[Amended 10-26-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-33]
The purpose and intent of the C-2 General Commercial
District is to enhance the visual quality of Route 130; restore and
revitalize the highway frontage as a commercial, retail and services
destination; eliminate incompatible business along Route 130; and
maximize safety through state-of-the-art planning engineering and
landscape architecture design.
[Amended 7-27-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-9; 5-24-2005 by Ord. No.
2005-14; 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-5]
A. Sale or rental of goods and provision of services,
including but not limited to the following, are permitted uses:
(3) Horticultural products, retail only.
(4) Confectionary products, including soft drinks and
similar nonalcoholic refreshments that may be consumed on premises.
(5) Drugs and pharmaceuticals; goods and services.
(6) Office and stationery supplies, tobacco, books, periodicals
and newspapers.
(9) Furniture sales and home furnishings.
(10)
Lumber and building products sales.
(13)
Commercial schools, employment training centers,
professional and technical training centers.
(14)
Food stuffs, including baked goods on a retail
basis.
(15)
Veterinary services with no boarding or kennel
facilities.
(17)
Taverns, bars, and liquor stores.
(18)
Barber and beauty shop operations.
(19)
Custom tailoring and dress making (excluding
clothing manufacturing).
(21)
Laundry, including self-service laundries.
(23)
Radio and electrical repair.
(24)
Dancing, music, and martial arts schools.
(25)
Pre-schools, day-care nurseries, and adult day
care.
(26)
Child day-care centers in accordance with N.J.S.A.
40:55D-66.6.
(28)
Banquet, catering and conference facilities.
(29)
Financial institutions and banks without drive-through
facilities.
(30)
Art galleries or museums.
(31)
Retail computer sales and repairs.
(32)
Restaurants and cafes with internet/WIFI hotspots,
including outdoor seating but without drive-throughs.
(34)
Medical and dental facilities and offices.
(36)
Gym and fitness facilities.
(37)
Personal self-storage facilities.
B. The following uses are permitted as conditional uses,
subject to the specific conditions set forth elsewhere in this chapter:
(1) Funeral and undertaking establishments.
(2) Gasoline service stations.
(3) Drive-through restaurants.
(4) New sales of cars, motorcycles, recreational vehicles
or boats with necessary service operations.
(5) Used sales of cars, motorcycles, recreational vehicles
or boats ancillary to the sale of new vehicles.
(6) Towers for electrical devices.
(7) Banks with drive-through facilities.
(8) Retail vehicle detailing, washing, repair and customizing,
commonly referred to as "car washes."
(9) Massage and spa facilities.
(10) Cannabis retailer or cannabis delivery service, subject to the following
conditions:
[Added 7-27-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-13]
(a)
Such facility shall meet all requirements for licensure, and
hold the appropriate license issued by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission,
Department of Treasury, State of New Jersey.
(b)
No facility shall permit on-site consumption of cannabis or
cannabis-related products.
(c)
No outside storage of any cannabis, cannabis products, or cannabis-related
materials shall be permitted.
(d)
The hours of operation for any cannabis retail facility shall
be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., seven days a week.
(e)
A security plan shall be submitted to the Township Police Department
demonstrating how the facility will maintain effective security and
control of operations. The security plan should identify the type
of security systems to be employed, tracking and recordkeeping of
products and materials, surveillance systems to be used, and whether
or not any armed security personnel will be on the premises.
(f)
For each of these classifications of operation, the facility
shall provide an air treatment system with sufficient odor-absorbing
ventilation, and exhaust systems such that any odors generated inside
the facility are not detectable by a person of reasonable sensitivity
anywhere on adjacent property, within public right-of-way, or within
any other unit located in the same building if the use occupies a
portion of a building.
(g)
There shall be a maximum of six licensed cannabis businesses
of any classification within the Township, and no more than four of
those may be retail cannabis facilities.
C. The following uses are prohibited in this zone:
(1) Sexually oriented businesses.
(2) Any use not reasonably encompassed in the common definition
of the uses specifically listed above.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-5]
The following conditions shall apply to the
indicated conditional uses in this zone:
A. Retail vehicle detailing, washing, repair and customizing
(car washes).
(1) An application for a car wash shall satisfy all procedural
requirements and standards for site plan review and also shall include
appropriate off-tract information to permit the reviewing board to
make an informed decision.
(2) The reviewing board shall be satisfied that the proposed
car wash will be in harmony with adjacent land uses. The proposed
car wash also shall be compatible with the Master Plan of Delran Township
and specific studies contained therein relating to site design both
as to the tract and area impacts.
(3) The reviewing board shall be satisfied that on-tract
circulation is adequate, safe and efficient for all users and vehicles,
including pedestrians, automobiles, delivery vehicles, emergency vehicles
and service vehicles.
(4) The reviewing board shall be satisfied that the off-tract
circulation is adequate for the movement of vehicles, or pedestrians
and bicyclists. The reviewing board must make a specific determination
that the access to and from the tract is adequate.
(5) The reviewing board shall be satisfied that the applicant
has taken into consideration the physical conditions of the tract,
including topography, drainage, soil conditions, existing vegetation,
and related county and state requirements.
(6) A car wash shall satisfy the following requirements
in addition to requirements otherwise applicable in the zoning district:
(a)
A twenty-five-foot-wide minimum landscaping
area shall be provided in the front yard. Rear and side yards not
adjacent to residential uses or zones shall be provided with a minimum
five-foot-wide landscaping area with screening/buffering as determined
necessary.
(b)
All mechanical activities must be conducted
within a totally enclosed building, other than individual car vacuums.
No merchandise, products or other equipment or objects shall be displayed
or stored outside.
(c)
Vehicle stacking and off-street parking.
[1]
Each fully mechanized (non-self-serve) car wash
lane shall have a minimum capacity for 12 vehicles in each lane.
[2]
One separate parking space for each waxing,
upholstery cleaning or similar specialized service area.
[3]
One separate parking space for each employee.
[4]
Two parking spaces for each mechanized car wash
lane to be provided outside the building.
(d)
No motor vehicle, trailer or similar equipment
or part thereof shall be displayed or parked on the premises for the
purpose of display, sale, storage or the like.
(e)
Long expanses of building facades shall be broken
up with variations in architectural design and landscaping.
No residential dwelling units shall be permitted.
[Amended 10-26-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-33]
A. Minimum lot size: 40,000 square feet.
B. Minimum lot frontage: 200 feet.
C. Setback requirements:
(1) Minimum front yard setback:
(a)
Seventy-five feet from any state right-of-way.
(b)
Fifty feet from any county right-of-way.
(c)
Twenty-five feet from any other right-of-way.
(2) Minimum rear yard setback:
(a)
Seventy-five feet from any residentially zoned
property.
(b)
Twenty-five feet from any other property.
(3) Minimum side yard setback:
(a)
Seventy-five feet from any residentially zoned
property.
(b)
Twenty-five feet from any other property.
(4) Interior accessways may be located within setbacks,
but not within required buffer areas except for existing access easements.
D. Minimum buffer width and location: 50 feet within
the setback from any residentially zoned property; 25 feet from any
state, county and local right-of-way. Required buffer areas along
all rights-of-way will provide landscape or other designs to protect
vehicles from inadvertently or otherwise entering cartways other than
at approved points of ingress and egress.
E. Maximum building height: 35 feet.
F. Maximum impervious coverage: 60%.
G. Maximum clearing limit. No more than 70% of the lot
area shall be cleared of vegetation for the purpose of construction,
except if more than 70% of the lot is presently cleared or the vegetation
is seasonal in nature.
H. Minimum parking setbacks:
(1) Twenty-five feet from any state right-of-way.
(2) Fifty feet from any residentially zoned property.
(3) Twenty-five feet from any other right-of-way.
(4) Twenty feet from any other rear property line.
(5) Twelve and one-half feet from any other side property
line except that zero feet may be permitted where cross easements
for parking are provided and maintained.
[Amended 10-26-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-33]
A. Utilities. All utilities shall be located underground.
B. Mechanical screening. All mechanical equipment, whether
placed on the ground, roof or other location, shall be screened from
ground-level view with an acceptable material compatible with the
architectural scheme of the development, and may not exceed the maximum
building height.
C. Trash enclosures. All trash and recycling containers
shall be enclosed in accordance with the Township design standards
for trash enclosures.
D. Parking. Off-street parking must be provided in accordance with the requirements of and the schedule set forth in §
355-92, or as otherwise provided in this chapter. Shared parking may be permitted as determined by the reviewing board.
E. Conditions. The reviewing board may impose more restrictive
conditions or any further reasonable conditions to the effect of noise,
traffic movement and volume, lighting and/or intensity of such use
or uses on adjacent land uses and may require sufficient guarantees
to ensure compliance with such restrictions or conditions.