[Added 10-25-2000]

A. Purpose. The purpose of the D-1 Light Industrial District is to provide for limited light industrial use. The zoning standards for the district are intended to reflect the characteristics of the surrounding Naval Ammunition Depot Earle and other historic industrial uses in the vicinity. The standards are intended to require maximum attention to proper site design, including the location of structures and parking areas, proper ingress and egress, development of an interior street system, erosion control, 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 properties. It is intended that existing foliage and natural features be retained and enhanced as much as practicable in relation to the site as well as the surrounding area.

B. Principal permitted uses on the land and in the buildings. The following shall be permitted as principal uses:

(1) Offices and office buildings.

(2) Experimental, testing and research establishments.

(3) Agricultural and farm uses, including nurseries and greenhouses, which do not sell at retail from the premises.

(4) Fabricating, processing, warehousing and trucking operations.

(5) Public utilities only as a conditional use; see § 102-11.

(6) Electric generating facilities only as a conditional use; see § 102-11.

(7) Wireless telecommunications, towers and antennas; subject to § 102-46.5. [Added 8-16-2006]

C. Accessory uses. The following shall be permitted as accessory uses:

(1) All accessory uses as allowed in the D Distillery and Bottling Plant District; see § 102-112C. [Amended 5-14-2014]

D. Building height. No building shall exceed 40 feet in height and shall have no more than three floor levels above the ground, except that an electric generating facility may have a maximum height of 75 feet to accommodate an exhaust stack, related inlet filter structures and lattice structures for transmission lines consistent with sound engineering and environmental design.

E. Noise standards. The local noise standard that shall govern in the D-1 Light Industrial District requires all uses to comply with the Noise Control Act of 1971, N.J.S.A. 13:1G-1 et seq., and the Noise Control Rules adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection.

F. Design and development standards. Except as provided in Subsection D above, all design and development standards applicable in the D Distillery and Bottling Plant District shall also apply in the D-1 Light Industrial District, including but not limited to area, yard and site plan requirements; minimum off-street parking; minimum off-street loading and unloading areas; signs; and recyclable materials storage. See § 102-112E, F, G, H, and I. [Amended 5-14-2014]

A. Purpose. The purpose of the MP Municipal Purpose District is to provide for a zone district which shall allow for various municipal buildings, facilities and uses and communication services.

B. Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the MP Municipal Purpose District:

(1) Municipal offices, buildings, facilities or uses.

(2) Communications antennas including, cellular mobile antennas, together with transmitters, cable and other equipment or fixtures incidental thereto and structures for the shelter of such equipment and fixtures and the operation of such antennas.

[Amended 4-29-1997; 8-13-1997; 4-14-1999; 10-25-2000; 5-14-2014]

Schedule of Limitations: Nonresidential

NOTES:

General notes applicable to all categories:

a Where two or more requirements apply to a situation, the more stringent requirement shall apply.

b Unless specifically stated otherwise in this chapter, the following may be located in the yard areas required for principal buildings: parking and loading areas with related aisles and driveways; fences and walls not exceeding six feet in height; mailboxes, signs, lampposts, flagpoles, wells, septic systems and similar structures. In addition, the following parts of a principal building may extend into the required yard areas up to a maximum of two feet: chimneys, bay windows, eaves, gutters and downspouts.

c A minimum of 75% of the minimum required lot area or a minimum of 1.5 acres (i.e., 66,000 square feet), whichever is smaller, in all zones must be free of wetlands and associated buffer areas; floodplains; conservation, open space, drainage and right-of-way easements; and landscaping easements.

Specific notes applicable where indicated:

1Floodplain District; only yards and open spaces permitted, no buildings.

2See the various definitions of yards for taking proper measurements. The minimum yards shall also be applied to measuring distances between buildings on the interior of the site. The minimum distance between buildings shall be the sum of the yards required for each building. For example, if the sides of two buildings face each other, each building having a side yard requirement of 20 feet, a distance of 40 feet is required between them. Where a nonresidential use is proposed to have multiple occupants on one lot, such as, but not limited to, stores or offices in a business use, the design may permit the subdivision of lots along common wall(s) resulting in zero setback along those walls, provided that the overall tract maintains the minimum lot size and the setbacks around the perimeter of the entire tract are met as required by this chapter.

3The minimum distance between two accessory buildings shall be the larger of 20 feet or two times the building height of the tallest building in the nonresidential districts.

4Where a property in the B-1 or the B-1A District is subdivided as a result of providing the new public street system identified in the Route 34 Highway Access Management Plan, the developer may develop each of the separate lots in accordance with the standards set forth in this Schedule, or the developer may take the floor area and/or density generated from the entire original tract and locate it on one of the new lots. In order for the total floor area and/or density generated by the entire original tract to be located on a portion of the original tract, the principal building coverage and accessory building coverage is permitted to be increased 50% above what is shown in the Schedule above. The maximum floor area ratio and maximum density on the portion being developed is permitted to be increased no more than 100% above what is shown on the Schedule above, except that in no event shall the total floor area and/or number of units exceed the total permitted on the original tract. The condition for allowing this transfer of development among noncontiguous properties shall be that the sending property (the lot that is not to be developed) must be deed restricted to open space and must be planted with a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees in a manner and intensity that, together with any existing trees and other vegetation, will create a wooded condition upon maturity of the trees. Where on-site wells and sewage treatment facilities or floodplains, wetlands, steep slope restrictions or other legal restrictions which prevent the development of a portion of the lot do not allow the amount of floor area permitted under these zoning regulations, it is intended that the maximum floor area will be that which the well and sewage treatment facilities or restrictions aforesaid can accommodate.

5A shopping center with a lot area of at least five acres may increase lot coverage to 60%, provided that at least half the increase above 50% lot coverage is devoted to site amenities, such as walkways exceeding 12 feet in width constructed of decorative brick or similar decorative material; the addition of designated areas with fountains, statues or other forms of artwork; areas separate from required pedestrianways, where there are nonretail seating arrangements; or some other aesthetic addition to the site plan acceptable to the approving authority.

6The total width of side yards in the B-1A District shall not be less than 150 feet.

7Applicable to the development of assisted living residences in the B-1A District.

8Building and all impervious surfaces.

9Electric generating facilities will be allowed to have a height of 75 feet to accommodate an exhaust stack, related inlet filter structures and lattice structures for transmission lines consistent with sound engineering and environmental design.