Rumson City Zoning Code
§ 22-5.3
Permitted and Prohibited Uses.
[Ord. No. 08-015D, § 1; Ord. No. 16-007D § 5; Ord. No. 18-002D; 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 20-008D; 7-13-2021 by Ord. No. 21-006D; 7-13-2021 by Ord. No. 21-009D; 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 22-008D]
a.
Any use, except for municipal essential services, or municipal park/recreation space or municipal open space, which is not specifically listed as a permitted use, an accessory use or a conditional use shall be deemed a prohibited use.
b.
Prohibited uses shall include but not be limited to the following:
1.
All billboards, signboards, advertising signs and devices not expressly related to the business being conducted on the premises or otherwise specifically permitted by this chapter.
2.
Carousel, merry-go-round, roller coaster, ferris wheels, whirl-a-gig, pony or train rides, midways or side shows, and similar outdoor commercial recreation uses.
3.
Auction markets.
4.
Outdoor sales of new or used motor vehicles or trailer coaches.
5.
Trailer coach parks.
6.
Junk yards, automobile wrecking yards or disassembly yards, or the sorting of scrap metal, paper, rags, or other scrap material, except for recycling operations operated by or with the approval of the Borough.
7.
Migrant labor camps.
8.
Privately operated dumps for the disposal of garbage, trash, refuse, junk, or other such material.
9.
Adult book stores.
10.
Peep shows.
11.
Massage parlors.
12.
Amusement arcade.
13.
Explosive storage, except small arms ammunition, or by special permit, where explosives are to be used on the premises.
14.
Drive-in restaurants.
15.
Incineration, reduction, storage or dumping of slaughterhouse refuse, rancid fats, garbage, or dead animals.
16.
Kennels, veterinary hospitals and sale of dogs and cats.
17.
Manufacturing plants.
18.
The open storage in any yard, of more than one, or, in a front yard, of any unlicensed or inoperative motor vehicle, or the new or used parts of any motor vehicle or trailer, or material which has been a part of any motor vehicle or trailer.
19.
The overnight storage of any commercial vehicle in residential zones, except that one such vehicle having a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds may be stored as an accessory use to the principal permitted use.
20.
Radio towers and antennas except as herein permitted.
21.
Slaughtering and slaughterhouses.
22.
Travel trailer parks, trailer parks, mobile home parks, and overnight or tourist cabins.
23.
Any airport, landing field, landing strip, heliport, helistop, off-heliport landing site, sport parachuting center or any other facility used for the landing or take off of any aircraft, either as a primary use or as a use accessory, auxiliary or incidental to any primary use.
24.
The manufacture, transportation, storage or utilization of genetically engineered material.
25.
The use of boats or vehicles as residential dwellings.
26.
Body art procedure establishments.
27.
Fortunetellers, palm readers, psychics and mediums.
28.
Pet shops and the retail sale of pets and/or animals.
29.
Cannabis establishments, distributors and delivery services. Pursuant to Section 31b of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (P.L. 2021, c. 16), all cannabis establishments, cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services are hereby prohibited from operating anywhere in the Borough of Rumson, except for the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a licensed cannabis delivery service based and initiated from a cannabis delivery service licensed location outside of the Borough of Rumson.
30.
Commercial businesses are not permitted in a residential zone when you have multiple employees, with multiple being defined as two or more employees that are not legal residents of a property within the residential zone.