ARTICLE XIH Pinelands Rural Development Industrial District

[Added 3-26-02 by Ord. No. 0-6-02]

§ 296-51.34. Purpose.

The PI-3, or Pinelands Rural Development Industrial Zoning District, occurs at selected locations in areas of the township designated in the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan as rural development areas, either where industrial activities already are occurring or where the siting of a new or expanded light industrial operation would be appropriate due to a location near road and/or rail facilities. Uses permitted in this district are of a light industrial nature.

§ 296-51.35. Permitted uses.

Within the PI-3 District, land may be used and buildings or structures may be used, altered or erected for the following uses:

A.Agricultural processing facilities.

B. Pinelands resource-related industries.

C. Other light industries including, though not necessarily limited to, the following:

(1) Research and development operations.

(2) Public utility and service activities of a light industrial nature, such as repair and maintenance yards, and storage facilities.

(3) Wholesaling and distribution operations.

(4) Light manufacturing, fabrication and assembly operations, except for those specifically prohibited hereinafter.

D. Public service infrastructure.

E. Accessory uses incidental to any of the foregoing uses.

§ 296-51.36. Prohibited uses.

The maintenance or manufacture of the following uses is specifically prohibited within the PI-3 District:

Acetylene gas manufacturing

Ammonia, bleaches

Arsenal

Asphalt manufacturing, refining

Blast furnace

Carbon lampblack

Celluloid

Coke ovens

Creosote

Distillation of waste, bones

Explosives, matches

Fat rendering

Fertilizer

Glue, sizing, etc.

Incineration, garbage

Junkyard

Lime, gypsum



Linoleum

Ore reduction

Paint, oil, varnish manufacturing

Petroleum refining

Printing-ink manufacturing

Rawhide tanning

Refuse, sanitary landfill

Resource extraction

Rubber manufacturing, crude scrap

Shoe polish

Slaughtering animals

Smelting of iron, tin, zinc, copper

Soap, soda, and washing-powder manufacturing

Starch, glucose or dextrin

Stockyards

Sulfurous , sulfuric, nitric or hydrochloric acid

Tallow, grease, candle manufacturing

Tar roofing, waterproofing

Wool pulling and scouring

Other hazardous uses as determined by the. township

§ 296-51.37. Area, yard and requirements.

A.Uses proposed for development within the PI-3 District shall be subject to the requirements listed in Schedule 3, Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements for Nonresidential Uses, found at the end of this chapter.

B. Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth in Schedule 3, Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements for Nonresidential Uses, no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the PI-3 District shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of Section 296-84B, whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system.

§ 296-51.38. Design and performance standards.

A.All development proposed within the PI-3 District shall conform with all applicable standards under Article XV of this chapter.

B. All operations and storage of materials shall be housed in buildings attractively designed and constructed. The grounds shall be landscaped; however, managed turfed areas which require supplemental water, applications of soil amendments, or the use of herbicides, fungicides and pesticides shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the parcel being landscaped or replanted. No industry requiring a stack shall be permitted.

C. All parking shall be located to the rear of any industrial buildings on any lot.

D. All businesses operating within this district shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Noise Control Council under the Noise Control Act of 1971, as amended.