Gloucester Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Zoning Districts and Zoning Map
§ 500-301 Establishment of districts.
[Amended 12-13-2004 by Ord. No. O-04-37; 1-25-2016 by Ord. No. O-15-20]
To further the purposes and intent of this chapter, the area of Gloucester Township is hereby divided into zones or districts as follows:
Zoning District | Symbol |
|---|---|
Environmental Residential | ER |
Residential 1 | R-1 |
Residential 2 | R-2 |
Residential 3 | R-3 |
Residential 4 | R-4 |
Residential Attached | RA |
Apartment | APT |
Senior Citizen Residential | SCR |
Golf Course Residential | GCR |
Office Residential | OR |
Office | OF |
Commercial Residential | CR |
Neighborhood Commercial | NC |
Highway Commercial | HC |
General Industry | GI |
Business Park | BP |
Institutional | IN |
Parks and Recreation District | PR |
Floodplain District | FP |
Gateway Redevelopment Zone | G-RD |
Mingus Run Redevelopment Zone | M-RD |
Blackwood West Redevelopment Zone | BW-RD |
Lakeside Redevelopment Zone | L-RD |
§ 500-302 Zoning Map.
[Amended 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-32; 12-13-2004 by Ord. No. O-04-37; 2-28-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11; 1-9-2006 by Ord. No. O-05-52; 3-27-2006 by Ord. No. O-06-06; 7-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-13]
A.
Adoption of Zoning Map. The area within the Township limits as assigned to each district, and the location of boundaries of districts established by this Article are shown upon the Zoning Map of the Township of Gloucester entitled, "Zoning Map, Gloucester Township, Camden County, New Jersey" prepared by Remington and Vernick Engineers and is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" is hereby made part of this Land Development Ordinance and incorporated in full by reference thereto. The Zoning Map is on file in the Office of the Township Clerk.
[Amended 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-07]
(1)
Redevelopment plans.
(a)
Glen Oaks Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-97-17 adopted June 8, 1997.
(b)
Glen Oaks Redevelopment Plan, Amendment No. 1, Ordinance O-01-14 adopted May 14, 2001.
(c)
New Vision Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-02-30, adopted August 12, 2002.
(d)
Ordinance O-03-32 adopted November 10, 2003, to rezone Block 10801, Lots 1 - 9 from R-2, Residential to NC, Neighborhood Commercial.
(e)
Blackwood West Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-04-13, adopted June 28, 2004.
(f)
Blackwood West Redevelopment Plan district boundaries, Ordinance O-04-37, adopted December 13, 2004.
(g)
Ordinance O-04-37 adopted December 14, 2004, delineating the Blackwood West Redevelopment Area.
(h)
Ordinance O-05-11 adopted February 28, 2005, to rezone Block 13306, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, from HC, Highway Commercial to SCR, Senior Citizen Residential.
(i)
Lakeland Complex - Phase 1 (Block 12301) Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-05-25, adopted August 22, 2005.
(j)
Ordinance O-05-52 adopted January 9, 2006, to rezone various parcels as recommended and listed in the Reexamination Report of the Master Plan of the Township of Gloucester adopted June 28, 2005.
(k)
Desco Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-06-02 adopted January 23, 2006.
(l)
Ordinance O-06-06 adopted March 27, 2006, to delineate the SCR-HC, Senior Citizen Residential - Highway Commercial (Special Restrictions) Overlay District.
(m)
Moffa Farm Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-06-33, adopted August 14, 2006.
(n)
Interchange Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-06-23, adopted August 14, 2006, and amended, Ordinance O-11-17, adopted August 08, 2011.
(o)
GEMS Landfill Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-12-23, adopted September 24, 2012.
(p)
Ordinance O-13-13 to rezone Block 13004, Lots 1, part of Lot 2, part of Lot 3, Lot 4, Lot 5, and part of Lot 6 from GI - General Industrial to OR - Office Residential as shown on Exhibit B, Proposed Zoning Map within a report titled "Lakeland Road Rezoning Study and Master Plan Amendment," prepared by Kenneth D. Lechner, PP, AICP, Director, Department of Community Development and Planning, dated June 2013.
(q)
New Vision Residential Overlay District (NVR), Ordinance O-13-12.
(r)
Inclusionary Affordable Apartment (IA-APT) Overlay District.
[Added 4-9-2018 by Ord. No. O-18-05]
B.
Zoning Map amendments.
[Added 1-25-2016 by Ord. No. O-15-20]
(1)
To revise the zoning district boundaries as shown within Section 5.0, 2015 Recommended Changes within a report titled "Reexamination Report of the Master Plan of the Township of Gloucester," prepared by Kenneth D. Lechner, PP, AICP, Director, Department of Community Development and Planning, dated June 2015; and
(2)
To revise the redevelopment area boundary for the Glen Oaks Redevelopment Area is hereby amended to correct the boundary to be consistent with Ordinance O-97-17 adopted June 8, 1997, and Amendment No. 1, Ordinance O-01-14 adopted May 14, 2001, as shown on Exhibit 1 attached hereto.
(3)
To delineate the redevelopment area boundary for the College Drive Redevelopment Plan as shown in a report titled the "College Drive Redevelopment Plan of the Township of Gloucester," as prepared by Kenneth D. Lechner, PP, AICP dated April 2015, established by Ordinance O-15-08 adopted April 27, 2015, and as shown in Exhibit 2 attached hereto.
(4)
To delineate the redevelopment plan overlay district boundary for The Villages of Gloucester Township Redevelopment Plan as shown in a report titled "The Villages of Gloucester Township Redevelopment Plan," as prepared by Kenneth D. Lechner, PP, AICP dated June 2015, established by Ordinance O-15-12 adopted July 27, 2015, amended by Ordinance O-24-19 adopted November 13, 2024, and as shown in Exhibit 3 attached hereto.
[Amended 11-13-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-19]
(5)
To delineate the redevelopment plan overlay district boundary for the Blackwood Clementon Road Redevelopment Plan as shown in a report titled "Blackwood Clementon Road Redevelopment Plan," as prepared by T and M Associates dated August 2015, established by Ordinance O-15-19 adopted January 25, 2016, and as shown in Exhibit 4 attached hereto.
(6)
To delineate the Inclusionary Affordable Apartment Overlay (IA-APT) District boundary, as established by Ordinance O-18-03 adopted April 9, 2018; and Ordinance O-18-05 adopted April 9, 2018.
[Added 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-07]
(7)
To delineate the New Vision Single-Family Residential Overlay District (NVSFR) District boundary, as established by Ordinance O-18-14 adopted December 26, 2018; and Amendment thereto by Ordinance O-19-01 adopted March 11, 2019.
[Added 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-07]
(8)
To revise the redevelopment area boundary of the College Drive Redevelopment Area, as established by Ordinance O-19-12 adopted July 22, 2019.
[Added 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-07]
(9)
To delineate the Lakeland Complex Phase 2 Redevelopment Plan Area boundary, as established by Ordinance O-20-05 adopted March 30, 2020.
[Added 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-07]
(10)
To delineate the Little Pond Overlay district boundary, as established by Ordinance O-20-07 adopted November 22, 2021.
[Added 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-07]
(11)
To delineate the Lakeland Complex Phase 3 Redevelopment Plan Area boundary, as established by Ordinance O-20-08 adopted August 24, 2020.
[Added 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-07]
(12)
To delineate the Brittany Woods Redevelopment Plan Area boundary, as established by Ordinance O-22-07 adopted June 27, 2022.
[Added 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-07]
§ 500-303 Interpretation of boundaries.
A.
Zoning district boundary lines are intended to follow street center lines, railroad rights-of-way, streams and lot or property lines as they exist on lots of record at the time of enactment of this chapter unless otherwise indicated by dimensions on the Zoning Map. Any dimensions shown shall be in feet and measured horizontally and, when measured from a street, shall be measured from the street right-of-way line even if the center line of that street is used for the location of a zoning district line. The exact location of any disputed zoning district boundary line shall be determined by the Zoning Board of Adjustment pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70b.
B.
Where boundaries are not fixed by dimensions and where they approximately follow lot lines and where they do not scale more than 20 feet distant therefrom, the street center lines, railroad rights-of-way, streams and lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
C.
Where a zoning district boundary divides a lot, the location of the boundary, unless indicated by dimensions on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by use of the stated scale on the map.
§ 500-304 Applicability within each district.
The zoning standards, controls and designations apply to every structure, lot and use within each district and the district line extends vertically in both directions from ground level.