G. .Minimum off-street parking
(1) Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit
(2) Home occupations shall provide a minimum of one (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof devoted to the home occupation
(3) See § 190-38 for additional standards
H. Signs
(1) Street number designations, postal boxes, on-site directional and parking signs, warning signs and signs posting property such as "private property," "no hunting" or similar signs are permitted but are not to be considered in calculating sign area
(2) Home occupations one (1) sign not to exceed four (4) square feet either freestanding or attached to the structure
(3) See § 190-41 for additional standards
[Amended 1-31-1977 by Ord. No. 1-1977; 8-6-1982 by Ord. No. 16-1982]
A. Purpose The Town Center District is designed to provide opportunities for continued commercial development in the Browns Mills Town Center Recognizing the importance of a diversified retail and service center to serve an expanding community, the TC District permits intense commercial development in the downtown area
B. Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings
(1) Local retail activities, including grocery stores, meat markets, seafood markets, supermarkets, delicatessens, bakeries, drugstores, furniture stores, sporting good shops, gift shops, hobby shops, bookstores, clothing stores, shoe stores, hardware stores, packaged liquor stores, pet shops, stationery stores, fabric stores, florists and similar retail uses
(2) Local service activities, including barber and beauty shops, tailors, dry-cleaning and laundering operations, appliance repair shops, shoe repair shops and similar service uses
(3) Restaurants, bars and taverns
(4) Banks, including drive-in facilities
(5) Professional offices of dentists, medical doctors, lawyers, real estate, insurance and other professionals licensed or otherwise certified to practice in the State of New Jersey
(6) No more than three (3) pinball or video games shall be located at any commercial establishment
(7) Child-care centers (see § 190-32 1) [Added 9-6-1990 by Ord. No. 18-1990]
(8) Health clubs, fitness centers and the like [Added 10-3-1996 by Ord. No. 24-1996]
(9) Recreational, commercial uses, including movie theaters, bowling alleys, racket clubs, swim clubs, skating rinks and similar entertainment uses, except pinball machines and video arcades [Added 10-3-1996 by Ord. No. 24-1996]
**Webmasters Note: The original subsection (6) has been deleted and the remaining subsections have been renumbered as per Ordinance no. 16-2000.
(10) Taxicab operations as conditional uses (See §190-56)
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been added as per Ordinance No. 26-2000.
C.Accessory uses permitted
(1) Off-street parking (see § 190-38)
(2) Fences and walls (see § 190-34)
(3) Garages to house delivery trucks or other commercial vehicles
(4) Temporary construction trailers and one (1) sign not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet advertising the prime contractor, subcontractor(s), architect, financing institution and similar data for the period of construction beginning with the issuance of a building permit and concluding with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or one (1) year, whichever is less, provided said trailer and sign are on the site where construction is taking place and set back at least fifteen (15) feet from street and lot lines
D. Maximum building height No building shall exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height and two (2) stories, except as allowed in 190-54
E. Area and yard requirements
(1) Notwithstanding the minimum lot area requirements set forth in the Schedule of Area and Yard Requirements, no nonresidential use in the TC District shall be located on a parcel of less than one (1) acre unless served by a centralized wastewater treatment plant [Added 9-16-1993 by Ord. No. 11-1993]
F. Floor area minimums Each building shall have a minimum gross floor area of one thousand (1,000) square feet.
G. General requirements
(1) One (1) building may contain more than one (1) use, provided that the total building coverage of the combined uses does not exceed the maximum building coverage specified for this district, and further that each use occupies a minimum gross floor area of seven hundred fifty (750) square feet.
(2) At least the first twenty (20) feet adjacent to any street line shall not be used for parking but shall be planted and maintained in lawn area, ground cover or landscaped with evergreen shrubbery and separated from the parking area by poured concrete or Belgian block curbing.
(3) No merchandise, products, waste, equipment or similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
(4) All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls facing any street or residential district line shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes, which shall not include unpainted or painted cinder block or concrete block walls
(5) All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or similar plantings and maintained in good condition.
(6) A minimum buffer area of twenty-five (25) feet in width shall be provided along any common property line with a residential district or residential use (see § 190-39)
H. Minimum off-street parking
(1) Grocery stores, meat markets, seafood markets, supermarkets, delicatessens and bakeries five and one-half (5 1/2) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area
(2) Drugstores, furniture stores, sporting good shops, gift shops, hobby shops, bookstores, clothing stores, shoe stores, hardware stores, packaged liquor stores, pet shops, stationery stores, fabric stores, florists, tailors, dry-cleaning and laundering operations, appliance repair shops, shoe repair shops and upholsterers five (5) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area
(3) Barber and beauty shops: two (2) spaces per chair
(4) Restaurants, bars and taverns: one (1) space for every three (3) seats.
(5) Banks and professional offices: six (6) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area
(6) Service stations shall provide at least six (6) spaces for the first lift, wheel alignment pit or similar work area, five (5) additional spaces for a second work area; and an additional three (3) spaces for each additional work area. Such spaces shall be separated from their driveway and general apron areas which give access to the gasoline and air pumps and service areas No designated parking space shall obstruct access to such facilities.
(7) Parking areas for individual uses shall be designed to be interconnected with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and exit(s) where feasible to minimize access points to the street
(8) Where more than one (1) use occupies one (1) building or where there is an attached group of buildings, the total parking spaces shall be an accumulation of the various standards appropriate to the uses noted above, except where more than five (5) separate uses are grouped into one (1) area using common parking facilities and controlled access points to the parking area(s), the total parking need may be computed on the basis of providing at least five and one-half (5 1/2) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area to serve the total complex.
(9) See § 190-38 for additional standards.
I. Minimum off-street loading.
(1) Each activity shall provide for off-street loading and unloading with adequate ingress and egress from streets and shall provide such area(s) at the side or rear of the building. Each space shall be at least fifteen by thirty (15 x 30) feet and one (1) space shall be provided for every four thousand (4,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof in each building There shall be no loading or unloading from the street
(2) There shall be at least one (1) trash and garbage pickup location provided by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three. If located within the building, the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/ garbage functions, and if located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to or within the general loading area(s), provided the container in no way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions
(3) All off-street loading areas shall be lighted (see § 190-36)
J. Signs. In the Town Center Zone, signs shall be permitted as follows:
(1) Attached signs for individual commercial uses.
(a) Principal sign: one (1) sign, lighted or unlighted, affixed flush against or painted upon the front of the building or portion thereof actually occupied by the commercial use, the maximum area of which shall be one (1) square foot per front foot of building actually occupied or forty (40) square feet, whichever is smaller.
(b) Additional signs. In the case of a corner property, an additional lighted or unlighted sign may be affixed flush against or painted upon each additional wall which faces a public street and contains a public entrance, provided that the total area of such additional sign shall not exceed forty (40) square feet
(2) Freestanding signs for individual commercial uses. Freestanding signs shall be permitted in commercial zones as follows:
(a) No more than one (1) sign shall be permitted for any one lot.
(b) The maximum height of any such sign shall be fifteen (15) feet.
(c) Any such sign shall be set back from the public right-of-way line at least five (5) feet.
(d) Any such sign shall be set back from the side yard line at least five (5) feet.
(e) The maximum area of the sign, exclusive of its base or pylon, shall be of the lesser of one (1) square foot per running foot of street frontage adjacent to the building or portion actually occupied or fifty (50) square feet, whichever is smaller.
(f) Directional signs containing no advertising matter and not exceeding four (4) square feet in size and three (3) feet in height, shall not be deemed freestanding signs for the purpose of this section. A maximum of two directional signs shall be permitted for each driveway access to the site.
(a) For purposes of this subsection, "shopping center" shall be defined as any number of retail commercial uses so interrelated by physical connection, central orientation, interrelated services, facilities and amenities as to constitute a single conceptual unit and shall include any grouping of such uses developed under a single site plan.
(b) Freestanding sign. A shopping center may have only one freestanding, lighted, nonmoving sign identifying the facility and its occupants, located along each arterial or collector road which the tract in question abuts, provided there exists at least two hundred (200) feet of unbroken frontage. Such sign shall be subject to the following regulations.
[2] Each such sign shall be set back from driveways and roadways at least twenty (2) feet.
[3] Each such sign shall be set back from any property line a minimum of ten (10) feet.
[4] No such sign shall exceed one hundred (100) square feet in area, exclusive of its base or pylon
(c) Attached signs.
[1] To establish and maintain a uniform appearance, and provide thematic compatibility, one (1) attached sign shall be permitted for each retail commercial use in a shopping center, and shall be located within a signage band located above the entrance door to each use.
[2] Attached sign shall be comprised of individual channel letters with a minimum depth of five (5) inches.
[3] Maximum area of attached signs (within the signage band) shall be calculated according to the square footage of each commercial retail use as follows
*Note - the maximum length of sign for any individual use shall not exceed 75% of the width of the use.
[4] Attached signs shall be either internally illuminated or back lit. Floodlight illumination, exposed lamps and signs of a flashing, blinking, flickering, moving or animated nature shall not be permitted.
[5] One non-illuminated rear entrance sign identifying each individual use shall be provided, not exceeding two (2) square feet in area.
(d) Additional signs. In the case of a corner property, an additional lighted or unlighted freestanding sign may be provided for each additional public street that contains a public entrance, provided that the total area of such additional sign shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in area, exclusive of its base or pylon.
(e) Common walkways. Where units in a shopping center share a common walkway, each such unit served by the walkway may have one additional sign identifying the use, which sign shall be suspended in a perpendicular fashion from the roof over the walkway. Such suspended sign shall be no closer to the finished grade level below it than ten (10) feet at its lowest point. No such sign shall exceed eight square feet in total area.
(f) Homogeneity. All signs in a shopping center shall conform in character, shape, materials and design to all other signs in the complex and shall blend with the overall architectural theme of the shopping center.
(4) See Section 190-41 for additional standards. Where the provisions of Section 19041 conflict with the provisions of this section, the provisions of this section shall apply
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection, J., has been amended as per Ordinance No. 17- 2000.
[Amended 1-31-77 by Ord. No. 1-1977; 5-3079 by Ord. No. 8-1979; 8-6-82 by Ord. No. 16-1982]
A. Purpose. The purpose of the GCLI District is to provide locations for commercial and compatible light industrial uses along several major highways in the township which provide services to the general traveling public and which have a service radius wider than the immediate neighborhood The provisions are designed to limit the evolution of strip development patterns while permitting opportunities for continued commercial and light industrial development
B. Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings
(1) Retail sales of goods and services, except that outdoor sales are strictly prohibited unless operated from a permanent structure approved in accordance with this chapter.
(2) Restaurants, bars, taverns and nightclubs.
(3) Department stores
(4) Garden centers engaged in the retail sale of living plant material Outside storage, sale or display areas shall not exceed four (4) times the building coverage and shall be used only for the storage, sale and display of living plant material
(5) Banks, including drive-in facilities
(6) Offices and office buildings.
(7) Recreational commercial uses, including theaters, bowling alleys, racquet clubs, swim clubs, skating rinks, pitch-and-putt golf courses and similar entertainment uses, except pinball or video arcades No more than three (3) pinball or video games shall be located at any commercial establishment
(8) Automobile sales through franchised new car dealers
(9) Car washes
(10) Service stations as conditional uses (see § 190-56)
(11) Wholesale distribution facilities and warehouses where all storage is contained in completely enclosed buildings on parcels not to exceed five (5) acres
(12) Light industrial uses on parcels not to exceed five (5) acres, including manufacturing operations of a type which can carry on processes within completely enclosed buildings, including the manufacture, assembly or treatment of products from previously prepared materials where the molecular structure of materials remains unchanged
(13) Child-care centers (see § 190-32 1) [Added 9-6-1990 by Ord. No. 18-1990]
(14) Health clubs, fitness centers and the like [Added 12-19-1996 by Ord. No. 33-1996]
(15) Recreational, commercial uses, including movie theaters, bowling alleys, racket clubs, swim clubs, skating rinks and similar entertainment uses, except pinball machines and video arcades [Added 12-19-1996 by Ord. No. 33-1996]
(16) Funeral Homes and Funeral Parlors
**Webmaster's Note: The previous subsection has been added as per ordinance No. 26-1998.
(17) Taxicab operations as conditional uses (See §190-50).
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been added as per Ordinance No. 26-2000.
C. Accessory uses permitted
(1) Off-street parking (see § 190-38)
(2) Fences and walls (see § 190-34)
(3) Garages to house delivery trucks or other commercial vehicles
(4) Temporary construction trailers and one (1) sign not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet advertising the prime contractor, subcontractor(s), architect, financing institution and similar data for the period of construction beginning with the issuance of a building permit and concluding with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or one (1) year, whichever is less, provided that said trailer and sign are on the site where construction is taking place
(5) [Added 6-17-1993 by Ord. No. 8-1993] Liquefied petroleum (LP) gas distribution point, according to the requirements set forth below, but only when accessory to the following principal uses hardware stores, lawn and garden centers and automobile service stations Standards for liquefied petroleum (LP) gas distribution points shall be as follows
(a) LP gas distribution points shall be permitted within the GCLI District as an accessory use only, provided that the location of such facility does not impair the on-site circulation and parking requirements of the principal use No LIP gas distribution point shall exceed two thousand (2,000) gallons' capacity, measured in water capacity
(b) The parcel in which an LP gas distribution point is located shall conform to the area requirements of the GCLI district
(c) All components of the LIP gas distribution facility, including storage and distribution equipment, fencing and all related structures, shall be located in the side or rear yard only and shall conform to the following setbacks
[1] Distance to side line twenty-five (25) feet
[2] Distance to rear line twenty-five (25) feet
[3] Distance to other building twenty-five (25) feet
(d) Protective elements such as bumper guards or bollards shall be provided and adequately designed to prevent intrusion by vehicles within the fenced area as required by N J A C 12 200-3 4(d)
(e) On-site parking shall be situated no closer than ten (10) feet from the above-referenced fence and shall be located in a manner which permits unimpeded access by fire-fighting equipment or vehicles
(f) Every LP gas distribution point shall comply with the applicable provisions of NJ AC 12 200-3 4 et seq. , except where the standards of this chapter are more restrictive
D. Maximum building height No building shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height and two (2) stories, except as allowed in § 190-54
E. Area and yard requirements
(1) Area and yard requirements shall be as follows
Maximum impervious surface 70 coverage (percent)
NOTES
*May be reduced to seventy-five (75) feet if environmental or physical limitations exist
** Lot size with sewers, without sewers, one (1) acre [Added 5-6-1983 by Ord. No. 7-1983]
(2) Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth above, no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the Agricultural Production Area of the GCLI Zone shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 190-50H(2)(d), whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system [Added 4-6-1989 by Ord. No. 11-1989]
F. Floor area minimums Each building shall have a minimum gross floor area of two thousand (2,000) square feet
G. General requirements
(1) Any principal building may contain more than one (1) use and/or organization Any lot may contain more than one (1) principal structure, provided that each principal structure is located in a manner which will allow the possibility of subdividing the lot in such a manner that each structure and resulting lot would conform to the zoning and subdivision regulations, including frontage on a public street
(2) At least the first fifty (50) feet adjacent to any street line and twenty (20) feet adjacent to any lot line shall not be used for parking but shall be planted and maintained in lawn area, ground cover or landscaped with evergreen shrubbery and separated from the parking area by poured concrete or Belgian block curbing.
(3) No merchandise, products, waste, equipment or similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
(4) All buildings on the same lot shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time All building walls facing any street or residential district line shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes, which shall not include unpainted or painted cinder block or concrete block walls
(5) All portions of the property not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces shall be landscaped utilizing combinations such as landscaped fencing, shrubbery, lawn area, ground cover, rock formations, contours, existing foliage and the planting of conifers and/or deciduous trees native to the area in order to either maintain or reestablish the tone of the vegetation in the area and lessen the visual impact of the structures and paved areas. The established grades on any site shall be planned for both aesthetic and drainage purposes The grading plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to prevent erosion and silting as well as assuring that the capacity of any natural or man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water generated and anticipated both from the site and contributing upstream areas
(6) A minimum buffer area of sixty (60) feet in width shall be provided along any common property line "nth a residential district or residential use (see § 190-39).
H. Minimum off-street parking
(1) Retail sales of goods and services: five and one-half (5 1/2) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof
(2) Restaurants, bars, taverns and nightclubs: one (1) space for every three (3) seats
(3) Department stores: seven (7.0) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof
(4) Garden centers: six (6) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof of building area plus one-half (1/2) space per one thousand (1,000) square feet of outside storage, sale or display area.
(5) Offices and banks six (6) spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof
(6) Theaters one (1) space for every four (4) seats.
(7) Bowling alleys four (4) spaces per bowling lane.
(8) Automobile sales ten (10) spaces for customer convenience separated from vehicular displays and not used by employees
(9) Car washes: three (3) access lanes for each mechanized car wash entrance with each lane having a minimum capacity for twelve (12) vehicles, one (1) separate space for each waxing, upholstery cleaning or similar specialized service area; and one (1) space for every two (2) employees. All vehicle entrances shall be from the rear of the building and all parked and waiting vehicles shall be accommodated on the lot.
(10) Service stations shall provide at least six (6) spaces for the first lift, wheel alignment pit or similar work area; five (5) additional spaces for a second work area; and an additional three (3) spaces for each additional work area Such spaces shall be separated from the driveway and general apron areas which give access to the gasoline and air pumps and service areas. No designated parking spaces shall obstruct access to such facilities
(11) Parking areas for individual uses shall be designed to be interconnected with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and exit(s) where feasible to minimize access points to the street
(12) One (1) space for every one thousand (1,000) square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for storage and warehousing, plus one (1) space for every seven hundred (700) square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for manufacturing, plus one (1) space for every two hundred (200) square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for offices.
(13) In addition, one (1) space for every vehicle owned and/or operated by the use operating from that site shall be provided.
(14) In any event, each use shall provide a sufficient number of spaces in appropriate locations so that no driveway, aisle, fire lane or street right-of-way is used at any time for parking
(15) See § 190-38 for additional standards
I. Minimum off-street loading
(1) Each activity shall provide for off-street loading and unloading with adequate ingress and egress from streets and shall provide such area(s) at the side or rear of the building Each space shall be at least fifteen by forty (15 x 40) feet. One (1) space shall be provided for the first five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof in each building and one (1) additional space for each additional seven thousand (7,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof There shall be no loading or unloading from the street.
(2) There shall be at least one (1) trash and garbage pickup location provided by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three If located within the building, the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/ garbage functions, and if located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to or within the general loading area(s), provided the container in no way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions
(3) All off-street loading areas shall be lighted (see § 190-36)
J. Signs
(1) Retail sales of goods and services, restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs, garden centers, banks, theaters, bowling alleys and car washes may have one (1) lighted or unlighted sign displaying the name of the use, attached or flat against the front of the building, not exceeding an area equivalent to five percent (5%) of the front of the building or sixty (60) square feet, whichever is smaller Where the building(s) is designed for rear or side entrances, one (1) unlighted sign may be attached flat against the building at the rear or side entrances, each sign not to exceed an area equivalent to half that of the sign on the front of the building
(2) Department stores, office buildings and automobile sales may have one (1) lighted sign, either freestanding or attached, not exceeding an area equivalent to five percent (5%) of the first-floor portion of the front facade or one hundred (100) square feet, whichever is smaller.
(3) Service stations may be permitted one (1) freestanding sign (lighted but not moving) and one (1) sign attached flat against the building The freestanding sign shall not exceed the building height, shall be set back at least ten (10) feet from the street right-of-way and shall not exceed thirty (30) square feet in area The attached sign shall not exceed twenty (20) square feet in area nor exceed the height of the roof line
(4) For light industrial uses, one (1) lighted sign per use shall be permitted, not larger than the equivalent of five percent (5%) of the area of the front wall of the building or one hundred (100) square feet, whichever is smaller. If attached to the building, the sign shall not be higher than the roofline, if freestanding, the sign shall not exceed six (6) feet in height and shall be set back from the street line at least fifty (50) feet.
(5) See § 190-41 for additional standards
