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Warren City Zoning Code

§ 16-18.3

Accessory Buildings and Uses.

[Ord. No. 93-24; Ord. No. 98-17, § 1]
Any accessory use on the same lot customary and incidental to any use permitted in this district such as, but not necessarily limited to:
a. 
Private garages.
b. 
Maintenance and storage buildings, except that no accessory building used for the storage of hazardous materials shall exceed 200 square feet in size nor be located closer than 100 feet to any residential zone boundary or existing developed residential lot.
c. 
Staff houses and other accessory uses and buildings as set forth below:
1. 
Such staff house shall be located and erected upon a building site of at least 65,000 square feet which site shall be no less than 150 feet in width at the front and such staff house shall be set back 75 feet from a street.
2. 
No staff house shall have less than 1,500 square feet of floor area, shall not be higher than 35 feet, and shall have a twenty-five-foot side and fifty-foot rear yard area.
d. 
Cafeteria facilities for the use and the personal convenience of persons employed on the premises.
e. 
Showroom for the limited sale of products to employees only, provided that the showroom shall be:
1. 
Limited to an area not more than 1% of the total building area, but in no event shall the area exceed 1,500 square feet;
2. 
An integral part of the building;
3. 
Sale of products to the general public is prohibited.
f. 
A helistop shall be permitted as an accessory use to a principal user occupying 500,000 square feet or more of floor space subject to:
1. 
A helistop shall mean a facility located at ground level or elevated on a structure designed for the landing or takeoff of helicopters. No other aircraft shall be permitted to use a helistop.
2. 
A helistop shall provide no support facilities except as required for license from the New Jersey Department of Transportation and Federal F.A.A. The license shall be limited to a helistop. All lighting which may be required shall be used only during arrivals and departures.
3. 
Any application for a license to operate a helistop shall conform in all respects to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 6:1-2, et seq., to include, but not limited to, public notification and public hearing. Further, a public hearing pursuant to Warren Township's Land Use Ordinance shall be required.
4. 
No helistop shall be located within 1,000 feet of a residential zone boundary, and, further, no helistop shall be located more than 300 feet from the Route I-78 right-of-way.
5. 
No fueling, repair or aircraft storage shall be permitted at a helistop site.
6. 
A helistop shall be located at least 75 feet from the property boundary of the lot on which it is located. The helistop pad shall be permitted in required yard areas as otherwise required for principal and accessory structures in the OR zone.
7. 
An environmental assessment statement shall be submitted in accordance with the Land Use Procedures Ordinance of Warren Township. The assessment statement shall specifically address New Jersey Noise Standards.