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West Caldwell City Zoning Code

§ 20-17.27

Self-Storage Facilities.

[Ord. No. 1802-2017 § 3]
a. 
Self-Storage facilities shall be permitted as a conditional use in the M-1 Limited Manufacturing District only subject to the following conditions:
1. 
The minimum lot area shall be 250,000 square feet.
2. 
The minimum lot frontage shall be 600 feet.
3. 
All other requirements of Subsection 20-5.4 of the Township Code entitled "Schedule of Height, Area, Bulk and Other Requirements" shall be complied with except as otherwise set forth in item five below.
4. 
No new self-storage facility shall be located within 2,000 feet of an existing self-storage facility.
5. 
A pre-existing structure to be utilized as a self-storage facility shall be permitted to have a minimum lot width percentage of 15% (as opposed to the 40% permitted by Subsection 20-5.4 of the Township Code entitled "Schedule of Height, Area, Bulk and Other Requirements") and a maximum building coverage of 40% (as opposed to the 30% permitted by Subsection 20-5.4 of the Township Code entitled "Schedule of Height, Area, Bulk and Other Requirements") provided that the footprint of the pre-existing structure is not being expanded in connection with the use of the structure as a self-storage facility.
6. 
No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
7. 
External access to individual storage units abutting a residential zone district shall be prohibited and access to said units shall be from interior corridors only.
8. 
Operation of and access to the self-storage facility shall be limited to the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
9. 
At least one staff member of the self-storage facility must be present during all hours of operation and access noted in item eight above.
10. 
The facility must contain an access control system covering the entirety of the building(s) that can monitor and log the identity of each lessee of the facility, the time and date of entry and exit of each lessee, and take a digital photograph thereof at the time of entry and exit.
11. 
All units shall be rented in person only and may not be rented on-line or by mail.
12. 
A photograph of each lessee shall be taken at the time of initial rental and retained electronically by the facility.
13. 
The lessee shall provide a list of all authorized entrants to the rental unit and a photograph of each individual shall be taken and retained electronically by the facility.
14. 
All common areas of the facility, including but not limited to all areas of access to each unit, shall be monitored by motion-sensored cameras that alert the management office upon detection of motion and maintain video recordings thereof.
15. 
No self-storage facility, unit, or portion thereof, shall be utilized for residential or dwelling purposes or for the storage of private safes, weapons, hazardous waste, hazardous substances or illegal substances of any kind.
16. 
The storage of private safes, weapons, hazardous waste, hazardous substances or illegal substances of any kind are prohibited in the units or elsewhere in the facility and the facility shall expressly advise its lessees thereof via its marketing efforts, contractual agreement and other written postings and notifications.
17. 
For purposes of Paragraphs 15 and 16 above, the terms "hazardous waste" and "hazardous substances" shall refer to any such definition thereof within the applicable laws of the State of New Jersey.
18. 
The facility and the owner of the property on which it is constructed, if different, agree, to the extent permitted by law, to grant the West Caldwell Police Department the unfettered right of entry into all common areas of the facility to conduct such searches and investigations, including, but not limited to, the use of K-9 patrols or other means of technology, to determine the presence of any illegal activity without any showing of probable cause. Facility managers, upon reasonable notice, agree to allow the use of the facility to the West Caldwell Police Department for K-9 training purposes. The facility shall expressly advise its lessees via its marketing efforts, contractual agreement and other written postings and notifications of the language of this subsection.
19. 
The facility shall be designed and constructed of durable materials and design concepts that address and are compatible with contemporary community standards, which shall include substantial landscape and hardscape elements to minimize the identity of the building as a self-storage facility. The use of chain link fencing within the front yard setback limit line, for security or other purposes, shall be prohibited.
20. 
All signage shall be reviewed and approved by the Township Sign Committee in accordance with § 20-24 of the Township Code entitled "Sign Regulations."