Before a building permit or certificate of occupancy
shall be issued for any conditional use as permitted by this chapter,
application shall be made to the Planning Board. The Planning Board
shall grant or deny said application within 95 days of submission
of a complete application by a developer to the Administrative Officer
or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant.
The review by the Planning Board of a conditional use shall include
any required site plan review pursuant to this chapter. Public notice
and a hearing shall be required as stipulated in this chapter. In
all requests for approval of conditional uses, the burden of proof
shall be on the applicant. The Planning Board shall give due consideration
to all reasonable elements which could affect the public health, safety,
comfort and convenience such as, but not limited to, the proposed
use(s), the character of the area, vehicular travel patterns and access,
pedestrianways, landscaping, lighting, signs, drainage, sewage treatment,
potable water supply, utilities and building and structure locations
and orientations.
A.
Public utility installations.
(1)
For purposes of this chapter, the term "public utility
uses" shall include such uses as telephone dial equipment centers,
power substations and other public utility structures.
(2)
The proposed installation in a specific location must
be reasonably necessary for the satisfactory provision of service
by the utility to the neighborhood or area in which the particular
use is to be located.
(3)
The design of any building in connection with such
facilities must conform to the general character of the area and not
adversely affect the safe, comfortable enjoyment of property rights
in the zone in which it is located.
(4)
Adequate fences and other safety devices must be provided
as may be required. Fences, when used to enclose public utility facilities
such as electrical power substations, shall be built in accordance
with the applicable requirements of the New Jersey Board of Public
Utility Commissioners and the National Electrical Safety Code in effect
at the time of construction.
(5)
Sufficient landscaping, including shrubs, trees and
lawns, shall be provided and maintained.
(6)
Off-street parking shall be provided as determined
by the Planning Board during site plan review.
(7)
All of the area, yard, building coverage and height
requirements of the respective zone and other applicable requirements
of this chapter must be met.
B.
Public purposes uses.
(1)
For purposes of this chapter, the term "public purpose
uses" shall mean the use of land or buildings by any governmental
agency, or any officially created authority or agency thereof.
(2)
The proposed installation of a specific location must
be reasonably necessary for the provision of service by the agency
or authority to the neighborhood or area in which the particular use
is to be located.
(3)
The design of any building in connection with such
facilities must conform to the general character of the area and not
adversely affect the safe, comfortable enjoyment of property rights
in the zone in which it is located.
(4)
Adequate fences and other safety devices must be provided
as may be required. Fences, when used to enclose public purpose facilities,
shall be built in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
appropriate state and federal agencies governing the facility at the
time of construction.
(5)
Sufficient landscaping, including shrubs, trees and
lawns, shall be provided and maintained.
(6)
Off-street parking shall be provided as determined
by the Planning Board during site plan review.
(7)
All of the area, yard, building coverage and height
requirements of the respective zone and other applicable requirements
of this chapter must be met.
C.
Churches, chapels and parish homes, nonprofit auditoriums,
museums and similar nonprofit cultural uses. Such uses may be established
only in those districts as specified in the Schedule of District Regulations
in accordance with the following:
(1)
District side yard requirements shall be increased
by 25%.
(2)
Any building providing public meeting facilities shall
have its main access from a collector or arterial street.
(3)
Liberal landscaping plans, including deciduous trees,
evergreen plantings and lawn areas, as well as screen plantings for
parking areas adjoining residential properties, shall be made part
of the site plan submission and be subject to approval by the Planning
Board.
