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Vernon Township City Zoning Code

§ 330-185

Supplemental regulations for certain permitted uses.

A. 
Campgrounds (public).
(1) 
Principal uses shall be limited to recreational and/or instructional camp facilities and public campgrounds, including campsites for tents, lean-to(s), recreational vehicles, and cabins, excepting cabins for permanent, year-round or extended occupancy and/or dwelling purposes.
(2) 
All requirements of N.J.S.A. 26:4A-4 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 8:22-1.1 et seq. shall be satisfied with respect to, but not limited to, review and approval by the Health Department, NJDEP and other appropriate governmental agencies, construction, composition of a campground, potable water supply, water closets and showers, sanitation, solid waste, management, utilities, stormwater drainage, auxiliary buildings, fire safety, infestation control, emergencies and public bathing.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(3) 
Outdoor storage of materials or equipment shall be prohibited except where the same is appropriate or necessary to the safety and/or reasonable function of the facility.
(4) 
No permanent residency shall be allowed within a campground facility.
(5) 
All requirements of § 330-185 shall be satisfied.
(6) 
Public, nonproprietary campgrounds shall be subject to § 330-184D(5)(a), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n) and (o), even when such standards are more restrictive than state law or rule, unless expressly preempted. In all other matters and respects, state law shall control.
B. 
Home professional office in the R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Districts.
(1) 
No more than two persons not residing in the building shall be employed on the premises.
(2) 
The residential character of the premises shall remain substantially unchanged.
(3) 
The building shall continue to serve as the principal residence of the professional practitioner.
(4) 
Not more than 40% of the total habitable floor area of the building may be used for the professional office.
(5) 
Off-street parking shall be provided as follows: one space per 200 square feet of office area, plus two spaces for the resident family, not counting garage spaces.
(6) 
All bulk requirements for the respective zone pursuant to Schedule B[2] shall be satisfied.
[2]
Editor's Note: Schedule B, Bulk and Yard Requirements, is included at the end of this chapter.
C. 
Townhouses. Wherever townhouse development is permitted, the buildings shall comply with the following requirements notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary:
(1) 
The minimum tract size shall be 10 acres.
(2) 
The maximum density shall be four units per acre.
(3) 
The maximum number of units per building or structure shall be eight.
(4) 
The maximum length of a structure in any direction shall be 200 feet.
(5) 
The maximum building coverage shall be 20%.
(6) 
The minimum distance between structures shall be:
(a) 
End to end: 35 feet.
(b) 
Front to front: 75 feet.
(c) 
Front to rear: 75 feet.
(d) 
Rear to rear: 60 feet.
(e) 
Front to rear; to end: 45 feet.
(7) 
The minimum distance from a structure to a tract boundary line shall be 50 feet.
(8) 
The minimum width of any unit shall be 20 feet.
(9) 
No more than two units shall have their front or rear facade in the same plane. Building offsets shall be a minimum of four feet.
(10) 
No unit shall contain more than three bedrooms; no more than 20% of the units in any housing tract shall have three bedrooms; and not more than 20% of the units in any housing tract shall have two bedrooms; all remaining units shall be one-bedroom units or efficiency units with no separate bedrooms.
D. 
Sale of seasonal farm produce. (Reserved)
E. 
Places of worship shall be permitted in all districts in accordance with the following requirements:
[Added 12-13-1999 by Ord. No. 99-27]
(1) 
Such use shall be subject to site plan review and approval.
(2) 
Lot area. Minimum lot area shall be five acres.
(3) 
Frontage. Minimum street frontage shall be 200 feet.
(4) 
Front yard. Minimum front yard depth shall be 100 feet.
(5) 
Side yards. Minimum side yards shall be 50 feet.
(6) 
Rear yard. Minimum rear yard depth shall be 100 feet.
(7) 
Parking. All parking shall be located in the rear or side yards and a minimum of 25 feet from any property line and shall be screened from view from adjacent properties.
(8) 
Residences for clergy shall be permitted on the same lot as the place of worship and shall meet all bulk requirements of the zone where located.
F. 
Two-family structures. Two-family structure developments provide opportunities for alternate housing for all income levels in the R-4 zone district and shall comply with the following requirements not withstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary:
[Added 5-22-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12]
(1) 
Minimum tract area shall be 5 acres.
(2) 
Maximum density shall be four units per acre.
(3) 
Maximum number of units in a building shall be two.
(4) 
Maximum building height shall be 40 feet or 3 stories.
(5) 
Minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet.
(6) 
Minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.
(7) 
Minimum lot depth shall be 100 feet.
(8) 
Minimum front yard setback shall be 30 feet (principal structures): 20 feet (front porch).
(9) 
Side yard setback shall be 12 feet one side or 30 feet for both sides.
(10) 
Rear yard setback shall be 30 feet unless a garage is placed in the rear yard whereby the setback is reduced to 5 feet.
(11) 
Maximum lot coverage shall be fifty (50%) percent.
(12) 
Maximum building coverage shall be twenty (20%) percent.
(13) 
Attached garage per structure (not per unit) shall contain no more than two (2) cars.
(14) 
Parking requirement pursuant to Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS).
G. 
Two-family development lots. One two-family structure or two single-family homes on farm assessed properties provide opportunities for alternate housing for farm family and relatives and/or employees of the farm in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, CR, AET and LI zoning districts and shall comply with the following requirements not withstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary:
[Added 6-12-2006 by Ord. No. 06-13]
(1) 
Minimum lot area shall be one (1) acre and be suitable for septic disposal as determined by Township Engineer and Township Health Officer.
(2) 
Maximum number of units per lot shall be two.
(3) 
The bulk and yard requirements shall be the same as those listed in Schedule B (Section 330 Attachment 3) for the R-3 zoning district.
(4) 
Farming and agricultural uses are limited to the remainder of the farm assessed tract and such uses are subject to the Right To Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq. and shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 330-197 of this Chapter.
(5) 
All accessory uses customarily incidental to the above mentioned uses shall be permitted.
(6) 
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, no such two family structure or two single family structures shall be permitted on any lot which has previously been subdivided from a farmland assessed lot, it being the intention of this Section to provide alternative housing for farming families and not to permit subdivision of farms for the purpose of creating two family zones or developments.