of structures shall not exceed four stories or 60 feet, whichever is less;
(4)
The hotel shall provide function space consisting of conference facilities and/or banquet rooms at the rate of not less than 15 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 structure.
(5)
In addition, a hotel proposal under this subsection may also include a restaurant facility as accessory and subordinate to the hotel and subject to a special permit approval. Such facility may be located within the hotel structure or in a detached structure, and said restaurant shall be a full-service facility where patrons are served by waitstaff 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.
C.
[1]Conference and training centers for use by companies, corporations, organizations, and groups for events, executive, management or educational training purposes, or meetings of their officers, directors, shareholders, members and/or employees.
[Added 5-12-2005]
D.
Indoor recreational facility providing opportunity for athletic activities, sports training and therapy in an enclosed building, but shall not include the following:
[Added 11-6-2006]
(1)
Bowling alleys;
(2)
Billiard pool halls;
(3)
Amusement devices, meaning any mechanical, electric or electronic device used or designed to be operated for entertainment or as a game of skill by the insertion of a piece of money, coin, token or other article into said device or by paying money to have it activated.
E.
Banks, including drive-through service windows incidental to the primary permitted use, only when located on a parcel of a minimum of 40 acres upon which a minimum of 175,000 square feet of habitable space is occupied by permitted uses as set forth in § 383-65 or special uses as set forth in § 383-66. In no event shall more than one bank be permitted on any such parcel.
[Added 8-21-2012]
F.
Child care and preschool development facilities serving the general public, only when located on a parcel of a minimum of 40 acres upon which a minimum of 175,000 square feet of habitable space is occupied by permitted uses as set forth in § 383-65 or special uses as set forth in § 383-66. Provided further that:
[Added 8-21-2012]
(1)
The Director of Health of the Town shall attest that the proposed site plan and facilities comply in all respects with applicable Town and state laws and regulations.
G.
Community travel center, provided that:
[Added 6-7-2022]
(1)
The subject property has frontage on or is immediately adjacent to a nonaccess highway line of the Interstate 95 road system or its access ramp(s) and frontage on Marsh Hill Road and is a minimum of two acres.
(2)
Outdoor storage and display of merchandise typically sold as automotive and convenience related items are permitted.
(3)
In addition, a community travel center under this subsection shall include indoor and outdoor seating/dining,
(4)
Gasoline pumps and/or the sale of gasoline shall be permitted, provided that the pump for the retail selling of gasoline on any lot is located a minimum of 2,500 feet from any other lot, in Town, where the retail sales of gasoline occurs, regardless of the district in which such other lot may be located. The 2,500 feet shall be the straight horizontal distance from the property line of the lot where gasoline sales is proposed to the property line of any lot where gasoline sales exists.
(5)
All gasoline pumps must be serviced by an overhead canopy. The canopy must comply with all building setbacks of the Orange Zoning Regulations.
(6)
All gasoline pumps and pumping areas shall meet the design and safety standards of the Orange Building Department and Fire Marshal's office.
(7)
The location of gasoline pumps shall be designed so as to isolate vehicles being fueled, from vehicles entering and exiting the site, and from on-site pedestrian traffic.
(8)
The sale and distribution of high-speed diesel fuel service shall not be permitted.
(9)
All electric vehicle charging must be serviced by an overhead canopy, separate from any gasoline fueling canopy and shall provide charging for a minimum of four vehicles at a time.
H.
Electric vehicle showroom, provided that:
[Added 6-7-2022]
(1)
The subject property has frontage on or is immediately adjacent to a nonaccess highway line of the Interstate 95 road system or its access ramp(s) and frontage on Marsh Hill Road.
(3)
In addition, an electric vehicle center under this subsection may also include indoor and/or outdoor function space.
(4)
Service and maintenance shall be limited solely to electric vehicles and shall not include servicing or maintenance of hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or any vehicles with an internal combustion engine. All vehicle service and maintenance shall be conducted indoors.
I.
Self-storage facilities, provided that:
[Added 1-7-2022]
(1)
The subject Property (a) has an address on a dead-end street, (b) is located within 500 feet of Marsh Hill Road, (c) is located within 600 feet of a non-access highway line of the interstate 95 road system or its access ramp(s), and (d) is a maximum of three acres.
(2)
Landscaping: The entire area of the lot not used for buildings, driveways and off-street parking and loading shall be suitably landscaped with trees and/or shrubs and with lawns or shall be left as undisturbed natural terrain. Along and adjacent to a Residence District boundary line, a strip of land not less than 50 feet in width shall either be left in its natural state if already wooded or shall be landscaped with evergreen trees at least eight feet in height at the time of planting.
(3)
Buildings shall be designed so each outer facade has an architectural finish. Concrete block walls shall not be visible. Buildings should be designed or articulated to reduce apparent mass, avoid large monolithic box-like shapes and blend into the natural topography and environment.
(5)
All units shall be accessed through a main lobby and internal hallways. No outdoor, direct-access garage-like units shall be permitted.
§ 383-67 Prohibited uses.
§ 383-68 Lot area, shape and frontage.
§ 383-69 Height.
[Amended 5-2-2009]
A.
Maximum height: 60 feet.
§ 383-70 Setbacks.
§ 383-71 Building bulk and coverage.
§ 383-72 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.