Hanover Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXXV
I-2 Industrial District
§ 166-198 Permitted and prohibited uses and structures.
[Amended 12-13-2018 by Ord. No. 35-18; 5-9-2024 by Ord. No. 10-2024]
The uses and structures permitted and prohibited in the I-2 Industrial Zone District shall be as set forth below. The intensity of operations shall not exceed the limitations imposed by the performance standards set forth in § 166-197 of this chapter.
A.
Permitted uses shall be limited to:
(3)
Professional, executive, or administrative offices.
(4)
Laboratories devoted exclusively to research design and experimentation.
(5)
State-licensed hospitals and nursing homes.
(6)
Indoor physical fitness facilities.
(7)
Data processing centers, but only within a planned commercial development.
(8)
Planned commercial developments (PCD) and planned industrial developments (PID). The permitted principal uses within a planned commercial development shall be limited to professional, executive, or administrative offices, laboratories devoted exclusively to research design and experimentation and data processing centers. The permitted principal uses within a planned industrial development shall be limited to laboratories devoted exclusively to research design and experimentation.
(10)
Accessory uses and structures customarily subordinate and incidental to the permitted principal uses above.
B.
Any use not specifically permitted shall be prohibited. No land or building shall be used or occupied for a use which will in any manner create any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable fire, explosive, radioactive or other hazard; noise or vibration; smoke, dust, odor or other form of air pollution; heat, cold, dampness or movement of air; electrical or other disturbance; glare; or liquid or solid wastes; in any manner or amount unless it conforms to the performance standards of § 166-197. In addition, the following uses shall be specifically prohibited:
(1)
Residential construction or use.
(2)
Retail or wholesale sales and services, unless accessory to a permitted principal use.
(3)
Public or commercial incineration.
(4)
Junkyards.
(5)
Dumps, lagoons or pits for the disposal or storage of garbage, trash or any other liquid or solid waste materials, except by the municipality or its agent.
(6)
Sand, clay or gravel pits, quarries or any commercial processing of earth or mineral extraction.
(7)
Tar plants and concrete or bituminous concrete processing plants.
(8)
The storage and repair of heavy construction equipment either within or outside the confines of a building, such as but not necessarily limited to dump trucks, backhoes, bulldozers, road graders, cranes, front-end loaders, flatbed trailers, portable or stationary cement mixers, compactors, rollers or blacktop paving machines.
(9)
Amusement devices, unless an integral part of the permitted accessory uses. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit amusement devices that are available for operation to the general public. Their use shall be limited to company employees and visitors.
(10)
Warehouse/logistics uses having characteristics that exceed any of the criteria for medium warehouse/logistics uses in the definition of "warehouse/logistics use" in § 166-4.
(11)
Refuse separation and recycling stations and refuse transfer stations.
(12)
Resource recovery plants.
§ 166-199 Required conditions.
[Amended 11-20-1989 by Ord. No. 37-89; 6-14-2018 by Ord. No. 15-2018; 12-12-2024 by Ord. No. 31-2024]
The following requirements must be complied with in the I-2 Zone:
A.
No building shall exceed a maximum of 45 feet in height, exclusive of roof tanks and supports, chimneys or head houses or similar enclosures for elevators or air-conditioning machinery, dish antennas or other apparatus. The foregoing roof structures shall not exceed 10 feet in height, nor shall their total area exceed 5% of the roof area to which they are attached.
B.
No building shall be permitted closer to any abutting street than 150 feet.
C.
No building shall be permitted closer to any property line, other than a public street property line, than 40 feet or 1.5 times the height of the building, whichever is greater. If the building varies in height, the setback requirement shall apply independently to each portion of the building, based upon the height of such portion.
D.
No building or structure shall be closer to another building or structure than a distance that equals or exceeds the height of the higher building or structure. If the building varies in height, the separation requirement shall apply independently to each portion of the building, based upon the height of such portion. Enclosed walkways may connect individual buildings and, for the purpose of administering this section, shall not be construed as an integral part of either building.
F.
The total floor area within all structures on any lot in the I-2 Zone shall not be more than 25% of the total lot area.
G.
The total maximum impervious coverage, including all buildings and paved areas, shall not exceed 65% of the total site area.
H.
Those portions of the site not covered with buildings, sidewalks, parking areas or other impervious materials shall be attractively planted with trees, shrubs and grass lawns as required by the Planning Board.
I.
Every building shall be faced on all exterior walls with a material as approved by the Planning Board.