Where the proposed use is likely to involve the circulation of shopping carts within the parking area, the width of the parking space shall be not less than 10 feet.

Parking for the disabled. Spaces shall be in close proximity to the main entrance of the building, and the number, location, size and marking of such spaces shall conform to the design requirements required by the State of New Jersey "Barrier Free Design" (N.J.S.A. 52:32 12).

Every parking lot containing two or more spaces shall provide handicapped parking spaces calculated according to the following schedule or in conformance with the N.J. Barrier Free Access Code, whichever is greater. Decimals resulting from the following calculations shall always be rounded up to the next-highest whole number.

Handicapped spaces shall be located in close proximity to principal uses and shall be provided barrier-free access to the same. Where multiple principal uses are to be served by a common parking lot, handicapped spaces shall be proportionately distributed through the parking lot.

Handicapped spaces shall be marked by both a "handicapped parking" sign and penalty sign, and by pavement markings as prescribed by the State of New Jersey.

Any structure must be accessible by means of a driveway that complies with the provisions of this chapter. Driveways shall be so laid out that it is possible to turn all vehicles on the lot and that it is not necessary to back any vehicle into a street, or any lot fronting on other than residential access streets.

Location of driveways.

The loading berth required in each instance shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 35 feet in length and 14 feet in height.

Off-street loading shall be either a bituminous or Portland cement concrete surface laid over a compacted gravel or crushed stone base course as per the standards of the Borough Engineer.

The standard off-street loading berth shall be provided only in a side or rear yard and shall be screened from the view of public streets and adjacent residential uses or districts.

Off-street loading areas shall not be used for the collection of trash or refuse.

Sidewalks shall be a minimum of five feet wide and four inches thick, except at points of vehicular crossing where they shall be at least six inches thick. At vehicular crossings, sidewalks shall be reinforced with 6 x 6 No. 10 WWF reinforcement or an equivalent.

Concrete sidewalks shall be Class B concrete, having a twenty-eight-day compressive strength of 3,700 p.s.i.

Street trees shall be planted at a ratio of one tree at least every 50 feet. Such trees shall be at least 2.5 inches' caliper.

The location of such new plantings or replacements shall be such that, wherever possible, conflict or interference with existing overhead or underground utilities or other facilities will be avoided.

A shade tree easement shall be granted to the Borough for the purpose of providing adequate room for the planting of shade trees along public streets where such an area does not exist within the dedicated right-of-way.

Street tree type. Tree type may vary depending on overall effect desired, but as a general rule, all trees shall be large deciduous trees except as needed to achieve special effects.

Maintenance of all trees and other plantings, including the removal of trees, within a shade tree easement shall be the responsibility of the property owner.

No property owner shall be permitted to cut down or otherwise remove a shade tree within a shade tree easement without first securing the permission of the Borough in accordance with § 371-2.

All land areas not covered with buildings, parking, or other impervious surfaces shall be landscaped with suitable materials. Landscaping shall consist of trees, shrubs, ground cover, perennials, and annuals, singly or in combination, and may include inanimate materials such as rocks, water, sculpture, art, walls, fences, and paving materials.

A landscape design shall be provided as part of site plan and subdivision submissions in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Every applicant for subdivision or site plan approval shall comply with the minimum standards as set forth in this section.

The Board may require additional landscaping beyond the requirements herein in order to create a desirable visual environment and an appropriate landscaping scheme for the site given the existing conditions and the proposed development.

Where an application for development is for a residential subdivision only, the minimum standards shall apply only to street trees and to common open space, stormwater management facilities and areas proposed to be dedicated to the public; however, additional plantings or landscaping elements shall be required in the subdivision where necessary for climate control, to reduce energy consumption, to create privacy, and to screen ground-mounted utilities.

All landscape plants shall be typical in size and weight for their species and shall conform to the standards of the American Association of Nurserymen for quality and installation.

All plants shall be tolerant of specific site conditions. The use of indigenous species is strongly encouraged. No plant may be installed that is listed as an invasive alien species in NJDEP's Overview of Nonindigenous Plant Species in New Jersey (February 2004), as it may be amended or superseded.

Landscape screening is required to visually buffer all trash enclosures, aboveground propane tanks, utility boxes, ground-mounted HVAC equipment and other similar structures.

Plants with pervasive root systems shall not be located where they may cause damage to drainage pipes or other underground utilities and stormwater management facilities and should generally be planted no closer than 10 feet, measured horizontally, from such underground utility.

In the design of a landscape plan, plantings shall be provided in the varieties, quantities, and site locations necessary to:

In the landscape design of sites, areas shall be designated for retaining existing trees and the replacement of trees cleared from the site.

Landscaping shall be located to provide effective climatic control. The east and west walls of a building should be the most-heavily vegetated to shade for summer sun and the north to northwest area for winter prevailing winds. The southerly facing side of a building should be shaded from summer sun but open for solar gain during the winter.

Plants' susceptibility to disease, their colors, textures, shapes, blossoms, and foliage characteristics shall be considered in the overall design of a landscape plan.

Local soil conditions and water availability shall be considered in the choice of landscaping.

In the design process, the eventual maturity of the plant shall be considered for its effect on circulation patterns, solar access, site lighting, drainage, emergency access and relationship to buildings and the streetscape.

Landscaping buffers are required to minimize and visually screen any adverse impacts or nuisances on a site or from any adjacent area. Berms may be used to achieve buffering effects in accordance with the regulations herein.

General requirements. Landscape buffers shall consist of a combination of deciduous trees, conifers, shrubs, berms, and, if appropriate, fences or walls, in sufficient quantities and sizes to perform their necessary screening function.

Buffers may be installed in required yard areas.

Buffers shall be continuous except for access drives as approved by the board of jurisdiction. Stormwater management facilities, parking, dumpster enclosures, accessory buildings or aboveground structures, and similar encroachments, shall not be permitted in the required buffer area.

Evergreen trees shall not be less than six feet in height when planted, and the lowest branches shall be not more than one foot above the ground.

The height of the landscaped screen shall be measured in relation to the elevation of the edge of the parking and loading area. Where the landscaped screen is lower than the elevation of the parking or loading area, either the required height of the screen shall be increased equal to the difference in elevation or the parking or loading area shall be moved to allow the plantings to be located in an area with a similar elevation as the parking or loading area.

Plant densities and structure requirements. The density of plantings and the requirements for structures shall vary with the width of the buffer in accordance with the following and Table 2:

Berm specifications.

The screening of outfall structures and emergency spillways from public view is of particular importance in the landscape design. This may involve integration of these areas as aesthetic landscape features, naturalized wetland areas, or active and passive recreation areas, in addition to their stormwater management function.

Detention and retention facilities should be located in cleared areas where reasonably feasible.

Basins designed as naturalized wetland areas shall be planted with a fringe of wetlands plants such as sedges, rushes, and forbs. The ground should be seeded with a wildflower or wet meadow grass mix but in certain circumstances may require sod or hydroseeding to stabilize the basin slopes. All plants shall be tolerant of typical floodplain and wetland conditions.

Planting other than wildflowers and grasses shall not be located within 10 feet of low-flow channels to facilitate drainage.

Provisions for emergency access as well as general maintenance of the basins shall be reviewed by the board of jurisdiction. Plantings shall be designed to disguise yet not hinder vehicular access.

All basin structures shall be designed to blend into the landscape in terms of construction materials, color, grading and planting.

The minimum width of landscape islands shall be eight feet on the side of parking spaces and 10 feet between parking bays. If sidewalks are incorporated through the long axis of the landscape islands, their width shall be added to these requirements. Where the parking lot design will result in pedestrians cutting perpendicularly through landscape islands, sidewalks shall be installed at regular intervals through their short axis.

Landscape islands shall be planted with a combination of deciduous trees, evergreen and deciduous shrubs, and ground cover at the rate of six large or medium trees, four small or ornamental trees and 60 shrubs per 100 linear feet along the long axis of the island.

Parking and loading areas shall be screened by a combination of berms, hedges, fences, or walls. The minimum screening height at planting shall be three feet, and they shall have a height of at least four feet within three years of installation. Loading dock areas shall be screened with shrubs a minimum height of six feet at planting and shall achieve a height of at least 10 feet five years after installation.

Parking lot lighting should be sited within landscape islands, however, without hindering necessary lighting coverage.

No more than 20 parking spaces shall be placed in one row of parking without an intervening landscape island.

Topsoil preservation. Topsoil moved during the course of construction shall be redistributed on all regraded surfaces so as to provide at least four inches of even cover to all disturbed areas of the development and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting.

Removal of debris. All stumps and other tree parts, litter, brush, weeds, excess or scrap building materials, or other debris shall be removed from the site and disposed of in accordance with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regulations. No tree stumps, portions of tree trunks or limbs shall be buried anywhere in the development. All dead or dying trees, standing or fallen, shall be removed from the site. If trees and limbs are reduced to chips, they may, subject to approval of the Borough Engineer, be used as mulch in landscaped areas, provided they have been properly composted.

Protection of existing plantings. Maximum effort should be made to save specimen plants. No material or temporary soil deposits shall be placed within four feet of shrubs or within the dripline of the trees designated to be retained on the preliminary and/or final plat.

Slope plantings. Landscaping of the area of all cuts and fills and/or terraces shall be sufficient to prevent erosion, and all roadway slopes steeper than 3:1 shall be planted with ground covers appropriate for the purpose and soil conditions, water availability, and environment.

All shade and street trees shall have a minimum caliper of 2.5 inches.

All ornamental and flowering trees shall have a minimum height of six to eight feet.

All evergreen trees shall have a minimum height of six feet.

Shrubs shall have a minimum planting size no less than 15 inches in height. Ground cover shall have a minimum two-inch diameter pot.

Trees and shrubs shall be of nursery-grown stock and shall be insect- and disease-free. Plants should be well-formed and healthy nursery-grown stock. The root ball should be inspected to ensure that it is undamaged and contains good-quality soil and that it encompasses the entire root system.

The quality and size of plants, spread of roots, and size of balls shall be measured and determined in accordance with AANI Z60.1-1986 (or current edition) "American Standard for Nursery Stock," as published by the American Association of Nurserymen, Inc.

All plant material shall be guaranteed by the contractor to be in a vigorous growing condition. Provisions shall be made for a growth guarantee of at least two years for trees and a minimum of two growing seasons for shrubs. Replacement of dead or diseased material shall be made at the beginning of each planting season. All replacements shall have a guarantee equal to that stated above.

"Disturbance zone" defined: that portion of a lot covered by existing or proposed buildings, structures, or improvements and within a certain distance around same as noted below:

Applicability. With the exceptions as set forth in this section, no person shall cut or remove, or cause to be cut or removed, any tree with a diameter of eight inches or greater upon any lands in the Borough unless the cutting or removal is accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this section. At the time of a minor subdivision, preliminary major subdivision or site plan application submitted pursuant to this chapter, a tree protection management plan shall be submitted if there are 10 or more total nonspecimen trees, or one or more total specimen trees, cut or removed or proposed to be cut or removed during development.

Woodland management plan. Plans for the harvesting of timber shall be in accordance with the standards and recommendations of the New Jersey Forest Service.

Requirements of a tree protection management plan.

Planting of new trees and replacement of trees.

Site lighting shall meet the standards in the IESNA Lighting Handbook, 9th edition or as may be amended, for maintained illuminance values for parking lots — basic (Figure 61) and average maintained illuminance level for pedestrian ways (Figure 63).

The minimum level of lighting in any portion of the parking lot shall be not less than 0.25 footcandle. The average level of lighting within the parking lot shall be not less than 0.5 footcandle. The maximum level of lighting in any portion of the parking lot shall be not greater than two footcandles.

The minimum level of lighting along any portion of walkway not part of a parking lot shall be not less than 1/2 footcandle. The maximum level of lighting along any portion of walkway not part of a parking lot shall be not greater than two footcandles.

The level of lighting at all intersections between access drives and streets shall be not less than one footcandle.

The maximum level of lighting on any nonresidential site in the Borough shall be 15 footcandles for specific uses where visual tasks are performed or where security is a concern.

The maximum level of lighting on any residential site in the Borough shall be 10 footcandles for specific uses where visual tasks are performed or where security is a concern.

The maximum illumination provided on any site shall not exceed the minimum illumination by more than a ratio of 10:1.

Outdoor display. Display of merchandise for sale or rent may occur outdoors under the following requirements:

All buildings in a development shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls facing any street or residential district line shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes.

The established grades on the site shall be planned for both aesthetic and drainage purposes. The grading plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to prevent erosion and silting as well as assuring that the capacity of any natural or man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water generated and anticipated both from the site and contributing upstream areas.

Trash enclosures must be enclosed behind an opaque fence or wall at least five feet in height, with an opaque self-closing gate. The exterior finish material of the trash enclosure and gate must be compatible with that of the exterior of the principal structure. Trash enclosures shall not be within 10 feet of any other structures.

Signs should strengthen the architectural diversity of the municipality's buildings. Signs which obscure or are of a different architectural style than the building's architecture should be avoided. Signs should be integrated with a building's architecture in terms of form, materials, color, and size.

Signs should be appropriate for the era in which the building was constructed.

Signs should not alter the way in which a building functions.

Designers should strive for creativity in the form and variety of signage within the size limitations set forth herein.

Designers are strongly encouraged to include symbols, images, and other graphic objects to convey the type of establishment using the sign.

The typeface used to represent words should convey the character of the establishment and the era of the building.

Contrast. The contrast of a sign's lettering and symbols with its background should be disparate to convey legibility.

The background of internally illuminated signs should not be lighted but only the individual letters, logos, or symbols that convey the sign's message.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the municipal, county, state, or federal government.