Union Township City Zoning Code
§ 30-4.15
Utility District.
[Ord. No. 2006-4, § I; Ord. No. 2011-10, § 15; Ord. No. 2015-6 § 2]
In the U Utility District, the following regulations shall apply:
a.
Use Regulations. A building may be erected or altered, to be used either in whole or in part, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following uses, and no other, provided that such uses shall comply with such regulations as yard, lot size, lot width, building area and height, impervious surfaces, easements, buffer yards, off-street parking, and other provisions as are specified in other sections herein.
1.
Uses by Right. Any of the following uses shall be permitted provided the Use Regulations, § 30-5 of this chapter, have also been met:
b.
Area and Dimensional Regulations. Because of the differing area and bulk requirements of various utilities, no specific area and dimensional requirements are specified. However, each facility will be subject to Planning Board review which will take into consideration the relationship to surrounding land uses, environmental effects, appearance, and other considerations based upon the objectives of the Master Plan and the Land Use Code. In addition, all State and Federal regulations of utilities must be met.
1.
Electric Transmission Lines. The following additional regulations shall apply to electric transmission:
Whenever an electric company constructs an overhead transmission line, it shall:
(a)
Make use of available railroad or other rights-of-way whenever practicable, feasible and with safety, subject to agreement with the owners;
(b)
Locate facilities whenever practicable and feasible in accordance with the topography so as to minimize their appearance;
(c)
Establish a program of painting towers initially and periodically in order to camouflage their appearance as much as possible;
(d)
Employ nonuniform clearing of the right-of-way and, wherever possible, in accordance with sound construction and maintenance practice as well as clearance requirements, allow a maximum number of mature trees to remain;
(e)
Landscape the right-of-way by planting low growing shrubs where the right-of-way is visible from heavily traveled roads;
(f)
Wherever practical and feasible, consistent with municipal zoning laws, permit use of the right-of-way for farming, recreational and other appropriate uses. If it is proposed by the electric company that such use is not practical and feasible, the electric company shall send written notice including its reasons, to the Planning Board for final determination;
(g)
When the application of the foregoing provisions shall be unreasonable in a specific instance, petition for relief from the specific provisions may be filed by any aggrieved person.