Aberdeen Township City Zoning Code
§ 25-6.14
Commerce and Transportation Center Redevelopment Plan.
[Added 7-22-2021 by Ord. No. 11-2021]
a.
Cannabis Establishments, Distributor and Delivery Services as Permitted Conditional Use.
1.
The redevelopment plan is amended and supplemented as follows:
(a)
The definitions set forth in the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et seq. (the "Act"), are incorporated herein and the relevant terms shall have the same meaning and definition as set forth in the Act.
(b)
A cannabis retailer as defined in the Act is a prohibited use in the redevelopment area.
(c)
The following conditional uses, restrictions and special requirements shall be applicable to any property located in the Redevelopment Area:
2.
Permitted conditional uses shall be:
(a)
Class 1, cannabis cultivators, Class 2, cannabis manufacturers, Class 3, cannabis wholesalers, Class 4, cannabis distributors, and Class 6, delivery service, subject to the special requirements set forth in 3(a) below.
3.
The permitted conditional uses shall be subject to the following special requirements:
(a)
The cannabis cultivators, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services shall be duly licensed by the State of New Jersey with its license maintained in good standing.
(b)
Class 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 cannabis establishments shall comply with the bulk, area, and yard requirements of the underlying zone for the property subject to any development application and/or redevelopment agreement.
(c)
No vehicular access is permitted from a residential street.
(d)
No cannabis establishment, cannabis distributor or cannabis delivery services shall be located closer than 300 feet from a residential zone, church, public or parochial school, private school, child-care center, or public park.
(e)
On-site sales of alcohol or tobacco products are prohibited.
(f)
On-site consumption of food, alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis products is prohibited.
(g)
Cannabis paraphernalia shall not be displayed or visible from the building's exterior.
(h)
Minimum off-street parking requirements:
(1)
Shall provide parking at the ratios of one space for everyone 1,000 square feet of gross floor area used for inside storage and warehousing plus one space for every 700 square feet of gross floor area used for manufacturing plus one space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area used for offices. Additionally, one space shall be provided for every vehicle owned and/or operated by the manufacturing or industrial plant operating from the site.
(2)
Additionally, all classes shall provide one space for every vehicle owned and/or operated by a use operating from a site in addition to any parking requirement set forth hereinabove. Such spaces shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the vehicles intended to be parked therein, if oversized.
(i)
Signage shall comply with § 25-5.18 of the Land Development Chapter of the Township of Aberdeen and the following requirements:
(1)
No sign shall contain any visual representation of cannabis or associated paraphernalia.
(2)
Cannabis establishment, cannabis distributor or cannabis delivery services shall not display on the exterior of the facility advertisements for marijuana, marijuana paraphernalia or a brand name except for the purposes of identifying the building by the permitted name.
(j)
Classes 1, 2, 3, and 4 shall provide an air treatment system with sufficient odor-absorbing ventilation and exhaust systems such that any odor generated inside the facility is not detectable by a person of reasonable sensitivity anywhere on adjacent property, within public rights-of-way, or within any other unit located within the same building as the licensed facility if the use only occupies a portion of a building. At no cost to the Township, odor from the facility shall be monitored by a qualified contractor chosen, on an annual basis, by the Township.
(k)
Hours of public operation shall be limited to 8:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m. daily. No licensed marijuana business shall be open to the public between the hours of 10:01 p.m. and 7:59 a.m. on any day.
(l)
All licensed facilities shall submit a detailed security plan, which shall be subject to the review and approval of the Township's Chief of Police. Such plan should include measures and procedures designed to protect both tenants and the visitors from criminal activity, unsafe conditions and incidents of nuisance/harassment. Any approval granted may be rescinded at any time such plan fails to comply with the approved procedures of the security plan or which fails to provide adequate security and safety for tenants and visitors. The proposed security plan shall include at a minimum:
(1)
A map of all points of public entry and a description of all security measures (e.g., locks, alarms, access keypads, security cameras, foot patrols) to restrict access by unauthorized persons;
(2)
Procedures for maintaining records which shall include the date and a detailed description of all incidents of suspected criminal activity/unlawful behavior, unauthorized access, assaults, threatening conduct or harassment and a detailed description of the action taken in response to each complaint;
(3)
Procedures for maintaining records of regular audits to ensure that the security plan is current and that procedures are being followed.
(n)
Any applicant, property owner, developer or redeveloper that proposes a conditional use as set forth herein shall be required to enter into a redevelopment agreement with the Township. An executed redevelopment agreement with the Township shall be required (as a checklist item) as a part of an application submission for site plan approval to the Township Planning Board or as part of any other application for land use approvals utilizing the requirements set forth herein.
(1)
It is intended and expressly understood that with respect to any issue of relevant land use and building requirements not specifically addressed in this redevelopment plan, those issues are subject to the Land Development Ordinance and all other ordinances and regulations of the Township of Aberdeen not contravened in this redevelopment plan.
4.
The redevelopment plan and the amendment shall constitute an overlay zone to the extent set forth therein.
5.
Prior to the adoption of this subsection and the amendments to the redevelopment plan, the Township Council shall refer the amendments to the redevelopment plan to the Planning Board pursuant to the Redevelopment Law.