(A) Permitted uses and bulk standards.
Use/Standard | Min. Tract Size (acres) | Location | Min. Frontage (ft) | Minimum (ft) | Max. Height (ft) | |||
Front Yard Rt. 73* | Side Yard | Rear Yard** | Distance Between Buildings | |||||
Use/Standard | Min. Tract Size (acres) | Location | Min. Frontage (ft) | Minimum (ft) | Max. Height (ft) | |||
Front Yard Rt. 73* | Side Yard | Rear Yard** | Distance Between Buildings | |||||
Shopping Centers | 10 | W: From the northernmost township line south to the northernmost right-of-way of Dutchtown Road and from the southernmost right-of-way of Dutchtown Road South to the township line. E: From the southernmost township line north to Block 229.01 (William Feather Drive) | 700 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 25 | 40 |
Retail (sales and service) | 2 | Same as above | 200 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 25 | 40 |
Office Buildings | 5 | W/E entire | 400 | 75 | 50 | 75 | 25 | 50 |
Banks | 2 | Same as Office | 200 | 50 | 50 | 75 | 25 | 40 |
Health and Fitness Centers | 3 | Entire | 200 | 50 | 50 | 75 | 25 | 40 |
Automobile Sales | 5 | W entire | 400 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 25 | 40 |
Banquet and Conference Facilities | 3 | E/W entire | 400 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 25 | 40 |
Funeral Homes and Undertaking Establishments | 2 | Entire | 200 | 50 | 50 | 75 | 25 | 40 |
Recreation and Performing Arts Schools and Training Centers | 2 | Entire | 200 | 50 | 50 | 75 | 25 | 40 |
Pre-schools and Daycare Nurseries, Adult Daycare | 2 | Entire | 200 | 50 | 50 | 75 | 25 | 40 |
Nursing Homes, Convalescent Care Facilities, Acute Care Facilities and Assisted Living Facilities Marketed to Senior Citizens | 2 | Entire | 200 | 50 | 50 | 75 | 25 | 40 |
Restaurants, except Fast Food | 2 | E/W entire | 200 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 25 | 40 |
Planned Commercial Development | 5, no more than 10 | 200 | 50 | 50 | 75 | 20 | 40 | |
Planned Commercial Developments | More than 10 | 300 | 75 | 50 | 100 | 30 | 40, except office buildings within the Planned Commercial Development shall have a maximum height 60 | |
Medical Professional Offices, Doctors Offices, Professional Hospital Support Facilities | 2 | Entire | 200 | 75 | 50 | 100 | 25 | 50 |
Convenience Stores with Gasoline Fueling Stations | 3 | W: From northenmost terminus of Dutchtown Road North to the northenmost boundary of the MB - Major Business zone. E: From the southernmost boundary of Block 225, Lot 5 North to the Township boundary line. | 300 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 25 | 35 |
Note: W = West Side; E = East Side; S= South to Block
* In addition to the Rt. 73 streetscape requirements.
** The entire rear yard area shall consist of a landscape buffer consistent with § 154.006 and a 100-foot buffer shall be a quadrupling of the 25-foot buffer. Where a 100-foot rear yard buffer is required, a fire lane and a stormwater management basin or a portion thereof may be built within the first 50 feet of the buffer.
(B) Total impervious coverage.
(1) Without sewer service: 30%.
(2) With sewer service: 60%.
(3) With sewer service and a tract area of at least 20 acres: 70% provided that at least 75% of the open area of the tract shall be contiguous and that no more than 50% of that area shall be DEP designated wetlands.
(4) Planned commercial development with a minimum tract area of five acres but no more than ten acres: 65% with sewer service and at least 75% of the open area of the tract shall be contiguous and no more than 50% of the open area may be NJDEP designated wetlands.
(5) Planned commercial development with a minimum tract area of more than ten acres: 65% with sewer service and at least 75% of the open area of the tract shall be contiguous and no more than 50% of the open area may be NJDEP designated wetlands.
(C) Pervious area.
(1) Without sewer service: 70%.
(2) With sewer service: 40%.
(3) With sewer service and a tract area of at least 20 acres: 30% provided that at least 75% of the open area of the tract shall be contiguous and that no more than 50% of that area shall be DEP designated wetlands.
(D) Minimum area per use or lot.
(1) Planned commercial development with a minimum tract area of five acres but no more than ten acres: 1.25 acres except that the area may be reduced in the reviewing board's discretion to one acre provided an average 1.25 acres per use or lot is maintained over the entirety of the tract.
(2) Planned commercial development with a minimum tract area of more than ten acres: 1.25 acres except that the area may be reduced in the reviewing board's discretion to one acre provided an average 1.25 acres per use or lot is maintained over the entirety of the tract.
(E) Parking setbacks. The parking setbacks for all uses shall be 50 feet from Route 73, 50 feet from a residential zone or use and 20 feet when the parking setback is not from Route 73, a residential zone or use or to a side lot line. In the case of adaptive reuse, existing parking setbacks may continue to be utilized without the need for zoning relief provided that the existing parking setbacks are at least 75% or greater of the parking setbacks established herein. In such an event, an opaque fence or wall shall be required in the parking setback area. In the discretion of the reviewing board, where parking facilities are proposed which are contiguous to existing parking facilities which serve existing non-residential uses, the parking setback may be reduced to 15 feet. The parking setbacks may be further reduced to ten feet where parking facilities are interconnected and appropriate cross access easements are provided.
(F) In the event of adaptive reuse, existing building setbacks may continue to be utilized without the need for zoning relief provided that the existing setbacks are at least 75% or greater of the setbacks required herein.
(Ord. 85-06, passed 4-24-06; Am. Ord. 90-06, passed 7-24-06; Am. Ord. 91-06, passed 10-10-06; Am. Ord. 110-07, passed 7-9-07; Am. Ord. 182-11, passed 3-28-11; Am. Ord. 266-15, passed 5-11-15)