In an M-D Manufacturing District, the regulations
contained in this article shall apply.
A.
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, and no other, provided that no use which is noxious or hazardous shall be permitted, as defined in § 700-54.
(2)
Wholesale business establishments.
(3)
Warehouses or yards for the storage, sale and distribution
of petroleum products, building materials or products of manufacturing
uses permitted in the Township, not including a junkyard, salvage
yard or wrecking yard.
(4)
Manufacturing or processing as follows:
(a)
Beverages (nonalcoholic); bottling establishments.
(b)
Canvas and canvas products.
(c)
Clothing and other textile products, not including
the manufacture of textiles.
(d)
Manufacture and assembly of electrical equipment,
appliances and supplies, not including heavy electrical machinery.
(e)
Combining or processing of food products, not
including meat and fish.
(f)
Jewelry, clocks and watches.
(g)
Leather products including luggage and shoes.
(h)
Medical, dental and drafting equipment, optical
goods and other professional and scientific instruments.
(i)
Metal finishing, plating, grinding, sharpening,
polishing, cleaning, rust-proofing and heat treatment.
(j)
Metal stamping and extrusion of small products.
(k)
Musical instruments, manufacturing.
(l)
Compounding of perfumes and pharmaceutical products.
(m)
Small rubber products and synthetically treated
fabrics, not including rubber and synthetic processing.
(n)
Small products from the following previously
prepared materials: bone, cork, feathers, felt, fur, glass, hair,
horn, paper, plastics and shells.
(o)
Tool, die and pattern making and similar small
machine shops.
(p)
Wood products, including furniture and boxes.
(5)
Carpet and rug cleaning.
(6)
Laundry, dry cleaning or dyeing plants.
(7)
Refineries; laboratories: research, experimental and
testing buildings and structures.
(8)
Any use of the same general character as any of the
above permitted uses, when authorized as a conditional use by the
Planning Board.
(9)
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the above permitted uses.
(10)
Processing units.
(11)
Oil refineries and/or Group H uses in the Uniform
Construction Code.
B.
Any new use constructed after January 1990 shall be
responsible for the treatment of all waste from manufacturing so that
the effluent of any type is made to be environmentally neutral.
[Added 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
C.
The following uses shall be considered conditionally permitted:
[Added 7-19-2021 by Ord.
No. 8-2021]
(1)
Class 1 cannabis cultivator: Any licensed person or entity that grows,
cultivates, or produces cannabis in this state, and sells, and may
transport, this cannabis to other cannabis cultivators, or usable
cannabis to cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis
retailers, but not to consumers.
(2)
Class 2 cannabis manufacturer: Any licensed person or entity that
processes cannabis items in this state by purchasing or otherwise
obtaining usable cannabis, manufacturing, preparing and packaging
cannabis items, and selling, and optionally transporting, these items
to other cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis
retailers, but not to consumers.
(3)
Class 3 cannabis wholesaler: Establishments or places of business
primarily engaged in selling merchandise to other businesses, including
retailers, industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional
business users, other wholesalers, or acting as agents or brokers
and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals
or companies.
(4)
Class 4 cannabis distributor: The bulk transportation of cannabis
items to and from licensed cannabis establishments.
(5)
Class 6 delivery service: The delivery of cannabis items and related
supplies fulfilled by a licensed cannabis retailer to consumers.
D.
The aforestated conditional uses shall meet the relevant required
conditions, as noted below:
[Added 7-19-2021 by Ord.
No. 8-2021]
(2)
Buildings: With the exception of loading and transportation activities
incidental to the operation of the cannabis business, all operations
shall be located within enclosed heated and air-conditioned buildings
and shall not be permitted in greenhouses, hoop houses, or outdoors.
(3)
Hours of operation: With the exception of security operations, hours
of operation shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m. daily.
No licensed cannabis business shall operate between the hours of 11:01
p.m. and 6:59 a.m. on any day.
(4)
Odor control: All facilities shall provide an air treatment system
with sufficient odor absorbing ventilation and exhaust systems such
that any odor generated inside the facility is not detectable by a
person of reasonable sensitivity anywhere on adjacent property, within
public rights-of-way, or within any other unit located within the
same building as the licensed facility if the use only occupies a
portion of a building. Odor from the facility shall be monitored on
an annual basis at the discretion of the Township by a licensed, qualified
contractor chosen by the Township at a cost that shall be paid for
by the licensed business.
(5)
Noise: For any licensed cultivation, processing, manufacturing, or
similar operation, the facility shall provide for noise mitigation
features designed to minimize disturbance from machinery, processing
and/or packaging operations, loading, and other noise-generating equipment
or machinery. All licensed facilities must operate within applicable
state decibel limitations.
(6)
Security: To the extent not already required by the entity's
state license, all sites must be equipped with security cameras covering
all exterior parking and loading areas, points of entry, and interior
spaces which are either open to the public or used for the storage
or processing of cannabis products. Footage must be maintained for
the duration required under state law. All licensed facilities must
provide the Township of Greenwich Police Department with access to
security footage immediately upon request by the Department.
(7)
Fencing: All facilities shall be enclosed by a security fence with a height of eight feet. Fences shall otherwise comply with the requirements outlined in § 700-62 (Fences and enclosure walls).
(8)
Off-street parking: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance
with the Township of Greenwich Zoning Ordinance, as deemed sufficient
by the members and professionals of the Borough Planning/Zoning Board.
Within the Manufacturing District, the following
dimensional requirements shall apply:
A.
Lot area. A lot area sufficient in size to assure
adequate facilities for disposal of sewage and industrial waste shall
be provided, but in no case less than 10 acres per use. For uses not
serviced by public sewers, a certificate of adequacy by the appropriate
health agency shall be required. The minimum frontage shall be 200
feet.
B.
Building area. Not more than 30% of the area of each
lot may be occupied by buildings.
C.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street
on which a lot abuts which shall be not less than 50 feet in depth.
D.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each
lot, neither of which shall be less than 20 feet in width. This requirement
shall not prevent the erection at one time of a series or row of attached
buildings, none of which is used for residence purposes, provided
that the lot as a single unit meets the side yard requirements.
E.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot
which shall be not less than 25 feet in depth.
F.
Building height. The maximum building height shall
be 50 feet. As a conditional use, the Planning Board may approve up
to 80 feet, provided adequate fire protection can be insured by the
applicant. The height of any processing unit in excess of 300 feet
shall be reviewed by the Planning Board on a case-by-case basis. A
processing unit shall not be closer to a Township or county road than
its height, unless waived by the Board.
G.
Impervious coverage, vegetated area. The maximum impervious
coverage including all buildings, parking areas, sidewalks, etc.,
shall not exceed 80% of the total site area. The vegetated area of
lawn, landscaping and natural areas shall be a minimum of 20%. If
open lands adjacent to the subject property are owned by the applicant's
corporation, parent corporation or subsidiary corporation, this land
can be counted toward the previous coverage requirements.
H.
Parking setbacks. The minimum parking area or traffic
aisle setback from a side or rear property line shall not be less
than 15 feet. The minimum setback of parking or traffic aisle from
a right-of-way line shall be 25 feet. The setback may be further reduced
to 10 feet provided the applicant submits a landscape plan acceptable
to the Planning Board.
I.
Cross easements. Where manufacturing lots are adjacent
to other manufacturing or other M-D lands, the right of access through
cross easements shall be provided by the lot owner. The location of
the cross easement shall be designated by the Planning Board upon
safe and efficient traffic circulation between future and existing
commercial uses.
J.
Buffers. The minimum buffer to any residential zone
shall be 100 feet in width, 50 feet of which shall be landscaped in
accordance with the buffer requirements of this chapter. The buffer
to any residential use shall be a minimum of 50 feet, 25 feet of which
shall be landscaped in accordance with the buffer requirements of
the chapter.
K.
Other requirements. Any new use or expansion of a
use constructed after January 1990 shall be responsible for the treatment
of all waste from manufacturing so that the effluent of any type is
made to be environmentally neutral.
