Pennsauken Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
§ 141-84
HI Heavy Industrial Districts.
In HI Heavy Industrial Districts, the following regulations shall apply:
A.
Use regulations. A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any lawful purpose not elsewhere in this chapter prohibited, except that:
(1)
No dwelling shall be permitted, except that living quarters for caretakers and watchpersons shall be permitted when employed on the premises.
(2)
No private dump or automobile graveyard shall be permitted.
(3)
Any of the following uses when authorized as a conditional use by the Planning Board if simultaneous with site plan review, otherwise by the Board of Adjustment if the Board of Adjustment has jurisdiction in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d(3):
[Added 8-5-2021 by Ord. No. 2021:22; amended by 7-21-2022 by Ord. No. 2022:16]
(a)
Manufacture, processing or storage of explosives, paint, gas or petroleum.
(b)
Abattoirs, breweries, meat-packing, tanning and curing of leather, rawhides or skins and manufacture or processing of fertilizer, wood pulp, disinfectants or soap.
(c)
Limekilns, manufacture of cement or asphalt and municipal waste reduction.
(d)
Manufacture or processing of rubber products.
(e)
Any other use which is or may be in comparable degree to any of the foregoing noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, vibration, illumination or noise, or which is or may be dangerous to the public health, welfare or safety, or which constitutes a hazard by reason of fire, explosion or otherwise; and any applicant for conditional use for any of the above uses shall show to the satisfaction of the Board of Adjustment that provision is made to adequately reduce, minimize or preclude an objectionable feature in the particular location, the noxious, offensive, dangerous or hazardous feature or features thereof, or the entire use itself, as the case may be.
(f)
A cannabis manufacturer and wholesaler, subject to the following conditions:
[1]
Such facility shall meet all of the requirements for licensure, and hold the appropriate Class 2 cannabis manufacturer license or Class 3 cannabis wholesaler license issued by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, Department of Treasury, State of New Jersey. The required local cannabis license must also be obtained from the Township of Pennsauken.
[2]
The minimum lot area shall be not less than one acre.
[3]
Shall not be any closer than 1,000 feet from any public or nonpublic school or preschool or child-care center, alcohol or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, behavioral health care facility or residential medical detoxification center, as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[4]
Shall not be any closer than 350 feet from the R4 and R5 Districts; 400 feet from an R1, R2 or R3 District, residential use or mixed use containing residential uses, as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[5]
Shall not be located within 500 feet of the property line of any existing church or house of worship, or any existing public park, playground or other publicly owned recreational facility, as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[6]
No facility may permit on-site consumption of cannabis or cannabis products.
[7]
No outside storage of any cannabis, cannabis products or cannabis paraphernalia shall be permitted.
[8]
Off-street parking shall be provided at a ratio of one space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area.
[9]
Blinking or flashing lights shall be prohibited.
[10]
Shall be in full conformance with the signage requirements of this chapter.
[11]
All other provisions that are applicable to the zone district and not in conflict with the foregoing conditional use requirements shall apply; provided, however, that such provisions shall not be applied as conditional use requirements.
(g)
A cannabis retailer, subject to the following conditions:
[1]
Such facility shall meet all requirements for licensure, and hold the appropriate Class 5 cannabis retailer license issued by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, Department of Treasury, State of New Jersey. The required local cannabis license(s) must also be obtained from the Township of Pennsauken;
[2]
The minimum lot area shall be not less than one acre.
[3]
Shall not be any closer than 1,000 feet from any public or nonpublic school or preschool or child-care center, alcohol or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, behavioral health care facility or residential medical detoxification center, as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[4]
Shall not be any closer than 350 feet from the R4 and R5 Districts; 400 feet from an R1, R2 or R3 District, residential use or mixed use containing residential uses as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[5]
Shall not be located within 500 feet of the property line of any existing church or house of worship or any existing public park, playground or other publicly owned recreational facility, as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[6]
No facility may permit on-site consumption of cannabis or cannabis products.
[7]
No outside storage of any cannabis, cannabis products or cannabis paraphernalia shall be permitted.
[8]
Off-street parking shall be provided at a ratio of one space for every 100 square feet of gross floor area, with the addition of one parking space for each employee to be present at time of peak staffing.
[9]
Blinking or flashing lights shall be prohibited.
[10]
Shall be in full conformance with the signage requirements of this chapter.
[11]
All other provisions that are applicable to the zone district and not in conflict with the foregoing conditional use requirements shall apply; provided however, that such provisions shall not be applied as conditional use requirements.
(h)
A medical cannabis dispensary, subject to the following conditions:
[1]
Such facility shall meet all requirements for licensure and hold a valid permit from the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, Department of Treasury, State of New Jersey.
[2]
The minimum lot area shall be not less than one acre.
[3]
Shall not be any closer than 1,000 feet from any public or nonpublic school or preschool or child-care center, alcohol or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, behavioral health care facility or residential medical detoxification center, as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[4]
Shall not be any closer than 350 feet from the R4 and R5 Districts; 400 feet from a R1, R2 or R3 District, residential use, or mixed use containing residential uses, as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[5]
Shall not be located within 500 feet of the property line of any existing church or house of worship or any existing public park, playground or other publicly owned recreational facility, as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the property lines.
[6]
No facility may permit on-site consumption of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products.
[7]
No outside storage of any medical cannabis, medical cannabis products or medical cannabis paraphernalia shall be permitted.
[8]
Off-street parking shall be provided at a ratio of one space for every 100 square feet of gross floor area, with the addition of one parking space for each employee to be present at time of peak staffing.
[9]
Blinking or flashing lights shall be prohibited.
[10]
Shall be in full conformance with the signage requirements of this chapter.
[11]
A security plan shall be submitted for the review and approval of the Pennsauken Township Committee and the Pennsauken Township Police Department. The security plan shall demonstrate how the facility will maintain effective security and control of operations. At a minimum, it shall identify the type and manner of twenty-four-hour security, tracking and recordkeeping of products and materials, surveillance systems to be utilized, and whether any armed security will be on premises. No application to develop a medical cannabis dispensary shall be approved without a security plan that has been reviewed and approved by the Pennsauken Township Committee and the Pennsauken Township Police Department.
[12]
All other provisions that are applicable to the zone district and not in conflict with the foregoing conditional use requirements shall apply; provided, however, that such provisions shall not be applied as conditional use requirements.
(5)
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing uses specifically permitted.
D.
Outdoor storage of materials and products. Outdoor storage of materials and products shall be permitted in all areas of the lot except the front yard.
G.
Conditions for HI Zone for use regulations under Subsection A(3)(a) for the manufacturing, processing or storage of gas or petroleum shall be limited to sites that have previously been used for the storage of gas or petroleum and for which site remediation cannot feasibly or economically restore the site environmentally to residential standards in accordance with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection standards.
[Added 5-23-2018 by Ord. No. 2018:07]