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Long title. An ordinance establishing zoning, subdivision and site plan regulations covering the use and development of land and structures, lot area, lot coverage of buildings and other structures, population density, parking provisions and height and to divide the Township of Haddon into zoning districts, each with specific regulations in accordance with provisions of the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law.
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Short title. The ordinance will be known and may be cited as the "Haddon Township Land Use and Development Ordinance."
The Haddon Township Land Use and Development Chapter which follows was developed by the Township Commissioners to promote the public health, safety, morals, general welfare and all other purposes enumerated in the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291, Laws of New Jersey 1975. It is the intent and purpose of this chapter:
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To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate use of development of all lands in the Township in a manner which will promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.
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To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made disasters.
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To provide adequate light, air and open space.
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To ensure that the development of individual municipalities does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the county and the sate, as a whole.
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To provide the establishment of appropriate population densities and concentrations which will contribute to the well-being of persons, neighborhoods and communities, and preservation of the environment.
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To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds by coordination of the public development with land use policies.
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To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of agricultural, residential, recreational, commercial and industrial uses and open space, both public and private, according to their respective environmental requirements in order to meet the needs of all New Jersey citizens.
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To encourage the location and design of transportation routes, which will promote the free-flow of traffic, while discouraging the location of such facilities and routes which result in congestion or blight.
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To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
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To promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources in the state and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through the improper use of land.
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To encourage planned unit developments, which incorporate the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational development to the particular site.
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To promote senior citizen community housing construction.
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To encourage coordination of the various public and private procedures and activities, shaping land development with a view of lessening the cost of such development and to the more efficient use of land.
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To promote the utilization of renewable energy resources.
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To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling of recyclable materials from municipal solid waste through the use of planning practices designed to incorporate the state recycling plan goals and to complement municipal recycling programs.
The regulations established by this chapter shall be held to be the minimum standards necessary to achieve the purposes and objectives of the Haddon Township Master Plan and this chapter and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land. It is not the intention of this chapter to interfere with, abrogate or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between the parties; provided, however, that where this chapter imposes a greater restriction, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.
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Use of land, construction of buildings.
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On and after the effective date of this chapter, no land may be used, excavated, cleared or filled and no land or building shall be used, developed, constructed, located, altered, rebuilt or enlarged for any purpose within Haddon Township except in conformity with the restrictions and regulations established by this chapter for the district in which such land or building is located and in conformity with all other pertinent terms and provisions of this chapter.
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No building permit shall be issued for any building or use, or reduction or enlargement in size, or alteration of any building or change in use of any building, including accessory structures, unless a development application is first submitted and approved or waived from review and approval in accordance with this chapter. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued unless all construction and development conforms to the plans as approved by the Board. All nonresidential changes of use and/or occupancy must be reviewed for conformity with this chapter, in accordance with its provisions.
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Existing uses and structures. In all districts, after the effective date of this chapter, any existing building or structure and all tracts of land, the use of which is not in conformity with the regulation for the district in which it is located, shall be deemed as nonconforming and subject to the appropriate regulations of this chapter governing such nonconforming lots, uses and structures.
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Failure to comply. Any building constructed, rebuilt, altered or located on or after the effective date of this chapter, in violation of the restrictions and regulations established for the district in which it is located or in violation of other pertinent terms or provisions of this chapter, shall be changed, altered, corrected or relocated by the person who constructed or located such building and by the owner of the land on which it is situated so that both building and premises shall conform with all provisions of this chapter. Such change, alteration, correction or relocation shall be made within 30 days after notification, in writing, by the Zoning Officer to the person who constructed, altered or located the building and the owner of the land on which it is located. Such notification shall be by personal service on those to be served by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of those to be served.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements. Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction than is imposed or required by other provisions of law or by other rules or regulations or resolutions, the provisions of this chapter shall control. Where other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions require greater restrictions than are imposed or required by this chapter, the provisions of such other laws, rules, regulations or restrictions shall control.
Any uses not expressly permitted in this chapter are prohibited. The following uses are prohibited in all districts and are enforceable to all sections of this chapter.
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Any use which emits excessive or objectionable amounts of dust, fumes, noise, odor, smoke, vibrations or waste products.
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[1]Automotive salvage yards or outdoor storage of wrecked or inoperable automobiles or parts thereof.
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Editor’s Note: Former Subsection B, regarding outdoor seating, was repealed 5-22-2018 by Ord. No. 1382. This ordinance also redesignated former Subsections C through P as Subsections B through O, respectively.
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Campers, recreational vehicles (RVs), travel trailers and/or boat trailers parked or stored at private residences must be in rear or side yards in a manner so as to provide emergency access. In no case shall they be hooked-up to utility services or occupied for any purposes while stored. No such prohibited uses shall be stored in common parking areas of apartments.
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Boats occupied overnight or hooked-up to permanent utility services.
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The use of any mobile home, travel trailer, commercial trailer or similar mobile unit used for the sale of goods or services therefrom, while parked for any period of time adjacent to any building. The use of any mobile home, trailer, tractor-trailer, travel trailer or similar mobile unit for storage purposes for a period in excess of one week while parked adjacent to a building.
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Mobile, temporary or permanent signs of any kind not specified in § 142-40.
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Any temporary or permanent obstructions at intersections, including the sight triangle thereof.
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Any use which includes the commercial storage of gasoline or other petroleum product not permitted in any other section of the chapter.
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Any use which includes the manufacturing of acid, cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris or other products emitting hazardous elements.
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Any use which includes the manufacture or storage of explosives, fat, fertilizer, gas, glue, PCB's, asbestos, vinyl chloride or the reduction of garbage, offal or dead animals.
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Any use which involves the smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores.
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Any uses which, by reason of emissions of odor, dust, gas, smoke or noise is detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare of the community.
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Any use which creates vibrations or glare that goes beyond property lines.
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Storage of combustible materials for other than on-site use and/or refining of combustible materials.
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The outdoor storage of goods, articles, appliances, or vehicles shall be prohibited in all nonresidential districts unless items being stored are to be sold, are located behind the front setback line and are screened from visibility from any residential property. No outdoor storage of trash, junk or debris may be permitted in any district unless it is contained in an enclosure conforming to the standards of § 142-61 of this chapter. Visible storage of any kind shall not be permitted on any premises in any residential district.[2]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection P, added 6-22-2021 by Ord. No. 1420, which prohibited all medical and recreational cannabis establishments, cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services from operating in the Township (except for the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service), which subsection immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 4-23-2024 by Ord. No. 1452.
All requirements shall be met at the time of the erection, enlargements, alteration, moving or change in use of the principal use and shall apply to the entire structure or structures whether or not the entire structure or structures were involved in the erection, enlargements, alteration, moving, or change in use.
This chapter may be amended from time to time by the Township Commissioners after the appropriate referrals, notices, hearings and other requirements of law.