Aberdeen Township City Zoning Code
§ 25-4.6
"HC" Highway Commercial.
[Ord. No. 20-1982; Ord. No. 18-1996; Ord. No. 22-1998 §§ 1,2; Ord. No. 3-2006 § 2]
a.
Purpose. The purpose of the "HC" district is to provide those uses serving a regional as well as a local function. The areas are located along Routes 34 and 35 for regional accessibility and for rendering services to the traveling public. In all circumstances, the site planning and building designs are intended to be completed in a compatible manner with an overall plan for the development of all lands so zoned in order to coordinate traffic flow, parking needs, building orientation, landscaping, drainage and similar factors which have a relationship to development, whether implemented cumulatively over a period of years or in one (1) major development program.
b.
Principal Permitted Uses on the Land and in Buildings.
1.
Retail sales of goods and services.
2.
Restaurants, bars, taverns and nightclubs.
3.
Banks, including drive-in facilities.
4.
Offices and office buildings.
5.
Theaters.
6.
Department stores.
7.
Shopping centers which shall include only those uses enumerated above and which shall be developed as a single architectural scheme, whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time.
8.
Garden centers engaging in the retail sale of plant material. Outside storage, sale or display areas shall not exceed four (4) times the building coverage and shall be used only for storage, sale and display of living plant material.
9.
Bowling alleys.
10.
Automobile sales whose principal use is the sale of new automobiles through franchised dealers. The sale of used automobiles shall be accessory to and incidental to the principal permitted use.
14.
Public purpose uses.
15.
Storage yards for towed inoperable vehicles as Conditional Uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See subsection 25-6.6i for standards.)
17.
Wireless communication antennas on new wireless communication towers in accordance with the conditions, standards and limitations specified in subsection 25-6.10 of this chapter.
18.
Medical walk-in facilities and medical services as licensed by the State of New Jersey to include physician's offices that provide:
[Added 6-6-2019 by Ord. No. 11-2019]
(a)
Urgent, ambulatory and outpatient surgical facilities;
(b)
Well-care visits and/or emergency visits for illness or accidents;
(c)
Accept Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and/or personal billing in associated reception/office/filing areas;
(d)
Outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy, cardiac rehabilitation by licensed professionals, including CV profile and nuclear imaging by licensed professionals;
(e)
Sleep center testing by licensed professionals, to include autonomic nervous system testing and urodynamics;
(f)
Pain management by licensed professionals;
(g)
Diagnostic ultrasound, x-rays, lab work by licensed professionals, including by not limited to ultrasound, allergy testing, CV profile, neurodiagnostics, pharmacogenetics testing, blood work, nerve conduction studies, dizziness and balance testing;
(h)
Outpatient surgical by licensed professionals as licensed by the State of New Jersey;
(i)
For treatment of a variety of ailments or medical needs such as, but not limited to, podiatry, orthopedics, allergy, oncology, dialysis, colds, pneumonia, well visits, etc.
19.
Dental clinics with dental services as listed:
[Added 6-6-2019 by Ord. No. 11-2019]
(a)
All dental work required to be done by a licensed dentist or his staff, including but not limited to x-rays, drilling, cleaning, extractions, implants, dentures, lab on premises, and any specialty associated with dental care, e.g., orthodontics, periodontal;
(b)
Accepts Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance or personal billing in associated reception/office/filing areas.
20.
Adult medical day care as licensed by the State of New Jersey:
[Added 6-6-2019 by Ord. No. 11-2019]
(a)
Part-time/full-time (no overnight) residents (i.e. part-time can be either morning or afternoon; full-time is the entire day);
(b)
Services to include active and passive recreation, personal needs (hair dresser, nail trimming), meals and snacks; all recreation to be indoors. Patients may not leave the building unsupervised;
(c)
No meals prepared on site; meals provided by outside service to adult day care patrons;
(d)
Residents may be driven to facility or transportation to be provided by facility;
(e)
At least one licensed professional and one aide to be on site during hours of operation;
(f)
Accepts Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance or personal billing in associated offices/reception/filing areas.
21.
Outpatient, individual or group counseling and rehabilitation.
[Added 6-6-2019 by Ord. No. 11-2019]
c.
Accessory Uses Permitted.
3.
Garages to house delivery trucks or other commercial vehicles.
5.
Storage yards for towed inoperable vehicles as Conditional Uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See subsection 25-6.6i for standards.)
6.
Temporary Construction. Temporary construction trailers and one (1) sign not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet, advertising the prime contractor, subcontractor(s), architect, financing institution and similar data for the period of construction beginning with the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy or one (1) year, whichever is less, provided said trailer and sign are on the site where construction is taking place.
d.
Maximum Building Height. No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height except as allowed in subsection 25-6.5.
e.
Area and Yard Requirements.
Individual Commercial Uses | Shopping Center | |
|---|---|---|
Principal Building | ||
Minimum | ||
Lot area | 40,000 sq. ft. | 120,000 sq. ft. |
Lot frontage | 150 ft. | 250 ft. |
Lot width | 150 ft. | 250 ft. |
Lot depth | 150 ft. | 200 ft. |
Side yard (each) | 20 ft. | 50 ft. |
Front yard | 50 ft. | 75 ft. |
Rear yard | 30 ft. | 50 ft. |
Accessory Building | ||
Minimum | ||
Distance to side line | 20 ft. | 50 ft. |
Distance to rear line | 30 ft. | 50 ft. |
Distance to other building | 15 ft. | 15 ft. |
Maximum | ||
Building Coverage of principal building | 25% | 20% |
Building Coverage of accessory building(s) | 5% | 5% |
f.
Gross Floor Area Minimums. The minimum gross floor area shall be three thousand (3,000) square feet.
g.
General Requirements.
1.
One (1) building may contain more than one (1) use provided that the total building coverage of the combined uses does not exceed the maximum building coverage specified for the district.
2.
A shopping center may contain more than one (1) principal building, provided that the total building coverage specified for the district is not exceeded and the following building separation requirements are met:
(a)
All principal buildings shall be separated* by a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet, provided such separation is to be used solely for pedestrian circulation.
(b)
All principal buildings shall be separated* by a minimum of fifty (50) feet when such separation is to be used for parking or vehicular circulation.
*Note: The separation requirements should not be construed to prohibit covered pedestrian walkways when the roof or covering of such walkway extends between the principal buildings.
3.
At least the first twenty (20) feet adjacent to any street line and ten (10) feet adjacent to any lot line shall not be used for parking and shall be planted and maintained in lawn area, ground cover, or landscaped with evergreen shrubbery, and separated from the parking area by poured concrete curbing.
4.
Except for garden centers as allowed under subsection 25-4.7b8, no merchandise or similar material shall be displayed outside beyond five (5) feet of any building. No waste or equipment shall be stored outside.
5.
All buildings shall be compatibly designed whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. Where a side or front exterior wall in excess of fifty (50) feet is proposed, variations in design shall be used to provide attractiveness to the building which shall include changing roof lines and roof designs, altering building heights, varying facade treatment or staggering the building setback. Wherever practicable and feasible, buildings shall be oriented so as to promote the conservation of energy and the use of renewable energy resources. All building walls visible from any street or residential district shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes which shall not include unpainted or painted cinder block or concrete block walls.
6.
All portions of the property not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces shall be landscaped utilizing combinations such as landscaped fencing, shrubbery, lawn area, ground cover, rock formations, contours, existing foliage and the planting of conifers and/or deciduous trees native to the area, in order to either maintain or re-establish the tone of the vegetation in the area and lessen the visual impact of the structures and paved areas. The established grades on any site shall be planned for both aesthetic and drainage purposes. The grading plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to prevent erosion and silting as well as assuring that the capacity of any natural or man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water generated and anticipated, both from the site and contributing upstream areas.