Sec. 24-460 to 24-471
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right18
- Apartment or living quarters for a guard, caretaker, proprietor or other person employed on the premises which is clearly secondary to the research and technology use
- Banks and other similar financial institutions as an accessory use to other permitted uses
- Child day care centers as an accessory use to other permitted uses
- Clinics as an accessory use to other permitted uses
- Corporate offices
- Courier services
- Data processing centers as an accessory use to other permitted uses
- Health clubs, exercise clubs and fitness centers as accessory use to other permitted uses
- Off-street parking as required
- Restaurants as an accessory use to other permitted uses
- Fire stations
- Telephone exchanges and telephone switching stations
- Industrial and technical training centers or schools
- Laser technology production
- Manufacture, compounding, processing or packaging of cosmetic, toiletry and pharmaceutical products
- Manufacture or assembly of electronic instruments, electronic devices or electronic components
- Research, development and design facilities or laboratories
- Warehouse, storage and distribution centers to serve only uses permitted in the Research and Technology District, RT, with storage limited to a fully enclosed building or screened with landscaping and fencing from adjacent property
Conditional / special use6
- Railroad facilities including tracks, bridges, switching yards and stations
- Transmission pipelines (public or private), including pumping stations and accessory storage
- Water facilities (public or private), and sewer facilities (public), including treatment plants, pumping stations, storage facilities and transmission mains
- Heliports and helistops and accessory uses
- Solid waste transfer stations and container sites, public or private
- Waste disposal facilities
Accessory6
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Landscaping compliance
Landscaping shall comply with article II, division 4 of this chapter.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. area25 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Research and technology districts shall be located on a single parcel of land, or separate but contiguous parcels, which shall total not less than twenty-five acres.
- Outdoor operations and storage
Any research or technology operation or storage conducted in whole or in part out-of-doors shall meet the requirements of section 24-98.
- Site plan review
All structures or complexes of structures erected, altered or restored within the district shall be subject to site plan review in accordance with article III of this chapter.
Setback
- Additional setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for structures over 35 feet
The minimum setback of any portion of a structure which is in excess of 35 feet in height shall be increased one foot for each two feet of the structure's height in excess of 35 feet.
- Structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street centerline75 ft
Where the street right-of-way is less than 50 feet in width, structures shall be located 75 feet or more from the center line of the street.
- Structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way50 ft
Structures shall be located 50 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Outdoor signs shall comply with the regulations for exterior signs in article II, division 3 of this chapter.
From the ordinance
Research and Technology District, RT, for research and technology operations. Minimum district area 25 acres. Setbacks: 100 ft from ROW, 50 ft from property lines. Height up to 60 ft. Open space 10%.