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Rockaway Township City Zoning Code

§ 54-30.57

O-2 Office District.

[Ord. No. 95-24 § 54-131; Ord. No. 00-20 §§ 1 — 4; Ord. No. O-23-23]
A. 
Permitted principal uses. The O-2 district is designed to permit business offices, professional offices, administrative offices and retail shopping centers in relatively close proximity to the R-B district, which will contribute to the creation of a town center, and also to permit uses that are compatible and complementary to the R-B district. Those principal uses permitted in the O-2 district are:
(1) 
Business offices, administrative offices and professional offices;
(2) 
Banks;
(3) 
Restaurants;
(4) 
Conference centers/hotels containing at least 150 hotel rooms;
(5) 
Retail shopping centers;
(6) 
Amusement centers;
(7) 
Fitness centers; and
(8) 
Indoor recreation.
B. 
Permitted accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures permitted in the O-2 district are those uses and structures which are customarily incidental and subordinate to a permitted principal use. In case of a question concerning whether a use or structure is accessory to a permitted principal use, the determination thereof shall lie with the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
C. 
Conditional uses. The conditional uses permitted in the O-2 district are indicated in Subsection 54-30.15; provided that such uses shall comply with the conditions for the uses in Subsection 54-30.15.
D. 
Prohibited uses. Any use other than those uses specifically permitted in paragraphs A, B and C above is prohibited. In addition, the following uses are specifically prohibited:
(1) 
Wholesale stores;
(2) 
Industrial operations;
(3) 
Multifamily dwelling units;
(4) 
Any type of residential construction or use;
(5) 
Hospitals and mental, penal or correctional institutions;
(6) 
Any business operation or storage or display of merchandise conducted outside the confines of a building, except if the primary use of the tenancy of the building is for the sale of garden supplies or nursery stock or for operations accessory to the primary use and limited to 10% of the floor area of the primary use of the tenancy of the building. Any storage or display as heretofore permitted shall be screened by a wall made of the same building material as the building containing the primary use. The wall shall be not less than seven feet high and all merchandise stored or displayed shall not project higher than the screening wall;
(7) 
Establishments commonly called and known as snack bars, dairy bars, or fast service food establishments and similar businesses engaged in the sale of food, soft drinks, ice cream, and other similar goods or confections which are so prepared and served as to be intended for immediate consumption, and in or from which customers are served while seated or standing outside the confines of the building in which the business is conducted. This shall not be construed to prohibit the fast service food establishments within a mall building;
(8) 
Self service and commercial laundries which conduct cleaning or laundering on the premises;
(9) 
Massage parlors or stores with individual movie viewing facilities; and
(10) 
Used car lots.
E. 
Required conditions for permitted uses other than retail use.
(1) 
Minimum lot area. There shall be a minimum lot area of five acres.
(2) 
Minimum front yard. There shall be a front yard setback equal to or greater than two feet for every one foot of building height.
(3) 
Minimum side and rear yards. No side or rear yard shall be less than one foot for every foot of building height.
(4) 
Minimum distance between buildings. There shall be a minimum distance between buildings that is equal to the sum of the heights of the two buildings.
(5) 
Maximum height. No building shall exceed a maximum height of 100 feet; provided, however, accessory roof structures with a maximum height of 17 feet can be placed on the roof if the accessory structures do not exceed 5% of the total roof area.
(6) 
Maximum impervious coverage. The total impervious coverage on any lot shall not exceed 60% of the total lot area; provided that if the lot is also located within the CWR district, the total impervious coverage shall not exceed 45% of the total lot area.
(7) 
Concept plan. Before any land can be subdivided, or before a site plan can be approved for any development in the O-2 district, a comprehensive development plan for the entire tract must be submitted to and reviewed by the Planning Board to see how the proposed use fits into the ultimate development pattern.
F. 
Required conditions for retail use. The following requirements shall apply to any retail use in the O-2 zoning district:
Minimum Lot Area
50 acres
Minimum Building Setback
50 feet from property lines
150 feet from off-site buildings
Minimum Distance Between Buildings
Sum of building heights
Maximum Building Height
50 feet
Maximum Building Coverage
30%
Maximum Impervious Coverage
60%
Parking Setbacks:
From district boundary
15 feet
From public thoroughfare
30 feet
From internal road
10 feet
Minimum Parking Lot Landscaping
Every parking lot shall provide within the lot landscaped areas at a ratio of one square foot of landscaped area for every 14 square feet of blacktop parking area. For the purpose of administering this provision, internal circulation roads, on the periphery of parking lots, will not be counted as parking area.