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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODIFIED
ORDINANCES OF THE VILLAGE OF DUBLIN
BY PROPOSING A NEW SEcrI'ION 1181.07,
PLANNED OFFICE, LABORATORY AND
RESEARCH DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Village of Dublin through its ordinances needs to reflect
current development trends; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to combine office, laboratory and research
development into one planned zoning district.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Village of Dublin.
State of Ohio, 6 members concurring, that:
(a) PURPOSE
The purpose of the Planned Office, Laboratory and Research District
is to encourage the coordination and integration of individually
designed laboratory and research uses and suburban office uses into
one planned district. The entire design is intended to utilize a wider
range of uses which are compatible in terms of activity, parking needs,
traffic accessibility, sign systems and space requirements into an
office park setting.
(b) GENERAL PROVISIONS.
The owner or owners of a tract of land may request that the Zoning
District Map be amended to include such tracts in the Planned Office,
Laboratory and Research Distri~t in accordance with the provisions of
Chapters 1123, 1125 and 1127. Subsequent to the amendment of the
Zoning District Map and prior to any development within the District,
a Comprehensive Development Plan must be reviewed and approved by the
Municipality and each request for zoning clearance must be reviewed
by the Planning and Zoning Commission before issuance.
(c) PERMITTED USES.
The following uses shall be permitted uses in the Planned Office,
Laboratory and Research District.
(1) Administrative and executive offices for personnel engaged in
general administrative, supervisory, purchasing, accounting
and other functions related to office operations; research,
synthesis, analysis, development and testing laboratories,
including the fabrication, assembly, mixing and preparation
of equipment and components incident or convenient or necessary
to the conduct of such activities and facilities for training
personnel.
(2) Uses normally attendant to and in support of servicing of
office, administrative, executive, training, servicing,
research and laboratory facilities and related functions,
including supply storage and private meal and lodging
facilities for personnel engaged in the training facility
(d) DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
The following standards for the arrangement and development of land and
buildings are required in the Planned Office, Laboratory and Research
District:
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(1) Lot Requirements
A. Minimum Area: Three (3) acres for a P.L.O.R. District;
one (1) acre minimum for lots within a P.L.O.R. District.
B. Minimum lot width: None, except that such a site sha 11
abut a major arterial or minor arterial street for a
minimum continual frontage distance of 100 feet.
C. Minimum yard requirements: All structures sha 11 be set
back a minimum of thirty feet from public rights-of-way.
Whenever a greater building setback is required by this
zoning code, the greater requirement shall prevail.
All structures, except fences, sha 11 be set back a
minimum of twenty five feet from all other property lines,
fifty feet if adjacent to a residential district. Pave-
ment areas sha 11 also be at least fifteen feet from all
other property lines, twenty-five feet if adjacent to a
residential district. Pavement areas sha 11 not be
permitted in the required front yard setback. When these
minimum yard requirements are in conflict with the
requirements for lots around the perimeter of the
District, perimeter requirements shall prevail.
(2) Comprehensive Development Plan. A Comprehensive Development
Plan must be approved by the Planning Commission and Council.
The Plan must include the fo llowing:
A. Indicating by schematic plan and text the general develop-
ment character of the tract, locations, types of tenants,
probable lot size and other development features,
including the perimeter landscaping plan which shall
include a consistent street tree program.
B. The proposed provisions of water, sanitary sewer,
industrial waste disposal and surface drainage facilities,
including engineering feasibility studies or other
evidence of reasonableness.
C. The proposed traffic circulation pattern showing public
and private streets and other transportation facilities,
including their relationship to topography and existing
transportation facilities with evidence that the
proposed development shall not adversely impact existing
facilities.
D. lhe proposed schedule of site development and associated
facilities, including streets, other transportation
facilities, utilities, services and other facilities.
E. The relationship of the proposed development to existing
and future land use in the surrounding area, the street
system, community facilities, services and other public
improvements.
F. Evidence that the applicant has sufficient control over
the land to prepare required land improvements, including
street, water, sanitary sewers, waste disposal, surface
drainage and other facilities for subdivisions develop-
ment required by the Subdivision Regulations. Evidence
of control includes property rights and the engineering
feasibility data which may be necessary.
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(3 ) Site Development Plan. Following approval of the Comprehensive
Development Plan by Council and prior to the issuance of a
Certificate of Zoning Clearance, a site development plan
must be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The
plan must include the following:
A. Structures: All proposed structures shall be located
showing square footage, location and size, including
elevations of all proposed structures, entrances, type
of tenancy expected, pedestrian accommodations and
service and loading areas.
B. Proposed Activities: The plan must describe the nature
of the activities to be conducted on site. Service
areas sha 11 be screened with walls or fences 6 to 12 feet
in height maintaining a capacity of 80%. Open storage
areas and chain link fences are prohibited.
C. Proposed Phases: The proposed phases of development sha 11
be identified in terms of structures, land area, streets,
access and use.
D. Traffic Concept: All points of ingress and egress onto
public roadways and the overall traffic distribution
scheme shall be shown, indicating traffic flow patterns
and traffic control points. The criteria that must be
followed includes:
1. Combined curb cuts;
2. Minimization of conflict points between auto traffic
and pedestrian traffic to include adequate design
and demarcation of pedestrian walkwavs from parking
or driveway areas;
3. Service traffic separation from customer or commuter
traffic;
4. Frontage service drives or other such improvements
may be required by the Planning and Zoning Commission
if area traffic conditions warrant.
E. Utilities: The proposed provision of all utilities, storm
drainage retention or detention, trash collection systems
and the lighting system shall be specifically detailed.
Trash containers sha 11 be screened to avoid nuisance.
All litter shall be controlled on site.
F. Parking layout: A detailed parking layout must be shown
to include the following:
1. Number of soaces indicated bv total number of on-site
spaces and to be summed by row; including spaces for
the handicapped;
2. Access points and expected movement through and
between separate parking lot areas:
3. Expected pedestrian access routes from parking areas
to structures.
G. Landscaping: All proposed site landscaping sha 11 be
indicated as to type and size of material to be used,
proposed locations, mounding and other features. If the
land is adjacent to a residential district, sufficient
screening shall be provided to protect the enjoyment of
the adjacent property.
H. Trash collection: The proposed trash collection system to
be used shall be indicated as to the location and type of
trash containers, and the types of enclosures to be used
to screen trash containers from view.
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I. Plan conformance: The site shall be developed as a unit
with respect to design and construction, and the person
seeking to develop the land must demonstrate the he has
the capacity to comply with this requirement.
J. All applicable subdivision regulations, sign regulations,
as well as the parking and landscaping regulations of the
Municipality must be satisfied. Where conflict exists
the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail.
(4) Building Design Requirements. Buildings within the Planned
Office, Laboratory and Research District must conform to the
following design requirements:
A. The design of new structures and of new additions to
existing structures, including new site improvements,
shall take into account architectural style, general
design, arrangement, texture, material and color so that
the image of Dublin is maintained as a quality community.
Evaluation of appearance of a project sha 11 be based on
quality of its design and relationship to surroundings.
B. Buildings shall have good scale and be in harmonious
conformance with permanent neighboring development.
C. Materials shall have good architectural character and
shall be selected for harmony of the building with
adjoining buildings.
Materials shall be selected for suitability to the type
of buildings and the design in which they are used.
Buildings shall have the same materials, or those which
are architecturally harmonious, used for all building
walls and other exterior building components whollv or
partly visible from public ways.
Inappropriate materials and methods, and those which will
produce inconsistency with the structure of the building,
shall be avoided.
Materials shall be of durable quality.
D. Colors sha 11 be harmonious, with bright or brilliant colors
used only for accent.
E. Mechanical equipment or other utility hardware on roof,
ground or building shall be screened from public view
with materials harmonious with the building, or they shall
be located so as not to be visible from any public ways.
(5) Improvements Required. The following improvements sha 11 be
required:
A. Street improvements within or adjacent to the tract in
accordance with the requirements of the Subdivision
Regulations.
B. Water and sewer facility improvements in accordance with
the requirements of the Subdivision Regulations.
C. An easement fifty feet or more in width shall be provided
around the entire district and shall be landscaped and
maintained to create a buffer, i. e. , a forested area
which shall achieve a height of 10' or more and a
continuous opaqueness of at least eighty percent (80%)
within two (2) years of normal growth.
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(6) Plat and Landscape Required. The subdivision plat shall be
developed and recorded in accordance with the Subdivision
Regulations. Landscaping shall be accomplished in accordance
with the approved landscape plan in conjunction with the
development of adjacent lots in the district.
(e) BASIS OF PLAN APPROVAL.
The basis for approval of a comprehensive development plan and the basis
for approval of a site development plan shall be:
(1) That the proposed development is consistent in all respects
with the purpose, intent and applicable standards of the
Zoning Ordinance;
(2) That the proposed development is in conformity with appropriate
comprehensive planning or portion thereof as it may app ly;
(3) That the proposed development advances the general welfare of
the municipality and immediate vicinity;
(4) That the benefits, improved arrangement and design of the
proposed development justify the deviation from the standards
of existing office district or the other existing industrial
districts;
(5) Where applicable, that the relationship of buildings and
structures to each other and to such other facilities maintains
the image of Dublin as a quality community; and
(6) That the acceptability of setbacks, distances between buildings,
yard space, suitability of open space systems, traffic
accessibil ity, and other elements having a bearing on the
overall acceptability of the development plans, shall
contribute to the orderly development of land within the
City.
(f) PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL.
A Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be reauired prior to issuance
of a building permit. For affected properties within the P.O.L.R.,
a Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be issued only upon review and
approval of a comprehensive development plan for the entire Planned
Office, Laboratory and Research District and also site development plans
for each individual development site. A comprehensive development plan
must be approved by Council prior to the consideration of individual
development by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(1) Submission of Application for Comprehensive Development Plan.
Fifteen copies of a Comprehensive Development Plan shall be
filed with the Secretary of the Planning Commission. The
Planning and Zoning Commission shall submit its report of
recommendations to Council. Such recommendations may be for
approval, denial or approval with suggested modifications.
(2) When the report and recommendations of the Commission are
received by the Clerk of Council, the application shall be
placed on the Council agenda for final approval or denial.
Council may return the application to the Planning Commission
for further study if additional information or facts are
presented to Council that were not available to the Planning
Commission. If the application and comprehensive development
plan are approved by the City, the terms of the comprehensive
development plan shall be considered binding conditions upon
which development may proceed.
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(3) Submission of Application for Site Development Plan. Fifteen
copies of the proposed site development plan, which shall
comply with subsection (d) (3) , shall be filed with the
Secretary of the Planning Commission. The Planning and Zoning
Commission shall review the plan and make recommendations
approving, disapproving or approving with modifications the
plan and accompanying documents. Such modification may be
a limitation on the extent or intensity of development, a
requirement for additional screening by fence or landscaping,
a change in the method or plan for lighting, control of access
or other conditions of development as may be required. Each
applicant shall be notified of the reason for disapproval or
modification along with the decision of the Planning and
Zoning Commission notifying them of such action. Any applicant
whose application herein is not approved or any applicant whose
application herein is approved subject to modification may
appeal to the denial of the Certificate of Zoning Compliance
to the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with the provisions
of Section 1129.03.
(g) THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS A BINDING CONDITION.
Development shall be in conformance with the comprehensive development
plan and construction of site improvements must be commenced within two
years of Council approval; otherwise no develooment of the land shall
take place until a new comprehensive development plan is approved
pursuant to this section.
With the approval of the Planning Commission, minor modifications of the
approved comprehensive development plan may be made. Such modification
shall not increase the overall density of the site or change the essential
character of the approved plan. If the Planning Commission determines
that such proposed change significantly alters the approved plan, the
plan must be resubmitted to Council for approval. Development of land
shall not proceed prior to final approval of the comprehensive development
plan. Any development undertaken without such final approval is in
violation of this Zoning Ordinance and an abatable nuisance.
(h) FEES.
At the time of filing of the comprehensive development plan, the applicant
shall pay a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). At the time of
filing of the site development plan or plans, the applicant shall pay a
fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). In the event that a comprehensive
development plan includes one or more site development plans the fee
shall be no greater than one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00). No
part of these fees shall be refundable.
Passed this 21st day of July , 1986.
Ma~g Officer
Attest: I hereby certify that copies of this Ordinance/Rl solutior
were posted in the Village of Dublin in accordan e witt
Section 731.25 of the 011:0 Rev;s8d Code.
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