Uses Prohibited in all Zones. No building or premises shall be used for any purpose that is noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise or vibration or that is dangerous to the public health or safety; nor shall any building or premises be used for any of the following specified purposes, except for industrial research or laboratory purposes.
1. Acetylene gas manufacture for commercial purposes;
2. Ammonia, chlorine or bleaching powder manufacturing;
4. Asphalt manufacturing or refining, where it is the principal function of the plant;
5. Blast furnace for steel making, not including cupola or converter furnaces used in foundations and in which no wood is used as fuel;
6. Boiler shops, structural steel fabricating shops, locomotive shops and railway repair shops. Metalworking shops operating pneumatic or electric reciprocating hammers or chisels within 100 feet of any boundary line of the property and outside of any masonry building;
7. Carbon lampblack, shoeblacking, graphite or stove polish manufacture;
8. Celluloid and other cellulose products' manufacture, storage and processing of nitrocellulose scrap but excluding colloid-treated fabrics;
9. Coal-tar products' manufacture;
11. Creosote treatment or manufacture;
12. Distillation of coal, wood or bones;
13. Electroplating shops, except those having artificial ventilating systems constructed and operated in accordance with the rules of the State Department of Labor;
14. Explosives, fireworks or match manufacture, assembly or storage in bulk, as principal or accessory uses including such uses which are for industrial research or laboratory purposes;
18. Glue, size or gelatin manufacture or processes involving recovery from fish or animal offal;
19. Glue, size or gelatin manufacture or processes involving recovering from fish or animal offal;
21. Incineration, reduction or dumping of offal, garbage or refuse, except where controlled by the municipality;
22. A junkyard for the storage of abandoned automobiles or other scrap material;
23. Lime, gypsum, cement, plaster or plaster of paris manufacture;
25. Oil storage in quantities exceeding 100 gallons, except where the oil is consumed on the premises and has a specific gravity corresponding to a Baume density of not over 36° and is stored in tanks located not less than 20 feet from any of the boundary lines of the property;
26. Ore reduction or the smelting of iron, copper, tin, zinc or lead;
27. Paint, oil, varnish, turpentine, shellac or enamel manufacture where it is the principal function of the plant;
28. Perfume and extract manufacture;
30. Printing-ink manufacture;
31. Pyroxylin plastic manufacture or the manufacture of articles therefrom, but excluding colloid-treated fabrics.
33. Raw or green salted hides or skins, their storage, coloring, curing, dressing or tanning;
34. Rubber caoutchouc or gutta-percha manufacture from crude or scrap material;
35. Sandpaper and emery cloth manufacture;
38. Sewage disposal plant, except where owned and operated by the Town of Kearny;
40. Soap, soda or washing compound manufacture;
41. Starch, glucose or dextrin manufacture;
43. Sulfurous, sulfuric, nitric or hydrochloric acid manufacture;
44. Tallow, grease, lard or candle manufacture or refining;
45. Tar distillation or the manufacture of dyes;
46. The storage of any radioactive material or substance, except when used in connection with medical diagnosis or treatment;
47. Wool pulling or scouring;
49. Disposal or storage of human effluent;
50. Disposal or storage of industrial wastes;
51. Nuclear powered generating facilities;
52. All medical marijuana facilities, except for medical marijuana dispensaries as permitted in the SKI-N Zone;
[Added 6-23-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12; 7-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-26]
53. All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in the 2021 Cannabis Act, and all medical marijuana facilities, under N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et seq. (the "Medical Marijuana Act") except for (i) the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service based and initiating from outside the Town of Kearny, and (ii) medical marijuana dispensaries licensed under the Medical Marijuana Act which are permitted only in the SKI-North (South Kearny Industrial North) Zone.
[Added 6-23-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12; amended 5-11-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-17; 7-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-26]