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West Caldwell City Zoning Code

§ 20-17.24

Trade Union Apprenticeship and/or Journeyman Training Programs.

[Ord. No. 1538 §§ 2, 3]
a. 
Objectives and Purposes. The objectives and purposes of this conditional use standard is to permit the occupancy or reoccupancy of buildings in the M-1 Zone to be used in connection with the educational and vocational instruction of persons seeking training, retraining or accreditation in the skilled construction or mechanical trades provided by labor organizations recognized by federal and state labor laws. A secondary purpose and objective of this conditional use standard is to permit labor organizations that sponsor or provide such apprenticeship and/or journeyman training programs to furnish related employment, health, welfare, pension and collective bargaining services to their membership as an accessory use in the M-1 Zone.
b. 
Any building used for trade union apprenticeship and/or journeyman training purposes shall have no other occupancy, use or purpose except as permitted herein.
c. 
All educational and vocational instruction, demonstration, fabrication, simulation, or construction shall occur within the confines of the principal building. No educational and vocational instruction, demonstration, fabrication, simulation, or construction shall occur within any accessory building or structure. No offensive vibrations, smoke, dust, waste, odors, heat, light, glare, or noise shall be produced from any educational and vocational, demonstration, fabrication, simulation, or construction occurring within the confines of the principal building or any accessory structure. All electrical and mechanical equipment operated or used in connection with the educational and vocational instruction, demonstration, fabrication, simulation, or construction shall be adequately screened to reduce visual impacts and noise.
d. 
Storage of educational, vocational and construction materials shall occur within the principal building or in an approved accessory structure designed for said purposes.
e. 
Classrooms, shop areas, locker, break, lunch and rest rooms, library space, tool, material storage and supply rooms, administration, instructor and counselor offices, demonstration and exhibits areas devoted to the educational and vocational instruction shall occupy a minimum of 3,000 square feet in the principal building.
f. 
Any portion of the principal building used to furnish related employment, health, welfare, pension and collective bargaining services to members of a labor organization shall not exceed 35% of the total floor area of the principal building.
g. 
In addition to the parking requirements contained herein for the M-1 Zone District, sufficient off-street parking spaces shall be provided to accommodate the maximum number of employees, trainees and/or members working, training or being served at any one time.
h. 
The Township agency may require such additional conditions as it may deem reasonably necessary in the public interest including, but not limited to, the provisions of additional parking and/or the restrictions on the hours and days during which education, instruction or vocational training may be conducted on the premises.