Willingboro City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
B-1 Primary Business District
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-10; 10-15-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-9; 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-7]
§ 370-50 Permitted uses.
[Amended 3-5-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1; 6-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-5]
The following uses are permitted in the B-1 District:
A.
Shopping centers, stores, shops, markets where goods are sold or personal services are rendered that are clearly incidental to the retail business being conducted, provided:
(1)
That all goods or products fabricated or processed incidental to such use shall be sold at retail on the premises.
(2)
That fabricating or processing done on the premises shall be done by not more than three persons so employed at any one time, except in case of bakeries or dry-cleaning establishments where five persons may be so employed at one time.
(3)
That the fabricating or processing shall be confined to the first floor and basement of the premises, and that no supplies, materials or goods are stored outdoors.
B.
Business and professional offices, office suite centers, banks and fiduciary institutions, health care and physical therapy facilities.
C.
Restaurants.
D.
Mortuary or funeral homes.
E.
Theaters and cinema complexes.
F.
Recreational uses approved by the Planning Board.
G.
Governmental buildings, including libraries, recreation centers, facilities for accredited community colleges, colleges and universities, parks and playgrounds.
H.
Hotels/conference centers.
I.
Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, provided such buildings are removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work.
J.
Telecommunication and teleconferencing centers.
K.
Service establishments for the repair of household items, including electrical appliances, fixtures and plumbing and heating equipment.
L.
Motor vehicle service stations.
M.
Model home exhibits and sales offices.
N.
Laboratories of any of the following types: biological, chemical, dental, electronic, pharmaceutical, and/or general.
O.
Light manufacturing uses which involve only the processing, assemblage or packaging of previously prepared or refined materials, but limited to the following uses:
(1)
The assemblage of component parts to produce light machinery such as carburetors and small machine parts; cash registers; sewing machines; and typewriters, calculators, printing and other office machines; baby carriages; bicycles; furniture; musical instruments; and toys.
(2)
Other permissible industries comprising any of the following: electronic products; motion-picture exchanges; pharmaceutical products; printing plant; photo finishing; and jewelry manufacturing.
P.
Media production facilities, including film, radio, television, video, music recording, computer software, etc.
Q.
Direct mail facilities.
R.
Flexible or combined use facilities consisting of retail, light manufacturing, general and business offices and distribution.
S.
The growing, cultivating, manufacturing, and selling and reselling of cannabis and cannabis items, and operations to transport in bulk cannabis items by a cannabis cultivator, cannabis manufacturer, cannabis wholesaler, or as a cannabis distributor or cannabis delivery service, licensed pursuant to Chapter 126.
§ 370-51 Permitted accessory uses.
The following accessory uses are permitted in the B-1 District:
A.
Signs, subject to the provisions of Chapter 297, Signs, of the Code of the Township of Willingboro.
B.
Fences, subject to the provisions of Chapter 155, Fences, of the Code of the Township of Willingboro, and landscaping, subject to the provisions of § 370-73 of this chapter.
C.
Loading and unloading ramps and structures, subject to the provisions of § 370-77.
D.
Private garages incidental to the business conducted therein.
E.
Off-street parking facilities, subject to the provisions of §§ 370-75 and 370-76.
F.
Accessory uses and structures customarily associated with the industrial, research and office uses permitted in this zone, such as employee cafeterias; waiting station shelters for public transportation; showrooms and sales rooms for products packaged, assembled or processed on the site; employee recreation facilities; and other similar facilities for convenience of employees and/or visitors.
G.
The retail sale of liquor pursuant to Chapter 90, Article IV, may be permitted as a conditional accessory use to a principal retail use that has a minimum floor area of 3,500 square feet located on the same parcel in the B-1 Primary Business District.
[Added 7-8-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-13; 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
§ 370-52 Area and bulk requirements.
A.
As specified in the schedule, § 370-7 of this chapter; provided, however, that no lot fronting on Route 130 shall be developed except in accordance with an overall plan for a tract of not less than 10 acres, unless such lot existed before September 1971, contains at least 40,000 square feet and the owner thereof has owned no contiguous property thereto since September 1971. All such ten-acre or larger tracts shall have a minimum frontage of 435 feet and a minimum depth of 1,000 feet. No dimension of any portion of the remainder of a parcel of land under common ownership with but not included within the ten-acre or larger tract for which a plan is prepared shall be less than 435 feet. Minimum initial construction on the ten-acre or larger tract shall be 20,000 square feet of floor area for a single structure and a total of 50,000 square feet of floor area for more than one structure.
B.
Where more than one structure is to be constructed, each structure shall be planned, designed and arranged to meet the requirements of § 370-7, whether or not subdivision is to occur. All lots exempt from the above requirements shall maintain a ratio of three feet of frontage for each five feet of depth; however, in no instance shall the frontage exceed the depth or be less than 150 feet.
§ 370-53 Conditional uses.
[Amended 6-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-5]
The following uses are permitted as conditional uses, subject to the applicable provisions of §§ 370-78 through 370-88 and § 370-94:
A.
Public utilities.
B.
Quasi-public buildings, fraternal organizations and recreation areas.
C.
Commercial parking and storage areas.
D.
Motor vehicle service and gasoline stations.
E.
Senior citizen housing.
F.
Commercial child-care centers.
G.
Accessory child-care centers.
H.
The selling of cannabis items to consumers from a retail store by a cannabis retailer licensed pursuant to Chapter 126.
§ 370-54 Additional requirements.
[Amended 3-5-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
A.
Special design requirements. In order to encourage the sound development of major highway frontage, the following special provisions shall apply in any location in the B-1 District which abuts U.S. Route 130 and other roads designated as major arterials by the Township Development Plan:
(1)
Access barrier. Access to U.S. Route 130 and major arterials shall be controlled in the interest of public safety. Each building or group of buildings used for nonresidential purposes and its parking or service areas shall be physically separated from the highway or arterial by a curb and a low planting strip of not less than 20 feet in depth or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle access or egress, except for accessways authorized therein. With respect to all industrial uses permitted in this zone, the planting strips must be at least 50 feet in depth.
(2)
All uses and development, present and future, within any ten-acre or larger tract fronting on Route 130 shall be in accordance with the overall plan. The overall plan shall not replace the site plan as called for by Chapter 205, Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review, Article V, Site Plan Approval, for each specific structure or development, except at the discretion of the developer. The overall plan shall show the manner in which access will be provided to the entire tract, the manner in which protective buffering will be afforded to any adjacent residential areas and building placement for the required minimum initial construction. In cases where the entire tract is not to be developed immediately, alternatives for future development may be included. A maximum of two curb cuts shall be permitted on Route 130 for each full 435 feet of frontage, and they shall be subject to the approval of the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Such curb cuts shall be not closer than 200 feet to each other at their points of intersection with Route 130, measured center line to center line. Interior driveways or access points off main driveways connecting with Route 130 shall be at least 30 feet from a property line which is also a street line of Route 130.
(3)
Accessways for lots exempt from the ten-acre plan requirement. Each separate use grouping of attached buildings or grouping of uses permitted as part of a single integrated plan shall not have more than two accessways to any one highway or arterial. The use of common accessways by two or more permitted highway uses shall be encouraged in order to reduce the number and closeness of access points along the highway, and to encourage the fronting of commercial structures upon a marginal street and not directly upon a public highway.
B.
Performance standards. The industrial and research uses permitted in this zone shall conform to the following performance standards at all times in the manufacturing operation:
(1)
Any noise produced on the premises shall not be in excess of the standards listed below when measured at any property line on which the use is located:
Frequency Ban (cycles per second) | Sound-Pressure Level (decibels re 0.0002 dyne/cm2) | |
|---|---|---|
20 to 75 | 69 | |
75 to 150 | 54 | |
150 to 300 | 47 | |
300 to 600 | 41 | |
600 to 1,200 | 37 | |
1,200 to 2,400 | 34 | |
2,400 to 4,800 | 31 | |
4,800 to 10,000 | 28 |
(2)
If the noise is not smooth and continuous, but is of an impulsive or periodic character, the decibel levels indicated above shall be reduced by 5%.
(3)
The remaining performance standards set forth in §§ 370-69 and 370-72 of this chapter shall apply to industrial and research uses permitted in this zone district.
C.
All of the requirements specified in § 370-76D of this chapter shall also apply to industrial uses in this zone district.
D.
All utility lines shall be placed underground. The placement of utility lines on poles is specifically prohibited.
§ 370-55 Town center option.
A.
Purpose. In order to encourage the sound redevelopment of the Township's U.S. Route 130 frontage and the creation of a town center to serve as a diverse economic anchor for revitalizing the Township's redevelopment area, the following special provisions shall apply to parcels having at least 50 contiguous acres in area which abut U.S. Route 130.
B.
Permitted uses:
(1)
All permitted uses enumerated in § 370-50.
(2)
Residential dwellings:
(a)
Apartments and condominium units in second and third stories over commercial and office establishments.
(b)
Apartments and condominium units in individual buildings attached to commercial, office, apartment and condominium buildings.
(c)
Apartments and condominium units in individual, detached buildings, provided that the units are developed in conjunction with the primary commercial uses permitted in the zoning district and constitute not more than 20% of the total developed floor area.
C.
Permitted accessory buildings and structures. The provisions set forth in § 370-51 shall apply to this subsection.
D.
Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited in any town center development:
(1)
Motor vehicle service stations and gasoline stations.
(2)
Indoor or covered automobile sales rooms.
E.
Maximum intensities for permitted and conditional uses. All permitted uses, subject to Subsection B(1), and conditional uses, subject to Subsection B(2), shall comply with the maximum intensity requirements set forth below:
(1)
Floor area ratio. "Floor area ratio (FAR)" is defined as the sum of the area of all floors of buildings or structures compared to the total area of the site. The maximum FAR for all permitted and conditional uses combined shall be 0.50.
(a)
Maximum permitted floor area ratio by permitted use:[1]
Permitted Use | FAR | |
|---|---|---|
Commercial/service | 0.20 | |
Office | 0.10 | |
Light industrial | 0.20 | |
Residential | 0.06 |
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(2)
Density. "Density" is defined as the permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of land to be developed.
(a)
The maximum density for permitted residential dwellings, subject to Subsection B(2) of this section, shall be three dwelling units per gross acre.
(b)
The maximum density for conditional use senior housing shall be subject to §§ 370-53E and 370-78 through 370-88.
(3)
Apartment and condominium bedroom mix. For all apartments and condominiums, the bedroom mix shall be:
(a)
Studio and one bedroom: at least 50%.
(b)
Two bedrooms: no more than 25%.
(c)
Three or more bedrooms are prohibited.
F.
Area and bulk requirements.
(1)
Town center. In order to foster the creation of a town center and allow for the development of the town center to respond to market conditions, area and bulk requirements must be flexible. The following area and bulk requirements shall apply to the town center portion of the development:
(a)
The entire area of the town center shall not exceed 12% of the gross site area. The town center portion of the site shall be so designated on all site plans and subdivision maps of the proposed development.
(b)
The minimum lot area within the town center shall be 1,600 square feet, with a minimum frontage of 20 feet.
(c)
The minimum front and side yard setbacks shall be zero feet; the minimum rear yard setback shall be 20 feet.
(d)
The layout and arrangement of all buildings and improvements in the town center shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board.
(2)
Portions of the site excluding the town center. All portions of the site excluding the town center shall comply with and be subject to the area and bulk requirements provided in § 370-52.
G.
Open space.
(1)
At least 10% of the total area of the site shall be preserved as permanent open space landscaped pursuant to Article XV of this chapter.
(2)
At least 10% of the town center area shall be preserved as permanent open space developed as a formal, passive recreational park, i.e., town square.
H.
Other provisions and requirements. The provisions set forth in § 370-54 shall apply to this subsection.
(1)
Town center design.
(a)
Designs of prototypes showing the relationship of the street, sidewalk, street amenities (i.e., street trees, lighting, benches, trash receptacles, etc.) and building frontages shall be developed and subject to the approval by the Planning Board.
(b)
On-street parking opposite commercial buildings and establishments shall be permitted. The minimum width of the sidewalk shall be eight feet.
