Leonia City Zoning Code

Public utility and telephone installations.

Offices for administrative, executive or professional purposes.

Scientific or research laboratories.

Warehousing and storage of products.

Assembly, fabrication and packaging of products from previously prepared materials or components.

Accessory uses, such as off-street parking facilities, truck and rail loading area, signs and other accessory uses customarily incident to the uses mentioned above.

Places of worship, subject to the following requirements:

Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 35 feet.

Side yards. There shall be a minimum side yard of 25 feet on each side of the building, except that on a corner lot the side yard adjacent to an existing or proposed street shall be governed by the front yard requirements of the street.

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 50 feet.

Minimum lot size. Each lot shall have a minimum of 40,000 square feet with a minimum width, measured along the front lot line, of 150 feet, and a minimum depth of 150 feet.

Maximum lot coverage. The total amount of land occupied by all buildings or structures on a lot shall not exceed 50% of the total lot area.

Landscaping and screening. Those portions of all front, rear and side yards that are not used for off-street parking shall be attractively planted with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns as required by the Planning Board. Adequate screening, as required by the Planning Board, shall be installed and maintained in good condition for a depth of at least 15 feet along the property line of this district and any abutting residential district.

Storage. No storage of any kind shall be permitted other than in a wholly enclosed permanent building.

Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Article XVIII. In addition, all ingress and egress shall be from a road running parallel to and east of the Northern Railroad of New Jersey as shown on the Master Plan of the Borough of Leonia.

Noise. There shall be no noise emanating from any operation or use measured 25 feet distant from the building where the noise originates or the nearest boundary line of the property, whichever is further away, which exceeds the values given in Table I below in any octave band of frequency after applying the corrections shown in Table II below. The sound pressure level shall be measured with sound level meters and/or analyzers conforming to United States of America Standard Specification for General-Purpose Sound Level Meters, S1.4-1961 or latest revision, United States of America Standard Specification for Octave, Half-Octave and Third-Octave Band Filter Sets, S1.11-1966 or latest revision, published by United States of America Standards Institute, New York, New York.

Odors. There shall be no emission of odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantity as to be readily detectable without instruments. Table III (Odor Thresholds) in Chapter 5 Air Pollution Abatement Manual, copyright 1951 by the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc., Washington, D.C., or the latest approved revision thereof shall be utilized as a guide in determining such quantities of offensive odors.

Smoke, dust, gases and other forms of air pollution. There shall be no emission of smoke, dust, gases or other forms of air pollution which would in any way violate the New Jersey Air Pollution Control Laws of the New Jersey Air Pollution Control Code.

Liquid and solid wastes. No wastes shall be discharged into any source other than a public sewer. All methods of sewage disposal shall be approved by the Borough Health Department.

Radioactivity. No activities shall be permitted which cause radioactivity in violation of Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 20, Code of Federal Regulations, Standards for Protection Against Radiation, dated June 16, 1957, or any subsequent revision or amendment thereto.

Fire and explosion hazards. All activities shall be carried on only in structures which conform to the standards of the National Fire Protection Association or Factory Insurance Association or Borough Building Code or Fire Ordinance,[1] whichever is more restrictive. All operations shall be carried on and combustible raw materials, fuels, liquid, and finished products shall be stored in accordance with the standards of such National Fire Protection Association or Factory Insurance Association. The storage of gasoline or any volatile or combustible liquid in above ground tanks is prohibited.

Vibration. There shall be no vibration which is discernible to the human sense of feeling beyond the immediate site on which such use is conducted.

Glare. There shall be no direct or sky-reflected glare which is visible to the human sense of sight beyond the boundaries of the immediate site. This restriction shall not apply to signs or lighting in parking areas which are governed elsewhere in this chapter or related ordinances.

An application for any building permit or certificate of occupancy for industrial use in District LI shall be submitted to the Building Inspector or the Construction Officer, in duplicate, on forms prepared by the Planning Board. The applicant shall also submit, in duplicate, all plans of the proposed construction and development, including a description of the proposed machinery, operation and products, as well as an affidavit by the applicant acknowledging his understanding of the applicable performance standards and agreement to conform with the same at all times.

If there is any reasonable doubt as to the likelihood of the intended use conforming to the performance standards, the Planning Board shall request a deposit of $1,000 to be submitted with the application which will be used to defray the cost of the special reports required to process it. The Planning Board shall refer the application for investigation and report to one or more expert consultants selected by the Board as qualified to advise on conformance to the required performance standards. Such consultant or consultants shall make their report within 45 days after his or their receipt of such application. A copy of such report shall be promptly furnished to the applicant. At the next regular meeting of the Board or within 30 days of receipt of consultant's report, whichever comes sooner, the Board shall render a decision in the form of a written report regarding said application. Any permit authorized and issued shall be conditioned on, among other things, the applicant's completed buildings and installations, in operation, conforming to the applicable performance standards and the applicant's paying fees in excess of $1,000, if needed, to cover expert's abovementioned reports. All moneys not used to pay for the services of the expert consultant or consultants, deemed reasonable and necessary by the Board for advice, shall be returned to the applicant at the time the Board renders the written decision.

The Building Inspector or Construction Officer shall investigate any alleged violation of the performance standards and, if there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation exists, shall notify the Planning Board. The Planning Board shall investigate the alleged violation and for such investigation may employ qualified experts. If the experts find that such a violation exists, the cost of the experts service shall be paid by the violator. If there was no violation, the Borough shall pay said costs.