Mine Hill Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XX
Buffer Zone Requirements
§ 310-155 Landscape buffers adjoining residential uses.
All commercial, industrial, institutional, essential services, or townhouse uses adjoining a single-family residential use or zone shall provide a landscaped buffer zone on the side or sides facing the zone in accordance with § 310-156 of this article.
§ 310-156 Buffer requirements for new residential properties.
Any newly created residential lot will provide a fifty-foot landscape buffer on the side or sides facing an established commercial, industrial, institutional or essential service use where no landscape buffer has been provided between the parcels. Where the side or sides of the newly created residential lot are adjacent to property zoned commercial, industrial, institutional or essential service which has not been improved, then the proposed residential use will provide a twenty-five-foot landscape buffer along that side or sides. Upon the development of the adjoining parcel zoned commercial, industrial, institutional or essential service, that parcel will provide a twenty-five-foot landscape buffer along the common line or lines so that the total landscaped buffered area will have a minimum width of 50 feet.
§ 310-157 Buffer between industrial and residential properties.
A buffer distance of 50 feet for buildings and 70 feet for vehicular traffic (including parking lots or loading areas) is required where an industrial use abuts a residential zone or use.
Required Landscaped Buffer Areas When Abutting Residential Zones and Areas | |
|---|---|
Zone | Minimum Depth of Buffer |
C | 50 feet (except buffer may be decreased if a buffer area is already provided on the adjoining residential property with a total buffer to be a minimum of 50 feet) |
O/I and ED | 50 feet (soil removal 300 feet) |
TH and TH-1 | 50 feet |
§ 310-158 Restrictions on structures or uses in buffer zones.
A.
No principal or accessory structures, no active recreational areas nor any off-street parking or loading areas or other use shall be permitted within the buffer zones.
B.
No access or driveways shall be permitted within the buffer zone.
C.
Buffer zones shall be provided to maintain a landscaped screen, with earth berms, fencing or combination thereof, within the front yard setback area of the lot. The Planning Board may require, however, that the buffer area be maintained in its natural state if the existing vegetation is uniquely suited as a landscaping screen.
D.
Underground utility easements shall be permitted, when deemed necessary or desirable by the Planning Board.
E.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner to maintain any buffers and replace plants if they die or repair or replace fences when necessary.
F.
When a required buffer zone abuts a single-family use or zone, the required minimum building setback shall be either the applicable setback distance or the required buffer distance, whichever is larger.