[1997 Code § 224-74]
A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:
A. Principal uses and buildings:
(1) Retail stores and shops, restaurants and bars, fully enclosed restaurants
with drive-through facilities, craft shops, barbershops and beauty
parlors, banks and theaters.
(2) Offices of a doctor, dentist, lawyer or other professional person
and general business, utility, governmental, insurance and similar
offices.
(3) Freestanding restaurants with drive-through facilities.
B. Accessory uses and buildings. Accessory uses and buildings shall
be uses and buildings customarily incidental to the principal uses
listed as permitted. They shall be understood to include:
(1) Appropriate facilities for the placement of trash and garbage and
collection and removal thereof, provided that:
(a)
The facility is completely enclosed and so constructed that
the trash and garbage shall not be visible to the general public.
(b)
Such structure meets the approval of the Construction Official
and the Board of Health.
(c)
Such facilities fit within the overall project design.
(d)
Such facilities are buffered from principal structures, parking
facilities and pedestrian and vehicular roadways.
(e)
Provision shall be made for recycling as required by local and
state law.
[1997 Code § 224-75]
Area and bulk requirements shall be as follows:
A. Lot size, design center: six acres minimum.
B. Lot width: 500 feet minimum, with five-hundred-foot frontage on one
or more streets.
C. Front and rear yard setbacks, all uses: 50 feet minimum each.
D. Side yard setback, all uses: 25 feet minimum each; 50 feet if side
yard is located on Route 30 or New Jersey Avenue.
E. Parking perimeter setback: 25 feet minimum on New Jersey Avenue,
15 feet on all other adjacent streets.
F. Lot coverage: 60% or 70% maximum due to outstanding design, subject
to Planning Board review and approval, which shall include coverage
by buildings, parking areas, roadways and all other materials less
porous than presently existing. In no case shall stormwater management
standards be waived to allow additional lot coverage over 60%.
G. Height: 2 1/2 stories; 35 feet maximum.
H. Building length: no more than eight units in a row or 100 feet; no
more than two contiguous units without variation in setback.
I. Distance between buildings. Breaks between buildings and groupings
shall be 35 feet minimum at the closest point.
J. Building access. A twenty-foot minimum open space shall be maintained
along the building front and a twelve-foot open space on sides and
rear. This area may include pedestrian walkways and well-spaced landscaping.
K. Unit size: subject to Planning Board review.
L. Sidewalks and pedestrian circulation: subject to Planning Board review.
M. Open space. A minimum of 30% of the total lot area shall be provided
and maintained as open or green space. Such space may not include
parking.
N. Where possible, natural landscaping features shall be maintained
to preserve existing natural resources.
[1997 Code § 224-76]
The height limits in this article shall not apply to church
spires, belfries, cupolas or chimneys, provided that:
A. The total area covered by all such features shall not exceed 20%
of the total roof area.
B. The height of such features shall not be more than 10 feet above
the average roof level.
[1997 Code § 224-77]
The following general design standards shall apply, subject
to Planning Board review and approval:
A. All units shall be designed within an overall theme or motif.
B. Building construction shall consist solely of brick, wood, stone
and other natural materials.
C. Sidewalks and pedestrian walkways shall be constructed of brick,
Belgian block or other natural materials.
D. All lampposts and traffic signs within the center shall be constructed
of natural materials.
[1997 Code § 224-79]
Parking requirements shall conform to Section
224-128 of this chapter.