Milltown City Zoning Code

Encourage the tendency of commercial development to cluster to the mutual advantage of both customers and merchants and thus to promote public convenience, prosperity and welfare.

To protect commercial development against the establishment of uses which would create hazards, offensive noise, vibrations, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare and other objectionable influence.

To protect commercial development against congestion as far as is possible and appropriate in each area by limiting the bulk of buildings in relation to the land around them and to one another.

All uses permitted in the B-2 Zone.

All accessory uses permitted in the B-2 Zone.

Public utilities required to provide the direct services of the utility to the consumers such as transformers and pumping stations but excluding warehouses, service or storage and treatment facilities.

Fraternal, charitable and philanthropic institutions.

Drive-in banks.

Satellite dish antennas.

Senior citizen housing.

The requirements of this district of lot area and width, yard dimensions, building coverage and height shall be listed in the Bulk Schedule attached and part of this chapter for the B-2A Zone.

All residential, service, commercial or industrial uses not specifically permitted in this zone.

Any use that may be noxious or injurious by reason of the production or emission of dust, smoke, refuse matter, coal or gas fumes, noise, vibration or similar substances or conditions is specifically prohibited.

Billboards or signs painted upon the exterior side or rear walls of any principal or accessory building or structure.

Any process of manufacture, assembly or treatment.

Lumber, fuel and building material storage works.

Arcades and amusement centers where more than 10% of the retail floor area is occupied by two or more of any one of the following, exclusively or in combination: pool table, pinball, electronic and/or amusement machines or devices of any kind. This prohibition includes but is not limited to machines and/or devices requiring electric current to be operable. Nothing herein shall be construed to bar the installation of the aforesaid games and amusements in a retail business establishment otherwise unrelated to the operation of the devices. However, in no case may the devices occupy more than 10% of the total retail floor area open to public access.

Car washes.

Adult book stores.

Live entertainment, go-go bars and/or cabarets with live entertainment.

Hookah lounges.

Tattoo/piercing parlors.

All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16, but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service.

Alternative Treatment Centers as defined in P.L. 2009, c. 307 (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-3) and the regulations implementing P.L. 2009, c. 307 (N.J.A.C. 8:64-2).

Smoke shops.

Vape shops.

For permitted business and service establishments: one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area of the establishment.

Off-street loading berths for all retail and commercial establishments having a gross floor area in excess of 1,000 square feet:

Public and private parking lots are permitted.

Banks: one space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.

Restaurants: one off-street parking space for each three seats, plus one off-street parking space per employee on the maximum shift.

For medical professional offices, off-street parking must be provided at the rate of three off-street parking spaces for each professional staff member plus one space for each permanent employee, or, one parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.

Where a nonresidential use is contiguous to a residential property, use or zone, there shall be a landscaped buffer strip along the perimeter of the property where it is contiguous to such residential property or zone. Such buffer strip shall be at least 10 feet in depth measured from the residential property line. The ten-foot width if the buffer strip shall be used as a planting strip on which shall be placed a fence and plant material (trees, shrubs, plants) a minimum of six feet in height. At least 50% of all planted materials shall be of evergreen species.

All elevators included in any project within this zone shall provide adequate width and length within the elevator car, and shall provide adequate elevator door width for use by any and all stretchers and such other victim transport utensils or other devices used by the Milltown Emergency Services Agencies.

All signs as specified in the B-1 Zone.

One freestanding sign may be erected to identify a retail center and to list individual occupants, provided that not more than one such sign shall be erected for 300 feet of frontage on a public street, and further provided that the aggregate area of all sides of any such sign shall not exceed 50 square feet. Such signs may be illuminated, but shall not be of the flashing type, shall not exceed the height of 15 feet, shall not be located within 15 feet of a public street or parking area driveway or within 100 feet of the boundary of a residence zone and shall in no way interfere with the safe functioning of any traffic control signal, directional device or sight distance.

Unless a particular sign is expressly permitted in this zone, it shall be deemed prohibited.