Old Tappan City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Local Business District B-1
§ 255-15 Permitted uses.
In any B-1 Business District the following uses only shall be permitted and subject to regulation as provided:
A.
Any use permitted in the residence districts subject to the area and bulk requirements of the least restrictive residence district immediately adjoining, except a use described in § 255-8 or any other residential dwelling use.
B.
Professional, business and government offices.
C.
Banks and other financial institutions.
D.
Restaurants including restaurants where food and beverage are sold within the premises primarily for consumption therein and take-out restaurants where food and beverage are sold primarily for consumption outside the premises except as provided in Subsection N hereinbelow.
E.
Medical clinics.
F.
Laboratories (for research, experiments and testing which are not noxious or hazardous).
G.
Storage facilities that are an integral part of and contained within the same structure as their business offices and which do not exceed 50% of the floor area of the structure.
H.
Private clubrooms and places of assembly for nonprofit organizations such as veterans' organizations, lodges, etc.
I.
Bus stations, provided that there is no maintenance, repair or storage of vehicles on the premises.
J.
Gas stations and public garages subject to the following regulations:
(1)
No repair work is performed out of doors.
(2)
Gas pumps, lubricating or other devices are located at least 35 feet from any street or highway property line, and all fuel, oil or similar inflammables are stored at least 35 feet from any street or lot line.
(3)
All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles and similar articles are stored within a building.
(4)
No such garage or service station shall be located on a lot if any part of the lot is situated within a radius 1,500 of any lot containing:
(a)
A public school or playground or lands held by any board of education for school playground or other purposes.
(b)
A duly organized school other than a public school conducted for children under 16 years of age and given regular instruction at least five days a week for eight or more months a year.
(c)
Any hospital, public, charitable or private, maintaining at least 15 beds for patients.
(d)
A church with seating capacity for 100 or more persons.
(e)
Any apartment house, including garden apartments.
(f)
A theater containing at least 300 seats.
(g)
Any public playground or athletic field.
(h)
Another gas station or public garage.
(5)
No provision in Subsection I of this section shall be deemed to repeal, expressly or by implication, any provisions of any other ordinance of the Borough of Old Tappan regulating or licensing gasoline filling stations.
K.
A retail and personal service business, provided that the building in which such retail and personal service business is conducted has a floor area not in excess of 17,000 square feet.
L.
A retail and personal service business with the building in which such retail and personal service business is conducted having a floor area in excess of 17,000 square feet, without regard to whether the unit of such retail and personal service business is single or multiple, provided that the existence, location and extent of such retail and personal service business and a site plan therefor, meeting the requirements of Chapter 218, Subdivision of Land, is first approved by the Planning Board after hearing, whose findings shall give due consideration to the following standards:
(1)
Avoiding undue congestion in the streets.
(2)
Procuring safety from panic and other danger.
(3)
Providing adequate light and air.
(4)
Preventing overcrowding of buildings on land.
(5)
Avoiding undue concentration of population.
(6)
Encouraging the most appropriate use of land within the Borough in accordance with a comprehensive plan.
(7)
Conserving the value of property.
(8)
Encouraging harmonious visual relationship between buildings, improvements and surrounding land area.
(9)
Promoting health, safety and general welfare.
M.
Retail and personal service businesses are subject to the following regulations:
(1)
No fabricating, manufacturing, converting, finishing or assembling shall be permitted within such store except when:
(a)
Such use is clearly incidental to a permitted retail use;
(b)
No work is done on the premises for retail sale elsewhere.
(2)
Stock-in-trade, merchandise and supplies of such business may not be stored, displayed or exhibited outside the confines of the structure unless display or exhibition is done in compliance with the following:
(a)
During regular business hours, displays of stock-in-trade and merchandise are permitted, provided that during the hours the business is closed the stock-in-trade is stored within the confines of the building.
(b)
The display must be within six feet of the front of the building and within its sidelines.
N.
No drive-in restaurant or refreshment stand commonly called, snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger stands or hot dog stands where customers and patrons are served food, soft drinks or ice cream for their immediate consumption outside of the confines of the building or structure in which the business is conducted shall be permitted.
O.
Martial arts schools, dance schools and such other similar uses shall be considered personal service businesses for purposes of this section and shall therefore be subject to the restrictions as set forth for retail and personal service businesses as set forth in Subsections K and L of this § 255-15.
P.
Child care centers for which a license is required from the Department of Human Services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.
§ 255-16 Accessory uses; signs.
Customary accessory uses, including business signs, shall be permitted. Such signs shall be subject to the provisions of Article XVI of this chapter.
