Willingboro City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
I-1 Restricted Industrial District
[Amended 4-18-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-3]
§ 370-66 Uses to be permitted in district.
The following specific uses, together with similar or like uses, shall be permitted in an I-1 District.
§ 370-67 Permitted uses.
[Amended 6-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-5]
The following uses are permitted in the I-1 District:
A.
Manufacturing uses of light machinery, comprising of any of the following: carburetors and small machine parts; cash registers; sewing machines; and typewriters, calculators, printing and other office machines.
B.
Fabrication of metal products, comprising of any of the following: baby carriages, bicycles, and other similar vehicles; metal, foil, tin, aluminum, gold, etc.; metal furniture; musical instruments; sheet-metal products; and toys.
C.
Fabrication of paper products, comprising any of the following: bags, book binding, boxes and packaging material; office supplies; and toys.
D.
Fabrication of wood products, comprising any of the following: boats, boxes, cabinets and woodworking; furniture; and toys.
E.
Food and associated industries, comprising any of the following: bakeries, bottling of food and beverages, food and cereal mixing and milling, food processing, food sundry manufacturing, ice cream manufacturing.
F.
Laboratories comprising any of the following: biological, chemical, dental, electronic, pharmaceutical, and general.
G.
The warehousing or storage of goods and products, provided no goods are sold from the premises.
H.
Office buildings for executive or administrative purposes.
I.
Other permissible industry, comprising any of the following: brush and broom manufacturing; concrete and plastic products; electric light and power and other utility company installations; electronic products; farm machinery sales and service; glass and glass products manufacturing; jewelry manufacturing, including gem polishing; leather goods manufacturing, except curing, tanning and finishing of hides; motion-picture exchange; pharmaceutical products and manufacturing; photo finishing; pottery and ceramic products manufacturing; printing plants; sporting goods manufacturing; and thread and yarn manufacturing; dry cleaners and laundries.
J.
Customary and conventional farm operations, public or private indoor and outdoor tennis courts, municipal functions, including park and recreation facilities, community centers, golf courses and other municipal activities and functions conducted in the public interest.
K.
Borrow pits for the removal of sand and stones for construction purposes.
L.
Temporary building for uses incidental to construction work, provided such buildings are removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work.
M.
Radio, television and cellular communications systems, including towers not to exceed 180 feet in height, and related facilities which are reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service.
N.
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.
§ 370-68 Permitted accessory uses.
The following accessory uses are permitted in the I-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 of this chapter.
D.
Off-street parking facilities, subject to the provisions of §§ 370-75 and 370-76 of this chapter.
E.
Storage building for the storage of materials related to a use conducted in the principal building.
§ 370-69 Performance requirements.
The performance characteristics of any proposed industrial use must be approved by the Township Engineer. To this end, the applicant for such use shall furnish all of the following to the Planning Board:
A.
A set of accurate site and building plans and specifications.
B.
A detailed description of the proposed industrial process and its product.
C.
Reports prepared by competent technical experts showing that:
(1)
Dissemination of smoke, dust, odors, fumes and other noxious gases shall be within the limit of the industrial tolerance standards of the State Department of Health, Bureau of Adult and Industrial Health.
(2)
Liquid wastes and effluents shall be discharged into an approved existing sewage treatment plant, in accordance with that plant's regulations, or shall be treated in a treatment plant or process which is in compliance with the state statutes and with the requirements of the State Department of Health.
(3)
Precaution against fire hazards, radiation, explosion; proper handling and storage of materials and structural design; and safeguards for the health of workers shall comply with the state statutes and requirements of the State Department of Labor and Industry.
(4)
No vibration or glare will be evident at any point more than 150 feet from the source of the vibration or light.
D.
All industrial uses must stay within the tolerance standards set forth above, and the user shall furnish proof of this when asked to do so by the Township Engineer.
§ 370-70 Area and bulk requirements.
As specified in the schedule, § 370-7 of this chapter; provided, however, that at least 15% of the lot area shall remain open and shall be landscaped, and provided that no facility other than necessary access drives and walks shall be located within 50 feet of a street line.
§ 370-71 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.
Commercial parking and storage areas.
B.
The selling of cannabis items to consumers from a retail store by a cannabis retailer licensed pursuant to Chapter 126.
§ 370-72 Additional requirements.
A.
Application for a zoning permit for a use permitted by this article shall be made to the Zoning Officer. Material to be submitted with the application shall include a detailed site plan which shall show such information as boundaries of the tract; all applicable dimensions and areas; all streets and easements; the location of all proposed structures and all existing buildings and structures within 500 feet of the street; signs, fences and walls; landscaped areas; parking areas and access thereto and egress therefrom. Prior to approving the application, the Zoning Officer shall forward the application, together with all pertinent data and information, to the Planning Board within a period of time not exceeding 30 days. The Planning Board shall, within 45 days of the receipt of the same, review the entire matter in relation to the health, safety and general welfare of the community and with a view toward ascertaining whether the above requirements and standards have been met and the relationship of the proposed project to the Comprehensive Plan of the Township as it is developed and shall make a written report thereon to the Zoning Officer. No zoning permit shall be issued by the Zoning Officer until after receipt by the Zoning Officer of a favorable report from the Planning Board. If no report is received during that period, the Zoning Officer may thereupon issue such permit without receipt of any report from the Planning Board. Any applicant wishing to make any change in a duly approved application shall follow the same procedure for obtaining approval thereof as in the original application.
B.
It shall be understood that any use not specifically permitted by this article is thereby prohibited in the restricted industrial zones.
C.
Buffering and landscaping.
(1)
Wherever the property line of a lot abuts or is across the street from a residential zone, a buffer area shall be established which shall include an area of land 100 feet in width as measured from the property line or street. Within the buffer area, no use, activity, or sign shall be established other than the following:
(a)
Such driveways as are necessary to provide proper means of ingress and egress for the parking areas.
(b)
Directional signs in conjunction with the driveways which are necessary for the proper guidance and control of vehicular traffic, provided that not more than one such sign is erected in conjunction with each such driveway.
(2)
Buffer area.
(a)
Within the buffer area, a solid and continuous landscape screen shall be planted and maintained. The landscaping shall consist of massed evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs of such species and size as will produce, within three growing seasons, a screen at least six feet in height and of such density as will obscure 75% of the glare of automobile headlights emitted from the premises throughout the full course of the year.
(b)
The landscape screen described above shall be located so as to be not closer than 25 feet from a street line or 10 feet from a property line. The required height of the landscaped screen as required above shall be measured in relation to the elevation of the edge of the adjacent parking area. In such cases as the ground elevation if the location at which the screen is to be planted is less than the elevation of the edge of the adjacent parking area, the required height of the screen shall be increased in an amount equal to the difference in elevation. In the event that the ground elevation of the location at which the screen is to be planted is greater than that of the edge of the adjacent parking area, the required height of the screen shall be reduced in an amount equal to the difference in elevation, provided that in no case shall the required height be reduced less than two feet.
(c)
The entire buffer area shall be graded and planted with grass seed or sod and such other shrubbery or trees as may be desired by the owner. The entire area shall be attractively maintained and kept clean of all debris and rubbish.
(d)
In the event that any of the plantings in accordance with the above requirements do not live, they shall be replaced within one year.
(e)
The occupancy permit for the use of the premises shall not be issued until such time as the landscaping requirements as set forth in this subsection are installed in accordance with the plan approved by the Planning Board or, in the event that the season is not appropriate, until a performance guarantee bond is posted with the Township in an amount equal to the estimated cost of the landscaping installation. In any event, a performance bond shall be posted with the Township in an amount equal to 25% of the total estimated cost as determined by the Township Engineer to ensure that the installed landscaping complies with the requirements set forth above at the completion of the second growing season.
(3)
In addition to any buffering that may be required by Subsection C(2) above, all areas of any lot not occupied by buildings, pavement or other surfacing or otherwise improved or used in accordance with an approved site plan shall be landscaped by the planting of grass or ground cover, shrubs and trees. One tree shall be provided for each 2,500 square feet of area or fraction thereof to which this requirement applies. One shrub shall be provided for each 1,000 square feet of area or fraction thereof to which this requirement applies. The placement of the plant material shall be appropriate to enhancement of the property and in accordance with the approved site plan as required by Chapter 205, Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review, Article V, Site Plan Approval.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
