Bellmawr City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Heavy Industrial District
§ 260-61 Purpose.
[Amended 3-1-1998 by Ord. No. 3:2-98]
It is the purpose of this district to permit industrial development and related uses with an emphasis on manufacturing, warehousing, distributing facilities, and office uses.
§ 260-62 Permitted uses.
[Amended 8-8-1996 by Ord. No. 7:15-96; 3-1-1998 by Ord. No. 3:2-98]
The following uses are permitted uses in the Heavy Industrial District:
A.
Any manufacturing use, except those specifically prohibited hereinafter and which are not noxious, offensive, hazardous, detrimental to the comfortable enjoyment of life or injurious to human, plant or animal life and property or to the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
B.
All uses permitted in the Office District.
C.
Warehousing and distribution facilities.
§ 260-63 Prohibited uses.
[Amended 3-1-1998 by Ord. No. 3:2-98]
The following uses are specifically prohibited from the Heavy Industrial District:
A.
Manufacture or storage of explosives, ammunition, fireworks, matches or pyroxlin plastics.
B.
Manufacture or storage of calcium carbide, acetylene gas, ammonium chlorine, picric, carbolic, hydrochloric or similar acid or similar chemical manufacture or storage.
C.
Manufacture or storage of fertilizer or potash.
D.
Manufacture or storage or animal black, bone black or lamp black.
E.
Manufacture or storage of disinfectants, insecticides or poison.
F.
Manufacture or storage of glue, size or gelatin.
G.
Manufacturing, refining or storage of dye or soap.
H.
Manufacture of concrete or cement products or operation of a concrete batch plant.
I.
Manufacture, storage, cleaning, curing or tanning of hides and skins.
J.
Rendering, refining or storage of grease, lard, fat or tallow.
K.
Storage of any compressed, liquefied or cryogenic gases not otherwise prohibited, for other than on-site consumption.
L.
Manufacture of rubber products.
M.
Crematory.
N.
Incineration of trash or garbage.
O.
Stockyards and slaughtering of animals.
P.
Reduction, incineration, storage or dumping of slaughterhouse refuse, fats, garbage, dead animals or offal.
Q.
Bone products manufacture.
R.
Manufacture of metal products by smelting.
S.
Paper pulp milling.
T.
Junkyards and other similar outside waste storage or disposal area.
U.
Motor vehicle dismantling or similar salvage operation or the storage of wrecked, disabled or dismantled motor vehicles, used parts thereof or other similar items or material.
V.
Use of coke ovens, steel furnaces, blast furnaces, bloom furnaces or roller mills.
W.
All uses which are classified as high-hazard use groups as defined by the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code which have not been specifically excluded.
X.
Processing or storage of cocoa beans or similar items or products.
Y.
The bulk storage of rubber tires.
Z.
Cannabis establishment.
[Added 12-30-2021 by Ord. No. 10:18-21]
§ 260-64 Lot and bulk regulations.
The following regulations shall apply in the Heavy Industrial District:
A.
Lot size: 40,000 square feet minimum.
B.
Lot width: 200 feet minimum.
C.
Front yards shall be not less than 40 feet.
D.
Side yard. Side yards shall be 20 feet except as follows:
E.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least 30 feet.
F.
Occupied area. The maximum area, including accessory buildings, shall not exceed 80% of the lot area.
G.
Height regulations. The maximum height of buildings shall not exceed four stories or 50 feet.
H.
Trash enclosures. All trash enclosures or similar structures shall be set back five feet from all rear and side yard lines. No trash enclosure or similar structure will be permitted in any front yard area.
§ 260-65 Landscaping.
Those portions of all front, rear and side yards that are not used for off-street parking shall be attractively planted with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns. A twenty-foot-wide landscape area of shrubs and trees together with a screen fence shall be provided along with the property adjacent to residential properties so that the paved lot and buildings are screened from the adjacent residential properties.
§ 260-66 Utilities.
Each unit shall provide adequate sewerage, drainage and water facilities to service said unit as approved by the Borough Engineer.
§ 260-67 Health, sanitation and safety requirements.
Any permitted heavy industrial use shall:
A.
Dispose of its liquid wastes and effluents into an approved existing sewage treatment plant in accordance with that plant's regulations or shall treat its own liquid wastes and effluents in a treatment plant or process which is in compliance with the state statutes and with the requirements of the State Department of Environmental Protection.
B.
Comply with the state statutes and requirements of the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development with regard to the health of the workers, proper precautions against fire hazards, proper handling and storage of materials and structural design.[1]
C.
Design and plan its buildings, facilities, operations and processes so that noises and glares operated by the use will not violate the conditions which permit the use.