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Manalapan Township City Zoning Code

§ 95-6.6

Elementary and secondary schools.

Public, parochial or private elementary or secondary schools, but not trade or business schools duly licensed by the State of New Jersey, attendance at which is sufficient compliance with the compulsory education requirements of the state may be permitted as a conditional use in those zones specified, provided that the use and/or structures shall adhere to the minimum standards of the particular zone and the following:
A. 
Convents, social halls and similar uses which are accessory to the educational use shall be permitted.
B. 
Elementary schools shall have a minimum lot area of five acres plus one acre for each 100 students or fraction thereof.
C. 
Intermediate or secondary schools or institutions of higher learning shall have a minimum lot area of 10 acres plus one acre for each 100 students or fraction thereof.
D. 
Educational uses shall be screened from adjacent residential zones or existing residences adjacent to the site and/or shall provide fencing along such property lines as may be deemed adequate by the Planning Board.
E. 
Wall and ground signs shall be permitted subject to the design requirements of Article VIII and to the requirements of the zoning district.
F. 
The curriculum shall be approved by the New Jersey Department of Education.
G. 
The minimum street frontage for a school shall be 500 feet.
H. 
A front and rear yard, each with a depth of not less than 100 feet and two side yards, each with a width of not less than 100 feet, shall be provided. No parking or play area shall be allowed within 75 feet of any street or property line, and no buildings shall be allowed within 125 feet of any property line.
I. 
No driveway shall open onto a public street or road within 150 feet of an intersection of any such street or road with another public street or road. In determining the suitability of a proposed or existing driveway upon the site, the Board shall consider such factors as grade and site clearance, the number, location and design of ingress and egress points, the volume of traffic which may be anticipated on the site and upon adjoining roads and the condition and width of pavement of adjoining roads.
J. 
Illumination for night athletic activities shall be shielded from view from adjoining streets and residential areas.