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Township of Mansfield, NJ
Burlington County
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New Laws (10) Index Notes (3)
[Added 5-23-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-16[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. VI, R-2 Residence District.
[Amended 12-30-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-28; 6-26-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-12; 8-16-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-10; 3-5-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-5]
In any C-3 Office/Residential District, land, buildings or premises shall be used by right only for one or more of the following uses, provided that they meet the conditions in Subsection J(1) through (10) to the satisfaction of the Consolidated Land Use Board of Mansfield Township. It is the purpose of the C-3 Zone to permit development of residential and office development and other compatible uses consistent with the rural character and development patterns of the villages and hamlets in which they are located that will not substantially impair the intent or purpose of the Zone Plan or this chapter.
A. 
Single-family detached houses. Accessory apartment units may be permitted only in accordance with all of the regulations set forth in § 65-10C.
B. 
Professional and general offices.
C. 
Medical and legal offices.
D. 
Real estate and insurance offices.
E. 
Banks.
F. 
Retail stores for gifts, books, stationery, antiques, newspapers, candy and tobacco, jewelry and flowers.
G. 
Restaurants limited to table service only. Drive-through and take-out food facilities and all fast-food establishments are expressly prohibited.
H. 
Neighborhood general stores providing general merchandise and groceries. These general stores shall be primarily for service to the neighborhood population and not for transient through-vehicular traffic. Quick service convenience stores are expressly prohibited. All general stores shall not exceed 2,000 square feet in building size.
I. 
Barber- and beautician shops.
J. 
Office of a carpenter, contractor, plumber, electrician, painter, roofer or similar nonnuisance business. There shall not be any outside storage of materials and motor vehicles unless the following conditions and standards are met to the satisfaction of the Consolidated Land Use Board of Mansfield Township:
(1) 
The use will not injure or detract from the use of neighboring property.
(2) 
The use will not detract from the character of the neighborhood.
(3) 
The use of the property adjacent to the area included in the plan is adequately safeguarded and buffered in accordance with Article XXI.
(4) 
The property is suitable for the intended use.
(5) 
The use will serve the best interests of the Township.
(6) 
The use will not adversely affect public sewers and facilities, such as water, sewer, police and fire protection.
(7) 
The use will not adversely affect the drainage facilities in the adjacent neighborhood.
(8) 
The use will not adversely affect the safe flow of highway traffic, and adequate roadway accesses are provided to protect roadways from undue congestion and hazards.
(9) 
There shall be no storage, display or sale of any merchandise whatsoever in the front yard setbacks.
(10) 
All merchandise accessible to the public shall be adequately safeguarded to prevent injury to persons.
(11) 
There shall not be any retail sales on site.
K. 
Government buildings, facilities and uses.
L. 
Municipal parks and recreation, including active, both indoor and outdoor facilities, and passive recreation. Subject to an approved site plan, all facilities may be lighted.
M. 
Child-care facilities, subject to the standards specified in § 65-45I.
N. 
Public or private nonprofit elementary and/or secondary school, subject to a five-acre minimum lot size, 200 feet of lot frontage and a fifty-foot setback from all property lines.
Strip stores and buildings shall be prohibited. "Strip stores and buildings" shall be defined as buildings in excess of 60 feet in width.
[Added 6-26-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-12]
A. 
Cemeteries as accessory uses to a place of worship, subject to the conditions specified in § 65-10A(2).
B. 
Churches and places o worship, subject to conditions specified in § 65-10B.
C. 
Clubs and lodges and all associated functions, subject to conditions specified in § 65-10F.
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Editor's Note: Former § 65-15, Architectural standards, was repealed 8-16-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-10.
Only the following accessory uses shall be permitted:
A. 
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above-permitted uses.
Area and bulk regulations shall be as follows:
A. 
Lot size, residential: three-acre minimum.
B. 
Lot size, nonresidential: two-acre minimum.
C. 
Lot frontage: 150 feet minimum, but not to exceed 200 feet. This is to preserve the village character of the C-3 District.
D. 
Lot depth: 200 feet minimum.
E. 
Front yard: 50 feet minimum.
F. 
Rear yard: 35 feet minimum.
G. 
Side yard: 20 feet minimum for one side yard; total 50 feet minimum combined for both side yards.
H. 
Lot coverage: 25% maximum.
I. 
Building height: 35 feet maximum.
J. 
FAR: 0.15.
[Added 9-12-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-23]
For a single building with a single use, availability of a public sanitary sewer system is not required. Service by a public sanitary sewer system is required for multiple buildings or a single building with multiple uses, except for a single residential use combined with a single commercial use.
All other regulations of this chapter shall be followed as required.