Lincoln Park City Zoning Code

The purpose of the industrial zones is to provide a protective zone for a park-like development of industry that is based on the performance of an industry, as well as the type of industry. In order to secure this type of development, the various criteria herein described must be met. These criteria have been established so as to provide a healthful operating environment for industry, for the protection of industry from the encroachment of commercial and residential uses adverse to the operation and expansion of such industry and to protect industries within the district from the adverse effect of other incompatible industries and, at the same time, to reduce to a minimum the impact of industries on surrounding nonindustrial land uses; to lessen traffic congestion; to prevent detrimental effects on the use or development of adjacent properties or the general neighborhood; to minimize pollution and the negative impact of industrial development on the environment; and to promote the health, safety, morals, comfort and welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the districts.

The industrial zones shall consist of a TI Transitional Industrial Zone, I Industrial Zone, AI Airport Industrial Zone and a PI Planned Industrial Zone.

Permitted uses.

Prohibited uses. All other uses shall be specifically prohibited.

Special requirements.

All industrial uses shall be permitted, provided that such uses comply with the performance standards as herein provided and provided further than such uses shall not be otherwise specifically prohibited.

Special requirements.

Permitted uses.

Special requirements.

Permitted uses.

Special requirements. An area of at least 50 feet in width and following lot lines of industrial property where adjacent to nonindustrial properties shall be properly landscaped and maintained to form a buffer strip.

Processes of assembly, manufacture or treatment constituting an unusual nuisance by reason of odor, smoke or noise, when placed in proximity to residential or business areas, including but not limited to the manufacture of animal black, lamp black, or bone black; the manufacture or refining of asphalt; the manufacture or processing of cork, fertilizer, linoleum or oil cloth, soap and glue or gelatin; the tanning, curing, storage or cleaning of hides and skins; the rendering of tallow or other fats; slaughterhouses; the manufacture of paint, oil and varnish; boiler works or drop forges; smelting mills, foundries, forges, or rolling mills; stock yards; vinegar manufacturer; starch, glucose or dextrin manufacturing; and the production of power except by diesel generators for emergency power and solar and wind energy collectors.

Any process of assembly, manufacture, or treatment constituting an unusual hazard of fire, explosion or chemical fumes and gases, including but not limited to the manufacture or bulk storage of fireworks or other explosives; the manufacture or bulk storage of ammonia, chlorine or bleaching powder; pyrexin plastic manufacture of article therefrom; rubber or gutta percha manufacture or treatment; wood pulling or scouring; sulphurous, sulfuric, nitric, picric, carbolic or hydrochloric acid manufacture; disinfectant, insecticide or poison manufacture; and the manufacture of poisonous or noxious gases except when they are limited by-products of permitted processes.

Junkyards or automobile wrecking yards, or yards used for the storage of discarded automobiles and yards used for the handling or storage of scrap paper, rags, bottles or other refuse.

The production, manufacture, extraction, distillation or refinement of raw materials for fragrances or flavors.

The keeping of hogs.

The erection of a building or the structural alteration of a building for dwelling purposes, except that dwelling quarters in connection with any industrial establishment may be established in industrial districts for watchmen and caretakers and their families employed upon the premises.

Public parking garage.

Truck or bus terminals.

Any process or experimentation which utilizes radioactive material or results in the production of radioactive wastes or by-products.

Used car lots.

Trailer courts as defined in the Trailer Court Code of New Jersey.

The processing of garbage or other refuse matter by the use of an incinerator or other means designed to dispose of animal or vegetable matter, trash, ashes or other refuse matter, either as a principal or accessory use, including the use of land within the Industrial District of the Borough for the dumping of garbage for the purpose of using the same as a landfill in connection with a sanitary landfill plan.

Dog kennels.

Amusements or commercial recreational uses such as animal zoos, carousels, roller coasters, whirligigs, merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels or similar amusements.

Drive-in fast-food restaurants.

Tank farms.

Retail stores and shops, except as otherwise permitted.

Outdoor theaters and bowling alleys.

Schools, churches, hospitals, sanitariums, correctional institutions, cemeteries, mortuaries and funeral homes.

Soil mining operations such as sand, gravel or clay pits or any other extractive industry.

Stone yard or monument works.

Outdoor display of food and merchandise.

Outdoor storage of automobiles, trucks, or commercial vehicles, machinery and supplies, provided that this provision shall not prohibit the outdoor storage of such vehicles, equipment, machinery and supplies incidental to the main use, effectively screened from the public street and surrounding properties by the main building, natural vegetation or plantings, and/or other screening methods as shall be required by the municipal agency and not located within any buffer area required by § 28-18.2C(2), 28-18.3B(1), 28-18.4B(2) and/or 28-18.5B. Overnight parking of any automobile, truck, or commercial vehicle shall be deemed to be outdoor storage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, in the PI and TI Zones no more than a combined total of six automobiles, trucks and/or commercial vehicles may be stored outdoors on any lot, and the area devoted to all other outdoor storage may not exceed 5% of the area of the footprint of the principal building.

Outdoor storage of excavation and construction equipment.

Fire and explosion hazards. All activities involving, and all storage of, inflammable and explosive materials shall be provided, at any point, with adequate safety devices against the hazard of fire and explosion and adequate firefighting and fire-suppression equipment and devices standard in the industry. Burning of waste materials in open fires is prohibited at any point. The relevant provisions of state and local laws and regulations shall also apply. In determining the acceptability of an applicant as to health and hazard to the community, under Chapter 17, Land Development Review, of the Code of the Borough of Lincoln Park, the judgment of the municipal agency shall prevail.

Noise.

Glare.

Shock. No use shall be permitted which disseminates any shock or vibration detectable by the unaided human senses beyond the boundaries of the lot on which such use is located. Detection of said shock and vibration may be made without the use of measuring instruments.

Electrical disturbance.

Radioactive radiation. No activities are permitted which would raise the radiation above the normal background level beyond the boundaries of the lot.

Air pollution. All provisions of the New Jersey Air Pollution Control Code shall apply.

Odors. No odorous material may be emitted into the atmosphere in quantities sufficient to be detected by the human senses without instruments at any point along the property line or at any point outside of the property lines for periods aggregating more than five minutes in any hour.

Solid, liquid and thermal waste. No waste shall be discharged into any watercourse other than the public sewer. All methods of waste disposal shall be approved by the Borough Health Department and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

More than one building or structure may be built on any one lot, provided that the total area of the buildings does not exceed the maximum lot requirements as set forth in Article III, Schedule of General Requirements, of this chapter and provided that all the minimum lot and yard requirements are complied with and further provided that each building or structure is related to one main permitted use on each lot, except as otherwise specified by ordinance.

Off-street parking is required in the following amount in relation to floor area:

The design of off-street parking areas shall be subject to the following requirements:

Loading facilities. Off-street loading and unloading facilities shall be provided for each establishment. No loading docks will be permitted in any areas defined as front yards.

All buildings, with the exception of airport hangars, must be finished with brick or stone veneer, split face or rib block or any other finished materials of aesthetic and structural quality meeting the approval of the municipal agency. All airport hangars must have one of the above or a metallic facade.

Landscaping.

Outdoor storage. All materials and equipment shall be stored in completely enclosed buildings or shall be otherwise screened by such walls, fences and landscaping as may be permitted by this chapter and determined by the municipal agency to be adequate to appropriately screen such materials and equipment from outside the boundaries of the lot. No outdoor storage or display shall be permitted in the setback zones.