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East Greenwich Township
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CHAPTER 16

87 - CO CAMPGROUND OVERLAY DISTRICT

16.87.010 - Purpose.

The purpose of the Campground Overlay District (CO) on Block 204, Lots 19.02, 24 and 25 is to establish the existing campground as a conforming use and to provide strict performance and design standards permitting limited expansion of the existing campground use and space, with emphasis on mitigating off-tract impacts.

(Ord. No. 9-2018, 10-9-2018)

16.87.020 - Permitted uses.

1.

Full hookup or RV campsites.

2.

Cabin style RV model sites.

3.

Seasonal campsites.

4.

Non-hookup or tent campsites.

5.

Trails and trail related facilities as permitted by NJDEP.

(Ord. No. 9-2018, 10-9-2018)

16.87.030 - Accessory uses.

The following accessory uses are reserved only for the use of registered occupants and visitors of the campground:

1.

Registration office, administration and maintenance facilities.

2.

Active and passive outdoor recreation facilities including, but not limited to, ball fields, basketball courts, shuffleboard courts, horseshoe pits, swimming pools, catch and release fishing ponds, playgrounds and trails.

3.

Indoor assembly and recreational facilities including game rooms.

4.

Restrooms, washrooms and shower facilities.

5.

Self-service coin-operated laundry facilities.

6.

Convenience stores and retail not open to members of the public who are not registered occupants or guests of registered occupants of the campground.

7.

Personal services not open to members of the public who are not registered occupants or guests of registered occupants of the campground.

8.

Private access roads.

9.

Freestanding decks, sheds, and recreational vehicle accessory enclosures by permit only.

10.

Fire rings and/or pits and picnic tables.

11.

Other uses and structures which are customarily incidental to the operation of a campground.

12.

Dumping stations for the discharge of liquid septic and gray water wastes from a recreational vehicle or trailer holding tank. Dumping stations shall be connected to a public sewer or consist of sealed holding tanks and be approved in design and operation by the appropriate authority. Dumping stations are for the use of registered occupants of the campground only.

(Ord. No. 9-2018, 10-9-2018)

16.87.040 - Bulk standards and density.

A.

B.204/L. 19.02 and 24.

Minimum campground area 10 acres
Front setback (RV pad site) 60 feet
Front buffer (Friendship Road) 50 feet
Side setback (RV pad site) 25 feet
Side buffer 20 feet
Rear setback (RV pad site) 40 feet
Rear buffer 30 feet
Density (maximum) 7 RV/cabins/tents per acre

 

B.

N.J. State Code for Public Campgrounds.

Campground Overlay District uses shall comply with New Jersey State Sanitary Code Chapter XI Public Campgrounds N.J.A.C. 8:22 et. seq.; Authority N.J.S.A. 26:1A-7.

C.

Permitted Uses on B. 204/L. 25.

Lot 25 is principally comprised of environmentally sensitive and federal/state protected wooded freshwater wetlands. Permitted uses as allowed by NJDEP may include trails and trail related improvements.

(Ord. No. 9-2018, 10-9-2018)

16.87.050 - Performance standards.

The following performance standards shall apply to permitted limited campground expansions in the Campground Overlay District:

1.

Buffering. The campground shall be visually screened and sound buffered adjacent to Friendship Road and residential uses, and where deemed necessary by the planning board along the perimeter property line. Screening and buffering designs shall include retained natural wooded areas, new evergreen and deciduous plantings, berming, and sound walls. Screening and sound buffering (sound wall) in combination with berming shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet high measured inside the campground, and in no instances lower than the highest RV on site.

2.

Signage. One sign shall be permitted per approved campground entrance.

3.

Parking and Circulation.

a.

Number of parking spaces.

i.

One off road parking space shall be provided at each campsite.

ii.

A minimum of two additional parking spaces shall be provided near onsite coin-operated laundry facilities.

4.

Internal Private Accessways. [6]

a.

All internal accessways in the Campground Overlay District shall be classified as driveways. Subject to the township fire marshal, driveways designated for one-way traffic shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet wide and two way travel shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet wide (NJSSC). In order to preserve the rustic character of the campground setting, driveway surface materials are permitted as gravel or crushed stone subject to Board Engineer design specifications.

5.

Lighting.

a.

Campground lighting of buildings and driveways shall not exceed 0.01 foot-candles of illumination at site property lines.

b.

All external lighting shall consist of low level (not to exceed twelve (12) feet) shielded luminaries or downlights so not to produce point sources of glare or nuisances to adjacent properties and motorists. Luminaire level heights shall in no instances exceed the combined height of perimeter buffering of berming and sound walls.

c.

No outdoor lights serving as illumination for common recreational uses located within one hundred (100) feet of a residential property and Friendship Road shall operate beyond 10:00 p.m.

d.

Lighting Kelvin temperature shall be residential level warm, not to exceed 2700 K.

(Ord. No. 9-2018, 10-9-2018)

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See also: New Jersey State Sanitary Code (NJSSC) Chapter XI Public Campgrounds N.J.A.C. 8:22-3.2.