B. Minimum loading requirements.
Gross Floor Area
*The minimum number of spaces shall prevail for uses that have not attained the gross floor area where the first space is required.
C. Minimum parking requirements. The number of parking spaces for each use shall be determined by the number of dwelling units, the amount of gross floor area as defined in this chapter or such other measure as noted below. Where a particular function contains more than one use, the minimum parking requirements shall be the sum of the component parts. [Amended 10-20-2009 by Ord. No. O-09-52]
Assembly operations 1 space per 800 square feet GFA
Auto sales 1 space per 300 square feet showroom area and sales office
Bar 1 space per 2 seats
Bowling alley 4 spaces per alley
Car wash 10 spaces per washing lane
Cemetery 1 space per 400 square feet GFA for office
Church 1 space per 3 seats
Community center Minimum 20 plus spaces for office as outlined below
Doctor/dentist's office in home 1 space per 200 square feet GFA but not less than 6
Dwelling unit 2
Farm 2
Financial institutions 1 space per 250 square feet GFA
Finishing operations 1 space per 800 square feet GFA
Golf course 4 spaces per hole
Gymnasium To be determined at site plan review
Health club
Club and pool 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA
Sports facility uses 1.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA
Home occupation Minimum 2 plus 2 per employee
Hospital 1.5 spaces per bed
Industrial 1 space per 800 square feet GFA
Library 1 space per 300 square feet GFA
Manufacturing 1 space per 800 square feet GFA
Medical center 1 space per 150 square feet GFA, minimum of 10 spaces
Mines To be determined at site plan review
Mortuary 10 spaces per viewing room and chapel, minimum 30 spaces
Museum 1 space per 600 square feet
Neighborhood convenience center Same as shopping center
Nightclub 1 space per 3 seats
Offices (commercial) 1 space per 300 square feet GFA
Park As approved on site plan
Pilot plants 1 space per 800 square feet GFA
Pool (community) 1 space per 50 square feet water surface area
Pool (club) 6.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA
Receiving 1 space per 5,000 square feet GFA
Research 1 space per 1,000 square feet GFA
Restaurant 1 space per 3 seats; 1 space per 30 square feet GFA in quick food establishments
Retail store 1 space per 150 square feet GFA
School
Elementary 1.2 spaces per classroom, but not less than 1 per teacher and staff
Intermediate 1.5 spaces per classroom, but not less than 1 per teacher and staff
Secondary 2.5 spaces per classroom, plus one parking space for each 8 pupils in 11th and 12th grades
Service station 4 spaces per bay and work area
Shipping 1 space per 5,000 square feet GFA
Shopping center 5.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA,* excluding theater
Sports facility (private)** 1.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA
Sports facility (public) 3.0 spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA
Storage areas 1 space per 5,000 square feet GFA
Tennis courts 3 spaces per court
Theater 1 space per 3 seats; 1 per 4 seats in shopping center
Truck sales 1 space per 300 square feet showroom area and sales office
Utilities 1 space
Veterinarian hospital 6 spaces per examination room or doctor, whichever is greater
Warehouse 1 space per 5,000 square feet GFA
* Maximum 20% of GFA can be office use without additional parking for the office use. Office use above 20% shall require parking at the appropriate rate.
** Members only
(1) Where the minimum parking requirements are not set forth for a specific use in this schedule, the number of required parking spaces shall be determined by the reviewing agency at the time at which an application for development is submitted.
D. Where the total number of off-street parking spaces required may not be immediately required for a particular use and at the Planning Board's discretion a staged development plan may be permitted which requires that only a portion of the parking area, but not less than 75% of the required spaces, be completed initially, subject to the following regulations: [Added 10-20-2009 by Ord. No. O-09-52]
(1) The site plan shall clearly indicate both the portion of the parking area to be initially paved and the total parking area to be eventually paved and the total parking needed to provide the number of spaces required.
(2) The portion of the parking area not to be paved initially shall be landscaped.
(3) Prior to construction of any future banked parking area, a bond shall be posted and a soil disturbance permit obtained.
(4) Construction shall be in accordance with the terms of the Board approval.
(5) Any change of use on a site for which the Planning Board may have approved a partial paving of off-street parking areas to a use which requires more parking spaces than are provided on the site shall require submission of a new site plan.
(6) The drainage system for the site shall be designed to accommodate the surface water runoff from all parking and drainage areas, considering all such areas to be paved, whether proposed to be paved as part of the application approval or deferred to a possible future date.
(7) The applicant shall agree in writing on the submitted plan to pave any or all of the nonpaved parking areas should the paved parking areas prove to be inadequate to accommodate the on-site parking needs of the premises.
E. Bicycle parking facilities shall be installed wherever significant attractors are established, including but not limited to food stores, educational uses, and shopping centers. The number of spaces for bicycles shall be equal to at least 10% of the total required number of parking spaces for the first 100 spaces and 2% thereafter. Bicycle parking facilities or areas shall have a minimum capacity of six bicycles and shall be designed to provide secure anchoring for locking devices. If located in parking lots, bicycle facilities or areas shall be primarily located in the one-third of the parking lot located closest to the building. If located on sidewalks, the bicycle parking shall be located adjacent to a building entrance(s). Bicycle parking shall always be located outside of travel ways for motorized vehicles and pedestrians. [Added 10-20-2009 by Ord. No. O-09-52]
Site plan approval shall be for the general purposes of enhancing the neighborhood; providing adequate access to off-street parking and loading facilities for employees, visitors and residents; providing buffering techniques for safety and/or aesthetic purposes; preventing uses which violate applicable state and federal safety and environmental regulations; preserving floodways and flood hazard areas; and requiring that all raw materials, fuel, goods in process, finished goods, machinery and equipment shall be housed and/or screened from residential uses.
A. The Planning Board, when acting upon applications for preliminary site plan approval, shall have the power to grant such exceptions from the requirements for site plan approval as may be reasonable and within the general purpose and intent of the provisions for site plan review and approval of this chapter, if the literal enforcement of one or more provisions of this chapter is impracticable or will exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question.
B. The Planning Board shall have the power to review and approve or deny conditional uses or site plans simultaneously with review for subdivision approval without the developer being required to make further application to the Planning Board, or the Planning Board being required to hold further hearings. The longest time period for action by the Planning Board, whether it be for subdivision, conditional use or site plan approval, shall apply. Whenever approval of a conditional use is requested by the developer pursuant to this subsection, notice of the hearing on the site plan shall include reference to the request for such conditional use.
[Added 8-20-2013 by Ord. No. 0-13-23]
A. The following procedures and requirements shall be deemed applicable to applications for a conditional exemption for site plan approval. A conditionally exempt site plan involves a development proposal which involves:
(1) The construction of an addition to an existing building, the floor area of which will not exceed 50% of the floor area of the existing building, provided that the addition shall not exceed 2,500 square feet and provided further that a change of use of the building is not involved, except as permitted in Subsection A(3) below. No more than one such exemption per building shall be permitted.
(2) The interior or exterior renovation or improvement of a building, provided that a change of use of the building is not involved, except as permitted in Subsection A(3) below.
(3) The change of use of an existing building, or portion thereof, from a nonconforming use to a conforming use, provided that the building or portion thereof consists of a floor area of not more than 2,500 square feet. No more than one such exemption per building shall be permitted.
(4) The addition of accessory structures and site improvements to a developed property provided that the structures and improvements are incidental and accessory to the principal use of the property.
(5) Freestanding accessory buildings on developed properties, provided that the building is accessory to the principal use of the property and that the building does not exceed 2,500 square feet of gross floor area. The aggregate square footage of multiple accessory buildings on one site cannot exceed 2,500 square feet without full site plan approval. Any future improvement will require the proper type of site plan approval.
(6) Does not involve planned development, any new street or extension of any off-street improvements which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.
B. Such a proposal may be exempt from formal site plan review and approval provided the proposal meets the criteria established by this chapter and does not require either a variance or design waiver relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70 or 40:55D-51. Approval of such a proposal may be granted by the Community Development Conditionally Exempt Site Plan Review Committee or referred to the approving authority for its review and determination as to whether the Community Development Conditionally Exempt Site Plan Review Committee may grant approval or whether a formal site plan review is required.
C. Any applicant requesting approval of a conditionally exempt site plan as defined in this chapter shall submit to the Community Development Conditionally Exempt Site Plan Review Committee an application package consistent with the Application Checklist as attached to this chapter. In addition, the applicant shall establish the following:
(1) The applicant shall comply with all parking requirements contained in the ordinance as well as the R.S.I.S. (if applicable) including, but not limited to, number and dimensions of spaces. The number and location of spaces must be depicted on the plan in order to confirm compliance. Handicapped signage and striping details pursuant to the ADA must be provided on the plan.
(2) Appropriate and adequate landscaping must be provided and shown on the plan. Existing and proposed landscaping along with ground cover must be identified on the plan as required by ordinance.
(3) There shall be no intrusion into any buffer area designated for that purpose on a previously approved plan. Buffer areas must be delineated on the plan and supplemented, where necessary, to provide the required visual screen.
(4) Information relating to advertising signage location and design must be shown on the plan in addition to 911 emergency response signage. Sign location and details must be shown on the plan.
(5) A lighting plan must be supplied. Existing and proposed lighting fixtures and footcandle limits for the existing proposed lighting fixtures must satisfy ordinance compliance.
(6) The plan must contain fire lanes and striping to comply with the Howell Township Fire Prevention Bureau. (Fire Prevention Bureau may be contacted prior to preparation of plans for suggestions relating to required stopping, signage and fire lane locations.)
(7) Whenever review or approval of the application by outside agencies, including but not limited to the Howell Township Utilities Department, Monmouth County Board of Health, Monmouth County Planning Board, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), Freehold Soil Conservation District (FSCD) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), is required but not yet received, the applicant may request a conditional approval subject to receipt of all prior outside agency approvals.
(8) The applicant is aware of and shall comply with Howell Township Revised Local Ordinance regarding a mandatory financial contribution to the Township of Howell Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
(9) The applicant shall provide all prior resolutions of approval, if applicable, to demonstrate that there is no significant departure from a either a prior approved plan or condition.
D. The application shall be declared complete or incomplete within a forty-five-day period from the date of submission.
E. Conditionally exempt site plan approval may be granted by the Community Development Conditionally Exempt Site Plan Review Committee, provided the following criteria are also met:
(1) Adequate parking spaces must be provided in compliance with this chapter.
(2) Appropriate landscaping must be provided pursuant to this chapter.
(3) There shall be no intrusion into any buffer area designated for that purpose on a previously approved site plan or as required by this chapter.
(4) There shall be no substantial alteration of the existing drainage which would substantially change the path, direction or quantity of surface flow.
(5) A conditionally exempt site plan approval may not be granted where the subject site contains preexisting lawful nonconformities and those nonconformities would be intensified by the proposed application. A preexisting use or structure which never received proper approvals would require approval from the appropriate land use board.
(6) All other approvals and permits required by law or regulation are obtained and copies submitted to the Community Development Conditionally Exempt Site Plan Review Committee.
(7) The Property Maintenance Code and all other applicable ordinances of the Township of Howell shall be fully adhered to.
F. The Community Development Conditionally Exempt Site Plan Review Committee may grant a conditional approval subject to conditions. These conditions shall be outlined in a written approval.
G. The Community Development Conditionally Exempt Site Plan Review Committee may, at its discretion, submit any matter to the Planning Board for its review and determination as to whether or not conditionally exempt site plan approval may be granted or whether minor or major site plan approval shall be required.
H. Performance guarantee. If deemed necessary by the Township Engineer, and after approval of a conditional exempt site plan and before issuance of any building permit for the site, the applicant shall furnish an approved surety company bond (the amount to be approved by the Township Engineer) for the purpose of guaranteeing the completion of such items in the site plan that will affect the public interest, such as, but not limited to, drainage, streets, sidewalks, recreational areas, shade trees or shrubbery and required landscaping, off-street parking, loading and unloading zones and artificial lighting. A building permit shall not be issued prior to the completion of all conditions of approval by the applicant.
