B.
The following rules shall govern interpretations of
the Zoning Map:
(1)
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise
indicated, the center lines of streets, alleys or railroad rights-of-way,
or follow property lines or extensions thereof.
(2)
The Planning Board shall determine the location of
any disputed zoning district boundary line.
[Amended 11-2-2020 by Ord. No. 1692]
[Amended 3-3-2002 by Ord. No. 1306; 4-6-2015 by Ord. No. 1565; 8-3-2015 by Ord. No. 1575; 9-6-2016 by Ord. No.
1604; 5-1-2017 by Ord. No. 1615]
All uses not expressly permitted as either a principal use, an accessory use or as a conditional use by this chapter are prohibited. In addition, the following uses are also prohibited: ice or roller skating rinks, establishments that show films or videos of any kind, massage or tattoo parlors, establishments utilizing either plenary retail consumption or distribution licenses pursuant to N.J.S.A. 33:1-12, establishments utilizing either limited or restricted licenses pursuant to N.J.S.A. 33:1-10, except limited breweries, which do not sell or serve food or operate a restaurant, as defined under Article II, § 141-4, bowling alleys or electronic or mechanical games of any kind but not limited to pool, billiards or bingo, flea markets, discos and nightclubs, accessory apartments, boarding homes and community residential houses, fortune telling, tarot card and psychic readings and similar or related services.
A.
Purpose. The Single-Family Residential District recognizes
mature neighborhoods that contain significant single-family, owner-occupied
single-family units on larger lots.
B.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
D.
Conditional uses shall be as follows:
(3)
Utility structures and facilities needed to provide the direct service of gas, electricity, telephone, water, sewerage and cable television excluding offices, garages, warehouses, maintenance areas or similar commercially or industrially related operations of such companies or utilities. (See § 141-89.)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D(4), Community
residential homes, which subsection immediately followed this subsection,
was repealed 3-3-2002 by Ord. No. 1306.
F.
Nonconforming
uses: hours of operation. Any nonconforming use located in such zone
shall not conduct business between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00
a.m.
[Added 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 1488]
A.
Purpose. This district recognizes mature neighborhoods
that contain significant single-family, owner-occupied single-family
units on smaller lots.
B.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
D.
Conditional uses shall be as follows:
(3)
Utility structures and facilities needed to provide the direct service of gas, electricity, telephone, water, sewerage and cable television excluding offices, garages, warehouses, maintenance areas or similar commercially or industrially related operations of such companies or utilities. (See § 141-82.)
F.
Nonconforming
uses: hours of operation. Any nonconforming use located in such zone
shall not conduct business between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00
a.m.
[Added 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 1488]
[Amended 3-3-2002 by Ord. No. 1306]
A.
Purpose. This district recognizes the transitional
single-family residential neighborhoods that have walkable access
to the Borough's business districts. It promotes alternative living
arrangements in stable, owner-occupied homes.
B.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
D.
Conditional uses shall be as follows:
(3)
Utility structures and facilities needed to provide the direct service of gas, electricity, telephone, water, sewerage and cable television excluding offices, garages, warehouses, maintenance areas or similar commercially or industrially related operations of such companies or utilities. (See § 141-82.)
F.
Nonconforming
uses: hours of operation. Any nonconforming use located in such zone
shall not conduct business between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00
a.m.
[Added 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 1488]
A.
Purpose. This district recognizes the mature residential
neighborhoods that consist of original row-homes and similar, attached
single-family homes. It further promotes their upkeep and restoration
as owner-occupied units.
B.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
D.
Conditional uses shall be as follows:
(3)
Utility structures and facilities needed to provide the direct service of gas, electricity, telephone, water, sewerage and cable television excluding offices, garages, warehouses, maintenance areas or similar commercially or industrially related operations of such companies or utilities. (See § 141-82.)
F.
Nonconforming
uses: hours of operation. Any nonconforming use located in such zone
shall not conduct business between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00
a.m.
[Added 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 1488]
A.
Purpose. This district recognizes and promotes multifamily
housing in proximity to commercial opportunities within the Borough.
D.
Conditional uses shall be as follows:
(4)
Utility structures and facilities needed to provide the direct service of gas, electricity, telephone, water, sewerage and cable television excluding offices, garages, warehouses, maintenance areas or similar commercially or industrially related operations of such companies or utilities. (See § 141-82.)
(5)
Senior citizen housing.
F.
Nonconforming
uses: hours of operation. Any nonconforming use located in such zone
shall not conduct business between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00
a.m.
[Added 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 1488]
A.
Purpose. This district recognizes and encourages the
traditional downtown shopping and service opportunities within the
Borough. It supports creative infill and redevelopment opportunities
to supplement strong, existing businesses.
B.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
(1)
Retail stores and service establishments, excluding
convenience stores.
(2)
Retail banks.
[Amended 12-3-2007 by Ord. No. 1440]
(3)
Restaurants, excluding fast-food restaurants.
(4)
Travel agencies, real estate offices and opticians.
(5)
Funeral homes.
(7)
Drugstores and pharmacies.
(8)
Libraries.
C.
Permitted accessory uses shall be as follows:
(1)
Uses customarily incidental to the permitted principal
uses.
(3)
Residential uses within the same building as a permitted
commercial use. Such residential use must be located on the second
or third floor of the commercial building located on Haddon Avenue
or Collings Avenue.
(4)
Office, professional office and medical professional
office uses within the second or third floor of the same building
as a permitted commercial use.
(5)
Office, professional office and medical professional
office uses, except that such uses shall not be permitted on the first
floor along Haddon Avenue or Collings Avenue.
A.
Purpose. This district recognizes the existing significant
buildings within the district, while supporting conversion of existing
single-family, detached residential homes to professional offices
and cultural-oriented business without changing the architectural
features of the area.
B.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
A.
Purpose. This district serves to recognize and promote
highway-oriented development along the Route 130 corridor that will
serve as a gateway for the Borough with appropriate landscaping, buffering,
signage, and architectural treatments.
B.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
D.
Conditional uses shall be as follows:
A.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
(1)
Professional and medical offices.
(2)
Wholesale business.
(3)
Scientific and research laboratories.
(4)
Industry, processing and manufacturing for such uses
but not limited to beverages, food items, pharmaceuticals, printing
and publishing, confections, clothing, electrical goods, furniture,
specialty manufacturing, professional and scientific instruments,
and electronics.
(5)
Industrial research.
(6)
Warehouses.
(7)
Vehicle sales.
C.
Conditional uses shall be as follows:
(1)
Retail sales of goods and services, financial institutions
and restaurants shall be permitted in up to 25% of the HID District,
provided that the following criteria are complied with:
(a)
There shall be a minimum lot size of three acres.
(b)
There shall be a minimum of 25,000 square feet
of building area.
(c)
There should be a maximum of three conditional
uses within any building.
[Amended 8-7-2006 by Ord. No. 1410]
(d)
Parking shall be one car per 200 square feet
gross area of the building.
(h)
There shall be no significant adverse impact
caused by storm drainage from the property in question to any other
property within the drainage area.
[Added 8-1-2016 by Ord.
No. 1599]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Affordable Housing Overlay District is
to establish an area for capturing the Borough's unmet need from its
Third Round Fair Share Affordable Housing obligations, in conformance
with the requirements of the New Jersey Fair Housing Act of 1985.
B.
Applicability.
(1)
Affordable Housing Overlay District shall be applied to the
lands known as Block 38, Lots 12, 12.01, 12.02, and 12.03; Block 60,
Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.01. and 5.02; Block 63, Lots 1, 1.01, 2, 3, 6.01,
and 6.07; and Block 97, Lots 4.02, 5, 5.01, 5.02, and 8 on the Collingswood
Tax Map.
C.
Permitted use; permitted density.
(1)
The development of multifamily dwellings shall be permitted
in the Affordable Housing Overlay District.
(2)
Residential density permitted in the Affordable Housing Overlay
District shall be as follows:
(a)
Block 38, Lots 12, 12.01, 12.02, and 12.03: 10 dwelling units
per acre;
(b)
Block 60, Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.01, and 5.02: 16 dwelling units
per acre;
(c)
Block 63, Lots 1, 1.01, 2, 3, 6.01, and 6.07: 13.91 dwelling
units per acre; and
(d)
Block 97, Lots 4.02, 5, 5.01, 5.02, and 8: 14 dwelling units
per acre.
D.
Affordable housing set-aside. A fifteen-percent set-aside for affordable housing for all development applications consisting of five or more residential units within the areas described in Subsection B(1) above is required.
E.
Compliance with other regulations and ordinances.
(1)
All multifamily dwellings developed within the Affordable Housing
Overlay District shall comply with all development regulations applicable
to the Multifamily Residential District.
(2)
All other development regulations applicable to the underlying
zones for each property located within Affordable Housing Overlay
District shall remain in full force and effect unless in conflict
with this section.
A.
Any change in use, as listed below, shall require
application to be made to the Zoning Officer. It shall be unlawful
to undertake any of these changes unless the Zoning Officer has signified,
in writing, that the provisions of this subsection and chapter have
been met.
B.
Application for such change in use approval shall
be made to the Zoning Administrative Officer in writing. The application
shall contain all information necessary for the Officer to ascertain
whether the proposed change is use complies with this chapter or shall
appear before the Planning Board for approval. The application shall
include a drawing, to scale, which shows the following information:
(1)
The dimensions and shape of the lot in question.
(2)
The exact size and locations of all existing and any
proposed structures.
(3)
Current and proposed utilities, access to rights-of-way,
and on-site circulation
(4)
Current and proposed use, including a project description
of the proposed use with number of employees, parking stalls, and
bedrooms (if a residential use), and square footage of impervious
coverage.
(5)
The SIC codes for the current and proposed use. (See
list at the end of this chapter.)
C.
The Zoning Officer shall have 45 days in which to
review the proposed change in use.
(1)
Should the change in use be deemed insignificant by the Zoning Officer, have the same division and major group classification within the SIC system, as signified by the first digit in the SIC code, or not involve any outside construction, written approval shall be granted as mentioned in Subsection A.
[Amended 4-5-2004 by Ord. No. 1329]
(2)
Where the construction or alteration of a structure
is involved, a zoning permit shall be applied for. If the Zoning Administrative
Officer deems the change in use insignificant and that the requirements
contained within this chapter have been met, he shall issue a zoning
permit.
(3)
If the division and major group classification within
the SIC system, as signified by the first digit in the SIC code of
the proposed use varies from the current use, the Zoning Officer shall
forward the application to the Planning Board for the appropriate
review. The applicant may proceed with an informal plat review to
determine classification of the application. Approval by the Planning
Board of a site plan or subdivision shall constitute the equivalent
of written approval by the Zoning Officer, and upon completion of
all required conditions of any Planning Board approval, a zoning permit
shall be issued and the change of use may proceed.
[Amended 4-5-2004 by Ord. No. 1329]
D.
It shall be unlawful to convert any single-family attached or single-family detached dwelling into a two-or-more-family dwelling. Accessory apartments are conditional uses in certain residential zones and must meet the requirements outlined in § 141-44.
E.
Any property in the Borough of Collingswood that is currently zoned for nonresidential uses and that is subsequently rezoned for residential purposes or receives a zoning change or a use variance to permit residential development, or receives a zoning change or a density variance to permit higher density residential development, and provided such residential development provides a sufficient compensatory benefit in terms of the density of development permitted, shall provide an affordable housing set-aside as set forth in § 85-6E(3). The determination of a "sufficient compensatory benefit" shall be a density that is above the presumptive density pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:93-5.6.
[Added 8-1-2016 by Ord.
No. 1599]
Under the authority granted by the Local Redevelopment
and Housing Law,[1] those geographic areas that have been designated as areas
in need of rehabilitation may be utilized in a manner not inconsistent
with the intent and purpose of a duly authorized redevelopment plan
and shall not be subject to the requirements of the zone in which
the area is located.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.