Franklin Township Gloucester County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
B Business District 1
§ 253-113 Purpose.
[Amended 12-30-2019 by Ord. No. O-10-19]
The purpose of the B Business District is to recognize the area west of Fries Mill Road, both north and south of Grant Avenue, as a unique opportunity to create a new business flex zone, and to provide for a variety of new uses including office, commercial, light industrial, residential, and recreation. It is the purpose of this district to protect and provide opportunities for the existing development south of Grant Avenue to expand. At the same time the district will encourage planned business and/or residential village development.
§ 253-114 Permitted uses.
A.
Uses permitted on tracts with an area of 25 acres or less existing at the time of the effective date of this section. Land may be used and buildings or structures may be erected, altered or used for any of the following purposes and no other:
(1)
Food and associated industries.
(2)
Fabrication and assembly of paper and wood products.
(3)
Biological, chemical, electronic and pharmaceutical laboratories and scientific laboratories devoted to research, design and experimental operation of equipment.
(4)
Fabrication and assembly of computers and related peripheral equipment.
(5)
Manufacturing and assembly of electronic products.
(6)
Fabrication and assembly of metal products, excluding the processing of metals from raw materials.
(7)
Limited manufacture of light machinery.
(8)
Printing and publishing.
(9)
Instruments and related products including laboratory instruments, medical instruments, photographic equipment, measuring instruments, etc.
(10)
Hydroponics and greenhouses as part of a commercial operation for wholesale purposes.
(11)
Special trade contractors.
(12)
Municipal facilities deemed necessary and appropriate by the governing body of the Township of Franklin.
(13)
Administrative and business offices.
(14)
Warehousing and distribution facilities.
(15)
Self-storage facilities.
(16)
Outdoor storage of building supplies, contractor's equipment or crated and baled material in conjunction with a wholesale establishment not to exceed 10% of the developed portion of the site. Excluded are junk, scrap metals and materials, automobiles and other machinery or vehicles intended for dismantlement or demolition. All areas used for the storage of material are to be paved as per standards enumerated in § 253-50A(1). Area to be screened with a six-foot opaque fence and landscaped.
(17)
Agricultural uses, including horticultural, wholesale nurseries and the raising of crops and livestock, except as otherwise restricted, and buildings related to the same. Forestry in accordance with an approved woodland management plan, vacant woodlots and other similar agricultural uses.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Subsection A(17), regarding agricultural uses, and provided for the redesignation of former Subsection A(18) as A(17).
B.
Uses permitted on tracts of more than 25 acres existing at the time of the effective date of this section. Land may be used and buildings or structures may be erected, altered or used for any of the following purposes and no other:
(1)
Planned unit development in accordance with the following guidelines, provided that community-based (package) water and sewer system is provided and a minimum of 50% of the land is preserved as open space or agriculture:
(a)
Planned office and "flex-use" campus, provided that principal structures are provided on individual lots with an area of not less than three acres or more. The following uses may be permitted and no other:
[1]
Business, administrative, professional and governmental offices.
[2]
Research and development laboratories.
[3]
Warehousing and distribution facilities, provided that they occur in buildings in which a minimum of 10% of the building in which the warehouse and distribution occurs is devoted to office use.
[4]
Private recreational uses including, and of the same general character as, golf courses, driving ranges, tennis and racquet clubs, swim clubs, batting practice ranges. Outdoor tracks for motorized vehicles and amusement parks are specifically prohibited.
(b)
The following uses may be provided in conjunction with a planned unit development on lots with an area of not less than two acres or more:
(c)
A mixed-use hamlet, on not less than 50 acres, may contain the following uses:
[1]
Residential uses including single-family detached, semiattached, townhomes, and multifamily dwellings, subject to the following regulations:
[a]
The average residential density shall not exceed six units per acre.
[b]
Residential densities may be increased to eight units per acre if sewer and water service is extended along a collector or arterial street and connections are made to existing and future uses within 0.25 mile of the boundaries of the planned unit development.
[c]
A maximum of 40% of the residential units may be restricted to households in which at least one member is age 55 or older and no member is less than age 18.
[d]
A minimum of 20% of all residential units shall be made affordable to very-low and moderate-income households in accordance with the rules of the Council on Affordable Housing. There will be no development fee on COAH units.
[2]
A commercial section containing all nonresidential uses permitted in the Franklinville Village District, and in accordance with the area, bulk and design requirements of that district. Permitted uses include retail stores and services, offices and restaurants. The commercial section shall occupy not more than 15% of the area of the mixed-use hamlet, exclusive of lands preserved for open space and agriculture. It shall be located in general proximity to a collector or arterial street.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(2), regarding agricultural uses, was repealed 12-30-2019 by Ord. No. O-10-19.
§ 253-114.1 Accessory uses.
The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses:
C.
Enclosed facilities for storage of trash and recyclable materials.
E.
Retail sales of goods and/or materials manufactured or warehoused on site, provided that the retail sales area occupies no more than 10% of the building area.
F.
Home occupations in residential sections of a planned unit development as regulated by § 253-190.10.
G.
Farm labor facilities, customary farm buildings for livestock, for the storage of farm products or equipment or for the processing of farm products excepting therefrom the processing of livestock or as otherwise permitted by New Jersey statutes regarding agricultural uses.
[Added 12-30-2019 by Ord. No. O-10-19]
H.
Accessory solar energy system.
[Added 8-9-2022 by Ord. No. O-18-22]
§ 253-115 Area restrictions and regulations.
In the B Business District the following area restrictions and regulations shall apply unless otherwise indicated in this chapter:
A.
Uses permitted on tracts with an area of 25 acres or less existing at the time of the effective date of this section:
(1)
Lot area and coverage.
(a)
A lot area of not less than two acres (87,120 square feet) shall be provided for every building hereafter erected and used as an industrial facility. Each lot shall have a frontage of at least 250 feet on an improved street or road.
(2)
Lot coverage.
(a)
Buildings and structures: 30% maximum.
(b)
Total impermeable coverage: 50%, except that coverage may be increased to 65% provided that the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the approving authority that there will be no net increase over preconstruction conditions on the volume and rate of stormwater runoff.
(3)
Setbacks.
(a)
There shall be a front yard on each street on which a lot abuts, which shall not be less than 50 feet, provided that off-street automobile parking shall be permitted in the front yard not less than 35 feet from the property line.
(b)
There shall be two side yards on each lot, neither of which shall be less than 40 feet.
(c)
There shall be a rear yard on each lot, which shall not be less than 50 feet.
(4)
Open space. At least 20% of the total lot or tract shall be reserved for open space. Such areas shall be subject to review by the Planning Board. Natural features, such as trees, streams, soil conditions, water table and scenic areas, shall be considered in designing a project, providing open space and buffer strips.
B.
Uses permitted on tracts of more than 25 acres existing at the time of the effective date of this section.
(1)
Minimum tract areas and open space or agricultural preservation areas shall be specified as above for planned unit developments.
(2)
Frontage. Each planned unit development shall have a frontage of at least four hundred (400) feet on an improved arterial or collector street. No frontage shall be required on a public street for residential lots.
(3)
Coverage.
(a)
A maximum of 20% of the area of the planned unit development may be covered by buildings and structures, exclusive of areas preserved for open space or agriculture.
(b)
A maximum of 50% of the area of the planned unit development may be covered by impermeable surfaces, exclusive of areas preserved for open space or agriculture.
(c)
Coverage requirements shall be computed on the basis of the unpreserved areas of the entire planned unit development, as determined by a general development plan. There shall be no minimum coverage requirements for individual lots.
(4)
Setbacks.
(a)
Nonresidential lots not within a mixed-use hamlet:
[1]
Each lot shall have a front yard of not less than 50 feet, provided that off-street automobile parking shall be permitted in the front yard not less than 35 feet from the property line.
[2]
There shall be two side yards on each lot, neither of which shall be less than 40 feet.
[3]
There shall be a rear yard on each lot, which shall not be less than 50 feet.
(b)
Nonresidential and mixed-use lots within a mixed-use hamlet:
[1]
Such lots or buildings may have a fifteen-foot setback from the street line, provided that required off-street parking is provided to the rear of the building.
[2]
No side yard shall be required but there shall be a minimum fifteen-foot setback between all buildings and groups of attached buildings.
[3]
There shall be a minimum rear yard of not less than 25 feet.
(c)
Attached, semidetached, and detached residential lots within a mixed-use hamlet:
[1]
All lots or buildings shall have a minimum front yard setback of 15 feet, provided that required off-street parking is provided to the rear of the dwellings with access via an alley. If garage or driveway access to the street is provided in the front yard, a minimum front yard setback of 25 feet shall be required.
[2]
A ten-foot side yard shall be required where two or more dwellings are attached but there shall be a minimum ten-foot setback between all dwellings and groups of attached dwellings.
[3]
There shall be a minimum rear yard of not less than 25 feet.
(5)
Design and buffer standards within a mixed-use hamlet.
(a)
Required preservation areas may be utilized in lieu of the buffer strips required in accordance with the provisions of Article XII of this chapter; provided, however, that a buffer strip of not less than 75 feet shall be provided along all arterial or collector streets.
(b)
No individual building or group of attached buildings shall have a facade length in any direction exceeding 350 feet in the case of nonresidential structures, mixed-use, and/or multifamily buildings.
(c)
Attached dwellings shall have a minimum unit width of 24 feet and not more than six such units shall be provided in a building or group of buildings.
(d)
Traditional village development forms shall be utilized, including a grid street pattern, public plazas, the use of rear alleys, and sidewalks on both sides of all streets throughout the mixed-use hamlet.