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North Caldwell City Zoning Code

§ 107-27

P.I.P. Planned Industrial Park District.

A. 
In the P.I.P. District, a building or group of buildings may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following nonnuisance manufacturing, research, office and processing uses not specifically prohibited by § 107-19 of this article, and no other:
(1) 
Laboratory for scientific or industrial research or testing, including experimentation and project development, but not involving danger from fire or explosion.
(2) 
Headquarters or branch office building, constructed for and occupied solely by a single company or affiliated member of a single corporate family for administrative or management activities, including data processing and records storage.
(3) 
Assembly of jewelry from precious or rare stones and metals; professional, engineering and scientific precision instruments; optical goods; clothing and textile products, not including hosiery; and clocks and watches.
(4) 
Assembly of small office equipment, machinery and electrical appliances, such as lighting fixtures, toasters and fans, and small industrial and electronic instruments and devices, including the incidental manufacture of small parts.
(5) 
Manufacture of small or novelty products from previously prepared materials, such as bone, canvas, glass, horn and paper.
(6) 
Printing or publishing establishment.
(7) 
Indoor storage building or warehouse, not to include, however, truck terminal or similar establishment.
(8) 
Governmental and public utility use as permitted in the Office District.
B. 
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses and not detrimental to the neighborhood, including storage in a completely enclosed building or as permitted in a cafeteria located within a building and operated by the employer for the exclusive use of employees; employee recreational area; living quarters for watchmen, caretakers or similar employees; signs pursuant to the provisions of § 107-31 of this article; and private garage or parking area pursuant to the provisions of § 107-20 of this article.
C. 
Area and height regulations. In any P.I.P. District, the following area and height regulations shall apply:
(1) 
Lot area and lot width. Each permitted principal use or combination of uses permitted on a lot shall have a minimum lot area of not less than two acres, and each such lot shall have a lot width at the curbline of not less than 200 feet.
(2) 
Lot coverage and floor area. The lot coverage shall not exceed 40%, inclusive of accessory structures, and the total floor area of all buildings on the lot shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.
(3) 
Building placement. No building shall be located less than 50 feet from a street line or less than 30 feet from a side or rear property line.
(4) 
Height. No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet or two stories in height.
(5) 
Accessory buildings. No accessory building shall be built upon any lot on which there is no principal building or structure. No accessory building shall exceed the height of the principal building or structure. Accessory buildings shall be located at least 15 feet from any side or rear lot line and shall be at least 10 feet from the rear building line of the principal building. Every accessory building shall be everywhere distant at least 70 feet from the street line.
D. 
Specific regulations. The P.I.P. District is designed primarily to provide for modern, light, nonnuisance research, office and processing uses which do not detract from the residential or nonindustrial character of surrounding areas. Therefore, in addition to the applicable provisions of other general regulations of this chapter, the following specific regulations should apply:
(1) 
Each use permitted in the district shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building or within an inner court, except for parking and loading. Outdoor storage may be allowed in conjunction with a permitted use if the area used for storage is located or screened so as not to be visible from an adjoining property line or street.
(2) 
The area surrounding each permitted building or structure shall be suitably and attractively landscaped, and each building shall be designed so as to minimize external evidence of the nature of the operation conducted therein.
(3) 
No product regularly produced shall exceed one ton in weight, unless authorized by the Board of Adjustment as a use variance.
(4) 
All equipment shall be operated by electric power, oil, gas or other smokeless fuel, and each use shall provide and utilize such smoke, odor, dust or other control devices as are necessary to assure that the use will not constitute an objectionable condition and will comply with state standards.
(5) 
No products or goods shall be publicly displayed on the premises nor shall a retail establishment be permitted.
(6) 
Liquid or solid wastes. No industrial operation shall discharge untreated industrial wastes of any kind into any reservoir, pond or lake. The discharge of untreated wastes into a stream shall be prohibited. All methods of sewage and industrial waste treatment and disposal shall be approved by the Borough Health Department and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Effluents shall at all times comply with the following standards and any applicable federal, state and/or municipal standards. No effluent shall contain any other acids, oils, dust, toxic metals, corrosive or other toxic substance in solution or suspension which would create odors or discolor, poison or otherwise pollute the stream in any way.
(7) 
Along any residence zone boundary line in the Borough or any similar zone boundary line in an adjoining municipality, a buffer area shall be provided which shall be not less than 70 feet in width. The required area shall be measured from the boundary line or from the street line where the street constitutes the boundary line. The 30 feet of such buffer space nearest the zone of the Borough boundary line shall be used only as a buffer planting strip on which shall be placed shrubbery, trees or other suitable plantings sufficient to constitute an effective screen. Where a street constitutes the boundary, a screen effect will not be required. The remaining 40 feet of space may be used for off-street parking or for any permitted purpose other than a building or permanent structure or any processing activity.
(8) 
Where necessary, adequate provision shall be made to supplement public fire-fighting facilities.
(9) 
Radioactivity. No activities shall be permitted which cause radioactivity in violation of 10 CFR 1.20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation, dated June 16, 1957, or any subsequent revision or amendment thereto.
(10) 
Odors. There shall be no emission of odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantity as to be readily detectable without instruments. Table III, Odor Thresholds, in Chapter 5, Air Pollution Abatement Manual, copyright 1951 by the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc., Washington, D.C., or the latest approved revision thereof, shall be utilized as a guide in determining such quantities of offensive odors.
(11) 
Each use shall comply with the provisions of Article IV concerning site plan review prior to the issuance of any necessary building permit.
E. 
Parking requirements. Parking and loading spaces shall be as set forth in § 107-20 of this article.