Township of Edgewater Park, NJ Conditional Uses

To buildings and structures: 60 feet.

To vehicle display, parking and storage areas: 20 feet.

Minimum side yards.

To buildings and structures: 50 feet.

To vehicle display, parking and storage areas abutting residential zoning districts and uses: 30 feet.

To vehicle display, parking and storage areas abutting nonresidential zoning districts: 15 feet.

Minimum rear yards.

To buildings and structures: 50 feet.

To vehicle display, parking and storage areas abutting residential zoning districts and uses: 30 feet.

To vehicle display, parking and storage areas abutting nonresidential zoning districts: 15 feet.

Maximum building and structure height shall be 35 feet and 2 1/2 stories.

Maximum impervious coverage shall be 70%.

Maximum building coverage shall be 30%.

Minimum landscaped area: 30% of site area.

No wrecked or inoperable vehicles shall be stored on site.

Outdoor loudspeaker or music systems shall not be permitted.

Minimum landscape buffer areas:

Along side and rear yards abutting residential zoning districts and uses shall be 30 feet in width and shall have a solid six-foot-high fence ending 20 feet from the street line.

Along side and rear yards abutting nonresidential zoning districts and uses shall be 15 feet in width.

Along the street line shall be 20 feet in width and shall consist of plant material that is maintained at a height no less than three feet.

All landscape buffer areas shall be designed and installed pursuant to § 310-16-7.

Minimum on-site loading. One loading space for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor area; one additional loading space for gross floor area in excess of 10,000 square feet up to 40,000 square feet; and one additional loading space for gross floor area in excess of 40,000 square feet.

All parking and loading areas shall be paved.

A minimum distance of 1,000 feet shall be required between similar or like businesses.

§ 310-14-3 Gasoline service stations.

Minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet.

Minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.

Minimum lot depth shall be 175 feet.

Minimum front yard setbacks:

To buildings and structures: 50 feet.

To fuel-dispensing islands and canopies: 25 feet.

Minimum side yard setbacks.

To buildings and structures: 10 feet.

To fuel-dispensing islands and canopies: 30 feet.

Minimum rear yard setbacks.

To buildings and structures: 10 feet.

To fuel-dispensing islands and canopies: 40 feet.

Maximum building and structure height, including canopies over fuel-dispensing islands, shall be 25 feet and 1 1/2 stories.

All landscape buffer areas shall be designed and installed pursuant to § 310-16-7.

Outdoor loudspeaker or music systems shall not be permitted.

Minimum on-site loading. Adequate space shall be provided on-site for the off-loading of fuels from a delivery truck to on-site storage tanks.

Minimum distance of 1,000 feet shall be required between similar or like businesses.

If a retail convenience store is proposed as accessory to or in conjunction with the gasoline service station, the minimum lot size shall be 40,000 square feet, and the convenience store shall be no greater than 5,000 square feet in area. The gasoline service station shall be limited to six pump islands with no more than 12 fueling points. No drive-throughs shall be permitted on the convenience store.

§ 310-14-4 Automotive repair service and garages and body repair shops.

In C-2 Downtown Commercial Zoning District:

Minimum lot area shall be two acres.

Minimum lot width shall be 200 feet.

Minimum lot depth shall be 200 feet.

Minimum side yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 30 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

No wrecked or inoperable vehicles shall be stored on site. Only those vehicles that are currently under repair shall be permitted on site. No vehicle may be stored on-site for more than six months.

Vehicular storage areas must be paved and shall be fully screened from adjacent properties and public viewsheds.

All work must be performed in a fully enclosed building.

Garage doors shall be oriented toward the side or rear yard of the site to the extent feasible.

Outdoor loudspeaker or music systems shall not be permitted.

Automotive repair service and garages and body repair shops in C-3, C-LI Light Industrial Zoning Districts and I General Industrial Zoning District.

Storage of vehicles that have been or are waiting to be repaired is prohibited in the front yard. Vehicles shall be stored on-site for no more than six months.

Vehicle storage areas must be paved and screened from view from any street right-of-way or property line with a solid, six-foot-high fence.

All work must be performed in a fully enclosed building.

Garage doors shall be oriented toward the side or rear yard of the site to the extent feasible.

Outdoor loudspeakers shall not be permitted.

Automobile and/or truck sales are prohibited.

§ 310-14-5 Billboards.

Billboards may be constructed in the C-3 and C-LI-5 Districts in accordance with the following restrictions:

Minimum lot size shall be that of the zoning district in which the use is proposed.

Only one billboard is permitted per lot, and the billboard shall be the principal and only use of the property.

The size of the billboard shall not exceed an area of one square foot for each one foot of lot width measured at the right-of-way along which the billboard is directed. The maximum area of the billboard shall be 200 square feet.

The billboard must face oncoming traffic proceeding along the nearest traffic lane to the billboard. Under no circumstances shall the billboard be two-sided or so designed to face traffic approaching from two directions.

The billboard shall be located at least 200 feet from any residential use or zone.

The highest point of the billboard shall be no higher than 25 feet measured from existing grade.

Billboards shall not be located within a sight distance triangle as prescribed by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHTO) nor be located any closer than 40 feet to any side or rear property line unless further restricted by a sight triangle consideration.

§ 310-14-6 Places of worship.

Places of worship in R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Single-Family Residential Zoning Districts and C-2 Zoning District.

Minimum lot area shall be three acres.

Minimum lot frontage shall be 250 feet.

Minimum lot depth shall be 300 feet.

Minimum front yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Minimum side yard setbacks to buildings and structures shall be 40 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Maximum building coverage shall be 25%.

Minimum landscaped area shall be 25% of the lot including buffers to neighboring residences.

Minimum width of a landscape buffer along side and rear property lines shall be 30 feet. Landscape buffer area shall be designed and installed pursuant to § 310-16-7.

Off-street parking. One parking space per 60 square feet of floor space devoted to patron use.

Places of worship in R-MF Multifamily Residential Zoning District.

Minimum lot area shall be five acres.

Minimum lot width shall be 300 feet.

Minimum lot depth shall be 500 feet.

Minimum front yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 60 feet.

Minimum side yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 40 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Maximum building coverage shall be 20%.

Minimum landscaped area shall be 25% of the lot including buffers to neighboring residences. The minimum width of a landscape buffer along side and rear property lines shall be 30 feet. Landscape buffer areas shall be designed and installed pursuant to § 310-16-7.

Off-street parking. One parking space per 60 square feet of floor space devoted to patron use.

Places of worship in R-LD Low-Density Single-Family Residential Zoning District.

Minimum lot area shall be 10 acres.

Minimum lot width shall be 500 feet.

Minimum lot depth shall be 750 feet.

Minimum front yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 100 feet.

Minimum side yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 100 feet and 200 feet for both side yards combined.

Minimum rear yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 100 feet.

Maximum building coverage shall be 10%.

Off-street parking. One parking space per 60 square feet of floor space devoted to patron use.

Minimum width of a landscape buffer along side and rear property lines shall be 50 feet. Landscape buffer areas shall be designed and installed pursuant to § 310-16-7.

The minimum landscaped area shall be 25% of the lot including buffers to neighboring residences.

Places of worship in C-3 Highway Commercial, C-LI-1 and C-LI-5 Commercial-Light Industrial and I General Industrial Zoning Districts:

Minimum lot area shall be three acres.

Minimum lot width shall be 400 feet.

Minimum front yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 60 feet.

Minimum side yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Maximum impervious coverage shall be 50%.

Off-street parking. One parking space per 60 square feet of floor space devoted to patron use.

Landscape buffer areas shall be designed and installed pursuant to § 310-16-7.

§ 310-14-7 Wireless telecommunications towers and antennas.

Wireless telecommunications towers and antennas shall be permitted as conditional uses in the C-LI and I Districts and on municipally owned property.

Before a new monopole or tower will be permitted in the C-LI or I Districts, applicant must demonstrate to the Board's satisfaction that no existing structure in those zones, or in another nonresidential zoning district in the Township can be utilized.

The property line setback requirements for monopoles and towers shall be the length of the monopole or tower.

Wireless telecommunications tower and antenna sites shall be secured with a six-foot-high chain-link fence that is coated with black vinyl and a locked gate to which the Township Police Department shall be given access, i.e., keys, electronic passes, etc., for emergency purposes. Barbed or razor wire shall not be used.

Wireless telecommunications towers and antennas shall be located on or within existing structures as much as possible, and designed and colored to blend into the skyline to the greatest extent practicable. Monopoles shall be preferable to lattice towers.

Wireless telecommunications towers and antennas shall be designed and constructed to accommodate a minimum of five additional ports for use by other utilities, and shall be made available for use by other carriers.

Wireless telecommunications towers, antennas and other equipment removed from service shall be removed from their location within six months of the date on which service was discontinued.

Maximum height. The maximum height of any proposed wireless telecommunications antenna and any proposed new tower or monopole shall be demonstrated by the applicant to be the minimum height necessary for the proposed installation to satisfactorily operate, but in no event in excess of the following standards for height, exclusive of lightning rods:

Tower height shall not exceed 110 feet for a single carrier; 130 feet for two carriers; and 175 feet for three or more carriers. All tower and monopole footings, if applicable, shall be designed for possible extensions to 175 feet.

Antenna height. Antenna arrays may be mounted on existing buildings or structures; however, shall not extend beyond the overall height of any such building or structure by more than 10 feet or 10% of the height of the building or structure, whichever is less, up to a total maximum height of 175 feet.

Design standards for new towers.

Towers shall be sited on a property in a location that will provide the least visual impact from surrounding properties and public rights-of-way.

Towers shall be subject to any applicable standards by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Stealth designs, where reasonably practicable, shall be employed to camouflage the appearance of the new tower, such as bell towers, silos, artificial trees and similar treatments. The degree and nature of such stealth designs shall depend upon the specifics of the site involved so as to provide the most appropriate design under the circumstances presented. At a minimum, all towers shall be of slimline design and all antenna arrays shall be flush-mounted.

Towers and antennas shall be painted a gray or sky blue color so as to reduce the visual obtrusiveness of the installation.

All towers shall be designed with anticlimbing devices in order to prevent unauthorized access.

No lighting shall be permitted on a tower except lighting that is specifically as required by the FAA and any such required lighting shall be focused and shielded to the greatest extent possible so as not to project toward adjacent and nearby properties.

Design standards for wireless telecommunications antennas.

Antennas shall be suitably finished and/or painted so as to minimize their visual impact. Depending upon the placement of this equipment, color shall be selected to be consistent with the color scheme of the building or structure on which they are mounted. When this is not reasonable or practicable, color selection shall be designed to minimize the visual impact of the antenna arrays.

No antenna shall be located on any tower in order to provide land-line telephone service; such service shall be provided via existing telephone lines if available to the site, or by the underground extension of telephone lines to the site if necessary.

Design standards for wireless telecommunications equipment compounds.

The equipment compound shall consist of no more than 900 square feet in area.

The equipment compound shall be situated behind existing structures, building or terrain features which shall shield the equipment compound from public view.

When a location out of public view is not reasonable practicable, a landscaped buffer of 10 feet in width shall be provided outside the fence around the equipment compound to shield the equipment compound from public view. Landscaping shall include native evergreen and deciduous trees at least eight feet high at the time of planting, and the number of trees shall be based on the equivalent of staggered double rows at 10 feet on center.

Any proposed building enclosing related electronic equipment shall not be more than 15 feet in height more than 400 square feet in area. Only one such building shall be permitted for each provider of wireless communications services located on the site.

The building enclosing electronic equipment may have one light at the entrance of the building, provided that the light is attached to the building, is focused downward and is switched so that the light is on only when workers are at the building. This shall be exclusive of lights equipped with motion detectors. To the extent these requirements are inconsistent with New Jersey Uniform Construction Code requirements, the Uniform Construction Code requirements shall apply.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]

General design standards.

All equipment shall be designed and automated to the greatest extent possible in order to reduce the need for on-site maintenance and thereby minimize the need for vehicular trips to and from the site.

Other than typical "warning," "emergency" and equipment information signs, no signs shall be permitted. Emergency signs shall be on plates attached to the tower or building and shall not exceed two square feet.

Minimal off-street parking shall be permitted as needed.

Submission requirements. In addition to a complete site plan depicting the proposed installation, the following shall be required at the time of submission:

Documentation by a qualified engineer with a demonstrated expertise in structural engineering regarding the capacity of a proposed tower for the number and type of antennas.

Documentation by a qualified engineer with a demonstrated expertise in structural engineering that any proposed tower will have sufficient structural integrity to support the proposed antennas and the anticipated future collocated antennas and that the structural standards developed for antennas by the Electronic Industry Association (EIA) and/or the Telecommunications. Industry Association (TIA) have been met.

Antenna modifications. Operators of wireless telecommunications towers shall provide to the Borough a report every three years from a licensed professional engineer certifying the structural integrity of the tower, together with all antennas mounted thereon and whether they remain in use, and that they meet applicable minimum safety requirements. Such report shall also be provided whether antenna arrays are modified, and shall include a detailed listing of all antennas and equipment so certified. Vendors shall also be required to notify the Borough when the use of such antennas and equipment is discontinued. A satisfactory insurance company inspection report shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this section.

Restoration provisions. The applicant shall provide a performance bond and/or other assurances satisfactory to the Township in a form approved by the Township Attorney that will cause the antennas, the supporting tower, the ancillary building enclosing related electronic equipment and all other related improvements to the land to be removed at no cost to the Township, when the antennas are no longer operative. Any communication facility not used for its intended and approved purpose for a period of 12 months shall be considered "no longer operative" and abandoned and shall be removed by the applicant or their assigns within 60 days thereof. If the use of the tower is 10% or less of its maximum permitted capacity, it shall be considered "no longer operative" and therefore abandoned.

§ 310-14-8 Assisted-living residences.

Minimum lot area shall be three acres.

Minimum lot frontage shall be 250 feet.

Minimum lot depth shall be 300 feet.

Maximum building coverage shall be 25%.

Minimum landscaped area shall be 25% of the lot.

Minimum front yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Minimum side yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 40 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback to buildings and structures of 50 feet.

Maximum building and structure height shall be three stories and 40 feet.

Where abutting a residential use or zone, minimum width of a landscape buffer along side and rear property lines shall be 30 feet.

§ 310-14-9 Quasi-public buildings and uses, including recreation areas.

R-2, R-3, R-4 and C-2 Downtown Zoning Districts.

Minimum lot area shall be three acres.

Minimum lot frontage shall be 250 feet.

Minimum lot depth shall be 300 feet.

Maximum building coverage shall 25%.

Minimum landscaped area shall be 25% of the lot including buffers to neighboring residences.

Minimum front yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Minimum side yard setback to buildings and structures shall be shall be 40 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback of 100 feet.

Minimum width of a landscape buffer along side and rear property lines shall be 30 feet.

Quasi-public uses in R-MF, C-3 Highway Commercial, C-LI-1 and C-LI-5 Commercial Light Industrial Zoning Districts.

Minimum lot area shall be three acres.

Minimum lot width shall be 400 feet.

Minimum front yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 60 feet.

Minimum side yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 50 feet.

Maximum building and structure height shall be three stories and 45 feet.

Maximum impervious coverage shall be 50%.

Landscape buffer areas shall be designed and installed pursuant to § 310-16-7.

Quasi-public uses in R-LD Low-Density Single-Family Residential Zoning District:

Minimum lot area shall be 10 acres.

Minimum lot width shall be 500 feet.

Minimum lot depth shall be 750 feet.

Minimum front yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 100 feet.

Minimum side yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 100 feet and 200 feet for both side yards combined.

Minimum rear yard setback to buildings and structures shall be 100 feet.

Maximum building and structure height shall be three stories and 45 feet.

Maximum impervious coverage shall be 10%.

Minimum width of a landscape buffer along side and rear property lines shall be 50 feet. Landscape buffer areas shall be designed and installed pursuant to § 310-16-7.