138 Franklin Cor Rd Lawrence Township, NJ 08648-2502

§ 416 Professional O ffice (PO) District. A. Purpose. The purpose of the Professional Office (PO) district is to provide for office and accessory uses on small lots on arterial roads to provide a tra nsitional zone between residential uses and the impacts of high volumes of traffic. The PO district may be designated either as a base zoning district or as an overlay di strict in selected areas on the Zoning Map. When used as an overlay district, it is intended t hat professional office development mimic the size and scale of residential buildings a nd in its design use architectural elements common to adjacent and nearby residences. B. Permitted Uses. In the PO district, no lot shall be used and n o structure shall be erected, altered or occupied for any purpose except the following: 1. Offices of a recognized profession, including, but not limited to, medicine, social services, finance, accounting, real estate, insurance, law, engineering, architecture and planning. 2. Funeral home. 3. Child care center. 4. Governmental use. C. Accessory Uses Permitted. Any of the following uses may be per mitted when used in conjunction with a principal use. 1. Off-street parking. 2. Fences and walls. 3. Signs. 4. Garages, storage buildings and tool sheds. 5. Satellite dish and television antennae. 6. Accessory uses customarily incidental to a principal use. D. Area, Yard, Height and Building Coverage. Except as otherwise modified, the following bulk standards shall apply to all lots: 1. Minimum lot size: [Ord. 1585-99, 9/7/1999] 40,000 sf. 2 0 , 0 0 0 s f i n R - 2 B w / P O o v e r l a y 2. M i n i m u m l o t f r o n t a g e : 100 feet 3. M i n i m u m l o t w i d t h : 100 feet 4. Maximum floor area ratio: .25 5. Maximum impervious surface ratio: .70 6. M a x i m u m h e i g h t : 35 feet or 21⁄2 stories 7. M i n i m u m f r o n t y a r d : 4 0 f e e t 8. M i n i m u m s i d e y a r d : 2 5 f e e t 9. M i n i m u m r e a r y a r d : 4 0 f e e t Land Use Ordinance Lawrence Township, Mercer County §416 123 10. Parking area setback: a. From any streetline: 3 0 f e e t b. F r o m a n y o t h e r p r o p e r t y l i n e : 1 5 f e e t c. F r o m a n y b u i l d i n g : 1 0 f e e t d. F r o m a r e s i d e n t i a l u s e : 2 5 f e e t 11. M a x i m u m b u i l d i n g s i z e w h e n e x e r c i s e d a s a n o p t i o n i n t h e R - 2 B d i s t r i c t : 2,500 sf or the size of the existing building, whichever is larger 12. Accessory buildings and uses. The following regulations shall apply to accessory buildings and uses: a.