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Township of Franklin, NJ
Hunterdon County
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New Laws (27) Index Notes (2)
[Amended 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-44; 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-44B]
A. 
The Township is hereby divided into the following zones, differentiated according to use, area and bulk requirements and designated as follows:
[Amended 11-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14; 3-29-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-06; 3-29-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07; 12-13-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-18; 12-13-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-19; 11-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12]
AR-7.0
Agricultural Residential (7 acres)
RR-5.0
Rural Residential (5 acres)
C-N
Commercial Zone North (5 acres)
C-S
Commercial Zone South (7 acres)
NB
Neighborhood Business (2 acres)
VB
Village Business
MF
Multifamily Housing Zone
MXD
Mixed-Use Development Overlay Zone
B. 
Designation of certain zone boundaries.
(1) 
Commercial Zone North shall include:
[Amended 9-3-1998 by Ord. No. 98-44C]
(a) 
Block 5, Lots 1, 20, 22 and 25.
(2) 
Commercial Zone South shall include:
[Amended 9-3-1998 by Ord. No. 98-44C]
(a) 
Block 50, all lots.
(b) 
Block 51, Lot 1.
(c) 
Block 49, Lots 21 to 24, 24.01, 25 to 34 and 41.
(d) 
Block 48, Lots 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
(3) 
The Quakertown Neighborhood Business Zone shall include:
(a) 
Block 37, Lots 9, 10, 13, 15, 15.01, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29. and 34.01. A portion of Lots 14, 16, and 34.02 as illustrated on the zoning map.
[Amended 11-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12]
(b) 
Block 37, Lots 25 and 26, for a depth of 250 feet from the center line of Route 579.
(c) 
Block 36, Lots 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 47 and 48.
[Amended 11-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12]
(d) 
Block 36, Lots 2, 7 and 50, for a depth of 250 feet from the center line of Route 579.
(e) 
Block 29, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.01 and 7.
(f) 
Block 29, Lots 6 and 55, for a depth of 250 feet from the center line of Route 579.
(g) 
Block 28, Lots 34 and 37.
(h) 
Block 28, Lots 35 and 36, for a depth of 250 feet from the center line of Route 579.
(4) 
The Pittstown Neighborhood Business Zone shall include:
(a) 
Block 26, Lots 1 to 17 and 17.04.
(b) 
Block 28, Lots 1 and 2.
(5) 
The Village Business Zone shall include:
[Added 11-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12]
(a) 
Block 30, Lot 20 and a portion of Lot 19 as depicted on the zoning map.
(b) 
Block 31, Lots 36, 38, 39,40,41, and a portion of Lot 37 as depicted on the zoning map.
(c) 
Block 34, Lots 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
(d) 
Block 35, Lots 8, 29, and 30.
[Amended 6-26-1985 by Ord. No. 85-1; 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-44; 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-44A; 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-44B; 11-13-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-19; 3-28-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-02; 11-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12]
The location and boundaries of these zones or districts are hereby established on the Zoning Map of the Township, dated August 2020. as may be amended or revised, which is attached hereto, as Attachment 2, and made part of this chapter.[1] In the event of conflict with the depiction on the Zone Map and the provisions of § 220-6, the provisions of § 220-6 shall prevail.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said attachment is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Added 6-26-1985 by Ord. No. 85-1; amended 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-44]
The zoning, area and bulk requirements for each zone in the Township are set forth in the Schedule of Zone Requirements, as that may be amended or revised, which schedule is at the end of and is made a part of this chapter.
[Amended 2-10-1994 by Ord. No. 94-1; 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-44]
A. 
Zone boundaries are as delineated on the Zoning Map of the Township. Zone boundary lines are intended generally to follow the center lines of streets, the center lines of railroad rights-of-way, the center lines of rivers, streams and other waterways and municipal boundary lines.
B. 
Determination of doubtful lines. In cases of uncertainty or disagreement as to the true location of any zone boundary line, the determination thereof shall be made by the Land Use Board.
C. 
Boundary lines to coincide with lot line. If a zone boundary line falls within 20 feet of a lot line existing at the time of passage of this chapter, then the lot line shall be considered the zone boundary line.