*NOTE: May be reduced to 25 feet for corner lot.

(2)Any nonresidential vacant lot existing as a conforming lot at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter whose area or dimensions do not meet the requirements of the district in which the lot is located may have a building permit issued for a use permitted for that zoning district without an appeal to the Board of Adjustment, provided that the building coverage limit is not exceeded, parking requirements are met and the yard and height provisions are reduced by the same percentage that the area of such lot bears to the zone district requirements,. except that no side yard shall be less than either 10 feet or half that required by this chapter, whichever is greater, and no building shall be required to have a height less than 12 feet and one story. Any vacant residential lot, excepting those in the Pinelands Area, existing as a conforming lot at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter, may have a building permit issued without an appeal to the Board of Adjustment, provided that the yard requirements are reduced by the same percentage that the lot area bears to the zone district requirements, and except further that no yard shall be reduced to less than 40% of the zone requirement, and except that no side yard shall be reduced to less than 10 feet and no front or rear yard shall be reduced to less than 25 feet. [Amended 3-3-1978 by Ord. No. 1-1978; 8-6-1982 by Ord. No. 16-1982]

(3)Any vacant lot of at least one acre within the Pinelands Area existing at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter whose area does not meet the requirements of the district in which the lot is located may have a building permit issued, without variance approval, for a residential use permitted for that zoning district, provided that the dwelling unit will be the principal residence of the property owner or a member of the immediate family of the property owner; the parcel has been in the continuous ownership since February 7, 1979, of the person whose principal residence the dwelling unit will be, a member of that person's immediate family or a partnership or corporation in which members of that person's immediate family collectively own more than a majority interest in such partnership or corporation; the parcel was not in common ownership with any contiguous land on or after February 8, 1979, that contains substantial improvements; and the parcel includes all vacant contiguous lands in common ownership on or after, February 8, 1979. [Added 8-6-1982 by Ord. No. 16-1982; amended 4-3-1997 by Ord. No. 1-1997]

(4)(Reserved)

(5)Pinelands waivers of strict compliance. Where the Pinelands Commission has granted authorization for construction on a lot by granting a waiver of strict compliance, the applicant for development of a new dwelling unit on any such lot shall be permitted to erect such dwelling unit without an appeal to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, provided that all building setbacks conform to the minimum requirements of § 190-37F(l) for lots less than one acre and conform to the minimum setback requirements of § 190-37F(2) for lots larger than one acre. [Added 12-15-1994 by Ord. No. 8-1994]

(6)Temporary trailer installations after fire damage. Whenever a permanent dwelling unit sustains fire damage such that the residents cannot occupy the premises, the Construction Official is authorized to grant approval for installation of a mobile home for temporary occupancy while such dwelling unit is being repaired. Such authorization shall be granted for a period of up to nine months and shall be conditioned upon adequate connection of such mobile home to functioning water supply and sewage disposal systems on the lot. The same shall first be approved by the Health Officer or the Burlington County Health Department. [Added 12-15-1994 by Ord. No. 8-1994]

A. Driveways. All detached dwelling units shall have a driveway connecting the dwelling (or its related garage or carport) with the adjacent street. Such driveway shall either be paved in accordance with township requirements or consist of at least eight inches of quarry blend or crushed stone, not less than three-fourths blend, and shall be at least 12 feet wide. Where unpaved driveways intersect the adjoining street, paved aprons may be required at the discretion of the Township Engineer. All driveways in newly constructed major subdivisions where full roadway, curbing and drainage improvements are required shall be paved to township specifications. No driveway shall be located closer than five feet to any lot line unless such driveway crosses the lot fine in order to provide access to an adjoining lot or lots. This provision shall not be construed to preclude common curb cuts. The driveways to the adjacent lots may continue a reasonable distance into the adjoining lots beyond the common curb cut, without regard to the five-foot prohibition set forth above. [Amended 3-3-1978 by Ord. No. 1-1978; 5-30-1979 by Ord. No. 8-1979; 12-15-1994 by Ord. No. 8-1994; 2-16-1995 by Ord. No. 1-1995]

**Webmaster's Note: The previous is current through Supplement dated 10-20-98.

B.Landscaping

(1) Except for detached dwelling units, a screen planting of a dense evergreen material not less than four (4) feet in height shall be provided between all off-street parking areas and any lot line or street line except where a building intervenes or where the distance between such area and the lot line or street line is greater than one hundred fifty (150) feet

(2) All loading areas shall be landscaped and screened sufficiently to obscure the view of the parked vehicles and loading platforms from any public street, adjacent residential districts or uses and the front yards of adjacent commercial and industrial uses Such screening shall be by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three and shall not be less than four (4) feet nor more than six (6) feet in height

(3) Each off-street parking area shall have a minimum of one (1) parking space for every thirty (30) parking spaces landscaped, with one-half (1/2) said spaces having shrubs no higher than three (3) feet and the other half having trees with branches no lower than seven(7) feet. Such spaces shall be distributed throughout the parking area in order to break the view of long rows of parked cars in a manner not impairing visibility.

C. Lighting. Lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be arranged to reflect the light away from residential premises and streets and be in accordance with § 190-36 All parking facilities providing five (5) or more parking spaces shall be righted

D. Surfacing and curbing

(1) Generally

(a) All parking and loading areas and access drives shall be paved as outlined below, or the equivalent, as determined by the Township Engineer, and approved as part of the site plan approval All parking areas, regardless of size and location, shall be suitably drained and maintained [Amended 5-30-79 by Ord. No. 8-1979]

(b) Areas of ingress or egress, loading and unloading areas, major interior driveways or access aisles and other areas likely to experience similar heavy traffic shall be paved with not less than four (4) inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous stabilized base course, constructed in layers of not more than two (2) inches' compacted thickness and prepared and constructed in accordance with Division 3, Section 2A, of the New Jersey State Highway Department Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction (1961), and amendments thereto A minimum two-inch thick compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (FABC) shall be constructed thereon in accordance with Division 3, Section 10, of the aforesaid New Jersey State Highway Department Specifications, and amendments thereto

(c) Parking stall areas and other areas likely to experience similar light traffic shall be paved with not less than three (3) inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous stabilized base course, prepared and constructed in accordance with Division 3, Section 2A, of the New Jersey State Highway Department Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction (1961), and amendments thereto. A one-and-one-half-inch compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (FABC) shall be constructed thereon in accordance with Division 3, Section 10, of the aforesaid New Jersey State Highway Department Specifications, and amendments thereto

(d) Where subbase conditions of proposed parking and loading areas are wet, springy or of such a nature that surfacing would be inadvisable without first treating the subbase, the treatment of the subbase shall be made in the following manner. The areas shall be excavated to a depth of six (6) to twelve (12) inches below the proposed finished grade and filled with suitable subbase material as determined by the Township Engineer. Where required by the Township Engineer, a system of porous concrete pipe subsurface drains shall be constructed beneath the surface of the parking area and connected to a suitable drain After the subbase material has been properly placed and compacted, the parking area surfacing material as described heretofore shall be spread thereon

(2) All off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided with curbing or wheelstops as recommended and approved by the Planning Board Engineer so that vehicles cannot be driven onto required perimeter landscaped areas, buffer zones and street rights-of-way and so that each parking and loading area has controlled entrances and exits of drainage control Curbing or wheel stops shall be located to prevent any part of a vehicle from overhanging internal sidewalks or landscaped areas. Parking and loading spaces shall not be an extension of any street right-of-way [Amended 12-3-75 by Ord. No. 16-1975]

(3) All off-street parking lots shall have adequate designations to indicate traffic flow and parking spaces.

E. Access. Access points from any one (1) lot crossing the street line shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) along the frontage of any single street. The center lines of any separate access points shall be spaced at least sixty-five (65) feet apart, shall handle no more than two (2) lanes of traffic, shall be at least twenty (20) feet from any property line, and shall be set back from the street line of any intersecting street at least fifty (50) feet or one-half (1/2) the lot frontage, whichever is greater, except that in no case need the setback distance exceed two hundred (200) feet Continuous open driveways in excess of sixteen (16) feet at the street line shall be prohibited, except that for nonresidential uses, driveways of more than sixteen (16) feet may be permitted with the approval of the Planning Board, giving due consideration to the proposed width, curbing, direction of traffic flow, radii of curves and method of dividing traffic lanes Curbing shall be depressed at the driveway or the curbing may be rounded at the corners and the driveway connected with the street in the same manner as another street

F. Location of parking and loading Required off-street parking and loading spaces shall be located on the same lot or premises as the use served regardless of the number of spaces required by this chapter No parking of vehicles shall be permitted in fire lanes, streets, driveways, aisles, sidewalks or turning areas

G. Type of facility

(1) Parking spaces may be on, above or below the surface of the ground When parking spaces are provided within a garage or other structure, said structure shall adhere to the proper accessory or principal building setback as applicable

(2) The provision of parking spaces shall also include adequate driveway and necessary turning areas for handling the vehicles for which provision is made Parking areas shall be designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any motor vehicle Aisles providing access to parking spaces shall have the following minimum dimensions Where the angle of parking is different on both sides of the aisle, the larger aisle width shall prevail