Runnemede City Zoning Code
§ 395-12
Limited Access Highway Proximity District.
[Added 12-5-2006 by Ord. No. 06-25; amended 3-2-2010 by Ord. No. 10-04]
A.
Purpose. It is the purpose of this district to provide a zoning district which shall provide for the usability of certain lands within the Borough which border limited access highways and have been impacted by the proximity of said highways rendering them of limited usability and permit uses to which said impacted areas may be switched.
B.
Limited Access Proximity District. There is hereby created a Limited Access Highway Proximity District which shall be comprised of lands within the Borough of Runnemede which border upon New Jersey Route 42 , I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike and extend a distance of 100 feet from the respective rights-of-way of said highways.
C.
Permitted uses. Uses permitted by right in the Limited Access Highway Proximity District are as follows:
D.
There shall be no minimum area and bulk regulations applicable in this district; however, highway billboards must conform to the sign regulations set forth in this section.
(1)
No billboards shall be erected in any district except in the Limited Access Highway Proximity District and as permitted in said district.
(2)
Height. No freestanding sign shall exceed the maximum height of 15 feet except for billboards in the Limited Access Highway Proximity District and no attached sign shall be higher at any point than the roofline of the building. In addition, no attached sign shall project into or hang over a street right-of-way and no sign shall project beyond a building in a manner placing it above an area traversed by motor vehicles such as, but not limited to, driveway and parking areas.
E.
Permitted signs. Limited Access Highway Proximity District.
(1)
No billboard sign face shall have a maximum square footage in excess of 1,000 square feet;
(2)
No billboard sign shall be higher than is necessary to provide full visibility to the main traveled way of the limited access highway;
(3)
No billboard sign shall be constructed on or adjoined to any other building or structure. All billboards shall be supported by a single pole affixed to or embedded into the ground;
(4)
The area surrounding the base of the billboard signs shall be suitably landscaped as directed by the Runnemede Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment in the site plan process;
(5)
No portion of any billboard sign shall be located within 200 feet of any residential use within the Borough of Runnemede;
(6)
The distance from any billboard sign to any other billboard sign shall be as provided by the State of New Jersey, but in no case closer to one another than 500 feet;
(7)
The lighting of said billboards shall conform to New Jersey and federal sign regulations;
(8)
All billboard signs shall conform to all state and federal rules governing billboards, including the requirement for an off-site premises sign permit.