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Township of Mount Olive, NJ chevron_right chevron_right Part IV Land Use Procedures chevron_right Chapter 550 Land Use
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Chapter 550 Land Use

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Ord. No. 10-2026  pdf
2026-03-10
Land Use Amendment
Ch 550
Ord. No. 4-2026  pdf
2026-02-24
Land Use Amendment
Ch 550
Ord. No. 5-2026  pdf
2026-02-24
Land Use Amendment
Ch 550
Ord. No. 6-2026  pdf
2026-02-24
Land Use Amendment
Ch 550
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Mount Olive 2-28-1995 by Ord. No. 6-95 (Ch. 400 of the 1993 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Exhibit A, Worksheet for Determining Developer ContributionAttachment 2 - N.J.D.E.P. Stormwater Management Facility Maintenance ManualAttachment 3 - Schedule of Limitations, Residential DistrictsAttachment 4 - Schedule of Limitations, Nonresidential DistrictsAttachment 5 - Appendix A, Major Potential Pollutant SourcesAttachment 6 - Appendix B, Minor Potential Pollutant Sources
Article I Short Title and Purpose
§ 550-1 Short title.
§ 550-2 Purpose.
§ 550-3 Violations and penalties.
§ 550-4 Construal of provisions; existing actions not abated.
Article II Terminology
§ 550-5 Definitions.
Article III General Administration; Building Construction; Permits
§ 550-6 Amendments.
§ 550-7 Appeal.
§ 550-8 Applications for development in Highlands Preservation Area.
§ 550-9 Building construction.
§ 550-10 Outstanding building permits, site plan approvals and zoning variances.
§ 550-11 Clerical personnel for Planning Board.
§ 550-12 Compliance required.
§ 550-13 Conditional approval.
§ 550-14 Conditional uses; issuance of permits.
§ 550-15 Enforcing officers.
§ 550-16 Exceptions.
§ 550-17 Fees.
§ 550-18 Inconsistent ordinances repealed.
§ 550-19 Off-site improvements.
§ 550-20 Performance and maintenance guaranties; site plans.
§ 550-21 Performance and maintenance guaranties; subdivisions.
§ 550-22 Developer contributions for maintenance of detention and retention basins.
§ 550-23 Zoning permits and certificates of occupancy; fees.
§ 550-24 Planning Board.
§ 550-25 Public hearings and notices.
§ 550-26 Site plan approval required.
§ 550-27 Subdivision approval required; authority of Planning Board.
Article IV Site Plan and Subdivision Review and Plat Details
§ 550-28 Environmental impact statement.
§ 550-29 Site plan review.
§ 550-30 Authority to enforce soil erosion and sediment control provisions.
§ 550-31 Soil removal and redistribution.
§ 550-32 Subdivision review.
Article V Design Guidelines and Technical Standards
§ 550-33 Apartments and townhouses.
§ 550-34 Bikeways.
§ 550-35 Blocks.
§ 550-36 Buffers.
§ 550-37 Corner lots.
§ 550-38 Car wash facilities.
§ 550-39 Critical areas.
§ 550-40 Curbs and gutter.
§ 550-41 Drainage.
§ 550-42 Driveway standards for single-family residences; exceptions; violations and penalties.
§ 550-43 Easements.
§ 550-44 Fire hydrants.
§ 550-45 Fire lanes.
§ 550-46 Fire protection.
§ 550-47 Flood damage prevention.
§ 550-48 Floodplain construction.
§ 550-49 Floodplain regulations.
§ 550-50 Grading and filling.
§ 550-51 Homeowners' association.
§ 550-52 Lakes.
§ 550-53 Lighting.
§ 550-54 Lots.
§ 550-55 Natural features; forest management report.
§ 550-56 Off-street parking and loading.
§ 550-57 Parking and accessory areas.
§ 550-58 Performance standards.
§ 550-59 Public utilities.
§ 550-60 Quarrying.
§ 550-61 Sidewalks.
§ 550-62 Sight triangles.
§ 550-63 Soil erosion and sediment control.
§ 550-64 Soil removal.
§ 550-65 (Reserved)
§ 550-66 (Reserved)
§ 550-67 Streets and sidewalks; construction specifications.
§ 550-68 Streets.
§ 550-69 Street signs.
§ 550-70 Streetlighting.
§ 550-71 Street trees.
§ 550-72 Subdivisions.
§ 550-73 Stormwater management.
§ 550-74 Private storm drain inlet retrofitting.
§ 550-75 Tree removal, replanting and forestry management plans.
§ 550-76 Water and water systems.
§ 550-77 Wellhead protection.
§ 550-77.1 Outdoor dining.
Article VI Zoning
§ 550-78 Interpretation and general provisions.
§ 550-79 Accessory buildings or structures.
§ 550-80 Adult entertainment.
§ 550-81 (Reserved)
§ 550-82 Fences and walls.
§ 550-83 Height.
§ 550-84 Stream corridor buffers.
§ 550-85 Lot area.
§ 550-86 Affordable housing.
§ 550-87 Multiple uses for commercial and industrial sites.
§ 550-88 Nonconforming uses, structures or lots.
§ 550-89 Pastoral animals.
§ 550-90 Wireless telecommunications antennas as permitted second principal use and structure.
§ 550-91 One principal building per lot; exception.
§ 550-92 Residential clusters.
§ 550-93 Senior citizen housing.
§ 550-94 Service stations.
§ 550-95 Signs.
§ 550-96 Swimming pools.
§ 550-97 Trailers.
§ 550-98 Transfer of development credits.
§ 550-99 Yards.
§ 550-100 Docks, piers and boathouses.
§ 550-100.1 Cannabis businesses prohibited.
§ 550-100.2 Electric vehicle supply/service equipment.
Article VII Zoning District Use and Bulk Regulations
§ 550-101 Rural and residential districts.
§ 550-102 Relief from bulk standards for residential lots.
§ 550-103 Nonresidential districts.
Article VIII Right to Farm
§ 550-104 Right-to-farm activities protected.
§ 550-105 Notice of farm use.
§ 550-106 Definitions.
Article IX Development Fee and Affordable Housing Contribution
§ 550-107 Purpose.
§ 550-108 Basic requirements.
§ 550-109 Definitions.
§ 550-110 Residential development fees.
§ 550-111 Eligible exactions, ineligible exactions and exemptions for residential development.
§ 550-112 Nonresidential development fees.
§ 550-113 Eligible exactions, ineligible exactions and exemptions for nonresidential development.
§ 550-114 Collection of fees.
§ 550-115 Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
§ 550-116 Use of funds.
§ 550-117 Monitoring.
§ 550-118 Ongoing collection of fees.
Article X Highlands Preservation Area Exemption Standards
§ 550-119 Purpose.
§ 550-120 Scope; applicability.
§ 550-121 Statutory authority.
§ 550-122 Definitions.
§ 550-123 Geographic area of applicability.
§ 550-124 Highlands Act exemption determinations.
§ 550-125 State agency exemption determination.
§ 550-126 Municipal exemption determination.
§ 550-127 Highlands Act exemptions eligible for municipal determination.
§ 550-128 Exemption designees.
§ 550-129 Updates to training certification.
§ 550-130 Interim determinations.
§ 550-131 Application procedures.
§ 550-132 Appeal of municipal exemption determination.
§ 550-133 Effect of certified exemption.
§ 550-134 Application and professional review fees.
§ 550-135 Submission requirements.
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