Article 10A
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Within designated growth area of Greene County Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe long-range policy document zoning is meant to implement; it is not itself binding law. Land Use Map
Uses
Permitted by right10
- Advanced manufacturing and assembly operations
- Co-working spaces or incubators supporting startups and entrepreneurial ventures
- Mobile food unit
- Office spaces supporting technology, design, and engineering services
- Pilot production facilities for testing new manufacturing technologies or products
- Public facilities
- Public utilities
- Research and development facilities, including labs for technology, biomedicine, national security and engineering
- Temporary Events Zoning Permit as defined by 16-19
- Training and educational facilities focused on technology and industrial skills development
Conditional / special use2
- Conference and event centers related to technological innovation
- Warehousing
Accessory2
- Accessory uses and structures clearly subordinate and incidental to the permitted principal uses and structures
- Cafeterias, daycare facilities, retail and health and fitness centers for serving employees and guests within the district
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Maximum lighting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.25 ft
site lighting shall be provided by fixtures that are compatible in style and illumination levels with the architecture of the principal building on the site and are not greater than 25 feet in height. All fixtures shall be full cut off and meet the dark sky approved standards.
Noise
- Noise impact
Such uses shall be designed to minimize the noise impact of trucks, forklifts, and other heavy equipment on adjacent or nearby residential properties and to prevent such noise from being audible on adjacent or nearby residential properties at any greater level than typical for residential areas.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side and rear lot lines adjacent to residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 ft
Accessory structures and uses, including parking areas, shall be located 20 or more feet from side and rear lot lines adjoining or adjacent to a residential district.
- Delivery hours
Deliveries arriving or leaving such uses located adjacent to residential areas shall not occur after 11:00 p.m. or before 6:00 a.m.
- Enclosed structures
All uses shall be conducted entirely within enclosed structures
- Equipment screening
Rooftop accessory equipment shall be screened by a visually solid fence, screen wall or panel, parapet wall, penthouse or other visually solid screen constructed of materials compatible with those used in the exterior construction of the principal building. Ground level accessory equipment shall be screened by landscaping and/or a visually solid fence, screen wall or other visually solid screen constructed of materials compatible with those used in the exterior construction of the principal building.
- Facade materials
Facades visible from an arterial or collector road: The building shall have exposed exterior walls (above finished grade) of brick, natural stone, glass, stucco, exposed aggregated concrete or equivalent permanent architecturally finished material. Metal and/or aluminum may be incorporated for window and decorative treatments only.
- Loading bay screening
All loading bays shall be located so that they are not visible from road right-of-way. All loading bays shall be screened from view by the building, landscaping, walls or decorative fencing. Except during the process of loading or unloading, trucks and trailers shall not be parked outside the building, unless parked in screened areas not visible from adjacent road right-of-ways or properties.
- Outdoor storage screening
All outdoor storage shall be screened
- Public water and sewer
The facilities shall utilize public water and sewer facilities.
- Side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to residential, agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them., or conservation districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
The minimum side and rear yards adjoining or adjacent to a residential, agricultural, or conservation district shall be 50 feet.
- Solar panels
On-site solar panels accessory to the primary use are allowed if they are flush mounted and integrated into the building design or if they meet the equipment screening requirements.
Parking
- Off-site parking distance600 ft
Any proposed off-site parking space must be located within 600 feet from an entrance to the use served.
- Parking reduction50 pct
The zoning administrator may approve a minor modification to reduce the total number of parking spaces required by up to 50 percent if it meets the following standards: a parking demand analysis must be submitted.
- Parking requirements
Parking must meet the requirements listed in Article 16-8. Minimum Off-Street Parking. Shared parking and transit solutions that reduce land use and environmental impacts may be considered by the zoning administrator for reduced parking requirements.
Signage
- Sign regulations
All signage within the TFRD District shall conform to Article 14 of the Greene County Zoning Ordinance. Signage must also emphasize design consistency and complement the district's aesthetics.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot size: Five acres. Maximum lot coverage: 75 percent, including all impervious surfaces. Minimum open space: 25 percent of the lot area shall remain landscaped or undeveloped.