East Brunswick City Zoning Code

The development of any area designated as P-I shall be in accordance with the procedures established by Articles II, III, IV and V of Chapter 192, Subdivision of Land, of this Code and shall be in accordance with general plans and specifications which shall have been submitted to and approved by the Planning Board prior to the issuance of a building permit. The plans and specifications shall be governed by the sections hereinafter contained and shall generally provide for the orderly establishment and development of areas to be known as "planned industrial parks", including but not limited to such items as street layouts, grades, drainage, sewerage, water and other utilities, proposed lot subdivisions, traffic patterns, aesthetics and appearance and uses.

The Building Inspector shall not accept an application for a building permit to which the provisions set forth herein are applicable unless all of the required site plans and specifications have been approved by the Planning Board and so noted on all plans and applications submitted to the Building Inspector.

All construction and improvements are to be in accordance with the current zoning and building codes, except where specified differently herein.

All public ways within the park, except access driveways to individual lots, or on which the park may front shall be not less than fifty (50) feet in width, including the sidewalks area. The paved portion of such public ways shall not be less than thirty-six (36) feet in width. The pavements, curbs, gutters and sidewalks of the public ways shall be installed and constructed in accordance with the specifications set forth in the Land Subdivision Chapter of this Code, and the design therefor shall be approved by the Planning Board and the Municipal Engineer. Pedestrian sidewalks shall not be required along interior roadways in the P-I District

Editor's Note: See Ch. 192, Design Guidelines and Standards.

All water, sanitary sewers and storm sewer lines shall be installed and constructed in accordance with the specifications set forth in the Land Subdivision Chapter of this Code, and the design therefor shall be approved by the Planning Board, upon recommendation of the Municipal Engineer with regard to water and storm sewer lines.

Editor's Note: See Ch. 192, Design Guidelines and Standards.

Each principal building shall be situated on a lot which shall have an area of not less than two acres.

No more than forty percent (40%) of the total lot area shall be occupied by principal and accessory buildings and structures.

The minimum frontage requirements for each lot in the P-I District shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

Yard spaces for all lots in the P-I District shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

Industrial plants of a type which have no nuisance problems and which carry on processes within completely enclosed buildings, including the manufacture, compounding, assembly or treatment of articles of merchandise from the following previously prepared or refined materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, film, felt, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, pervious or semipervious metals or stones, sheet metal, shell, textiles, wax, wire, wood (except planning mills) and yarns.

Manufacture of toys, novelties, rubber or metal stamps and other molded rubber of plastic products.

Manufacture or assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radios and phonographs, etc.

Experimental, research or testing laboratories, provided that no operation shall be conducted or equipment used which would create hazardous, noxious or offensive conditions or noise beyond the boundaries of the property involved.

Administrative and general offices where no manufacturing or research is performed, including:

Motels, including meeting rooms and dining facilities in connection therewith; provided, however, that such motels may be erected only upon a minimum of one hundred (100) acres of common ownership, and construction may not begin until a minimum of one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of industrial building space is completed on the tract. Initial construction based on this minimum may not include more than fifty (50) room units; thereafter, one additional unit may be added for each acre of industrial area developed in the tract, to a maximum total of two hundred (200) units in any one motel.

Heliports, provided that they shall be in conformity with Federal Aviation Agency regulations, and there shall be not more than one heliport within a single P I District.

Public utility structures and facilities other than those of an industrial character, such as repair and maintenance shops, storage facilities, freight stations and freight yards.

Storage uses and building for materials, liquids, chemicals and similar items not permitted within the main building under Fire Underwriters standards, provided that outdoor storage uses shall be at the rear of the building and so arranged as to be minimally visible from a street or highway. Storage shall preferably be in a separate building of masonry construction, but outdoor storage shall be permitted in an area screened on three sides by a dense evergreen hedge and/or continuous masonry wall not less than six (6) feet in height. No other outside storage shall be permitted. The open side of the storage enclosure should face the rear of the buildings and should not be visible from the fronting road.

Warehouses and Distribution Centers. No conditional use permit shall be issued unless the following conditions are met:

Billboards subject to the following standards:

Lawn covering entire landscaped area with the exception of planting beds or wooded areas.

Appropriate foundation planting in the front of the building. All landscaped area shall be properly maintained in a sightly, attractive and well kept condition. If such conditions are not maintained, the Chief Construction Official shall cause the required maintenance by the municipality or its agents, and the owner of each lot so maintained by order of the Chief Construction Official shall be liable for all reasonable costs incurred. Wooded areas shall be preserved wherever possible without causing interference with the general plans, specifications and other requirements of the lot.

Residences and all other R-I uses, except parks and hospitals.

Prohibited uses listed in the C-1 District.

All permitted uses listed in the C-2 and C-3 Districts.

All uses listed in § 228-210BB.

Other prohibited uses listed in the P-I and I/M Districts.

All trucking businesses, terminals and repair shops, other than administrative and general offices.

Uses which produce as part of their primary business effluents other than domestic sewage.

Trailers intended or used for dwelling space, offices, storage or any other residential, commercial or industrial purpose, except that nothing herein contained is intended to prohibit the use of trailers for transportation or as construction offices and for the storage of materials and supplies on a job site during the period of construction.

Fast-food restaurants.

Mechanical amusement devices and mechanical amusement facilities.

Sex clubs and massage parlors.

Limousine or livery service.

Storage yard for wreckers and damaged or disabled vehicles associated with a wrecker operation.