The N-C Zone District is designed for and permits only the following uses as herein regulated:
A. 
Retail business establishments limited to the following:
(1) 
Supermarket (not to exceed 10,000 square feet).
(2) 
Drugstore.
(3) 
Barbershop.
(4) 
Beauty salon.
(5) 
Laundromat.
(6) 
Dry cleaners.
(7) 
Liquor store.
(8) 
Professional offices.
(9) 
Delicatessen.
(10) 
Bakery.
(11) 
Butcher.
(12) 
News dealer and tobacco shops.
(13) 
Medical and health services, excluding veterinarian services.
[Added 5-24-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-01]
B. 
Municipal parks, playgrounds, buildings and uses deemed appropriate and necessary by the Township Committee of the Township of White.
C. 
Parking facilities as regulated in § 160-79 of this chapter.
D. 
Conditional uses as regulated in Article XIV of this chapter.
E. 
Signs as regulated in § 160-86 of this chapter.
F. 
Accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses.
G. 
Customary and conventional farming operations as permitted by § 160-128A(3), including the construction of residences that are accessory to such farming operations, and customary farm buildings as permitted by § 160-128B(7).
[Added 11-7-1980; amended 6-2-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-15]
H. 
Minor solar or photovoltaic energy facility or structure in accordance with Article XXX, § 160-201B.
[Added 12-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-6]
A. 
Any use other than those listed in § 160-160 is prohibited. Specifically prohibited are the following:
(1) 
Residential construction or conversion.
(2) 
Industrial uses involving any process of manufacture, fabrication, assembly and disassembly other than repair.
(3) 
Storage buildings and yards, fuel-distributing plants, lumberyards or warehouses, unless an accessory use.
(4) 
Auction establishments.
(5) 
Outdoor amusements.
(6) 
Junkyards, secondhand materials yards or the dismantling of automobiles.
(7) 
Trailer or tourist camps.
(8) 
Adult bookstores.
B. 
For the purpose of this chapter, such uses as laundries, bakeries and the like shall only be deemed to be industries where they employ more than 10 persons or use any machine requiring no less than 10 horsepower, but it is not intended that a store or a service, such as a supermarket, shall be limited in the number of its employees.
[Amended 5-6-1988; 12-1-1989; 8-2-1991]
The following requirements shall be complied with in the N-C Zone:
A. 
Minimum lot area. Every lot shall have a minimum lot area of 2.00 acres measured within 350 feet of the front street right-of-way line; provided, however, that premises connected to and serviced by public sewer collection and potable water supply systems shall have a minimum lot area of 1.00 acre measured within 250 feet of the front street right-of-way line. The calculation of lot areas shall exclude any lot or portion thereof which has a dimension of less than 100 feet between the street line and the side or rear lot lines, measured perpendicular to the lot width dimension line. The calculation of the lot area shall be subject to the provisions of § 160-110.
B. 
Lot width. The minimum lot width measured at the front yard setback line shall be at least 250 feet. The measurement of lot width shall be subject to the provisions of § 160-110.
C. 
Lot frontage. The minimum lot frontage measured along the front street right-of-way line shall be at least 200 feet, of which at least 20 feet immediately adjacent to the street upon which the lot has frontage and extending for the full frontage of the lot must be set aside for the purposes of providing buffering from the public road and providing for proper sight distance. Within such area, the owner shall establish and maintain a planting of grass and/or horticultural ground cover. Other landscape materials may be incorporated, provided that there is no obstruction to vision other than a tree trunk in the area between two feet and seven feet above ground level. No other use shall be made of this buffer area other than for a single driveway to provide access to the use for each 150 feet of frontage upon a public road. Such driveway shall not exceed 32 feet in width.
D. 
Lot coverage.
(1) 
The building coverage, as defined in § 160-5 of this chapter, shall not exceed 25%.
(2) 
The aggregate coverage, as defined in § 160-5 of this chapter, shall not exceed 50%.
E. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 40 feet.
F. 
Side yard. There shall be two side yards which shall total not less than 60 feet; provided, however, that no side yard shall be less than 25 feet, and further provided that no building shall be closer than 40 feet to any residential zone district boundary line.
G. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 40 feet; provided, however, that no building shall be closer than 65 feet to any residential zone district boundary line.
H. 
Building height. No building shall exceed a height of 35 feet at its highest point and 28 feet at the eave (the projecting lower edge of a roof overhanging the wall of a building) or two stories, whichever is the lesser. "Building height" in the N-C Zone District shall be defined as the vertical distance from finished grade to the top of the deck level on a mansard roof and the average distance between the eaves and the ridge level for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
[Amended 8-30-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-18]
I. 
Truck loading and unloading facilities shall be provided on the property in other than the front yard area in sufficient amount to permit the transfer of goods in other than a public street where possible.
J. 
No permanent storage of merchandise, articles or equipment shall be permitted outside the building. Temporary outdoor storage in conjunction with a retail or other permitted use shall be permitted, provided that such storage shall be limited to a reasonable supply of the goods which are to be sold and displayed on the premises and that such storage shall be within a fenced area and that no goods, articles or equipment shall be displayed or offered for sale beyond the front line of the buildings on such premises or beyond the side lines of the buildings on corner premises.
K. 
Wherever the property line of a use in this zone abuts the boundary of a residence zone or a legally preexisting residential use, an area of not less than 40 feet in width shall be set aside as a buffer area and used for no other purpose. Said buffer area shall be landscaped pursuant to the provisions of § 160-99 of this chapter. Prior to the issuance of a zoning permit, the Zoning Officer shall submit the applicant's plans for such buffer area to the municipal agency for its approval.