Minimum front yard setbacks, as regulated and provided in Schedule
D, may be modified so that the minimum setback may conform
to the established setbacks of existing buildings within 200 feet
on the same side of the street and within the same block.
The main entrance to a building may be located in any building
wall except in the wall of a building which faces a rear yard.
In the nonresidential districts a principal building may contain
more than one use provided that the total building coverage of the
combined uses does not exceed the maximum building coverage specified
for the zone district and, further, that each use occupies a minimum
gross floor area of 750 square feet.
Other regulations of this chapter to the contrary not withstanding,
child-care centers for which, upon completion, a license is required
from the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c.492
(N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.), shall be permitted in all nonresidential
zones. Child-care centers are also permitted as secondary uses in
conjunction with institutional uses located in any zone district.
Child-care centers shall be subject to the following requirements:
A. Time of operation. Child-care centers, except child-care centers
operated by an industry during the work hours as a service to its
employees, shall be limited to daytime operations between the hours
of 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
B. Setbacks. Any building containing a child-care center shall meet
the yard requirements of the zone district, provided that no such
building shall be located within 35 feet of a residential property.
C. Outdoor play areas. Outdoor play areas shall be located in side and
rear yards only, shall be enclosed by a fence and shall be located
at least 35 feet from a residential property line and at least 20
feet from a nonresidential property line.
D. Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with
Schedule E and shall be subject to the location requirements applicable
to the zone district as provided in Schedule D. Pickup and delivery of children shall take place on the
site with safe means of ingress and egress as approved by the Planning
Board.
E. Screening. All parking areas and play areas that adjoin residential
properties shall be effectively screened by appropriate landscaping
as approved by the Planning Board.
F. Minimum lot size. Unless a greater area is required by the zone district
in which the use is located, there shall be a minimum lot area of
15,000 square feet for the first 10 children for which the facility
is licensed to accommodate at any one time plus 500 square feet for
each additional child for which the facility is so licensed.
G. Other conditions. Any child-care center shall be subject to site
plan approval by the Planning Board in accordance with development
review.
Commercial vehicles, recreational vehicles, buses, ambulances,
vans, limousines, trucks, trailers and construction equipment and
similar vehicles shall not be permitted to be stored in any nonresidential
district unless owned by the property owner of a permitted use in
the zoning district. Storage and/or parking of all vehicles shall
be on an asphalt paved, concrete or concrete paver surface and must
meet the minimum required setbacks for accessory structure per the
particular zone. All such vehicles must be stored/parked in the rear
yard area only.
In the event of a conflict between a specific district regulation
and a regulation set forth in this chapter, the specific district
regulation shall prevail.