802.03

The purpose of the Technical Industrial Park (TIP) District is to provide areas adjacent to major transportation arteries and thoroughfares where light industrial, technological and professional firms can locate with the assurance of a high permanent level of design quality, extensive site amenity, open space, and environmental protection. The operation and development standards of the TIP District are intended to provide for the protection and compatibility of abutting residential and non-industrial parcels and the compatibility and amenity among the firms located in the TIP District, by the application of stringent site planning and aesthetically desirable design. 802.03.1 Uses Permitted: 1. All uses permitted in a C-3 (General) Commercial District, except for new or used car lots, wrecker services, truck, mobile home or boat sales, the sale of heavy construction equipment, and off-premise signs 2. Research and laboratory facilities 3. Warehousing and wholesale establishments, but not truck terminals 4. Light manufacturing, compounding, processing, fabricating, assembling, or packaging facilities 5. Colleges, vocational-technical schools and trade schools 6. All uses permitted shall be limited to those which are free of emissions consisting of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, fumes, noise, vibration, refuse matter, water- carried waste, or other emissions. 802.03.1(a) Uses Which May be Permitted as Use Permits: 1. Child Care Center/Commercial, as an accessory use. 2. Commercial Communication Towers. 802.03.2 Regulations: 1. Minimum lot area – none 2. Minimum lot width – none 3. Minimum setback for front yards or yards abutting streets - thirty (30) feet. No parking will be permitted in the first fifteen (15) feet, as measured from the street right-of-way, but access across this area with walks, bikeways, trails, and drives and the installation of identification signs will be permitted. 4. Minimum side yard width - ten (10) feet, except where it adjoins residentially zoned property or a Special Use District (excluding Highway Transportation Corridor and Communications) in which case it shall be increased to fifty (50) feet. No building of any kind and no parking will be permitted in this setback area but access across this area with walks, bikeways, trails, and drives will be permitted. (See maximum building height) 5. Minimum rear yard depth - twenty (20) feet, except where it adjoins residentially zoned property or a Special Use District (excluding Highway Transportation Corridor and Communications) in which case it shall be increased to fifty (50) feet. (See maximum building height) No building of any kind and no parking will be permitted in this setback area, but access across this area with walks, bikeways, trails, and drives will be permitted. However, when a parcel adjoins residentially zoned property or a Special Use District (excluding Highway Transportation Corridor and Communications) if the principal building is less than 10,000 square feet of gross floor area and has no dock high loading space in the rear, parking will only be prohibited in the first twenty-five (25) feet as measured from the abutting residentially zoned property or Special Use District. 6. Maximum building height - seventy-five (75) feet, except where the parcel adjoins low or moderate density residentially zoned property, in which case there shall be added one (1) foot of yard setback for each foot of building height over forty-five (45) feet. No building of any kind and no parking nearer than fifty (50) feet from the abutting residentially zoned property will be permitted in this setback area, but access across this area with walks, bikeways, trails, and drives will be permitted. 7. Maximum lot coverage - fifty percent (50%), except for a building over forty- five (45) feet, the maximum lot coverage shall be thirty percent (30%) including all buildings and accessory structures. 8. All principal uses must be housed in fully enclosed buildings. 9. All storage areas and refuse collection areas shall be located at the rear of the site and shall be totally encircled or screened by a fence, planting, or other suitable visual barrier. On corner parcels, storage and refuse areas must be located on the opposite corner of the parcel from the street corner. 10. All loading and unloading space shall be located to the rear of the principal buildings. On corner parcels, or on through parcels, if there is only one principal building, one side of the principal building may be used for loading and unloading. Side loading is also permitted if the loading space is screened from abutting properties and the view from the street. Front loading space may be permitted under the following conditions: A. The loading space shall be recessed a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet into the front building elevation. B. All vehicle maneuverability shall be on-site. C. The loading space shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the front building elevation. 11. No structure of a temporary character of any kind shall be permitted except during the construction period. 12. Commercial Communication Towers: See 1104-A