Hardyston City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXIX
I-3 Industrial Quarry/District
§ 185-133 Use regulations.
A.
Principal uses and structures permitted. The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted in the I-3 Industrial/Quarry District, provided that they meet all performance standards as set forth in Article XVIII.
(1)
Executive and administrative offices and business, research, industrial and manufacturing uses.
(2)
Executive and administrative offices of banks, professional and governmental uses.
(3)
Research laboratories, provided that no operation shall be conducted or equipment used which would create hazardous, noxious or offensive conditions beyond the boundaries of the property involved.
(4)
Industrial plants of a type which create no hazardous, noxious or offensive conditions beyond the boundaries of the property involved and carry on processes within completely enclosed buildings, including:
(a)
The manufacturing, assembly, extruding and/or treating of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials, such as canvas, cloth, cork, fur, wood, glass, leather, paper, plastic, rubber, metal, stone, shell and wax.
(b)
The manufacturing and/or assembly of toys, novelties, rubber-molded products, rubber or metal stamps and other molded products.
(c)
The manufacturing and/or assembly of electrical appliances, electrical instruments and component parts, radio, television and phonographs.
(5)
Moving and/or storage buildings.
(6)
Warehouses.
(7)
Trucking terminals.
(8)
Distribution terminals; parcel delivery and service distribution facilities.
(9)
Lumber and building material sales.
(10)
Wholesale business storage and warehouses.
(11)
Contractor equipment sales and service.
(12)
Farms, excluding residence uses.
(13)
Golf course, subject to the following standards:
(a)
There shall be no residential use of any golf course property in any industrial zone.
(b)
Minimum tract size shall be 200 acres.
(c)
Minimum buffer for greens and fairways shall be 75 feet. Minimum buffer for tee boxes shall be 25 feet.
(d)
All golf courses within the industrial zones shall include clubhouse facilities located within the Township with a building of at least 3,500 square feet.
(14)
Country club.
(15)
Other uses that are determined by the Board of Adjustment to be compatible with the specified permitted uses in the proposed location or which are of the same general character as the specified permitted uses and which are not objectionable by reason of nuisance elements; provided, however, that all residential uses are specifically prohibited.
(16)
All principal uses permitted in the B-2 Zone are permitted within an industrial park except for residence uses located in the same building housing a business use. An "industrial park" is defined as a tract of land that is planned, developed and operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial uses, with consideration to transportation facilities, circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics and compatibility.
B.
Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the I-3 Industrial/Quarry District:
(1)
Accessory buildings, not exceeding one story or 25 feet in height, shall be permitted for storage of materials, liquids, chemicals and similar items not permitted within the main building under fire underwriters' standards, as well as other buildings and uses which the Board of Adjustment may determine are customarily incident to the principal uses on the premises, provided that they meet all performance standards set forth in Article XVIII. No such structure shall be closer than 30 feet to any side or rear lot line, and no such structure shall be permitted in a front yard.
(2)
Parking of moving vans and other vehicles used in connection with moving and storage buildings.
(3)
Open storage. These standards aim to limit the visual impact associated with outdoor storage. The standards for open storage are as follows:
(a)
Storage shall be located within an area fenced or enclosed on all sides with dense evergreen hedge, solid masonry wall or uniformly painted board fence not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height.
(b)
Minimum setback requirement: five feet.
(c)
The total height of the materials stored within the enclosure must not exceed the height of the actual enclosure.
(d)
Lighting surrounding the storage area shall be limited to the lighting warranted to address specific security concerns and shall not be excessive or intrusive on adjacent property owners.
(e)
Open storage shall only be permitted in the rear yard.
§ 185-134 Bulk requirements and other conditions.
§ 185-135 Permitted reduction of lot sizes.
The Planning Board may permit the reduction of lot sizes from three acres to 1.5 acres, provided that the applicant shows that it has a sewer gallonage allocation approved by the Hardyston Township Municipal Utilities Authority and an existing connection or a right to connect to a sewer system served by the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority's centralized wastewater treatment facility.