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Pequannock Township
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VA

Hospital District

§ 360-40 H Hospital District.

[Added 11-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-16]
In the H Hospital District, the following regulations shall apply:
A. 
Use regulations. A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for the following purposes and no other:
(1) 
Permitted uses.
(a) 
Hospitals, health-care facilities or institutions, whether public or private, engaged in providing services for health maintenance and the diagnosis, care and treatment of mental or physical conditions of human patients, licensed by the State of New Jersey.
(b) 
Medical offices.
(c) 
Medical or dental lab.
(d) 
Nursing homes.
(e) 
Staff residences and overnight accommodations for employees or patients' visitors.
(f) 
Public recreation areas.
(g) 
Public parks and playgrounds.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Any use that is customary and incidental to a hospital, health-care facility, or institution, including but not limited to the following uses:
[1] 
Food and retail uses such as coffee shops, restaurants, florists, gift shops.
[2] 
Chapels, prayer areas, and places of religious or clergy consultation.
[3] 
Pharmacies, laboratories, laundries, offices, and other medical support uses.
(b) 
Signs, as permitted by the Township Sign Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. XIII, Signs.
(c) 
Off-street parking and loading as required by this chapter.
(3) 
Prohibited uses. Those uses which are not specifically permitted in the H Zone are hereby prohibited.
B. 
Bulk regulations.
(1) 
Lot area. A lot area of not less than 22,000 square feet for each lot shall be provided.
(2) 
Lot width. A minimum width of 90 feet shall be provided.
(3) 
Height. No structure shall exceed five stories or 75 feet in height, whichever is less. For lots with less than 150 feet street frontage, no structure shall exceed 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet in height, whichever is less.
(4) 
Front yard. There shall be provided a front yard of at least 100 feet in depth; provided, however, that for lots with less than 150 feet street frontage, there shall be provided a front yard of at least 50 feet in depth.
(5) 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard, which shall be 100 feet in depth.
(6) 
Side yard. There shall be two side yards, each not less than 15 feet, and the aggregate of the two side yards shall not be less than 40 feet.
(7) 
Coverage. No more than 30% of the area of any lot shall be covered by buildings, and no more than 60% of any lot shall be covered by impervious surfaces, including building area.
(8) 
Screening, landscaping and open space. Adjacent to a residentially zoned or used property and adjacent to public parkland, there shall be a planted buffer strip at least 25 feet in width, which shall be maintained to screen and buffer the use in the H Zone from adjacent properties. Said buffer strip may include the required side yard. No parking area or access drive shall be located closer than 10 feet to any residentially zoned or used parcel of land or any public park.
(9) 
Lot frontage shall be equal to lot width; provided, however, that for lots around the bulb of a cul-de-sac, lot frontage shall be at least 50% of the lot width.
(10) 
Lot depth. There shall be a lot depth of at least 200 feet in length.