Permitted signs. The following signs are permitted in accordance with the specified standards:

Prohibited signs. The following signs are prohibited as permanent installations:

Sign standards.

Fences and walls may be erected, altered, or reconstructed in accordance with the following regulations:

Construction. All fences shall be constructed in accordance with the following standards:

Driveways shall enter the street or road right-of-way at an angle between 75° and 105°.

The portion of the driveway between the existing shoulder and the right-of-way line, shall be paved according to Township specifications as a driveway extension in residential areas and improved with stabilized gravel in Agricultural or Rural Residential Districts.

Any curb opening shall be properly reconstructed to the satisfaction of the Municipal Engineer or the County Engineer along county roads. When curbing does not exist and conditions warrant, an adequate drain pipe shall be installed by the owner at the owner's expense, as determined by the Municipal Engineer.

Driveway grades shall not exceed 8% for a distance of 40 feet from any right-of-way line.

Driveway widths shall conform to the design standards specified in § 70-77 of Part 4, Site Plan Review. For permitted uses which are not subject to site plan review, driveways shall have a minimum width of 10 feet and a maximum width of 20 feet.

Driveways shall be maintained in adequate condition to permit access by emergency vehicles.

No driveway shall be constructed or maintained so that any part of it provides access to or from a public street at a point within 75 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way.

Nothing shall be erected, placed, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of 30 inches and 10 feet above the center line grade of the abutting streets or driveways within the triangular area formed by the intersection street and driveway lines and:

Whenever a front yard requirement is modified under § 70-36 of this chapter, the measurement line from that section shall be used in defining the triangular area rather than the street line.§ 70-44. Swimming pools.

Swimming pools shall be permitted as an accessory use to a residential unit in accordance with the following standards:

All swimming pools shall be constructed to the design standards as set forth by the National Swimming Pool Institute.

The right to farm is hereby recognized to exist in Mannington Township and is hereby declared a permitted use in all zones of Mannington Township. This right to farm includes, but not by way of limitation:

In addition to the uses, structures, activities and operations referred to in Subsection A, above, commercial farm operators may engage in any other agricultural activity as determined by the State Agriculture Development Committee and adopted by rule or regulation pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq.), provided that commercial farm operators are strongly advised to adhere to generally accepted agricultural management practices that have been:

The foregoing activities must be in conformance with applicable federal and state law.

The foregoing practices and activities may occur on holidays, weekdays and weekends by day or night and shall include the attendant or incidental noise, odors, dust and fumes associated with these practices.

It is hereby determined that whatever nuisance may be caused to others by these foregoing uses and activities is more than offset by the benefits of farming to the neighborhood community and society in general.

Any person aggrieved by the operation of a commercial farm shall file a complaint with Salem County Agriculture Development Board (SCADB), prior to filing an action in court.

To help parties resolve conflicts involving the operation of commercial farms, the State Agriculture Development Committee has also established an Agricultural Mediation Program. Mediation is a voluntary process in which a trained, impartial mediator helps disputing parties examine their mutual problems, identify and consider options, and determine if they can agree on a solution. A mediator has no decisionmaking authority. Successful mediation is based on the voluntary cooperation and participation of all the parties.

For the purpose of this chapter a "satellite antenna" is defined as an apparatus or structure which is designed for the purpose of receiving television, radio, microwave, satellite or similar signals, in connection to what is commonly referred to as a dish-type antenna.

Satellite antennas shall be deemed permitted accessory structures in all zoning districts.

Satellite antennas shall be installed no closer to any abutting street than the principal building to which it is accessory on that lot.

Residential development.

Nonresidential development. Except as otherwise provided below, any nonresidential development application submitted to the Planning Board that is required to produce at least one affordable unit (rounded to the next higher number if 0.5 or greater) pursuant to COAH's regulations found in Appendix E, N.J.A.C. 5:94-1 et seq., shall be required to provide such affordable housing. The calculation of the number of jobs and employment opportunities shall be in accordance with Appendix E to N.J.A.C. 5:94-1 et seq., entitled "UCC Use Groups for Projecting and Implementing Nonresidential Components of Growth Share."

The applicant may choose to satisfy its affordable housing production obligation(s) through the mechanisms permitted in COAH's rules, including, with Mannington Township's advanced written permission: a) on-site housing production in connection with residential projects; b) off-site housing production in the Township in connection with residential or nonresidential development; c) the purchase of an existing market-rate home at another location in the community and its conversion to an affordable price-restricted home in accordance with COAH's criteria, regulations and policies; d) participation in gut rehabilitation and/or buy-down/write-down, buydown/rent-down programs; and/or e) any other compliance mechanism pursuant to COAH's rules per N.J.A.C. 5:94 et seq. Evidence of a compliance mechanism shall be produced to the Planning Board at the time of application filing and shall be a condition of all "completeness" determinations. Thereafter, the satisfaction of the affordable housing compliance mechanism shall be an automatic condition of all approvals that must be satisfied in accordance with COAH's phasing requirements per N.J.A.C. 5:94 et seq.

Low- and moderate-income split and compliance with COAH's rules. The affordable unit(s) to be produced pursuant to Subsections A, B and C (above) shall be available to a low-income individual or household should only one affordable unit be required. Thereafter, each of the units shall be split evenly between low- and moderate-income individuals and households except in the event of an odd number, in which event the unit shall be a low-income unit. All affordable units shall strictly comply with COAH's rules and policies, including but not limited to phasing, bedroom distribution, controls' on affordability, range of affordability, affirmative marketing, income qualification, etc. It shall be the developer's responsibility, at its cost and expense, to arrange for the New Jersey Housing Affordability Service (HAS) or other administering agency approved by COAH and the Township to ensure full COAH compliance and file such certifications, reports and/or monitoring forms as may be required by COAH or the court to verify COAH compliance of each affordable unit.

Exemption. All growth share affordable units produced by virtue of this section shall be exempt from the payment of Affordable Housing Department fees.