Minimum lot area: two acres.

The minimum lot width shall be 300 feet on lots of more than four acres and 200 feet for lots of four acres or less.

Minimum front yard setback, principal or accessory structures, including kennels, pens and runs: 100 feet.

Minimum side and rear yard setbacks, principal or accessory structures, including kennels, pens and runs: 50 feet.

On lots of more than four acres, maximum impervious coverage shall be 40%. On lots of four acres or less with fewer than 50 parking spaces and more than 150 feet from beaches, dunes or the mean high-water line of tidal waters, maximum impervious coverage shall be 50%, unless a lesser impervious coverage is mandated by the NJDEP under the Coastal Area Facilities Review Act (CAFRA).[1]

No building or area used for kennels, pens or runs shall be located closer than 150 feet to any dwelling.

Sufficient space shall be provided indoors for all animals kept at the facility, and no animals may be kept out-of-doors between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Detailed plans and proposals for sanitary sewage and solid waste disposal shall be submitted to the approving authority.

Provisions shall be made for noise control which as a minimum shall include the following:

Soundproofing of all enclosed structures.

Noise baffles or dense screening and landscaping of all outside pens, kennels, cages and runs.

Secondary buffer plantings between pens, kennels, cages and runs and any exterior property line buffer strip when required by the approving authority.

All such facilities shall be licensed by and meet the requirements of any appropriate county, state or federal regulatory agencies.

The property must front on a street classified as a major collector, minor arterial or principal arterial roadway.