[Amended 3-10-1997 by Ord. No. 5-1997]
For purposes of this chapter, the following zoning district
designations are established:
Pinelands Area
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FA1
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Forest Area
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FA2
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Forest Area
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FA3
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Forest Area
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AP
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Agricultural Production
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APC
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Agriculture Commerce
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API
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Agricultural Industrial [Added 5-12-1997 by Ord. No. 11-1997; amended 7-28-1997 by Ord. No.
18-1997]
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RDR1
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Rural Development Residence
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RDR2
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Rural Development Residence
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RDR1C
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Rural Development Residence/Commerce
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RDR1I
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Rural Development Residence/Industry
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RDI
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Rural Development Exclusive Industry
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PVR1
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Pinelands Village Residence
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PVR2
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Pinelands Village Residence
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PVRC
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Pinelands Village Residence/Commerce
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PVI
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Pinelands Village Exclusive Industry
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PT
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Pinelands Town-Commerce
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Non-Pinelands Area
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RA
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Residence Agriculture
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B1
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Business
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OC
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Office Campus (Overlay) [Added 10-13-1998 by Ord. No. 18-1998]
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[Amended 4-26-2021 by Ord. No. 97-2021]
A. Permitted and conditional uses are specified for the various zoning districts in §§
115-75 through
115-93 below. Conditional uses are those which reference various subsections of Article
XII and have special requirements associated with them.
B. 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, are hereby prohibited within Buena Vista Township.
[Amended 12-27-2022 by Ord. No. 123-2022; 10-23-2023 by Ord. No.
136-2023]
[Amended 11-12-1993 by Ord. No. 266-1993; 3-10-1997 by Ord. No.
5-1997]
Minimum required lot area (in acres); minimum required lot width,
depth and yards (in feet); and maximum lot coverage (in percent) are
shown in the following schedule. Unless specifically authorized elsewhere
in this chapter, no building or structure shall exceed 35 feet in
height.
District
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Area1
(acres)
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Lot Width
(feet)
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Lot Depth
(feet)
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Side Yard
(feet)
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Front Yard2
(feet)
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Rear Yard
(feet)
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Coverage5
(percent)
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Pinelands Area2
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FA1
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30.0
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300
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300
|
75
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200
|
100
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3
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FA2
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30.0
|
300
|
300
|
75
|
200
|
100
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3
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FA3
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20.0
|
300
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300
|
75
|
200
|
100
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5
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AP
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40.0
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300
|
300
|
75
|
200
|
100
|
3
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APC
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2.5
|
135
|
150
|
20
|
75
|
25
|
10
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API3
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5.0
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200
|
200
|
50
|
75
|
25
|
35
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RDR1
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3.2
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150
|
150
|
30
|
200
|
25
|
10
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RDR1C
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3.2
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150
|
150
|
30
|
200
|
25
|
10
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RDR1I
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3.2
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150
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150
|
30
|
200
|
25
|
10
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RDR2
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5.0
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150
|
150
|
30
|
200
|
25
|
10
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RDI
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10.0
|
200
|
200
|
50
|
75
|
25
|
10
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PVR1
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2.5
|
135
|
150
|
20
|
50
|
25
|
10
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PVR2
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5.0
|
150
|
200
|
20
|
50
|
25
|
10
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PVRC
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2.5
|
135
|
150
|
20
|
50
|
25
|
10
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PVI
|
10.0
|
200
|
200
|
50
|
50
|
25
|
10
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PT4
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2.5
|
135
|
150
|
20
|
75
|
25
|
70
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Non-Pinelands Area
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RA
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2.0
|
150
|
150
|
30
|
50
|
25
|
10
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B1
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2.0
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150
|
150
|
20
|
75
|
25
|
20
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OC
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3.0
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200
|
200
|
30
|
75
|
30
|
65
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(overlay)
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NOTES:
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1
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Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth above for districts in the Pinelands Area, different minimum lot area requirements are specified in §§ 115-75 through 115-92 below for combined parcel homesteads in the Forest and Rural Development Districts, for farm-related housing in Agricultural Production Districts and for culturally related and substandard lot housing in several Pinelands Districts. Developments of two or more residential units in the FA-1, FA-2, FA-3, RDR1, RDR2, RDR1C and RDR1I Districts must be clustered on one-acre lots in accordance with § 115-62. Except in the PV and PT Districts, nonresidential uses may require larger lot areas to meet the water quality standards of § 115-53, whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewage treatment system. [Amended 4-26-1993 by Ord. No. 253-1993; 11-28-2011 by Ord. No.
14-2011]
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2
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May be less in specific cases as permitted by § 115-54B.
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3
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API District [Added 5-12-1997 by Ord. No. 11-1997; amended 7-28-1997 by Ord. No.
18-1997]
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4
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PT District [Amended 5-27-1997 by Ord. No. 12-1997]
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5
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May increase to 50% for temporary greenhouses proposed to be used at a qualified farm as defined in § 115-6. See § 115-103.1. [Added 10-13-1998 by Ord. No. 18-1998; amended 4-23-2023 by Ord. No. 129-2023]
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[Added 3-10-1997 by Ord. No. 5-1997]
A. Within any FA3 District, no lot, land, building or structure shall be developed, erected, altered or used unless such action complies with the schedule in §
115-77 above and with all standards and regulations set forth in this chapter.
B. Permitted, conditional and accessory uses shall be as follows:
(1) Any use listed in §
115-75 above for FA1 Districts as permitted therein.
(3) Accessory uses, as per § 115-101.1.
[Added 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 14-2008; amended 10-22-2018 by Ord. No. 63-2018]
(4) Greenhouses, as per §
115-103.1.
[Added 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 14-2008; amended 10-22-2018 by Ord. No. 63-2018]
[Amended 5-13-1991 by Ord. No. 227-1991]
A. Within any AP District, no premises, lot, land, building or structure shall be developed, erected, altered or used unless such action complies with the schedule in §
115-77 above and all standards and regulations set forth in this chapter.
B. Permitted, conditional and accessory uses shall be as follows:
(3) Fish and wildlife management as per §
115-50.
(4) Pinelands development credits as per §
115-47B.
(5) Agricultural products processing facilities.
(6) Pinelands resource-related industries as per §
115-131.
(7) Agricultural commercial establishments as per §
115-112.
(9) Residential dwelling units not to exceed a gross density of one unit
per 10 acres, provided that:
(a)
The dwelling is accessory to an active agricultural operation;
(b)
The dwelling is for a farm operator or an employee who is actively
engaged in and is essential to the agricultural operation;
(c)
The dwelling is located on a lot which has an active agricultural
production history or where a farm management plan has been prepared
which demonstrates that the property will be farmed as a unit unto
itself or as part of another farm operation in the area;
(d)
A residential lot has not been subdivided from the property within the previous five years, unless the lot has been subdivided pursuant to §
115-115; and
(e)
No more than one lot may be created for a dwelling accessory
to an active agricultural operation pursuant to this subsection at
any one time.
(10)
Residential dwellings units at a gross density of one unit per
40 acres, provided that:
[Amended 7-28-1997 by Ord. No. 17-1997]
(a)
The unit(s) shall be clustered on one-acre lots.
(b)
The remainder of the parcel, including all contiguous lands
in common ownership, which is not assigned to individual residential
lots shall be permanently dedicated for agricultural uses through
recordation of a restriction on the deed to the parcel.
(c)
The restriction on the deed to the parcel, including any rights
to be redeemed for future residential development, shall be done in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:50-5, Park IV, so as to sever any Pinelands
development credits allocated to the parcel.
(17)
Agricultural employee housing as an element of, and accessory to, an active agricultural operation as defined in §
115-6.
(18)
Accessory uses, as per §
115-110.1, customarily incidental to any permitted principal use, including yard sales as per §
115-108.
[Amended 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 14-2008; 10-22-2018 by Ord. No. 63-2018]
(19)
Greenhouses, as per §
115-103.1.
[Added 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 14-2008; 10-22-2018 by Ord. No. 63-2018]
[Added 5-12-1997 by Ord. No. 11-1997; amended 7-28-1997 by Ord. No.
18-1997]
A. Within any API District, no premises, lot, land, building or structure shall be developed, erected, altered or used unless such action complies with the schedule in §
115-77 above and all standards and regulations set forth in this chapter.
B. Permitted, conditional and accessory uses shall be as follows:
(3) Pinelands development credits as per §
115-47B.
(4) Agricultural products processing facilities as per §
115-138.
(5) Pinelands resource-related industries, excluding resource extraction and uses that rely on sand and gravel as raw products, as per §
115-131.
(6) Agricultural commercial establishments as per §
115-112.
(7) Expansion of existing glass manufacturing facilities as per §
115-138.
(8) Public service infrastructure as per §
115-125.
(11)
Accessory uses customarily incidental to any permitted principal
use.
[Added 11-12-1993 by Ord. No. 266-1993]
A. Within the OC Overlay District, no lot, land, building or structure shall be erected, altered, developed or used unless such action complies with the schedule in §
115-77 and all standards and regulations set forth in this chapter.
B. Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
(1) Business offices not involving retail sales, retail services or personal
services.
(2) Medical or dental clinic or laboratory.
(3) Research and engineering activities involving technical investigations
or study for product development and similar activities.
(4) An office building with 5,000 square feet or more of gross floor
area may utilize a portion of the first floor, not to exceed 25% of
the gross floor area of the office building, for types of retail trade
which are ancillary to the office use and/or service office workers.
Such retail use must be located on the first floor of the office building
and shall not be permitted in a separate building on the site. The
types of retail uses permitted include:
(a)
Restaurants and luncheonettes, but not including drive-in restaurants
or restaurants which depend largely on take-out service for off-premises
consumption.
(b)
Delicatessens, bakeries, and confectionery stores, but not including
self-service food markets (supermarkets) or meat and poultry markets.
(c)
Personal service establishments, such as barbershops, beauty
shops, tailoring and dressmaking shops and dry-cleaning shops, but
not including self-service laundries, dancing and music schools, day
nurseries or radio, television or appliance repair shops.
(d)
Drugstores, stationery supplies, tobacco and periodical stores
and specialty shops, but not including department stores, junior department
stores, hardware stores, plumbing supply shops or appliance stores.
(e)
Other retail uses which are normally and/or continually utilized
by offices and office workers during normal working hours and do not
primarily service the nonoffice worker and/or evening shopper.
(5) Combinations of two or more of the above permitted uses in one principal
building.
(6) Accessory uses customarily incidental to any permitted principal use, as per §
115-110.1.
[Amended 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 14-2008; 10-22-2018 by Ord. No. 63-2018]
(7) Retail.
[Added 10-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 63-2018]
(8) Personal services.
[Added 10-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 63-2018]
(9) Restaurants (with or without drive through facilities).
[Added 10-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 63-2018]
(10)
Life sciences (biopharmaceutical and medical device industries)
and other similar uses.
[Added 10-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 63-2018]
(11)
Hotels and motels.
[Added 10-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 63-2018]
(12)
Accessory uses customarily incidental to any permitted principal use, as per §
115-110.1.
[Added 10-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 63-2018]
C. Permitted conditional uses, subject to the provisions of Article
XII of this chapter, shall be as follows:
(1) Life-care facility or development (§
115-133).
D. Buffers and landscaping.
(1) Landscaped buffers shall be provided as follows:
(a)
Adjacent to any street line, landscaped buffers shall be not
less than 20 feet in width.
(b)
Along any common property line with a lot in a residential district,
landscaped buffers shall be not less than 25 feet in width.
[Amended 4-23-2023 by Ord. No. 129-2023]
(c)
Along any common property line with a lot not in a residential
district, landscaped buffers shall be not less than 20 feet in width.
(2) Buffers may be comprised of earth berms, fences and landscaping,
which shall be of a sufficient quantity and size to screen parked
automobiles from the view of those at grade or first-floor level in
adjacent homes and to prevent the shining of automobile headlights
into the yards of adjacent property. In general, this buffer shall
provide a visual screen between the parking areas in the immediate
vicinity of the residentially zoned property and an elevation not
less than six feet above the finished grade of the parking areas.
In addition, shade trees shall be provided in the buffer at the rate
of one per 1,000 square feet of buffer area.
(3) Interior parking lot landscaping equal to or exceeding 4% of the
gross square footage of the paved areas of the site used for drives
and parking shall be provided. Such landscaping shall be provided
in areas of not less than 150 square feet. Shrubbery shall be of less
than four feet, and shade trees shall have foliage of six feet plus.
E. All applications for development pursuant to the standards of this
section shall require a public hearing and notification to the public
in accordance with the requirements contained in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12b.
F. Other provisions and requirements.
(1) Loading and unloading facilities shall be provided in accordance with §
115-100 and shall be on the same lot and in other than the required front yard so as to permit the transfer of goods on other than a public street.
(2) Each use permitted in the OC District shall be served by a public
sewage disposal system or by a private disposal system which meets
state standards. Any private disposal system shall be so designed
as will, in the opinion of the Township Engineer, enable the system
to be efficiently connected to the prospective public disposal system
when constructed.
(3) Incidental outdoor storage shall be shielded from any street or adjacent residential zone by fencing, landscaping or other appropriate measure and in compliance with §
115-102.
(4) All streets within business parks shall be private, and there shall
be adequate provisions for repair and maintenance so as to relieve
the Township of Buena Vista from any responsibility for the upkeep
of such streets.
(5) No use shall be conducted in such a way as to discharge any treated
or untreated industrial waste, except as shall be approved by Buena
Vista Township and any applicable state agency having jurisdiction
in such matters.
(6) All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed all
at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls
facing any street or residential district shall be suitably finished
for aesthetic purposes, which shall not include unpainted or painted
block walls.
(7) There shall be at least one trash and garbage pickup location provided
by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces
by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside
the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container
located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets
and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall,
planting or combination of the three. If located within the building,
the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage functions.
If a container is used for trash/garbage functions and is located
outside the building, it may be located adjacent to or within the
general loading area, provided that the container in no way interferes
with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
(8) All portions of the property not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces
shall be landscaped.
(9) Not more than one point of ingress and/or egress shall be permitted
within 250 feet of another point of ingress and/or egress, and in
no case shall a development have more than two such points of ingress
and/or egress on any one street frontage.
(10)
Minimum off-street parking as per the requirements contained in §
115-101.
(11)
Permitted signs as per the requirements contained in §
115-105.