Linden City Zoning Code
§ 31-19.8
Restaurants, Drive-Ins and Restaurants, Fast Food.
[1979 Code § 22-4.3g; Ord. No. 20-163; Ord. No. 25-7; Ord. No. 25-24; Ord. No. 25-35; Ord. No. 29-47; Ord. No. 60-1 § 3]
The required lot area, yards and building bulk limitations for the above use shall be as follows:
a.
Minimum lot size—thirty thousand (30,000) square feet.
b.
Minimum lot width—one hundred fifty (150) feet.
c.
Minimum lot depth—two hundred (200) feet.
d.
Minimum required yard width for a principal building front yard—twenty-five (25) feet.
e.
Accessory building, one (1) side yard—twelve (12) feet; both side yards; twenty-four (24) feet.
f.
Rear yard—twenty-five (25) feet.
g.
Maximum building height—one (1) store or eighteen (18) feet, whichever the lesser.
h.
Maximum percent lot coverage by buildings—fifteen (15%) percent.
i.
Maximum percent lot coverage of all improvements (building and all paved areas)—ninety (90%) percent.
j.
Minimum habitable floor area—two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.
k.
Transition requirements—Where a drive-in restaurant or fast food restaurant is proposed to abut a residential zone, a buffer area of a minimum of fifteen (15) feet in width shall be established along the common lot line of the adjoining residential use or residential zone, whichever the case. The buffer area shall be landscaped with deciduous and coniferous trees to provide a year-round visual screen from the drive-in restaurant or fast food restaurant site to adjoining property. Tree plantings shall be a minimum of four (4) feet in height.
l.
Drive-through lanes must be separated from parking areas and circulation aisles with a 3 to 5-foot landscaped island which is located and designed in a manner that provides safe ingress and egress to and from the drive-through.