Township of Hanover, NJ Article XXXVII I-P Industrial Park District

§ 166-204 Primary intended use.

[Amended 4-14-1988 by Ord. No. 3-88; 5-12-1988 by Ord. No. 7-88; 5-24-1990 by Ord. No. 16-90; 5-13-1993 by Ord. No. 12-93; 12-22-1993 by Ord. No. 36-93; 12-14-2017 by Ord. No. 26-2017]

The following principal uses shall be permitted in the I-P Industrial Park Zone; provided, however, that any part of the I-P Zone that falls within an area defined as an airport hazard area in the Air Safety and Hazardous Zoning Act of 1983, N.J.S.A. 6:1-81 et seq., as amended, N.J.A.C. 16:62 et seq., as amended May 15, 1989, shall comply with the provisions of said chapter and with the Air Safety and Zoning regulations, N.J.A.C. 16:62-1.1 et seq.:

A. Professional, executive or administrative offices.

B. Industrial and manufacturing uses as permitted and regulated by this article.

C. Scientific or research laboratories.

D. State-licensed nursing homes.

E. Indoor physical fitness facilities.

F. (Reserved)[1]

[1] Editor’s Note: Former Subsection F, regarding hotels, was repealed 6-13-2019 by Ord. No. 24-19.

G. Municipal uses, institutional uses and nonresidential social assistance establishments as regulated by § 166-138.4 and by this article.

H. Conditional uses as permitted and regulated in Article XXI of this chapter.

I. Veterinary services, pet care services and pet boarding services, including as an accessory use outdoor training or exercising areas, and subject to compliance with the requirements of Chapter 117.

[Added 12-13-2018 by Ord. No. 35-18]

§ 166-205 Prohibited uses.

No land or building shall be used or occupied for a use which will in any manner create any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable fire, explosive, radioactive or other hazard; noise or vibration; smoke, dust, odor or other form of air pollution, heat, cold, dampness or movement of air; electrical or other disturbance; glare, or liquid or solid waste in any manner or amount unless it conforms with the performance standards of § 166-197 or any use which shall be detrimental to the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the Township of Hanover. In addition, the following uses are specifically prohibited:

A. Residential construction or conversion.

B. Public or commercial incineration.

C. Junkyards.

D. Dumps, lagoons or pits for the disposal or storage of garbage, trash or any other liquid or solid waste material, except by the municipality or its agent.

E. Retail sales and service, except as specifically permitted by this article and except conditional uses as regulated in Article XXI; provided, however, that amusement devices are only permitted as an accessory use to those uses as permitted and regulated in § 166-181.

[Amended 12-13-2018 by Ord. No. 35-18]

F. Public warehouses.

G. Trucking terminals.

H. Bowling alleys and like amusement buildings.

I. Gasoline stations and motor vehicle repair or maintenance establishments.

[Amended 5-12-2016 by Ord. No. 15-16]

J. (Reserved)[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Former Subsection J, regarding aboveground storage or processing tanks, was repealed 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 19-13. See § 166-124.1, Aboveground storage and processing tanks.

K. The storage and repair of heavy construction equipment either within or outside the confines of a building, such as but not necessarily limited to dump trucks, backhoes, bulldozers, road graders, cranes, front-end loaders, flatbed trailers, portable or stationary cement mixers, compactors, rollers or blacktop paving machines.

L. Trucking terminals. This prohibition is not intended to exclude warehousing and manufacturing uses to which trucking is ancillary.

M. Refuse separation and recycling stations.

N. Refuse transfer stations.

O. Resource recovery plants.

P. In addition to the above uses, none of the following additional uses shall be permitted in any part of an I-P Zone that falls within an area defined as an airport hazard area in the Air Safety and Hazardous Zoning Act.

(1) Schools.

(2) Bulk flammable or bulk compressed gas storage.

(3) Single uses that would attract crowds in excess of 500 persons.

(4) Uses that may attract massing birds, including landfills.

(5) Above-grade major utility transmission lines/mains.

§ 166-206 Required conditions.

[Amended 5-12-1988 by Ord. No. 7-88]

The following requirements must be complied with in the IP Zone; provided, however, that certain lands within the IP Zone that fall within an area defined as an airport hazard area in the Air Safety and Hazardous Zoning Act, Chapter 260, of the Laws of 1983, and Chapter 62, Air Safety and Hazardous Zoning (N.J.A.C. 16:62-1.1 et seq.), shall be regulated by the provisions of said Chapters 62 and 260, where said Chapter 62 or 260 regulations are more restrictive than the following requirements, which shall govern all lands in the I-P Zone:

A. No building shall exceed a maximum of 45 feet in height, exclusive of roof tanks and supports, chimneys or head houses or similar enclosures for elevators or air-conditioning machinery or other apparatus. The foregoing roof structures shall not exceed 10 feet in height, nor shall their total area exceed 5% of the roof area to which they are attached. This shall not be construed to permit a dish antenna to exceed the forty-five-foot height limit as regulated in § 166-138.1B(2).

B. There shall be a front yard of not less than 100 feet, except on Malapardis Road, where the setback shall be 150 feet. Passenger automobile parking areas, as required, shall be permitted in the front yard, provided that said parking shall at no point be closer than the required front yard setback. Corner lots shall meet the front yard requirements and regulations from each abutting street.

C. There shall be two side yards, and no side yard shall be less than 40 feet or 1.5 times the height of the building, whichever is greater; provided, however, that the side yard adjacent to a residential zone district shall not be less than 100 feet, unless the requirements of § 166-125 impose a more stringent requirement; and further provided that the two side yards must total 40% of the lot width measured along the required front street setback line. If the building varies in height, the setback requirement shall apply independently to each portion of the building, based upon the height of such portion.

[Amended 12-13-2001 by Ord. No. 18-2001; 6-14-2018 by Ord. No. 15-2018]

D. There shall be a rear yard of at least 75 feet; provided, however, that the rear yard adjacent to a residential zone district shall not be less than 100 feet, unless the requirements of § 166-125 impose a more stringent requirement.

[Amended 12-13-2001 by Ord. No. 18-2001]

E. Each lot shall have a minimum lot width of 350 feet measured along the required front street setback line.

F. Those portions of all front, rear and side yards that are not used for off-street parking shall be attractively planted with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns as required by the Planning Board.

G. No storage of any kind shall be permitted in this zone other than within a building.

H. The total floor area within all structures on any lot in the I-P Zone shall not be more than 25% of the total lot area.

[Amended 11-20-1989 by Ord. No. 37-89]

I. (Reserved)[1]

[1] Editor’s Note: Former Subsection I, regarding hotels, as amended, was repealed 6-13-2019 by Ord. No. 24-19.

J. Every building shall be faced on all exterior walls with a veneer material as approved by the Planning Board.

K. Planned industrial developments as defined in § 166-4 shall be permitted, which developments shall meet the following requirements, along with all other applicable requirements of this article and of this chapter. In the event that the following requirements conflict with other applicable requirements of this chapter, the following requirements shall apply to the planned industrial development:

[Amended 11-20-1989 by Ord. No. 37-89; 12-13-2001 by Ord. No. 18-2001; 9-8-2011 by Ord. No. 25-11; 2-23-2017 by Ord. No. 2-17; 12-14-2017 by Ord. No. 26-2017]

(1) No building or structure shall exceed a maximum of 55 feet in height; provided, however, that parking structures shall not exceed a maximum of 28 feet in height.

(2) No building shall be permitted closer to any property line or abutting street than two feet for every foot of building height, or 100 feet, whichever results in the greater setback. If the building varies in height, the setback requirement shall apply independently to each portion of the building, based upon the height of such portion.

[Amended 6-14-2018 by Ord. No. 15-2018]

(3) No building or structure shall be closer to another building or structure than a distance that equals or exceeds the height of the higher building or structure. Enclosed walkways may connect individual buildings and, for the purpose of administering this section, shall not be construed as an integral part of either building. If the building varies in height, the separation requirement shall apply independently to each portion of the building, based upon the height of such portion.

[Amended 6-14-2018 by Ord. No. 15-2018]

(4) No storage of any kind shall be permitted other than within a building.

(5) Off-street parking shall be provided as required in § 166-155 but can be improved as set forth in § 166-153L. Said parking, including access driveways and aisles, shall not be closer than 25 feet to any nonresidentially zoned property line or 50 feet to any residential zone district boundary line, unless the requirements of § 166-125 impose a more stringent requirement.

(6) The total floor area of all buildings within a planned industrial development shall not exceed 25% of the total site area in the planned industrial development. For the purpose of determining this twenty-five-percent ratio, the applicant may cluster his development on one or more lots within the planned industrial development that exceed the twenty-five-percent coverage of said lot or lots; provided, however, that to do so he shall either deed to the Township the public areas or he shall set aside within the planned industrial development public areas in an amount such that, when added to the area of the lot or lots containing the cluster development, the twenty-five-percent maximum coverage ratio would be met. The public areas to be deeded or set aside under the terms of this section shall be in the I-P Zone at a location and shape as approved by the Planning Board.

(7) Those portions of the PID not covered with buildings, sidewalks, parking areas or other impervious materials shall be attractively planted with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns as required by the Planning Board.

(8) Every planned industrial development containing more than one principal building on a lot shall be required to demonstrate, as part of the required site plan application, that any future lot created as part of a future subdivision of the property would meet all front yards, side yards, rear yards, minimum lot area and width, off-street parking, floor area ratios and other applicable requirements of this article and of this chapter.

§ 166-207 Performance standards.

Before the issuance of a building or occupancy permit for any use in the Industrial Park District, all the performance standards of § 166-193 must be complied with.