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Stanhope City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVI

Highway Commercial Zones

§ 100-97 Principal uses.

[Amended 6-1-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-10]
In Highway Commercial Zones, no lot shall be used and no structure shall be erected, altered or occupied for any purpose except the following:
A. 
Retail sales of goods such as foodstuffs, groceries, liquors and package goods, pharmaceuticals, confectioneries, ice cream parlors, stationery, books, tobacco, newspapers, clothing, hardware, furniture, flowers, jewelry, hobbies, crafts and appliances.
B. 
Services and activities such as banks and fiduciary institutions; drive-in window banks; barbershops; beauty salons; photographer studios and photo developing; video rental stores; tailors; shoe repair; radio and television repair; bars and taverns; restaurants and luncheonettes, other than drive-ins; business offices and professional offices; government buildings; dry cleaners and laundromats; and printing and publishing.
C. 
Professional and nonprofit organizations and fraternal lodges.
D. 
Parking lots and public parking garages, provided that there are no sales or service.
E. 
Theaters, bowling alleys, fitness center/exercise facilities and other forms of commercial recreation, provided that they are carried on entirely within an enclosed building.
F. 
Private schools conducted for profit.
G. 
Telephone offices and low-volume mailing services.
H. 
Mortuary or funeral homes.
I. 
Bus passenger stations and taxi stands.
J. 
Municipal and other governmental buildings and uses.
K. 
Electric, telephone and public utility installations.
L. 
Vehicle repair shops.
M. 
Service station, automotive.
N. 
Houses of worship, as a conditional use. See § 100-117.1 for requirements.
O. 
Nursing home, conditional use: See § 100-117.1.
P. 
Library or museum.
Q. 
Continuing care facility, conditional use: See § 100-117.1.
R. 
Medical offices.

§ 100-98 Accessory uses.

The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the Highway Commercial Zone:
A. 
Private garage space for the storage of commercial vehicles.
B. 
Off-street parking space for the use of patrons and employees.
C. 
Signs which relate to the business being conducted, provided that they meet the requirements of § 100-127.
D. 
Other customary accessory uses which are incidental to the operation of the business use, subject to the approval of the Planning Board.
E. 
A preexisting dwelling unit on the second floor (or third floor) of an existing business.

§ 100-99 Required conditions.

The following required conditions shall be complied with in the Highway Commercial Zone:
A. 
Principal buildings.
(1) 
Minimum lot size: 14,520 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum frontage: 100 feet.
(3) 
Minimum front setback: 25 feet from the right-of-way.
(4) 
Minimum side setback: 10 feet; fifty-foot buffer if adjacent to a residential zone.
(5) 
Minimum rear setback: 20 feet; fifty-foot buffer if adjacent to a residential zone.
(6) 
Maximum percentage of impervious surface area: 30%.
(7) 
Building height: the lesser of 21/2 stories or 35 feet.
(8) 
Parking spaces: in accordance with § 100-120.
B. 
Accessory building.
(1) 
Minimum side yard: 10 feet; fifty-foot buffer if adjacent to a residential zone.
(2) 
Minimum rear yard: 20 feet; fifty-foot buffer if adjacent to a residential zone.
(3) 
Maximum height: 15 feet.

§ 100-100 Prohibited uses.

In no event shall the following uses be permitted:
A. 
Electric power plants.
B. 
Advertising signs and billboards.
C. 
Junkyards.
D. 
Warehouses.
E. 
Massage parlors and sexually oriented businesses.

§ 100-101 Cannabis retailers as permitted conditional use.

[Added 4-22-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-07]
Cannabis retailers are a permitted conditional use, subject to and in accordance with all conditional use requirements set forth in § 100-117.1F, with a license in accordance with Chapter 68, and in accordance with all other state and Borough requirements.