The purpose of the C Commercial District is to allow for the existing commercial uses in the Village of Chesterfield. The area of the zone, the permitted uses and the smaller lot sizes are in the recognition of the existing pattern. The allowance of a dwelling and commercial use on the same property permits a land use relationship prevalent in colonial days and is part of the village preservation effort.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Bar, tavern and restaurant.
B. 
Grocery and general store.
C. 
Antique sales.
D. 
Beauty and barber shop.
E. 
Bank and office.
F. 
Convenience store and food market with gasoline dispensing facilities.
[Added 12-28-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-17]
G. 
Liquor stores and the sale of packaged alcoholic beverages.
[Added 12-28-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-17]
H. 
For existing Lots 6.01 and 6.02 within Block 1102, upon which residential structures are situated, the uses and standards applicable to the R-1 Zone shall apply in addition to those set forth herein.
[Added 12-28-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-17]
Permitted accessory uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Off-street parking.
B. 
Fences and walls.
C. 
One-dwelling unit.
D. 
Temporary construction equipment and structures shall be permitted during the construction period beginning with the issuance of a building permit and concluding with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or one year, whichever is less, provided that said equipment and structures are situated on the same site where construction is taking place.
E. 
Signs: see § 130-87.
Conditional uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Utility facilities needed to directly provide the service of the utility to the consumer, such as pumping stations and transformers, but excluding repair garages, offices, open storage and work areas and similar commercial and industrial-oriented aspects of a utility service.
B. 
Cannabis cultivators, manufacturers and wholesalers, as said terms are defined in the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act and Chapter 87 of this Code, shall be permitted as conditional uses in accordance with § 130-48K.
[Added 7-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-12]
The R-1, V, AG and C Districts within the Villages of Crosswicks and Chesterfield are also designated as a Village Historic Preservation District. The purpose is to give special recognition to their unique characteristics as they reflect the 18th and 19th century history, architecture, land use relationships and small village way of life. This designation is an attempt to retain and preserve structures and sites of historic significance whose age and character, both individually and collectively, create the tone and character of these villages. The regulations are intended to prevent any construction, exterior alteration or demolition which would injure, depreciate or conflict with the tone and character of the area and thereby safeguard the heritage of the villages, conserve property values and foster beauty. The regulations of the Village Historic Preservation District are in addition to all other applicable requirements of this chapter. In the Village Historic Preservation District, no building permit or demolition permit shall be issued for the erection, reconstruction, moving, exterior alteration, exterior remodeling, exterior restoration or razing, in whole or in part, of any structure until the proposal and the structure's architectural features have been reviewed and commented upon by the Historic Society. The Construction Code Official may issue a permit without referring the application to the Historic Society for an alteration or restoration of an existing portion of a structure, e.g., window, doorframe or steps.
The Table of Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements is included at the end of this chapter.