Cinnaminson Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
§ 525-20
R-2 Residence District use restrictions and regulations.
[Amended 11-11-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-22; 2-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1; 5-20-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-6; 5-19-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-5A]
In all R-2 Residence Districts, the following uses (and no others) of lands and buildings are permitted:
A.
Single-family detached dwelling.
B.
The following uses shall be permitted as a conditional use after approval by the Planning Board of the Township of Cinnaminson:
(1)
Public educational institution; private educational institution; religious institution; municipal building; electric utility service installations, exclusive of commercial offices, warehouses, storage and garages, and provided further that there shall be a landscaped buffer strip of not less than 15 feet along the outside boundaries of said property.
(2)
Golf course/club/country club. The following conditions shall apply to all golf courses:
[Added 2-15-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-2]
(a)
A golf course/club/country club shall have a minimum of 18 holes and with a minimum lot area of at least 100 acres of contiguous property.
(b)
A golf course/club/country club shall have a clubhouse of not less than 25,000 square feet.
(c)
The use of sludge and sludge-derived products is prohibited.
(3)
Cemeteries. A cemetery shall include a burial place or graveyard, including a mausoleum, crematory, or columbarium, provided that:
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-4]
(a)
Cemetery and bulk regulations.
[1]
The minimum lot size shall be 25 acres.
[2]
No more than 10% of the entire area, to a maximum of five acres, may be devoted to aboveground buildings not serving as burial markers or memorials (including mausoleums and columbarium), such as business and administration offices, chapels, maintenance facilities, bathhouses, greenhouses, work houses, repair shops and the like. This restriction includes parking facilities.
[3]
For all accessory buildings, the setback line requirement shall be the same as for single-family detached dwellings in the zone in which the cemetery is located.
[4]
A twenty-foot buffer strip shall be provided between a building and the cemetery property line.
[5]
The side yard for all accessory buildings shall be the same as that required for single-family detached dwellings in the zone in which the cemetery is located.
[6]
If the cemetery area exceeds 50 acres, one dwelling, to be used for custodial personnel, may be permitted. If the cemetery area is less than 50 acres, there shall be no dwellings.
(b)
Cemetery design standards.
[1]
The maximum height of mausoleums, columbarium and other burial structures shall be 35 feet.
[2]
The maximum height of accessory buildings, including dwelling units where permitted, shall be three stories or 35 feet.
[3]
For all entrance features, including gates, fountains, statuary, identification signs and the like:
[a]
There shall be not more than two identification signs at such entrance, and the same shall conform to § 525-19.
[b]
The main portion of entrance features shall be located at least 10 feet from the nearest right-of-way line at any public street.
[c]
No such entrance features shall exceed 12 feet in height.
(c)
Parking.
[1]
Accessory buildings other than chapels. There shall be no less than one space for each 200 square feet of open floor area, such as the lobby and hallways of a mausoleum.
[2]
Chapels. There shall be no less than one space for each 100 square feet of floor area of auditorium or three fixed seats, whichever is greater.
C.
Accessory uses or structures; signs.
(1)
Accessory use or structure on the same lot with and customarily incidental to the main permitted use or structure located on the lot. The term "accessory use or structure," as used within this section, shall include and permit:
(a)
Any of the following accessory signs, provided that no sign shall be placed in such a position that it will cause danger to traffic on a road or street by obscuring the view and provided that no sign shall be of the flashing type:
[1]
An official highway name sign or traffic sign.
[2]
A sign advertising the sale or rental of premises and a sign bearing the word "sold" or "rented" and the name and address of the person effecting the sale or rental, provided that such sign may be erected only on the premises to which it relates and that the size of any such sign shall not exceed one square foot for each 10 feet of lot frontage, with a maximum of 20 square feet, but no such sign need be less than six square feet.
[3]
A sign indicating land in the process of development and showing the name of the owner, developer, builder or agent, provided that the size of any such sign shall not exceed 128 square feet and that not more than one such sign shall be erected on each 500 feet of street frontage.
[4]
A sign of a mechanic or artisan, but only during the period of time that such person is performing work on the premises, provided that such sign shall be erected only on the lot where the work is being performed and that the size of any such sign shall not exceed 12 square feet and that such sign shall be removed promptly upon completion of the work.
[5]
The sign of a school, college, church, hospital or other similar institution, provided that the size of any such sign shall not exceed 20 square feet and that not more than two such signs shall be placed on the lot.
[6]
A sign exhibiting the name given to the property by the owner or occupant or relating to trespassing on the premises or indicating the private nature of a road or driveway, provided that the size of any such sign shall not exceed two square feet.
[7]
A sign advertising a permitted accessory use, provided that the size of any such sign shall not exceed two square feet and that such sign shall be erected only on the lot where such accessory use exists.
[8]
A sign used in conjunction with a nonconforming use, provided that the size of any such sign shall not exceed two square feet.
[9]
A sign necessary to the public welfare.
(b)
Signs permitted under Subsection C(l)(a)[1] through [9] of this section, if illuminated, should be illuminated in such a manner that incandescent lamps, neon tubes, fluorescent tubes or any form of illumination is not exposed unless provided with hood or shade.
(c)
There shall be no flashing signs, rotating signs, running borders or other forms of animation of whatever nature.
(2)
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE
Does not include and therefore does not permit the operation of an industry or business, or the use of physical facilities for the conduct of a business or industry, other than a professional office, as defined herein, and a home occupation, as defined herein.
GOLF COURSE/CLUB/COUNTRY CLUB
A tract of land improved with at least 18 holes for playing the game of golf, and improved with tees, greens, fairways and hazards, and a clubhouse (which may include dining rooms, common rooms, a pro shop, social rooms, kitchen, locker rooms and similar facilities) and customary, but clearly subordinate, accessory facilities such as tennis courts and swimming pools and buildings and structures for the maintenance and operation of the facility.
[Added 2-15-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-2]
HOME OCCUPATION
One carried on in the main dwelling or in a building accessory thereto solely by the inhabitants thereof, which does not change the character thereof, does not employ outsiders, does not involve trading in merchandise or animals or the rendering of personal physical services, does not give rise to offensive noise, vibrations, smoke, dust, odor, heat or glare and which does not occupy more than 25% of the net livable floor area of the dwelling unit. "Home occupation" is defined herein to include the occupations of dressmaker, milliner, seamstress and such other occupations as comply with the standards set forth in §§ 525-20 through 525-22 and which the Planning Board of the Township of Cinnaminson may authorize as a conditional use. Beauty shops, barbershops, dancing instructions and commercial kennels shall not be deemed to be "home occupations."
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
An office of a physician, dentist, clergyman, attorney, accountant, architect or registered professional engineer, which is located in the dwelling in which the practitioner resides, or in a building accessory thereto, and in which no person or persons other than residents of the dwelling are employed, except that one nonresident employee who is not a member of a profession as defined within this section of the chapter may be allowed, and in which there is no display of goods or advertising other than an identification sign as provided for in §§ 525-20 through 525-22. Said office shall not occupy more than 25% of the net livable floor area of the dwelling unit.
