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Before a building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any conditional use as permitted by this chapter, application shall be made to the Land Use Board as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55d-70(d)(3). The Land Use Board shall grant or deny the application within 95 days of submission of a complete application by a developer to the administrative officer or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. The review by the Land Use Board of a conditional use shall include any required site plan review. Public notice and a hearing shall be required as stipulated. All requests for approval of conditional uses, the burden of proof shall be on the applicant. The Land Use Board shall give due consideration to all reasonable elements, which could affect the public health, welfare, safety, comfort and convenience, such as, but not limited to, the proposed use(s), the character of the area, vehicular travel patterns and access, pedestrianways, landscaping, lighting, signs, drainage, sewage treatment, potable water supply, utilities and building and structure location(s) and orientation(s).
A. Office and research uses in RR Zone.
(1) Permitted as conditional uses in the RR Zone.
(2) Minimum tract size shall be 50 acres.
(3) All properties must have direct access to Route 130 or the proposed loop road as shown on the Robbinsville Township Master Plan. Such access to the loop road must be to a completed section which connects to Route 130, to the interchange of Interstate 195 or to the interchange of the New Jersey Turnpike.
(4) Private wells and private sewage disposal systems are permitted, and there shall be no connections to public sewer, unless such areas are shown to be within the future sewer service areas as identified on the adopted Robbinsville Township Master Plan, in which case, dry sewer lines may be required by the Township of Robbinsville Utilities Department.
(5) That the potential for flooding, excess runoff and surface erosion have been considered and resolved to avoid adverse effects on the development and on surrounding areas. The one-hundred-year floodplain and any inland wetlands, designated by the U.S. Department of the Interior or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are excluded from any calculations for density.
(6) Standards.
(c) Impervious surface ratio: 0.15.
(7) Buffer yards shall be 200 feet.
(8) Maximum height for buildings shall be two stories or 30 feet.
(9) A 200-foot minimum setback for one-story buildings is required, and a 300-foot minimum setback for two-story buildings is required.
(10) Parking and off-street loading: see §
142-41.
(11) Site must be extensively landscaped, utilizing Belgian block curbing, street trees, and decorative lighting standards.
(12) All parking must be screened.
B. Nursery schools and day-care centers as defined in §
142-7.
(1) Permitted as conditional uses in the RR Rural Residential, RR-T2 Rural Residential-Transition District, RR-T1 Rural Residential-Transition and TC Town Center Districts.
(2) Access from a public street with safe ingress and egress to the site must be provided.
(3) One parking space per teacher/employee on the largest shift, plus one off-street loading space per six students is required.
(4) On-site dropoff and pickup for children must be provided.
(5) Buffer yards shall be 30 feet.
(6) Hours of operation shall be 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
(7) Operators shall be licensed by the State of New Jersey.
(8) Nursery schools and day-care centers shall meet all the other requirements of the zone in which they are located.
C. Cemeteries.
(1) Cemeteries without crematorium.
(a) Permitted as conditional uses.
(b) Minimum area is four acres.
(c) Site must be extensively landscaped. No cyclone fence or chain link fences shall be used.
(2) Cemeteries with crematorium.
(a) Permitted as conditional uses.
(b) Minimum area is four acres.
(c) Site must be extensively landscaped. No cyclone fence or chain link fences shall be used.
(d) Site, measured from the property line, shall not be within 1,000 feet of:
[1] A public school or a private school;
[2] A park, playground, picnic area, recreation area, or parkland; or
[3] An area zoned primarily or exclusively for residential use.
D. All agricultural activities and farm-related uses of land, including, but not limited to, the sale of agricultural, horticultural or forestry produce or products which has been raised on the property from which it is sold and freezing lockers or other similar facilities for the sale, storage and processing of farm and livestock produce, including the sale of firewood, which has been raised on the farm from or on which it is to be sold, stored or processed.
(1) Permitted as a conditional use in the RR Rural Residential and R1.5 Low Density Residential District.
(2) Adequate lot area and yard spaces shall be provided.
(3) Buildings and use cannot adversely affect the residential character of the neighborhood.
(4) Adequate parking must be provided.
(5) Hours of operation shall be limited to 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
E. Senior citizens housing.
(1) Permitted as a conditional use in that area of the R1.5 Low Density Residential District designated on the Zoning Map.
(2) "Senior citizen housing" is defined as housing for residents aged 55 years or over.
(3) Standards (maximums).
(a) Minimum tract size: 50 acres.
(b) Maximum gross density: 3.0.
(d) Impervious surface ratio: 0.30.
(e) Parking: 2.0 spaces per unit.
(f) Height: 2.5 stories or 35 feet.
(g) Unit types permitted may include detached, semiattached and multifamily units, provided that there shall not be greater than 40% multifamily units.
(h) A minimum of 150 housing units shall be provided.
(4) The development shall meet the following additional conditions:
(a) The development shall connect to and provide for the construction of the loop road designated on the Township Master Plan.
(b) A minimum of 75% of all dwelling units shall have access to common open space.
(c) All considerations of cluster residential development option shall be satisfied.
(d) Phasing plan. The Land Use Board shall provide for phasing of development in this zone. The phasing schedule shall ensure that development in this zone shall be consistent with the development of infrastructure and supporting services and the sound management of growth in Robbinsville Township.
F. Service stations.
(1) Permitted as a conditional use.
(2) Vehicular entrances and exits shall be clearly visible from the highway or street upon which such use is located and shall be in accordance with the NJDOT Access Code § 16:47-3.8 regarding the minimum distance from a commercial driveway to an intersection; and further provided that all gasoline filling pumps and air pumps shall be located at least 100 feet from any street right-of-way line or proposed future street right-of-way line as shown in the adopted traffic circulation plan.
(3) No part of any service station may be used for residential or sleeping purposes.
(4) No service station shall be located within a 200-foot radius of any residential zone boundary measured between the property line and the boundary of the nearest zone in which residential housing is a permitted use.
(5) All lifts, appliances, pits, storage areas, trash facilities and greasing equipment other than gasoline filling pumps or air pumps shall be located within an enclosed building.
(6) No gasoline, air or oil pump, and no other service appliances installed for use in connection with any service station, shall be so installed or located within 50 feet of any side or rear lot line.
(7) No junked motor vehicle or boat or part thereof or any unlicensed or unregistered motor vehicle shall be permitted on the premises of any service station. However, any motor vehicle awaiting repair may be located on the premises, provided that the vehicle shall be located in the rear or side yard and shall be screened from view with landscaping and a fence such that no stored vehicle shall be visible from the front of the premises or from any adjacent premises or from the road providing access to the facility. Fences, berms or landscaping forming a 100% visually impervious screen shall be required.
(8) The exterior display and parking of motor vehicles, trailers, boats or other similar equipment for sale purposes shall not be permitted as part of a service station.
(9) No parking of vehicles shall be permitted on unpaved area.
(10) Landscaping shall be provided in the front, side and rear yard area. The front yard shall be landscaped, within the area with a minimum depth of 25 feet from the right-of-way.
(11) For the purposes of this subsection, body and mechanical repair shops shall be considered as service stations except that all outside work, parking or storage areas shall be enclosed with a masonry wall and landscaped.
(12) The application submitted for approval of a service station as a conditional use shall show, in addition to the exact location and dimensions of all aboveground structures, including gasoline pumps, the exact locations, dimensions, capacities and depths below the surface of any tanks to be installed and the specifications for the construction of tanks for the prevention of groundwater contamination.
(13) Where other development is to include a service station as an accessory use, such service station shall be developed in a manner compatible with the development of the remainder of the tract and any adjacent properties. The land to be devoted to such service station shall be retained under single ownership with the remainder of the tract, and a means of access shall be provided to the service station from within the tract. The Board shall find that sufficient buffering is provided and that the design and orientation of buildings, signs and lighting are compatible with adjoining properties and with the remainder of the tract. The provisions of Article
V shall also apply.
G. Motels.
(1) Permitted as a conditional use.
(2) Any motel that may be constructed on a lot or parcel of land must contain a minimum of at least 100 units of accommodation, exclusive of a permanent, on-site superintendent's living quarters. The minimum number of units of accommodation in any single building shall be 10.
(3) Each unit of accommodation shall contain a minimum floor area of 250 square feet.
(4) Each unit of accommodation shall include a minimum of two rooms: a bedroom and a separate bathroom which affords privacy to a person within the room and which is equipped with a toilet, a wash basin and a bathtub and shower, all properly connected to a water and sewer system, and no unit shall contain any cooking facilities whatsoever.
(5) There shall be a residency limitation on all guests of a maximum of 30 days. The foregoing residency limitation shall not apply to an employee living on the premises. Any party who has resided at the motel as a guest for 20 days or more who resumes residency again within 30 days of the termination of this residency and remains as a guest for more than 10 days shall be in violation of this section, as will the motel permitting said resumption of residency.
(6) All units shall be connected to approved and functioning public water and sanitary sewer systems prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
(7) The site shall be extensively landscaped.
(8) All other design provisions in Article
V shall apply.
H. Car washes.
(1) Permitted as a conditional use in the OW District.
(2) All activities must be conducted within a totally enclosed building.
(3) Drainage from inside the building(s) shall feed into a sanitary sewer system. No dry well or septic tank will be permitted in connection with this use.
(4) This use shall not include a self-service or coin-operated car wash area in any form.
(5) The site shall be extensively landscaped.
(6) All other design provisions of Article
V shall apply.
I. Public utility uses.
(1) Permitted as a conditional use in all districts except the VC District.
(2) For purposes of this chapter, the term "public utility uses" shall include such uses as telephone dial equipment centers, power substations, water, sewer, and other public utility services, but shall not include service or storage yards, landfills, storage and/or disposal of hazardous waste and similar nonessential uses.
(3) The proposed installation in a specific location shall be necessary for the satisfactory provision of service by the utility to the neighborhood or area in which the particular use is to be located.
(4) The design of any building in connection with such facilities must conform to the general character of the area and not adversely affect the safe, comfortable enjoyment of property rights in the zone in which such building is located.
(5) Adequate fences and other safety devices shall be provided as may be required. Fences, when used to enclose public utility facilities such as electrical power substations, shall be built in accordance with the applicable requirements of New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners and the National Electrical Safety Code 74 in effect at the time of construction.
(6) Sufficient landscaping, including shrubs, trees and lawn, shall be provided and periodically maintained to provide a 100% visually impervious screen/buffer.
(7) Adequate off-street parking shall be provided.
(8) All of the area, yard, building coverage and height requirements of the respective zone shall be met.
L. Single-family residences.
(1) Single-family residences are permitted as a conditional use in the PCD District.
(2) The premises was previously used as a single-family detached dwelling, which was lawfully constructed on the lot prior to November 1, 1996.
(3) The future expansion or replacement of a lawfully existing dwelling is permitted, provided expansion or replacement conforms to the following area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area is 30,000 square feet.
(b) Minimum lot frontage and width is 50 feet.
(c) Minimum requirements for principal buildings:
[1] Side yard, each: 25 feet.
(d) Minimum requirements for accessory building(s):
[1] Distance to side line: 20 feet.
[2] Distance to rear line: 20 feet.
[3] Distance to other buildings: 20 feet.
[4] As to toolsheds only, distance to rear line: 10 feet.
[5] As to toolsheds only, distance to side line: 10 feet.
(e) Maximum requirements:
[1] Building coverage of principal building: 12%.
[2] Building coverage of accessory building(s): 3%.
[3] Building height: 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet.
[4] Impervious surface ratio: 0.25.
M. House of worship, Sunday school buildings and parish houses.
(1) When a house of worship is less than 3,000 square feet:
(a) The minimum lot area shall be two acres.
(b) All buildings shall conform to the maximum height standard for the zone.
(c) The applicant shall submit a list of proposed activities, anticipated participants and a timetable reflecting the hours in which each building will be in use so that parking requirements can be determined.
(d) No parking shall be permitted between any right-of-way line and the front yard requirement of the zone in which the structures are proposed to be located.
(2) When the proposed house of worship is larger than 3,000 square feet:
(a) The minimum lot area shall be five acres.
(b) The property shall have direct access to State Highway Route 33 or State Highway Route 130 or within a planned commercial park with direct access to State Highway Route 130 or State Highway Route 33.
(c) All buildings shall conform to the maximum height standard for the zone.
(d) The proposed facility shall be serviced by public sewer and public water.
(e) The applicant shall submit a list of proposed activities, anticipated participants and a timetable reflecting the hours in which each building will be in use so that parking requirements can be determined.
(f) No parking shall be permitted between any right-of-way line and the front yard requirement of the zone in which the structures are proposed to be located.
(3) Regardless of the size, the house of worship shall have sufficient parking for the intended use. Such structure shall be located so as to conform with the setbacks established for the district.
N. Cannabis cultivators.
(1) Cannabis cultivators are permitted as a conditional use in the PCD and OW Districts and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
88 and §
142-57.2 of this Code.
O. Cannabis manufacturers.
(1) Cannabis manufacturers are permitted as a conditional use in the PCD and OW Districts and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
88 and §
142-57.2 of this Code.
P. Cannabis wholesalers.
(1) Cannabis wholesalers are permitted as a conditional use in the PCD and OW Districts and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
88 and §
142-57.2 of this Code.
Q. Parking in the airport zone.
(1) Parking of Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, Class 5, Class 6, and Class 7 vehicles as such are defined by the New Jersey Department of Transportation shall be permitted on Lot 10, Block 28, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, Class 5, Class 6, and Class 7 vehicles as such are defined by the New Jersey Department of Transportation are permitted. The parking of any other vehicle type is strictly prohibited.
(b) For the purposes of Subsection
Q, "overnight" shall be defined as 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(c) There shall be no overnight sleeping arrangements provided on the property, and no overnight sleeping shall be permitted in any of the vehicles parked on the property.
(d) Site plan approval by the Planning Board shall be required for the parking area. Parking area design shall be in accordance with:
[1] Section
142-47, Landscaping and landscape architecture, but shall not include Subsections
D,
F,
G,
H,
I,
J, and
K of §
142-47; and
[2] Section
142-41, Off-street parking, loading areas and driveways, provided, however, that Lot 10, Block 28, shall be allowed to have the following deviations from §
142-41:
[a] 90% of the lot area for off-street parking, together with access aisles, driveways and fire lanes may be used instead of the limit of 40%; and
[b] Parking spaces shall be no larger than 15 feet wide by 40 feet long.
(e) Any use, structure or activity of any kind shall be undertaken pursuant to this subsection unless in full conformance with the applicable regulations of §
142-28, AS&AH Air Safety and Air Hazard Zone.
(f) Deviations or departures from any of the aforementioned conditions shall require variance relief under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d)(3).