Englishtown City Zoning Code
§ 620-19 I
Industrial Zone.
The following regulations shall apply in the Industrial District or Zone:
A.
Permitted uses.
(1)
Research laboratories with associated administrative offices devoted to the research and design of electronics, computers, telecommunications, robotics or aerospace products.
(2)
Computer centers with associated administrative offices.
(3)
Publishing houses and commercial printing plants.
(4)
Warehouse or storage of goods and products, provided no goods are sold from the premises.
(5)
Wood fabrication and assembly of wood products, such as but not limited to boats, boxes, cabinets, woodworking and furniture.
(7)
Farms. No storage of manure or other odor- or dust-producing substances or uses shall be permitted within 100 feet of any property lines.
B.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Storage and maintenance of motor vehicles and maintenance equipment owned and operated by the use.
(2)
Gatehouses and security structures.
(3)
Structures for the storage of materials and supplies.
(4)
Training facilities for employees and incidentally for visitors and guests thereof and of the management.
(5)
Cafeterias, clinics and service uses of a convenience nature for the exclusive use of employees, guests and visitors.
(6)
Signs, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(7)
Fences, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(8)
Off-street parking, subject to the provisions of § 518-10A(1)(c), Off-street parking requirements for particular uses.
D.
Required lot area. Lot area shall not be less than 60,000 square feet and lot frontage not less than 200 feet.
E.
Yards required. Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards not less than the depths or widths following:
(1)
Front yard setback. No principal or accessory building or structure shall hereafter be constructed or altered nearer than 50 feet to the street right-of-way line.
(2)
Side yard setback.
(a)
Principal building. No building shall be erected nearer than 30 feet to the sideline of any interior lot and on corner lots not nearer than 40 feet to the sideline which is coincident with a street right-of-way line.
(b)
Accessory structures. No accessory building or structure shall be erected nearer than 20 feet to the sideline of any interior lot and on corner lots not nearer than 30 feet to the sideline which is coincident with the street right-of-way line.
(3)
Rear yard setback.
(a)
Principal building. No principal building shall be erected nearer than 50 feet to the rear line of the interior lots, or the rear line which is coincident with a street right-of-way line.
(b)
Accessory buildings. No accessory building shall be erected nearer than 25 feet to the rear line or within 35 feet of a rear line which is coincident with a street right-of-way line.
F.
Maximum lot coverage permitted: 60%.
G.
Buffer.
(1)
All parcels of land developed for any use permitted in this zone shall provide buffer of at least 50 feet in width along the perimeter of the tract.
(2)
The buffer shall consist of an area containing ground cover and appropriate plantings of conifer and deciduous trees and shrubs as required by the municipal agency. The buffer shall be considered as required yard area and shall not be encroached upon by buildings, structures, paved areas, or detention/retention basins. All buffers required by this code shall be included in a conservation easement which restricts the removal of trees or ground cover except for the following purposes: removal of dead or diseased trees or selective thinning and trimming of trees. In addition, all conservation easements shall reserve a right-of-entry by the Borough for the purpose of maintaining the health, safety and welfare of the general public.