Township of North Brunswick, NJ Article XIII C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District

[Amended 8-16-1982; 2-4-1985]

§ 205-65 Permitted uses.

[Amended 8-1-1994; 11-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-23]

The following uses shall be permitted in C- 1 Neighborhood Commercial Districts:

A. Permitted principal uses.

(1) Retail uses, such as, but not limited to, apparel and accessories stores, drugstores, florists, general merchandise stores, grocery stores, liquor stores, furniture/home furnishings and equipment stores, and variety stores.

(2) Banks.

(3) Educational services.

(4) Eating and drinking establishments (non-drive-in) which do not have live entertainment.

(5) General business and professional offices.

(6) Publication of newspapers and periodicals.

(7) Government buildings and grounds.

(8) Parks and public playgrounds.

(9) Personal services.

(10) Indoor recreation facilities.

(11) Shopping center.

(12) Medical offices, dental offices, and clinics.

(13) Adult day-care facilities.

B. Required accessory uses.

(1) Off-street parking, subject to the provisions of Article XXIV of this chapter.

(2) Off-street loading, subject to the provisions of Article XXIV of this chapter.

C. Permitted accessory uses.

(1) Signs, subject to the provisions of Article XXV of this chapter.

(2) Fences, subject to the provisions of § 205-93 of this chapter.

(3) Repair services related to the permitted uses in this zone district.

(4) Other customary accessory uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to the principal use and building.

(5) Mechanical amusement devices, as defined in this chapter, provided that no more than four such devices shall be permitted within any building or premises used for business purposes in this zone.

D. Conditional uses (subject to the provisions of Article XXIX of this chapter).

(1) Public utilities.

(2) Philanthropic or eleemosynary uses.

§ 205-66 Development standards.

A. Minimum front yard setback: 35 feet, and 100 feet from U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 130.

B. Where a proposed commercial development abuts a residential zone or a lot developed for residential uses, a buffer shall be established; an additional thirty-foot buffer strip, designed in accordance with the requirements of Article XXVI, shall be added to any required rear or side yard which abuts said residential use.

C. All properties and uses shall also be subject to the general provisions under Article IV.

D. Front yards may be utilized for parking, provided that no parking shall be closer than 25 feet to the street line of U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 130, nor closer than 10 feet to other street lines. All nonparking areas shall be landscaped.

E. Nonconforming residential uses located in this zone shall be permitted to have accessory buildings and uses permitted in the R-2 Zone, in accordance with the provisions of the R-2 Zone.

F. All properties and uses are subject to the performance standards as specified in Article XXVII.

§ 205-66.1 C-3 Restricted Neighborhood Commercial District.

[Added 2-20-2007 by Ord. No. 07-04]

A. General. Permitted uses, required accessory uses, permitted accessory uses, conditional uses, and development standards shall be exactly the same as those required for the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District, with the exception of the prohibitions established in § 205-66.1B.

B. Prohibited uses.

(1) All establishments that include the preparation of food for either on-site or off-site consumption are expressly prohibited.

(2) On-site consumption of alcoholic beverages is expressly prohibited.