Manalapan Township City Zoning Code
§ 95-5.2
Description of districts.
[Amended by Ord. No. 96-19; Ord. No. 98-04; Ord. No. 2000-02; 5-23-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-09; 5-22-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-16; 12-15-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-24; 12-15-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-32; 12-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-29; 4-30-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-02]
A.
The Township of Manalapan is hereby organized into zone districts as follows:
Suburban Residential Zones | ||
|---|---|---|
R-40 | Single Family | |
R-40/20 | Single Family | |
R-30 | Single Family | |
R-20 | Single Family | |
R-4 | Single Family | |
R-5 | Single Family Affordable Housing | |
R-T | Residential Transition | |
R-TF/TH | Two-Family and Townhouses | |
Suburban Conservation Zones | ||
|---|---|---|
RE | Residential Environmental | |
Planned Development Zones | ||
|---|---|---|
R-20/PRC | Planned Retirement Community | |
R-20/PD | Planned Development Option | |
C2-M | Neighborhood Business/Multifamily Option | |
ML-TH | Mount Laurel Townhouse | |
Commercial Zones | ||
|---|---|---|
C-1 | Regional Commercial Shopping Center | |
C-2 | Neighborhood Shopping Center | |
C-3 | General Commercial | |
C-4 | Commercial | |
LB | Limited Business (Tennent/Millhurst/Wilson Avenue/Smithburg) | |
LI | Light Industrial | |
OP | Office Professional | |
OP-3 | Office Park | |
OP-10 | Office Park | |
OP-10/ PRC-MLC | Planned Retirement Community - Mount Laurel Contribution | |
OP-10A | Office Park | |
NJSH 33 Corridor Development Zones | ||
|---|---|---|
GCRC | Golf Course Residential Community | |
CD-FS | Four Seasons Consent District | |
CD-KH | Knob Hill Consent District | |
CD-M | Meadows Consent District | |
SED-5 | Special Economic Development | |
SED-20 | Special Economic Development | |
SED-20/W | Warehouse Distribution | |
VC | Village Commercial | |
Rural Conservation Zones | ||
|---|---|---|
R-AG/4 | Rural Agricultural | |
R-AG | Rural Agricultural | |
R-R | Rural Residential | |
Public Zones | ||
|---|---|---|
PB | Public Use | |
Zone Overlay Areas | |
|---|---|
Airport Safety Overlay Zone | |
Flood Hazard Area | |
Freehold Road-Tennent Road Landmark Corridor | |
Route 33 Overlay Zone | |
Affordable Housing Overlay Zone-1 (AH-1) | |
AH-TH Affordable Housing Townhouse Overlay District |
B.
The regulations set forth in this chapter for each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class of structure or land within the district.
C.
No building or structure shall hereafter be erected and no existing building or structure shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building or portion of a building or structure to be used, designed, or arranged to be used for any purpose unless in conformity with the Schedule of Permitted Uses; the Schedule of Area, Yard, and Building Requirements; the Schedule of Minimum Yard Requirements for Parking and Loading Areas; and the Schedule of Minimum Required Buffer Areas and with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The schedules are included at the end of this chapter.
D.
Every principal building shall be located on a lot as defined in this chapter. Except for multifamily and nonresidential development no more than one principal building and its accessory buildings shall hereafter be erected on any one lot.
E.
Yards or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet the minimum requirements established by this chapter as set forth in this section and in the Schedule of Area, Yard, and Building Requirements for Residential Districts and Commercial, Industrial, and Office Districts.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The schedules are included at the end of this chapter.
F.
In any zone, all yard requirements, open space, off-street parking, and landscaping must be contained within that zone.
G.
In each zone district, each use shall provide off-street parking as specified in § 95-9.2B, parking location shall adhere to the Schedule of Minimum Yard Requirements for Parking and Loading Areas.
H.
In each zone district, each use shall provide off-street loading and unloading as specified in § 95-9.2C. In nonresidential zones, loading locations shall adhere to the Schedule of Minimum Yard Requirements for Parking, and Loading Areas.
J.
Standards for conditional uses are set forth in Article VI.
K.
Additional direction regarding the administration and application of development requirements and restrictions within the Township's zone districts is provided in Article VII, General Zoning Provisions.
L.
Buffers shall be provided in the zones specified in accordance with the Schedule of Minimum Required Buffer Areas.