Promote safe and convenient public access to the riverfront and encourage amenities and activities that will attract the public to this underutilized area, such as kayak/canoe put-ins, outdoor events celebrating the Borough's history and culture, light shows, fireworks, live music and other similar activities.

Provide a trail head for a future multipurpose trail along the river with connections to the adjoining towns.

Promote landscape and habitat restoration where appropriate.

Provide opportunities for special outdoor events.

Enhance the South Main Street gateway into the Borough, with visually striking architecture; interesting signage; enhanced lighting and other visual and physical improvements to the South Main Street underpass; significantly improved and safer pedestrian access to the eastbound platform of the NJ Transit train station; and improved streetscape and landscape treatments along South Main Street, including pedestrian crosswalks, new sidewalks, new streetlights, new street trees, green infrastructure applications, flagpoles, banners and other devices that visually and physically enhance the pedestrian experience, reinforce the gateway effect and underscore a sense of arrival.

Encourage high quality mixed-use, commercial and civic development on developable parcels with frontage on South Main Street.

Provide additional commuter parking with direct access to the eastbound passenger rail platform.

The following principal uses are permitted, either individually or combined:

Uses customarily incident with the principal permitted uses listed above are also permitted.

Civic and recreational buildings.

Mixed-use buildings.

Self-storage facilities.

Parking decks.

Kiosks and open-air pavilions.

Boat houses.

Observations towers.

Temporary structures.

Energy and utility-related structures.

Parking requirements.

Minimum dimensions for vehicular parking spaces are as found in Table 13 (page 57) of the Redevelopment Plan for Sub-Area 1.5.

Projecting signs, affixed to the building facade at a ninety-degree angle, and no larger than three feet wide (horizontal dimension) by eight feet long (vertical dimension), are permitted. These signs can be banner signs, printed on fabric and permanently or temporarily hung in place, or signs printed against a rigid metal, wood or acrylic background. Innovative, sculptural and three-dimensional signs are encouraged, provided they complement the building's design expression.

Wall-mounted signs. Permanent wall-mounted signs, mounted no more than six inches from the wall surface, are permitted, not to exceed three feet in height (vertical dimension) by eight feet in width (horizontal dimension). Temporary wall-mounted signs of the same dimensions are permitted for a period not to exceed one year for residential and commercial uses. Civic uses may exhibit these signs on a permanent basis.

Graphic signs. Wall-mounted graphic signs, consisting of letters, numbers or symbols, are permitted. One graphic sign is permitted for every 150 linear feet of building facade. Graphic signs shall be proportional to the height and dimensions of the building, and shall fit within an eight-foot-by-sixteen-foot rectangle.

Object signs. Object signs, whether projecting or wall-mounted, are permitted, subject to the same dimensional limits.

Blank wall wraps. Blank walls may be temporarily or permanently wrapped in architectural fabric displaying artwork or commercial signage, subject to Land Use Board review and approval.

Parking structures. The elevations of a parking structure facing the public realm shall be designed to provide an interesting architectural experience. Openings in the facade for ventilation shall be covered with decorative metal grilles or other decorative treatments. Climbing vegetation or other similar treatments are encouraged to soften parking structure facades.

Utility boxes. Ground-mounted electrical or other utility boxes shall be thoroughly screened from view wherever they are located.

Reforestation and habitat restoration. Reforestation and habitat restoration plans shall be prepared by a licensed landscape architect or ecologist and approved by the Planning Board.

Streetlights. Contemporary lighting fixtures are encouraged. Streetlighting shall be shielded to minimize night sky and prevent direct glare into adjacent residential windows.

Trails. Trails shall facilitate pedestrian and bicycle circulation. Trails in the public right-of-way or created on public easements shall have a minimum, unobstructed width of six feet, and shall be designed to provide access to the riverfront, public open space, civic and recreational facilities and other destinations and ensure uninterrupted connectivity for pedestrians and bicycle.

Pervious pavement. The use of pavers and other forms of low-maintenance pervious pavement is required throughout.

Public realm obstructions. Trash receptacles, bicycle parking, vending racks, and other obstructions to the public realm shall be placed in locations where they are least intrusive, most convenient to their users and least disruptive of pedestrian and bicycle circulation. Benches shall be placed in strategic locations, next to destinations or in locations with scenic views.

Self-storage facilities. The same design strategies adopted in other sub-areas to mitigate extensive blank wall conditions in parking garages and other building types shall be applied to the design of the elevations of self-storage facilities. This includes changes in materials, changes in color, vertical and horizontal belt courses, exposed structural elements, creative exterior lighting, expansive signage, blank wall wraps, architectural fabrics, graphics, climbing vegetation and other design treatments that create visual interest.