This zone district is designed for a building or group of buildings designed to be maintained and operated as a single coordinated and retail center and used exclusively for retail sales and services, and business or professional offices.

A.

Principal uses.

1.

All uses permitted in the B-1 Neighborhood Business Zone, except residential use.

2.

Stores and shops for the conducting of any retail or service establishment not specifically prohibited by this Chapter.

3.

Business and professional offices, banks and fiduciary institutions.

4.

Restaurants, taverns, grills and other eating establishments.

5.

Assembly hall, bowling alley, theater and commercial recreational activities provided that the entire use takes place within a building with suitable acoustical construction so as to abate noise beyond the buildings walls.

B.

Accessory uses.

1.

Customary accessory uses to the uses permitted above are permitted accessory uses.

2.

Outdoor storage, pursuant to the requirements in section 15-42.

3.

Outdoor dining areas associated with restaurants and limited-service restaurants. Seating for outdoor dining shall not exceed 16 seats or 20 percent of the indoor seating, whichever is greater. There shall be no limitation on the number of seats for outdoor dining at limited-service restaurants with no indoor seating whose primary business involves the seasonal service of ice cream. Outdoor dining shall not be conducted after 10:00 p.m. except that outdoor dining shall be permitted until 11:00 p.m. (i) if the primary business of the limited-service restaurant involves the seasonal service of ice cream; or (ii) if the designated outdoor dining area is located between the restaurant building or limited-service restaurant building and a major arterial road as that term is defined in the Township of Randolph's Master Plan. An application may be made for permission to operate beyond the time periods listed above if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the appropriate Board as set forth below in a written analysis that site conditions allow sound generated from outdoor dining to be in compliance with Section 15-49.12 (Noise) of the Land Development Ordinance of the Township of Randolph. Such an application shall be made as follows: (1) to the Planning Board if there is no application pending before either the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment; (2) to the Planning Board if there is an application pending before the Planning Board; or (3) to the Board of Adjustment if there is an application pending before the Board of Adjustment.

C.

Conditional uses.

1.

Automobile service stations.

2.

Institutional uses, government uses and public utility facilities.

3.

Commercial greenhouses.

(Ord. No. 8-02, § 2, 2-21-2002; Ord. No. 21-11, § 1, 11-3-2011)

Any use other than those listed above is prohibited and, in addition, the following uses are specifically prohibited:

A.

Residential use.

B.

Industrial operation or use, including any process of manufacture, fabrication, assembly, disassembly, extraction, treatment, conversion or alteration of any materials, unless clearly incidental or accessory to the permitted principal use.

C.

Any business operation conducted partially or wholly outside the confines of a building, except as provided in 15-42.

A.

Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet.

B.

Minimum lot dimensions: Neither the width nor the depth of any lot shall be less than 200 feet.

C.

Minimum front yard: 75 feet.

D.

Minimum side yard: There shall be 2 side yards and no side yard shall be less than 25 feet.

E.

Minimum rear yard: 50 feet.

F.

Maximum height: Two stories or 45 feet, whichever results in the lesser height.

G.

Maximum floor area ratio: .20.

H.

Maximum impervious coverage. 60 percent of the total lot area.

I.

Distance between buildings. Unattached buildings shall not be erected closer than 30 feet to any other building situated on the same lot.

J.

Outdoor dining areas shall be permitted in all yards and shall comply with the front yard requirement, accessory structure side and rear yard requirements and buffer requirements.

(Ord. No. 21-11, § 2, 11-3-2011)