No building shall hereafter be erected and no existing building shall be moved, structurally altered, rebuilt, added to or enlarged except in conformity with this chapter, and no land shall be used for any purpose other than those included among the uses listed as permitted uses in each zone by this chapter and meeting the requirements set forth by the schedule appended to this chapter in accordance with Article
III. No space contiguous to any building shall be encroached upon or reduced in any manner except in conformity to the yard, lot area, building location, density, off-street parking and other regulations contained in the schedule in Article
III and the text of this chapter as they apply to the zone in which the building or use is located. In the event of any such unlawful encroachment or reduction, such building shall be deemed to be in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Every principal building shall be built upon a lot with frontage
upon a public street improved to meet Borough standards or for which
such improvements have been ensured by the posting of a performance
guaranty pursuant to the subdivision regulations of the Borough. In the case of lots not comprising portions of a plan
of lots approved pursuant to the subdivision regulations of the Borough,
the minimum Borough standard of street improvement shall be a thirty-foot
roadway paved with a durable and permanent surface on a properly prepared
subgrade, the construction of which shall be reviewed, inspected and
approved by the appropriate Borough authorities. These street improvements
shall be made from the nearest public street to the farthermost property
line of the subject lot.
In the case of an irregular lot in which the side lot lines are not parallel, the average width of the lot may be substituted for the required minimum lot frontage, but the street lot frontage shall not be less than 80% of the minimum required width prescribed by Article
III.
No yard or other open space provided about any building for
the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall
be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building,
and no yard or other space on one lot shall be considered as providing
a yard or open space for a building on any other lot.
[Amended 11-5-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01]
At the intersection or interception of two or more streets,
no hedge, fence or wall higher than 30 inches above curb level or
any obstruction to vision other than a post or tree not exceeding
one square foot in cross section shall be permitted within the triangular
area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line joining
points located on said street lines 20 feet distant from their point
of intersection.
When a lot has frontage on a street right-of-way which has been
designated for widening by the Borough, Camden County or the State
of New Jersey, the required front yard area shall be measured from
the proposed right-of-way line, which shall in all cases be a minimum
of 25 feet from the road center line.
Any parcel of land with an area or width less than that prescribed
for a lot in the zone in which such lot is located may be used as
a lot for any purpose permitted in the zone other than multiple dwellings,
provided that the owner owns no adjoining land and all other regulations
prescribed for the zone in this chapter are complied with.
The outdoor storage of goods, articles, appliances and vehicles
shall be prohibited in business and industrial districts unless items
being stored are to be sold on the premises, are located to the rear
of the front setback line and are screened in a manner which prevents
their being viewed from any residential property. Visible storage
of any kind shall not be permitted on the premises in any residential
district.
[Amended 8-10-2005 by Ord. No. 1165]
Any use not specifically permitted in a zone established by
this chapter is hereby specifically prohibited in that zone, and the
following uses and activities are specifically prohibited in any zone
of the Borough of Lindenwold:
A. Junkyards; automobile wrecking, storage or disassembly yards; the
sorting or baling of scrap metal, paper, rags or other scrap or waste
material.
B. Any use which emits excessive and objectionable amounts of dust,
fumes, noise, odor, smoke, vibration, glare or waste products.
C. Adult businesses and related establishments.
[Amended 11-5-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01]
D. The use of any portable building or structure, stationary vehicle
or stand of any description for the purpose of displaying or selling
food, merchandise or commodities of any kind.
E. The use of a barn, building or structure of a temporary nature, garage,
house trailer, outbuilding, shack, shed or tent on any lot or parcel
of land for living or sleeping purposes in any district on either
a temporary or permanent basis.
F. In the R-3 Zone, no garages are allowed.
G. In the R-4 Zone, no garages, sheds or pools are allowed.
H. Businesses selling, distributing, cultivating, growing and/or facilitating
the sale and/or use of either recreation or medicinal marijuana, including
any ancillary or related paraphernalia in any zone. 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.
[Amended 8-22-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-06; 7-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-08]