Peapack Gladstone City Zoning Code
§ 23-40.10
Conditional Uses.
[Ord. No. 751 § 27-3.10; Ord. No. 759 § 9; Ord. No. 1015-2015 § 2; Ord. No. 1030-2016 § 2]
a.
General. The Land Use Board shall not approve a conditional use unless it finds that the use meets all the requirements of this chapter, does not substantially impair the use and enjoyment of surrounding properties and does not substantially impair the character of the surrounding area and does not have any adverse effect on surrounding properties. All conditional uses shall be subject to site plan review in accordance with Article III of this chapter.
b.
Requirements for specific uses.
1.
House of worship and public or private school approved by the State of New Jersey, Department of Education:
(a)
The site must have direct access only from a collector road or arterial road.
(b)
The site must be located in the Borough sewer service area.
(c)
The site must be served by a public water system.
(d)
Minimum lot area: 10 acres.
(e)
Maximum height: 40 feet.
(f)
Minimum perimeter building or structure setback: 100 feet.
(g)
Maximum site disturbance: 50%.
(h)
Minimum on-site parking: compliance with parking standards set forth in this article.
2.
(Reserved)
3.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Land Development Ordinance to the contrary, recreation facilities in the RR-3 Zone owned and/or operated by a school shall comply with the specific conditional use requirements for the paragraphs below [with any deviations reviewed pursuant to N.J.S.A.40:55D-70d(3)] in place of the Schedule I, Table of Height, Area and Other Bulk Requirements (Subsection 23-38.4), for the RR-3 Zone:
[Added 5-14-2019 by Ord. No. 1071-2019]
(a)
Minimum total lot size of 20 acres.
(b)
Minimum contiguous frontage of 500 feet on a county, collector or arterial road.
(c)
Public sanitary sewer service and public domestic water service shall be available to the site.
(d)
Maximum building height for new principal and accessory buildings shall be 35 feet.
(e)
Maximum building coverage for all buildings shall be 2.4% of the total lot area, but maximum building coverage for new buildings as of the date of this ordinance amendment[1] used primarily for academic or school administration purposes (which shall be considered permitted accessory uses and structures associated with the permitted conditional use of recreational facilities in the RR-3 Zone operated by a school) shall not exceed 13,000 square feet.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance amendment was adopted 5-14-2019.
(f)
Maximum site disturbance of 50% of total lot area.
(g)
Minimum setback for all new buildings as of the date of this ordinance amendment[2] shall be 100 feet from property lines and street frontages, except no setback shall be required from Tax Map property lines that coincide with municipal boundary lines where the property on both sides of the boundary lines is commonly owned.
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance amendment was adopted 5-14-2019.
(h)
Parking shall be sufficient to accommodate the parking needs generated by any newly constructed recreation facilities operated by a school. The availability of school parking facilities on adjacent property in common ownership shall be taken into account in determining parking sufficiency.
4.
Private recreation facility.
(a)
The site has the availability of direct access to a major arterial road.
(b)
Minimum lot area: 100 acres.
(c)
Minimum perimeter setback for new structures: 100 feet.
(d)
Maximum FAR: 0.02.
(e)
Maximum height: 35 feet.
(f)
Parking shall be sufficient to accommodate the parking needs generated by any change in use or expansion.
(g)
Permitted accessory activities include social gatherings, meetings, parties, dinners and the like. Permitted structures include buildings, houses, stables, kennels, residential staff quarters, administrative offices and other structures used for the conduct of such activities.
5.
Home occupations.
(a)
The practitioner must be the owner or lessee of the residence in which the home occupation is contained.
(b)
The practitioner must reside in the home.
(c)
The practitioner shall not engage the services of more than one office employee. Use of the office by groups of other persons shall not be permitted.
(d)
The home occupation shall occupy less than 50% of the total area of the floor where located, excluding space used for a private garage or 900 square feet, whichever is smaller.
(e)
No clients shall, in such relationship, remain on the premises overnight.
(f)
The residential character of the neighborhood and the premises shall not be subordinated to the home occupation use.
(g)
Adequate parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with Article V so that no parking related to the home occupation shall occur on the street.
(h)
No retail sales shall be conducted on the site.
(i)
No more than one business visitor shall be permitted at any one time.
(j)
No sign identifying the home occupation shall be permitted, and there shall be no identification of such home occupation upon any mailbox.
(k)
No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, glare, fumes, odors, electrical interference, medical waste or other nuisance factors detectable to the normal senses or to radio, telephone or television equipment off the lot.
6.
Conference centers.
(a)
The facility shall not be open to the general public.
(b)
The facility may provide rooming facilities but no such facility may be occupied by a person or persons other than in attendance for training and instruction at the conference facility.
(c)
The facility shall not be permitted to host trade shows, or the like, which would attract the general public and for which a general admission charge is paid.