Warren City Zoning Code
§ 16-18.4
Conditional Uses.
[Ord. No. 93-24; Ord. No. 95-19; Ord. No. 03-23 § 10; Ord. No. 2016-23 § 4]
a.
Multi-level parking structures shall be allowed as a conditional use in the OR district. The request for the use shall be by application to the Planning Board, with public notice being made by the applicant as required in this chapter. The surface area of the parking structure shall not be included in the calculation of F.A.R. as provided in subsection 16-5.23 of this chapter. The said structures shall be subject to the following requirements and conditions:
1.
Site plan approval by the Planning Board.
2.
No site shall contain less than 25 acres.
3.
A parking deck shall conform to all setback and buffer requirements as if it were a principal building.
4.
The entire exterior of the parking deck shall be finished in materials similar or architecturally compatible to those of the principal building.
5.
There shall be no parking on the top of the parking deck (uncovered) unless parapet walls of identical material and architectural motif of the parking deck structure are provided around the entire periphery of the parking deck of sufficient height to conceal from view vehicles parked thereon from the grade level of all adjoining properties or roadways. Deck lighting shall be no greater than 18 feet in height and shall not be visible from adjacent residential lots.
6.
The parking deck shall be reasonably buffered from all municipal, County, State or Federal roads and adjoining properties by use of berms, existing topography, landscaping or other site improvements.
7.
The maximum height of the structure, at any point, shall not exceed 30 feet from the finished grade. There shall be no restriction on parking levels below finished grade.
8.
Each parking level shall have exterior walls of identical material and architectural motif as that of the principal buildings. If the parking deck structure is unroofed, a parapet wall of at least five feet in height measured from the top floor level shall be required. On all other levels, a parapet wall of no greater than 50% and no less than 40% of the floor to the ceiling height shall be required. The purpose of the parapet wall is to shield the view of parked vehicles on all levels from adjoining properties and streets.
b.
Churches, synagogues and other places of worship including resident housing for employees, education/school buildings and any other accessory structures thereto shall be a permitted conditional use subject to the provisions set forth in subsection 16-5.33 of this chapter.
c.
Hotel and Extended Stay Facilities in the ORH District Only. A use consisting of a building or group of buildings containing sleeping rooms for short-term occupancy, as well as restaurants, meeting rooms, a fitness facility/health center and customary and usual accessory uses. Any fitness facility/health center shall be restricted to guests and may be available to the general public on a membership-only basis. All primary access to rooms shall be through common interior corridors.
A hotel and/or extended stay use shall be subject to the following requirements:
1.
The minimum lot size shall be 10 acres.
2.
Parking may be permitted in the front yard but no less than 75 feet from the street provided an earth berm and landscaping and/or fencing are provided between the parking area and the street.
3.
The building height may be increased to 65 feet or six stories whichever is ever the lessor.