ARTICLE XIVA Designed Neighborhood Business Districts
§211-83.1. Purpose.

Designed Neighborhood Business Districts are primarily for the development of a small convenience shopping area which can provide limited retail services and be integrated harmoniously into adjacent residential areas.

§211-83.2. Permitted structures and uses.

In any Designed Neighborhood Business District, no lot, parcel or tract of land shall be used and no building or other structure shall be built, altered or erected to be used for any purpose other than that of:

A. Small neighborhood food or drug store, restaurant, delicatessen, dairy or ice cream store, none of which are to exceed two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet in gross floor area.

B. Gift shop

C. Liquor store.

D. Barber or beauty salon

E. Stationery store

F. Florist



G. Bakery

H. Laundromat or dry-cleaning establishment.

I. Shoe store.

J. Clothing store.

K. Bank.

L. Hardware store

M. Real estate, insurance or travel agency.

N. Business or professional offices

O. Signs, in accordance with the following limitations:

(1) A sign advertising a use conducted on the premises There shall be no more than one (1) sign for each tenant of the principal building, and the total area of all signs shall not exceed fifteen percent 115%) of the front area of the building. All signs shall be attached to the building and shall not project beyond the sides or front of the building nor above the roof line or the top of any parapet wall No such signs shall be illuminated by lighting of intermittent or varying intensity

(2) Signs necessary for traffic regulation and parking and loading areas. All signs shall have an underneath clear space of not less than three (3) feet for their entire lengths. (Latticing shall serve the purpose of such clear space.)



(3) All LED, digital, animated, scrolling, flashing, or any other form of electronic sign, are prohibited.



**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection (3) has been added as per Ordinance No. 42- 2006



P. [Added 6-19-85 by Ord. No 30-1985] Satellite dish, as herein defined, subject to the following provisions.

(1) A dish, not to exceed three (3) feet in diameter [or seven (7) square feet in area), may be located on the roof of the main structure, subject to adequate screening

(2) A dish more than three (3) feet in diameter [or seven (7) square feet in area). but not exceeding twelve (12) feet in diameter (or one hundred thirteen (113) square feet in area], must:

(a) Be placed on the ground to the rear of the main structure and as close to that structure as possible and subject to the side and rear yard setbacks

(b) Be securely anchored to a concrete pad

(c) Have all wiring to and from the dish placed underground

(d) Have an open mesh surface and be painted a color to blend with its surroundings,

(e) Have the surrounding area suitably landscaped.

(f) Not have the lowest portion of the dish higher than two (2) feet from the ground. Said two (2) feet shall be measured with the dish in a vertical position.

(3) No dish shall be permitted to have any lettering thereon or be used as an advertising or identification sign.

§211-813. Lot area.

No designed Neighborhood Business District shall have less than three (3) acres nor more than five (5) acres in area.

§211-83.4. Minimum lot width and depth.

No lot in a Designed Neighborhood Business District shall have a lot width of less than four hundred (400) feet nor a lot depth of less than two hundred fifty (250) feet.

§211-83.5. Yard requirements.

In a Designed Neighborhood Business District:

A. Front yards shall be provided with a minimum of one hundred (100) feet,

B. Side yards shall not be less than thirty-five (35) feet. On every corner lot, there shall be provided on the side street a side yard not less than fifty (50) feet.

C. Rear yards shall not be less than seventy-five (75) feet, of which at least fifteen (15) feet shall be landscaped along the rear property line.

§211-83.6. Height limitations.

No building shall exceed two (2) stories in height.

§211-83.7. Lot coverage.

The building permitted in a Designed Neighborhood Business District shall not Occupy more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total lot area.

§211-83.8. Off-street Parking and loading facilities.

A. Off-street parking spaces of at least one hundred eighty (180) square feet in area shall be provided as follows:

(1) One (1) space for each one hundred twenty (120) square feet of gross floor area, for all uses except restaurants.

(2) One (1) space for each two (2) seats in a restaurant.

B. Off-street loading facilities shall be required in the amount deemed necessary by the Planning Board of the Township of Wayne.

§211-83.9. Buffer area.

A. A buffer area, as herein defined (§ 211-1), fifty (50) feet wide shall be set up along any adjoining Residential or Garden Apartment District. This buffer area, if 'wooded, shall remain wooded, and if open, shall be planted to allow adequate screening of view, noise and other activities in the Designed Neighborhood Business District.

B. In the event that a buffer area lies between the front, side or rear of a building and a street from which access must be obtained, the Planning Board may permit such drives and walks to lie within the buffer area as deemed necessary by the Board to provide vehicular and pedestrian access to the building

§211-83.10 Other design criteria

A. All parking areas shall contain landscaped strips and islands totaling, in the aggregate, at least twenty percent (20%) of the total paved parking area

B. All uses shall be contained within a single building

C. No article, material, merchandise or goods shall be kept, stored or displayed outside of the building.

D. No parking spaces shall be located closer than ten (10) feet from any street or property line

E. The gross floor area of all uses contained in the single building permitted shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total lot area