[Amended 3-25-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-8; 3-25-1996 by Ord. No.
1996-9]
The purpose of the Commercial Zones C-1, C-2, C-2RD and C-3
shall be to create zoning districts for business, office, service
and professional uses that serve the Township and its environs. These
uses shall include business uses which benefit from locations along
major roads and highways and which provide goods and services needed
by the community in which they are located.
Within this zone, no lot or building shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered to be used in whole or in part unless it complies with the schedule of Article
III and the following regulations.
[Amended 7-17-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-21; 3-25-1996 by Ord. No.
1996-8; 3-25-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-9]
The following uses shall be permitted in Commercial Zones C-1,
C-2, C-2RD and C-3:
A. Retail and business uses of and similar to the following:
(1) Groceries, food stores and bakeries.
(2) Drugstores and pharmacies.
(3) Newspaper, periodical, stationery and tobacco stores.
(7) Clothing and shoe stores.
B. Service uses of and similar to the following:
(1) Barber- and beauty shops.
(2) Tailor shops, dressmakers and shoe repair.
(3) Dry cleaners and laundries.
(4) Radio and television service.
C. Office and professional uses.
F. Commercial greenhouse and nurseries.
G. Automobile body repair and painting, provided that the work shall
be done in an enclosed building, workshop areas are a minimum of 75
feet from any adjoining property and no outdoor storage of parts or
materials is permitted.
H. Motor and unpowered vehicle rentals, sales and storage. Any business
engaged in the rental, sale, storage or display of new and/or used
motor vehicles and new and/or used unpowered vehicles towed by motor
vehicles, including recreational travel trailers, utility trailers,
vehicle transport trailers, boat trailers, horse trailers, semi-trailers,
mobile homes, portable classrooms, construction trailers, pod trailers,
generator trailers, compressor trailers and other similar unpowered
vehicles and equipment towed by motor vehicles, shall not be any closer
than one mile to each such other similar business establishment, as
measured from each property line of every property on which each such
use is located.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-8; 6-22-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-5; 6-11-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-5]
I. Shopping centers, except in areas designated as New Jersey Pinelands.
J. Carpet, appliance and furniture sales and related uses.
K. Motels and hotels, except in areas designated as New Jersey Pinelands.
L. Storage and warehouse facilities.
M. Public service infrastructure, except that sewer treatment and collection facilities shall be permitted to serve the C-2RD Zone only in accordance with §
340-21H(1)(b) of this chapter.
N. Kennels.
[Added 8-8-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-17]
Although it should be understood that any use not complying
with the above specifications is prohibited, the following uses and
activities are specifically prohibited:
D. Playground equipment of any type or nature is prohibited in the front
yard areas.
[Added 7-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-12]
See Article
XVI, Off-Street Parking and Loading Areas.
Any construction, alteration, modification or change in the
use of a building, structure or lot shall conform to the regulations
in the Township's Construction Code and shall be subject to the review procedures in Chapter
200, Land Use and Development.
[Added 11-14-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-15]
The following requirements shall be implemented for all structures
located in zones C-1, C-2, C-2RD and C-3:
A. Materials. The building exterior shall be composed of or give the
appearance of a wood and/or brick-type material. Artificial siding
may be used to portray the appearance of a wood and/or brick exterior.
Flat block walls shall not be permitted as an exterior surface. However,
architectural design blocks shall be permitted.
B. Color. The building colors may contain a variation of colors and
shall be composed of nonreflective neutral, subtle earth tones. Bright
reds, oranges, yellows, or other similar high-intensity colors shall
be permitted only with the approval of the Planning/Zoning Board.
Neon tubing shall not be used to outline windows, signs, buildings,
structures or architectural details.
C. Facade. The building facade shall be segmented with architectural
details to include overhangs, recesses, projections, moldings, canopies
or porticos, raised cornice parapets, quoins and other similar features.
(1) Building facades shall not be more than 100 feet in length without
having three or more of the architectural details described above.
The depth of the projections and recesses shall have a depth of, at
least, 3% of the length of the facade and extending at least 40% of
the length of the facade.
(2) Uninterrupted walls shall not be visible from adjacent or nearby
properties.
(3) The length of the building shall appear to be proportional to the
height, using a rate of 2.5 times the height of the building equal
to the length. Architectural details can be used to create the appearance
of segmented buildings where smaller buildings are not feasible.
(4) No element of the facade (color, texture or material) shall repeat
at intervals of less than 50 feet, both horizontally and vertically.
(5) The entrance to the building is to be identified with architectural
elements.
D. Windows. Uninterrupted windows shall not be more than 35% of the
building facade, and no window pane shall encompass an area larger
than 50 square feet. The appearance of window panes may be used to
break up the window lengths. Window panes can be simulated using artificial
materials. Windows may not be composed of reflective material so as
to provide the appearance of continuous mirrors.
E. Exterior structures. All roof-mounted equipment shall be screened
from view and shall be painted the same color as the roof or roof
screen. Variations in rooflines shall be used to screen the equipment
and to provide interest and to reduce the scale of large buildings.
Sound abatement measures shall be undertaken with respect to all roof-mounted
equipment.
F. All structures undergoing construction or exterior alterations after
the adoption of this section shall comply with each of the requirements
set forth above.
[Added 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-16]
The following requirements shall apply to all properties developed
for hotel and/or motel or similar use, whether located in this zone
or in any other zone of the Township:
A. All such uses shall include within the development an in-ground swimming
pool for the use of guests, with a size of at least 20 feet by 40
feet, as well as an outdoor playground area and/or open space for
the use of guests.
B. All such uses shall include a restaurant which is open to the general
public.
C. All guest rooms shall be of a minimum size of 500 square feet.
D. All buildings shall be built and situated so as to provide access
for fire trucks around the entire perimeter of the building.