Hanover Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXXVIIC
I-5 Industrial District
§ 166-207.7 Permitted uses and structures.
The following uses shall be permitted in the I-5 zone district:
B.
Administrative, business and professional offices.
C.
Research laboratories.
D.
State-licensed hospitals and nursing homes.
E.
Indoor physical fitness facilities.
F.
Child-care centers.
G.
Conditional uses permitted in the I - Industrial District as regulated and set forth in Article XXI.
H.
Uses and structures accessory to and customarily incidental to permitted principal uses and permitted conditional uses.
§ 166-207.8 Prohibited uses.
[Amended 5-9-2024 by Ord. No. 10-2024]
Any use other than those uses permitted in § 166-207.7 above is 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 are specifically prohibited:
A.
Residential construction or conversion.
C.
Public or commercial incineration.
D.
Junkyards.
E.
Dumps, lagoons or pits for the disposal or storage of garbage, trash or any other liquid or solid waste material, except by the municipality or its agent.
F.
Sand, clay or gravel pits, quarries or any commercial processing of earth or mineral extraction.
G.
Tar plants and concrete or bituminous concrete processing plants.
I.
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.
J.
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 shall be prohibited.
K.
Refuse separation and recycling stations.
L.
Refuse transfer stations.
M.
Resource recovery plants.
§ 166-207.9 Required conditions.
The following requirements shall be complied with in the I-5 Zone District:
A.
Minimum lot area: 60,000 square feet.
B.
Minimum average lot width: 200 feet, measured such that 60,000 square feet of lot area are provided within 300 feet of the front lot line.
C.
Maximum floor area ratio: 25% of the lot area.
[Amended 7-26-2012 by Ord. No. 16-12]
D.
Maximum improvement coverage: 65% of the lot area.
[Amended 7-26-2012 by Ord. No. 16-12]
E.
Maximum building height: three stories or 45 feet, exclusive of roof structures and equipment, including but not limited to roof tanks and supports, chimneys, head houses or similar enclosures for elevators or air-conditioning machinery, dish antennas or other apparatus, which shall not exceed 10 feet in height, and the area of which, including enclosures for the same but excluding parapets of the same material as the building facade, shall not exceed 5% of the area of the roof.
F.
Minimum yard setbacks. The following minimum yard setbacks shall apply to principal buildings except when the buffer requirements impose more stringent setbacks:
(1)
Minimum front yard: 75 feet.
(2)
Minimum each side yard: 40 feet or 1 1/2 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. In no event shall a side yard abutting a residential district be less than 100 feet in depth.
[Amended 6-14-2018 by Ord. No. 15-2018]
(3)
Minimum both side yards combined: 40% of the lot width at the minimum front yard setback line.
(4)
Minimum rear yard: 60 feet or 100 feet when adjacent to a residential zone district, whichever is greater.
G.
Parking and loading. The requirements for parking and loading shall be the same as for development in the I - Industrial District.
H.
Minimum buffer requirements. The requirements for buffers shall be the same as for development in the I--Industrial District.
I.
Every building shall be faced on all exterior walls with a veneer material as approved by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, as applicable.
K.
Any portion of the I-5 District located within an airport hazard area shall comply with the provisions and limitations of the Air Safety and Hazardous Zoning Act of 1983, N.J.A.C. 16:62 et seq., as amended May 15, 1989, and as may be further amended.
L.
In addition to the requirements of this section, all of the provisions applicable to development in the I District shall also apply in the I-5 District. In case of conflict between the I District requirements and the requirements set forth in this article, the requirements in this article shall supersede the I District requirements.