The following uses shall be the permitted uses allowed in the
B-2 District:
A. Retail sales and services as defined in §
360-4 herein.
B. Offices and office buildings.
C. Indoor recreational facilities.
D. Township-owned buildings operated for public purposes.
E. Hotels and motels.
[Added 8-8-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-15]
F. Co-located wireless telecommunications antennas and supporting facilities as regulated in §
363-80.
[Added 11-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-18]
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the
above principal permitted uses shall be allowed in the B-2 District,
including the following:
C. Garages to house delivery trucks or other commercial
vehicles.
D. Temporary construction trailers and one sign not exceeding
50 square feet, advertising the prime contractor, subcontractors,
architect, financing institution and similar data for the period of
construction 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 such trailers and sign are on the
site where construction is taking place and set back at least 15 feet
from street and lot lines.
F. Minor
solar or photovoltaic energy facilities or structures. Minor solar
facilities shall be permitted to be ground mounted and mounted to
principal and accessory structures and buildings; provided, however,
that in the case of a roof-mounted system, the photovoltaic solar
panels and all necessary equipment shall not extend more than 12 inches
beyond the edge of the roofline or 12 inches above the highest point
of the roof surface or structure. Flat roofs shall be exempt from
the height requirement. However, panels on a flat roof shall not extend
more than five feet above the roof line. Minor solar facilities shall
have a setback requirement consistent with building regulations. In
the case of a surface level or ground-mounted system, the system shall
be situated more than 50 feet from the nearest property boundary line.
Minor solar ground-mounted facilities serving residential uses shall
consist of no more than 10 panels. Minor solar ground-mounted facilities
located less than 50 feet from the nearest property line shall require
minor site plan approval prior to obtaining a zoning permit and shall
have setback requirements consistent with building regulations. Notwithstanding,
these systems shall not exceed the maximum building height in the
zoning district. Cadmium telluride solar panels shall not be permitted
due to the highly carcinogenic nature of cadmium and the possible
detrimental effects on children, wildlife, water supplies and the
environment.
[Added 8-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-17]
The following shall be conditional uses in the B-2 District:
A. Public garages as defined in §
360-4 and as regulated in §
363-65.
B. Churches as regulated in §
363-68 herein.
C. Outdoor recreational facilities.
D. Wireless telecommunications towers and facilities on municipally owned property as regulated in §§
363-73 and
363-80.
[Added 11-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-18]
E. Wireless telecommunications towers and supporting facilities on other than municipally owned property as regulated in §§
363-73 and
363-80.
[Added 11-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-18]
F. Small
wind energy system.
[Added 8-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-17]
G. Adult retirement communities, subject to the requirements of §
363-72.
[Added 8-8-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-16]
The following uses are prohibited in the B-2 District:
A. Animal hospitals or kennels housing more than three
animals, and located within 100 feet of any residence zone.
B. A used car lot or used equipment sales lot except as an accessory use to the principal permitted use of new car or equipment sales or a public garage when regulated in accordance with §
363-65.
C. Junkyards, automobile wrecking and salvage yards,
and disassembly plants.
D. Outdoor amusements such as trampolines, shooting galleries,
amusement rides and the like, except in connection with carnivals
upon the special permission for temporary operation by the Township
Committee.
F. Commercial incineration and rubbish, garbage or trash
dumps.
G. Warehouses and storage buildings.
H. Light industrial and manufacturing uses.
I. All classes
of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery
services as said terms are defined in Section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16,
but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery
service.
[Added 6-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-11]
No structure shall exceed a maximum of three
stories or 40 feet in height, whichever is less.
[Added by Ord. No. 18-96]
A. One building may contain more than one use and one
lot may contain more than one principal building, provided that the
principal buildings are a minimum of 25 feet apart and all applicable
setback requirements are met.
B. All buildings shall be compatibly designed whether
constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time.
C. Those portions of all front, rear and side yards that
are not used for off-street parking shall be attractively planted
with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns.
D. Parking areas shall be no closer than 25 feet from
all property lines.