(2) No nonresidential use in the MI 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 minimum. Each building shall have a minimum gross floor area of two thousand (2,000) square feet [Amended 5-30-1979 by Ord. No. 8-1979]

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 seventy-five (75) 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 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 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 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 seventy-five (75) 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) 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

(2) In addition, one (1) space for every vehicle owned and/or operated by the use operating from that site shall be provided

(3) In any event, each use shall provide a sufficient number of spaces in appropriate locations so that no driveway, fire lane, aisle or street right-of-way is used at any time for parking

(4) 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 at the side or rear of the building Each space shall be at least fifteen by forty (15 x 40) feet and one (1) space shall be provided for every eight thousand (8,000) 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 If a container is used for trash/garbage functions and is 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) 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 roof line, 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.

(2) See § 190-41 for additional standards

§190-26. PI Planned Industrial District.

A. Purpose The purpose of the PI District is to provide areas in the township where large industrial complexes may be developed The designated areas are located to take advantage of the excellent highway access afforded by North Pemberton and South Pemberton Roads The standards are intended to require maximum attention to proper site designing, including the location of structures and parking areas, proper ingress and egress, development of an interior street system, architectural design, landscaping and the compatibility of any proposal with the natural foliage, soils, contours, drainage patterns and the need to avoid visual intrusions and performance nuisances upon adjacent residences or residential zones. It is intended that existing foliage and natural features be retained and enhanced in relation to the site as well as the surrounding area [Amended 5-30-79 by Ord. No. 8-1979]

B. Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings



(1) Offices and office buildings

(2) Industrial plants, provided that the molecular structure of any item is not changed during the manufacturing, assembling or fabricating process

(3) Wholesale distribution centers and warehouses

(4) Laboratories of an experimental, research or testing nature

(5) Industrial parks on tracts of land at least fifty (50) acres in area comprised of the preceding uses

(6) Child-care centers (see § 190-32 1) [Added 9-6-1990 by Ord. No. 18-1990]

C. Accessory uses permitted

(1) Off-street parking (see § 190-38)

(2) Fences and walls (see § 190-34)

(3) Garages and storage buildings

(4) Temporary construction trailers and one (1) sign not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet each, 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(s) and sign are on the site where construction is taking place

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 [Amended 12-3-1975 by Ord. No. 16-1975]

(1) Area and yard requirements shall be as follows