Cinnaminson Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
§ 525-67
Lots in BD District abutting residential zones or residential uses.
[Amended 6-14-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-16; 11-10-1986 by Ord. No. 1986-22; 8-9-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-14]
Individual uses and buildings not within planned business development parks:
A.
Wherever a property line in the BD Business Development District abuts the property line of a lot in a residence district or existing residential use, any paved surface, including, but not limited to, any parking lot, drive aisle, loading area, dispensing areas, or drive-through shall be no closer than 40 feet to said property line, and appropriate measures shall be taken to shield such adjacent residential areas from the glare of headlights or other illumination on the lot, as set forth in Subsection B below.
[Amended 11-15-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-13]
B.
Within appropriate buffer zones, a solid and continuous landscaped screen shall be planted and maintained. Said landscaping shall consist of berms with massed evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs of such species as will produce a screen of at least six feet in height at the time of planting, or as deemed necessary by the Board after considering the elevation of the adjacent paved areas requiring screening.
[Amended 11-15-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-13]
(1)
The landscaped screen described above shall be located so as to be no closer than five feet to the street line or property line.
(2)
The entire buffer strip shall be graded and planted with grass by seed or sod and such other shrubbery and trees as may be required by the Board. The applicant may be required to use a combination of berms, walls or other measures to enhance or promote visual interest in the buffer area(s). The entire area shall be attractively maintained to be kept free of all debris and rubbish.
(3)
In the event that any of the plantings required above do not survive beyond the period of any maintenance guaranties provided for same, they shall be replaced in accordance with the approved site plan during the next planting season, as deemed appropriate by the Township Engineer or appropriate inspecting agent of the municipality.
(4)
The certificate of occupancy for the use on the premises shall not be issued until such time as the landscaping requirement as set forth in this section is installed in accordance with the plan reviewed by the reviewing agency or board as set forth in § 525-75, or until a performance guaranty is posted with the municipality in the amount equal to the estimated costs of said landscaping installation in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53. The performance guaranty shall ensure that the installed landscaping complies with the requirements set forth above at the time of planting.
C.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements of this § 525-67 do not apply to the rear property lines and/or rear yards of lots in or abutting the Section #2 Redevelopment Area, as the Section #2 Redevelopment Area is described in the Cinnaminson Township Redevelopment Plan, dated June 2002, adopted as Township Ordinance 2002-16, and as subsequently amended.[1]
[Amended 9-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-27]