Jefferson Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
District Regulations
§ 490-27 Prohibited uses.
No building, structure, lot or land shall be used in any zone in the Township of Jefferson for any one or more of the following uses, except as provided in § 490-22:
A.
Any trade, industry or use which is noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of smoke, noise, gas, odor, toxic effluent, dust, vibration or excessive light beyond the limits of its lot so as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health, safety or general welfare.
B.
Recreational devices and uses.
(1)
Sky rides, Ferris wheels, roller coasters, shooting galleries, arcades, game rooms and similar recreational devices or uses; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to the operation or maintenance of such devices for a temporary period of a nonprofit, charitable organization on land owned or leased by the same.
(2)
For purposes of this provision, nothing shall be construed to prevent an owner or lessee of land or premises within the Township from keeping thereon any combination of a billiard table, pocket-pool table, bumper pool table, electronic game device or pinball machine, provided that the total number does not exceed three in number, in combination or otherwise.
C.
Rendering plants for animal products.
D.
Mineral or earth mining resource extractions and/or processing activities or digging, drilling, excavating or boring for mineral or earth resource exploration.
E.
Manufacture or storage of explosives or fireworks.
G.
Any facilities or use of any property for the treatment of solid waste, including but not limited to an incinerator plant or resource recovery plant.
H.
Pool halls or billiard parlors.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection I, added 8-4-2021 by Ord. No. 21-14, which immediately followed this subsection, and which prohibited "[a]ll classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in Section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16, but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service," was repealed 12-13-2023 by Ord. No. 23-21.
I.
House boat on all lakes in Jefferson Township.
[Added 5-22-2024 by Ord. No. 24-12]