[Added 10-25-2007 by Ord. No. 22-07]
The following uses shall be permitted in the
I-R Zone District:
A.
Industrial uses and research laboratories that comply with the performance standards in § 166-197 of this chapter.
B.
Administrative, business and professional offices.
D.
Sports training facilities. For purposes of administering
this subsection, "sports training facilities" shall be defined as
facilities designed and used primarily for training in outdoor team
sports programs, consisting of athletic fields and related indoor
facilities, such as but not limited to gymnasiums, equipment and training
rooms, offices, etc., that are ancillary to such training facilities.
G.
Conditional uses permitted in the I — Industrial District as regulated and set forth in Article XXI.
H.
Uses and structures accessory to and customarily incidental
to permitted principal uses and permitted conditional uses.
Any use other than those uses permitted in § 166-207.13 above is prohibited. By way of example and not limitation, any use prohibited by § 166-195 shall be specifically prohibited unless specifically permitted herein.
The following requirements shall be complied
with in the I-R Zone District:
A.
Minimum lot area:
(1)
All uses other than sports training facilities:
60,000 square feet.
(2)
Sports training facilities: 15 acres of net
developable area of the lot, after excluding wetland and wetland transition
areas within which development is prohibited pursuant to regulations
of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
B.
Minimum lot width: 200 feet, measured at the required
minimum front yard setback line. In addition, the average width shall
be at least 200 feet, calculated so that at least 60,000 square feet
of lot area are provided within 300 feet of the front lot line.
D.
Maximum improvement coverage:
E.
Maximum building height:
(1)
Principal buildings, including covered athletic
fields: 75 feet, exclusive of roof structures and equipment, including
but not limited to roof tanks and supports, chimneys, head houses
or similar enclosures for elevators or air-conditioning machinery,
dish antennas or other apparatus, which shall not exceed 10 feet in
height, and the area of which, including enclosures for the same but
excluding parapets of the same material as the building facade, shall
not exceed 5% of the area of the roof.
(2)
Accessory buildings: 25 feet.
F.
Minimum yard setbacks. The following minimum yard
setbacks shall apply to principal buildings, including covered athletic
fields, provided that roof overhangs shall be exempt from setback
requirements:
(1)
Minimum front yard: 75 feet.
(2)
Minimum each side yard: 40 feet or 1 1/2 times the height
of the building, whichever is greater. 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)
Minimum rear yard: 60 feet.
G.
Parking and loading.
(2)
Minimum number of parking and loading spaces:
(a)
All uses other than sports training facilities:
as required for such uses in the I Zone District by this chapter.
(b)
Sports training facilities: one parking space
for each 250 square feet of gross floor area of principal buildings.
Parking requirements for athletic fields shall be determined by the
reviewing board at the time of site plan approval on a case-by-case
basis, and shall consider whether or not: 1) all athletic fields and
principal buildings will be in use at the same time, 2) the time of
peak demand for athletic fields and principal buildings will be different,
3) some or all individuals would normally be expected to use both
principal buildings and athletic fields during the same site visit,
4) site users will use mass transportation, and 5) other factors in
determining parking demand. For purposes of administering this provision
only, a covered athletic field shall be considered an athletic field
and not a principal building.
(3)
All other requirements for parking and loading,
except as superseded by this article, shall be the same as for development
in the I — Industrial District.
H.
Buffer requirements. Landscape plantings shall be
provided between the front lot line and the nearest parking area and
building, which plantings shall include street trees and shrubs designed
to provide an attractive streetscape and to screen the view of headlights
in the parking area as viewed from the street.
I.
Number of principal buildings and distance between principal buildings.
Each lot may contain more than one principal building. Principal buildings,
including covered athletic fields, shall be separated by a distance
not less than twice the height of the taller 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]
J.
Signs.
(1)
All uses other than sports training facilities:
as regulated for the I Zone District.
(2)
Sports training facilities. The following signs
shall be permitted, as regulated below:
(a)
One principal freestanding sign, identifying
the principal use, limited to an area no greater than 18 square feet
and a height above the ground no greater than eight feet.
(b)
One secondary freestanding sign at each driveway
entrance, identifying the nature of the use or activity served by
such driveway, and limited to an area no greater than 12 square feet,
and a height above the ground of no more than four feet.
(c)
One principal wall-mounted sign on each principal
building, other than covered athletic fields, limited to an area no
greater than 105 square feet.
(d)
On covered athletic fields, up to two sign panels
but not more than one per wall, identifying the principal use and
a corporate sponsor, limited to an area not greater than 1,200 square
feet for each sign panel.
(e)
On covered athletic fields, up to two signs
per wall, but not more than eight such signs, used to display schedules,
upcoming events, programs, pictures and other information.
(f)
All of the foregoing signs may include the logo
of the primary use.
(g)
In all other respects, except as indicated otherwise
by this chapter, signs shall comply with the regulations applicable
to signs in the I Zone District.
K.
Additional requirements for sports training facilities:
(1)
Athletic field location. Covered athletic fields
shall comply with the setbacks for principal buildings. Setbacks for
uncovered athletic fields shall be measured to the fence enclosure(s)
for such fields or, if no enclosure is provided, to a point 10 feet
beyond the limits of play (out-of-bounds limits), as set forth below:
(a)
Minimum setback from front lot line: 50 feet,
measured from any enclosure fencing.
(b)
Minimum setback from side and rear lot lines:
no setback required, provided that the reviewing board, at the time
of site plan review, may require enclosures or other features to avoid
undue negative impacts to adjacent properties related to use of the
field(s).
(2)
Lighting.
(a)
The height of fixtures for athletic fields shall
not exceed 80 feet above the ground.
(b)
The illumination of athletic fields shall be
permitted to exceed 0.5 footcandles at the property lines. The reviewing
board, at the time of site plan review, shall require that the lighting
of athletic fields be limited to only those hours of darkness when
the field is in use and shall require shielding and/or other measures
to avoid undue impacts to area properties.
(3)
Spectators. Viewing by paying spectators shall
not be permitted.
(4)
Fencing. Fence enclosures of athletic fields
shall not exceed a height of 20 feet. Safety nets to prevent balls,
etc., from leaving the field of play shall be exempt from this requirement.
Enclosures shall be of chain link or similar construction so as to
be open for the passage of light and air over a height of six feet
above the ground. No setback for such fencing shall be required.
L.
In addition to the requirements of this section, all
of the provisions applicable to development in the I District shall
also apply in the I-R District. In case of conflict between the requirements
that apply in the I District and the requirements set forth in this
article, the requirements in this article shall supersede the requirements
that apply in the I District.
