Manalapan Township City Zoning Code
§ 95-5.1
Zoning Map and Schedules.
[Amended by Ord. No. 95-12; Ord. No. 95-14; Ord. No. 95-24; Ord. No. 95-29; Ord. No. 96-19; Ord. No. 97-19; Ord. No. 98-04; Ord. No. 98-26; Ord. No. 98-32; Ord. No. 99-06; Ord. No. 2001-09]
A.
Establishment, authentication, maintenance, and revision.
(1)
Zoning Map. The locations and boundaries of the districts of the Township are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Map of the Township of Manalapan, New Jersey which is attached hereto and is hereby made a part of this chapter, together with all notations, references and designations shown thereon.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to Ord. No. 99-06, adopted 7-14-1999, a map, dated October 12, 1998, was adopted as the Zoning Map of the Township pursuant to this section. The current Zoning Map is on file in the Township offices.
(2)
Schedules. The Schedule of Permitted Uses; the Schedule of Area, Yard and Building Requirements; the Schedule of Yard Requirements for Parking and Loading Areas; and the Schedule of Minimum Required Buffer Area for zone districts within the Township of Manalapan are hereby established and are attached hereto and are hereby made a part of this chapter, together with all notations, references and designations shown thereon.[2] Requirements related to off-street parking and off-street loading are set forth in § 95-9.2B and C. Requirements related to signs are set forth in § 95-8.7.
[2]
Editor's Note: The schedules are included at the end of this chapter.
(3)
Date of Official Zoning Map. Subsequent to the adoption of this chapter, the Zoning Map shall be annotated with the date of adoption.
(4)
Maintenance of the Official Zoning Map. A copy of the Official Zoning Map shall be maintained in the office of the Township Clerk and shall be made available for public reference. Copies of all or a part of the Official Zoning Map may be reproduced for public distribution. The Zone Map shall be forwarded to the Monmouth County Planning Board in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-16. However, the Official Zoning Map maintained by the Township Clerk shall be the final authority as to the current status of zoning districts in the Township of Manalapan.
(5)
Revisions to the Official Zoning Map.
(a)
When, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and of state law, revisions are made in district boundaries or other matters portrayed in the Zoning Map, such changes will be made to the Zoning Map with an entry bearing the date of adoption, ordinance number, and a brief description of the change(s).
(b)
No changes of any nature shall be made to the Official Zoning Map except in conformity with the above procedure. Any unauthorized changes to the map or its contents by any person or persons shall be considered a violation of this chapter.
B.
Interpretation of district boundaries.
(1)
Zone district boundaries are intended to follow street, lot or property lines, or other natural lines such as the center line of water courses, ditches or lagoons, unless such district or zone boundaries are fixed by dimension on the Zoning Map or by description, and shall include contiguous lands acquired by the accretion or stream diversion by natural causes.
(2)
In constructing the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
(a)
Boundaries indicated as following the center lines of streets, highways or alleys or streams, rivers or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center lines.
(b)
Boundaries indicated as approximately following plotted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
(c)
Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official Zoning Map shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing thereon.
(d)
Where a zone boundary fixed by dimensions approximately follows and is not more than 20 feet distant from a lot line, such lot line shall be construed to be the zone boundary.
(e)
Boundaries of zone overlay areas are to be interpreted in accordance with the reference cited by the applicable overlay regulations.