Burlington City Zoning Code

Revitalize as a safe, landscaped boulevard lined with automobile-oriented commercial uses, limited lodging and health care service businesses, business administrative and support services, information technology businesses; limited contractor and transportation-related industries, and wholesale trade businesses;

Reduce the hazards of highway commercial activity;

Create stable commercial development.

Permitted uses, accessory uses, conditional uses: see Attachment 3, Schedule of Land Uses.

Area yard and bulk requirements: see Attachment 4, Schedule of Bulk Requirements.

Parking and loading: see Attachment 5, Schedule of Parking and Loading Requirements.

Signs: see Chapter 285, Signs.

Conditional uses: see § 207-90.

Buffer and landscape requirements: see § 207-87.

Section 207-81C provides a guide for future infill development and redevelopment in the HC-2 Highway Corridor District in reference to the desired character, building placement, frontage types, typical building height, public spaces, civic buildings and parking. Site planning principles are also provided.

Specifically prohibited in all Zoning Districts with the exception of specific uses in identified area on Attachment 1 within I-1, I-P and HC-2 zones.

Minimum distance from school and day-care facilities including public and private: 300 linear feet measured lot line to lot line.

Minimum distance from places of worship: 300 linear feet measured lot line to lot line.

Maximum hours of dispensary and sales operation: 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday; 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Sundays.

Drive-through facilities are not permitted.

The Land Use Board shall be satisfied that the off-tract and on-site circulation, schedule for deliveries and shipping, and site ingress and egress are adequate.

The dispensary and sales minimum lot width at the building line shall be 100 feet and the minimum lot size shall be 20,000 square feet. Minimum side and rear yard setbacks shall be 25 feet, five feet of which shall be appropriately landscaped and buffered/screened. Minimum front yard setback shall be 50 feet, 20 feet of which shall be appropriately landscaped and buffered/screened.

All other requirements of each respective zone for these uses shall be met to the same extent as set forth herein, except as noted as to Subsection D(7) and (9) for the requirements relating to lot size, landscaping and buffering, and setbacks which shall govern lots containing these uses.

An enhanced setback and buffer/screen shall be provided along existing residential zone districts and residential uses. The minimum setback shall be 50 feet. The buffer/screen width of 25 feet within the setback shall include enhanced screening including fencing and additional landscape buffering materials and designs as deemed appropriate by the Land Use Board.

Off-street parking schedule: Off-street parking for medical dispensary, for retail sales, warehousing, testing and distribution facilities and all other related uses in this category shall be provided in accordance with the Burlington City Zoning Code as deemed sufficient by the Land Use Board Engineer.

A site management plan is required and shall address at a minimum vehicle traffic control, methods and designs to prevent loitering and promote public safety, and regular site maintenance.

Signage shall be permitted and regulated as a business sign in accordance with the Burlington City Zoning Code. To the extent that additional mandates or restrictions are contained in state or federal laws or regulations, compliance with those mandates and restrictions is required.

The security and surveillance system for the building and grounds, including parking lots and common areas, are required to have in place and fully operational state of the art security measures in conformance with the measures required by the state licensure of the facility, including twenty-four-hour on-site human surveillance shall be in place as well as video camera recording of all noted areas, with the video camera surveillance system having the capability to record the activity on the building, grounds and common areas and the video retained for a minimum period as required by state regulation. The security system will be required to be in compliance with other safety and security recommendations of the Police Department as may be incorporated by the Land Use Board.

All facilities, processes, security systems, and dispensary/sales must comply with New Jersey State Regulations and state mandates, including all applicable licensure requirements for the cultivation, distribution, sale and warehousing of such products.

The infrastructure of the building, including HVAC, air circulation, and air recirculation is required to be in compliance with all state mandates for cultivation, distribution and sales, as well as with local Code and with the approval of the Land Use Board's professional planning and engineering consultants. All techniques for the growing, cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution processes, storage and display of product in such facilities must comply with the state mandates, including licensure requirements and applicable.

The submission and approval of a site plan is required as defined by municipal code. The Land Use Board may require any and all expert recommendations including police, fire and outside consultants, including the Board's Engineer and Professional Planner.

All testing laboratories, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution facilities or other industrial uses for the cultivation, manufacturing, processing, packaging, testing, wholesale distribution/transportation (between warehouses and dispensaries in New Jersey) and the sale of cannabis and cannabis products through state-licensed dispensaries shall be subject to the performance standards set forth in § 207-86, Performance standards for industrial districts. All uses for the retail sale of cannabis and cannabis products through state-licensed dispensaries shall additionally be subject to the performance standards set forth in § 207-82 HC-2 (Highway Corridor District), § 207-83 (Industrial Park District), § 207-84 (Industrial District), § 207-84.1 (Outdoor displays), § 207-85 (Parking and loading) § 207-86 (Performance standards applicable to research laboratories, manufacturing or other industrial uses in all industrial districts), and, if located along the Route 130 Corridor, § 207-88 (Route 130 landscape corridor).