The following principal and conditional uses
are permitted in the C-2 General Business and Light Manufacturing
Zone:
A. General commercial uses such as those involving warehousing
and wholesale distribution, servicing of equipment and on-site processing
activities such as commercial laundries and printing shops.
[Amended 6-24-1980 by Ord. No. 80-41]
B. Retail stores and personal services.
[Amended 6-24-1980 by Ord. No. 80-41]
C. Light manufacturing, auto body, and automobile repairs,
subject to a satisfactory showing, as determined by the Planning Board,
that there will not be noise, vibration, glare, odor or smoke discernible
at the property line and that on-site facilities and access streets
are adequate for truck traffic generated.
[Amended 7-25-2006 by Ord. No. 06-43]
D. The conversion of existing floor space to residential
use, as a conditional use, subject to compliance with the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development Minimum Property Standards,
Volume 1 or 2 (1973), whichever is applicable, Chapter 4, and to a
determination that such living facilities will not be unduly exposed
to noise and other adverse effects of the commercial operations on
the property or adjoining properties. A determination shall also be
made of the availability of adequate off-street parking facilities
for the residential occupants, either on or off the site.
[Amended 6-24-1980 by Ord. No. 80-41]
E. New residential development under the standards and
requirements of the R-4 Zone but only where the site is adjoined by
a residential use on at least one side, not counting the rear.
[Amended 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 80-44]
F. Offices and office buildings, subject to the standards
and requirements of the OR-4 Zone.
G. Municipal facilities, subject to Planning Board site
plan review.
H. Restaurants, excluding fast-food restaurants.
[Added 12-20-1983 by Ord. No. 83-52]
I. Educational play center.
[Added 7-11-1995 by Ord. No. 95-27]
J. Assisted-living facilities, permitted as a principal
use, subject to the following conditions:
[Added 5-26-1998 by Ord. No. 98-17]
(1) The maximum density shall be 32 units per acre.
(2) Off-street parking shall be provided pursuant to §
347-101.
(3) Site plan approval shall be required.
(4) The maximum height shall be 4 stories or 42 feet.
(5) The setback-to-height ratio for the front and rear
yards shall be no less than one to one. The minimum side yard setbacks
shall be equal to 1/2 the building height.
(6) The applicant shall provide evidence of a license
issued by the New Jersey State Department of Health pursuant to N.J.A.C.
8:36-1 through 8:36-16.
(7) The maximum impervious surface coverage shall be 70%.
(8) The maximum building coverage shall be 30%.
K. Senior citizen housing.
[Added 5-26-1998 by Ord. No. 98-17]
L. Cannabis establishments, other than cannabis retailers, and medical
cannabis alternative treatment centers licensed by the State of New
Jersey and the Township of Montclair, subject to the following conditions:
[Added 8-10-2021 by Ord.
No. O-21-18]
(1) The facility is not located on Walnut Street.
(2) Medical cannabis alternative treatment centers are only permitted
above the first floor.
(3) The requirements in Montclair Code §
347-17.2 are met.
M. Mixed-use
buildings that meet the following requirements:
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-17]
(1) Permitted
nonresidential uses, other than office uses, are provided along the
first floor of all street-facing facades with a depth of at least
30 feet measured from the building wall. A residential lobby may also
occupy the first floor frontage.
(2) Any
curb cut for access lanes to parking shall not interrupt the street
frontage of the building.
(3) All
parking shall be fully screened or enclosed so as not to be visible
from any public area.
[Amended 1-17-1984 by Ord. No. 84-1]
The following accessory uses are permitted in
the C-2 General Business and Light Manufacturing Zone:
A. Outdoor and indoor parking facilities, provided that
a parking facility accessory to one use may be used for parking accessory
to other uses expressly permitted in the C-2 Zone. However, it may
not be used to fulfill a parking requirement for such other uses.
[Added 5-27-1997 by Ord. No. 97-22]
The retail or wholesale sale of weapons or firearms,
as the same are defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1, shall be prohibited in
the C-2 General Business and Light Manufacturing Zone.