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Shamong Township City Zoning Code

§ 110-125

Pinelands Villages.

[Amended 4-3-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-1]
A. 
The uses set forth in the remaining subsections of this section are permitted in the Pinelands Villages, provided that:
(1) 
Public service infrastructure necessary to support the use is available, or can be provided without any development in the Preservation Area, Special Agricultural Production Area, or Forest Area.
(2) 
The character and magnitude of the use is compatible with existing structures and uses in the Village.
B. 
Village Residential District permitted uses.
(1) 
Single-family detached houses on lots of 2.5 acres, except that the minimum lot size for lots existing as of the effective date of this chapter shall be one acre.
[Amended 3-2-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-3; 9-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-8; 5-5-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-5[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that single-family detached houses may have a lot area of one acre for a minimum lot size, but the density of the district with respect to any subdivision shall remain at 2.25 acres.
(2) 
Institutional uses limited to municipal buildings, parks and playgrounds, churches, elementary, intermediate and secondary schools, firehouses. Other institutional uses are available as a conditional use in this area.
(3) 
Signs subject to the limitations of this chapter.
C. 
Village Residential District permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Private garages, carports and accessory buildings less than 865 square feet in area for use with the main dwelling.
[Amended 7-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-6; 9-1-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-7]
(2) 
Off-street parking facilities located no closer than 10 feet to any lot line or principal building except in the case of a common driveway.
(3) 
Private residential swimming pools and greenhouses.
D. 
Village Commercial District - Permitted Uses.
(1) 
Single family detached houses on 2.25 acre lots, except that the minimum lot size for lots existing as of the effective date of this chapter shall be one acre.
[Amended 3-2-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-3; 9-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-8]
(2) 
Institutional uses limited to municipal buildings, parks and playgrounds, churches, elementary, intermediate and secondary schools, firehouses. Other institutional uses are available as a conditional use in this area.
(3) 
Cemeteries.
(4) 
Local retail activities including grocery stores, meat markets, delicatessens, bakeries, drug stores, furniture stores, sporting good shops, gift shops, hobby shops, bookstores, clothing stores, shoe stores, hardware stores, packaged liquor stores, pet shops, stationary stores, fabric stores, florists, garden marts, farm markets, small appliance sales, repair facilities, agricultural commercial establishments.
(5) 
Local service activities including barber and beauty shops, tailors, dry-cleaning and laundering operations, appliance repair shops, shoe repair shops and upholsterers.
(6) 
Restaurants, bars and taverns.
(7) 
Banks, including drive-in facilities.
(8) 
Offices and office buildings.
(9) 
Agricultural processing facilities and other light industrial uses.
(10) 
Public service infrastructure.
(11) 
Signs subject to the limitations of this chapter.
(12) 
Limited breweries, restricted breweries (brewpubs), plenary wineries, farm wineries, instructional winemaking facilities, plenary distilleries and limited distilleries in accordance with the applicable ABC laws regarding same.
[Added 11-7-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10]
E. 
Village Commercial District permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Customary farm buildings for use in conjunction with agricultural uses.
(2) 
Accessory dwellings for domestic or household employees or farm workers, provided that each such dwelling unit shall comply in every respect to the statutes of the State of New Jersey and the rules and regulations of the New Jersey State Board of Health concerning farm labor housing.
(3) 
Agricultural commercial establishments for the sale of farm products grown or raised on the premises by the owner or operator of the farm. There shall be a limit of one establishment per farm. Such establishment shall be set back a minimum of 35 feet from the street line.
(4) 
Private garages, carports, and accessory buildings less than 600 square feet in area for use with the main dwelling.
(5) 
Off-street parking facilities located no closer than 10 feet to any lot line or principal building except in the case of a common driveway.
(6) 
Private residential swimming pools and greenhouses.
(7) 
Clubhouses with golf courses.
(8) 
Section G uses where applicable.
F. 
Village Industrial District permitted uses.
(1) 
Offices.
(2) 
Manufacturing plants of a type which carry on processes within completely enclosed buildings including the manufacture, assembly or treatment of products from previously prepared materials.
(3) 
Wholesale distribution centers and warehouses.
(4) 
All uses permitted in the Commercial District.
(5) 
Signs subject to the limitations of this chapter and the CMP.
(6) 
Public service infrastructure.
G. 
Village Industrial District permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Off-street parking.
(2) 
Fences and walls.
(3) 
Garages and storage buildings.
(4) 
Temporary construction trailers and one sign not exceeding 100 square feet, advertising the prime contractor, subcontractors, architect, financing institution and similar data for the period of construction beginning with the issuance of a building permit and concluding with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or one year, whichever is less, provided that said trailers and sign are on the site where construction is taking place.
H. 
Village Industrial District general requirements.
(1) 
Maximum building height. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height and 2 1/2 stories.
(2) 
Area and yard requirements. See § 110-129, Schedule of Limitations.
(3) 
Any principal building may contain more than one use and/or organization and any lot may contain more than one principal structure.
(4) 
No improved surface shall be closer to a property line than 35 feet if the landscaped area is grass only. The landscaped area may be reduced to 25 feet if it is sufficiently landscaped and/or bermed. The Planning Board may reduce any of these landscaped areas by 1/2 of that required upon a showing of either appropriately dense landscape treatments such as plantings, fencing, or berming, or upon a finding that because of the location of the property or the uses surrounding same that the landscaped area is unnecessary and inappropriate. A minimum landscaped area of 50 feet in width shall be provided along any common property line with a residential district or residential use.
(5) 
All portions of the property not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces shall be landscaped utilizing combinations such as landscaped fencing, shrubbery, lawn area, ground cover, rock formations, contours, existing foliage and the planting of conifers and/or deciduous trees native to the area in order to either maintain or reestablish the tone of the vegetation in the area and lessen the visual impact of the structures and paved areas. The established grades on any site shall be planned for both aesthetic and drainage purposes. The grading plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to prevent erosion and silting as well as assuring that the capacity of any natural or man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water generated and anticipated both from the site and contributing upstream areas.
(6) 
No merchandise, products, waste, or similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
(7) 
All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls facing any street or residential district line shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes which shall not include unpainted or painted cinder block walls.
(8) 
Minimum off-street parking.
(a) 
The number of spaces shall be computed in accordance with § 110-97 of this chapter which deals with off-street parking and loading for commercial and industrial uses.
(b) 
In addition, one space for every vehicle owned and/or operated by the use operating from that site shall be provided.
(c) 
In any event, each use shall provide a sufficient number of spaces in appropriate locations so that no driveway, aisle, fire lane or street right-of-way is used at any time for parking.
(9) 
Minimum off-street loading.
(a) 
Each activity shall provide for off-street loading and unloading with adequate ingress and egress from streets and shall provide such area at the side or rear of the building. Each space shall be at least 15 feet by 40 feet, and one space shall be provided for every 8,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof in each building. There shall be no loading or unloading from the street.
(b) 
There shall be at least one trash and garbage pickup location provided by each building which shall be separated from the parking spaces by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets, and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three. If located within the building, the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage functions. If a container is used for trash/garbage functions and is located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to or within the general loading area(s), provided that the container in no way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
(c) 
All off-street loading areas shall be lighted.
(10) 
Signs. One lighted sign per use shall be permitted not larger than the equivalent of 5% of the area of the front wall of the building or 50 square feet, whichever is smaller. If attached to the building, the sign shall not be higher than the roofline; if freestanding, the sign shall not exceed six feet in height and shall be set back from the right-of-way at least one foot.
I. 
Conditional uses in either the Residential, Commercial, or Industrial Districts of the Pinelands Village.
(1) 
Home occupation, provided that it meets the standards set forth in this chapter.
(2) 
Hospitals or nursing homes; congregate care facilities; residential care facilities.
(3) 
Preschools and day-care centers.
(4) 
Utility structures and facilities needed to provide the direct service of gas, electricity, telephone, water and sewerage, but not offices, garages, warehouses, maintenance areas or similar commercially or industrially related operations of such companies.
(5) 
The installation of wireless local communications facilities, provided they satisfy the standards set forth in § 110-96 of this chapter.
[Added 10-3-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8]
J. 
Any municipal variance approval which grants relief from the density or lot area requirements set forth in § 110-129 or 110-125 for a residential or principal nonresidential use in the Village Residential, Village Commercial, Village Industrial, Village Commercial II or Village Professional Office Districts shall require that Pinelands development credits be used for all dwelling units or lots in excess of that permitted without the variance.
[Added 3-2-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-3; amended 6-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-5; 9-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-8]
K. 
No residential dwelling unit or nonresidential use shall be located on a parcel of less than one acre unless served by a centralized wastewater treatment plant.
[Added 3-2-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-3]
L. 
Pinelands Village Commercial District II permitted uses, accessory uses and conditional uses.
[Added 9-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-8]
(1) 
Permitted uses shall include those listed in § 110-124A(1) for the Agricultural Production District.
(2) 
Accessory uses shall include those listed in § 110-124A(2) for the Agricultural Production District.
(3) 
Uses permitted with a conditional use permit: planned commercial development subject to the standards set forth in § 110-106H.
M. 
Pinelands Village Professional Office District permitted and conditional uses.
[Added 9-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-8]
(1) 
Permitted uses shall include those listed as principal permitted and accessory uses in § 110-125B and C for the Pinelands Villages Residential District.
(2) 
Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
(a) 
Professional offices, not requiring occupancy by a resident of the property. The conditions of the conditional use are the design criteria set forth below. Design criteria for the conditional use of a dwelling as a professional office shall meet the following requirements:
[1] 
Parking. All parking shall be in the front yard with screened planting and mounds, a minimum of five feet in height on both side property lines to screen parking from adjoining properties. Parking shall be setback 50 feet from the right-of-way of Route 206.
[2] 
Landscaping, lighting and signage shall follow the design criteria of the general conditions of the this chapter, Article VII, §§ 110-91, 110-97 and 110-99 et seq, except as the same are modified in this chapter for the Agricultural Commercial District and the Pinelands Village Commercial District II.
[3] 
MOT sign. If a multiple occupancy and tenancy sign is used in this district, it shall not exceed 64 square feet.
[4] 
Setbacks. Setbacks of all buildings within this district shall contain a front yard setback of 200 feet from the front property line and side yard setback of 50 feet on each side.