Where specified, a buffer strip shall be provided along the
side and rear property lines so as to provide protection to adjacent
properties. Buffer strips shall be free from structures, accessory
buildings, signs, driveways, parking areas, outdoor storage areas,
recreation facilities or other active uses. Buffer strips shall be
attractively planted with trees, shrubs, plants, and grass lawns of
species approved by the Planning and Zoning Board and in accordance
with approved site plans.
Any off-street loading and unloading facilities required by this chapter shall comply with all design and improvement standards and requirements contained in Chapter
400, Subdivision of Land and Site Plan Review.
[Amended 3-18-2003 by Ord. No. 509-2003]
No sign shall be erected, re-erected, constructed, altered,
placed or maintained except as provided for in this chapter. No sign
of any type shall be permitted to obstruct driver vision, traffic
signals, traffic directional and identification signs, other places
of business, signs or windows of buildings on which they are located,
or fire escapes, doors and ventilation openings or other essential
or required facilities or equipment. No sign shall be attached to
trees, fence posts, stumps, utility poles, bridges, culverts or other
signs. All signs shall be freestanding or attached to buildings in
an approved manner. Signs shall be permitted in accordance with the
following standards and requirements:
A. In all zoning districts, the following signs shall be permitted without
obtaining a zoning permit:
(1) All signs and signals owned and operated by the Township of Fairfield,
the County of Cumberland, the State of New Jersey or the United State
of America, not exceeding two square feet in area.
(2) Identification signs for public and quasi-public facilities, such
as schools, churches, hospitals or libraries, not exceeding two square
feet in area.
(3) Memorial or historical markers or tablets, not exceeding four square
feet in area.
(4) Customary on-site real estate signs temporarily advertising the sale,
rental or lease of the premises or portions thereof and professional
office or home occupation nameplates. No such sign shall exceed six
square feet in area, nor shall there be more than one such sign for
each 200 feet or part thereof of road frontage contained on the property
on which such sign is to be located. Such signs shall be removed at
the expense of the advertiser within 15 days after the termination
or completion of the matter or business advertised.
(5) Street number designations, postal boxes, on-site directional and
parking signs, warning signs and signs posting property as "Private
Property," "No Hunting," "No Trespassing" or similar signs which do
not exceed two square feet in area.
B. Sign interpretation and measurement.
(1) For the purpose of determining the number of signs, a sign shall
be considered to be a single display surface or display device, containing
elements organized, related and composed to form a unit. Where matter
is displayed in a random manner without organized relationship elements
or where there is a reasonable doubt about the relationship of elements,
each element shall be considered to be a separate sign.
(2) The size of any sign for the purpose of determining its compliance
with the provisions of this section shall be computed by multiplying
its greatest height by its greatest length, exclusive of supporting
structures unless such supporting structures are illuminated or are
in the form of a symbol or contain advertising copy. Signs with multiple
exposures shall be measured for area by using the surface area of
one side only when carrying the same message on all sides. Where there
is a different message on any side, then each side shall be considered
as an individual sign.
C. General regulations. All signs shall be designed and constructed
in accordance with the following standards and provisions:
(1) No freestanding sign shall exceed the height permitted as set forth
herein and in no case exceed the maximum height limitation for the
zoning district in which it is located. No attached sign shall be
higher than 18 inches at any point than the roofline of the building
to which said sign is attached.
(2) No attached sign shall project into or hang over a street right-of-way
and no sign shall project beyond a building in a manner placing it
above areas traversed by motor vehicles, such as, but not limited
to, driveways or parking areas.
(3) All signs shall confirm to the standards of the Uniform Construction
Code.
(4) Illuminated signs shall be so arranged as to reflect the light glare
away from adjoining premises and away from adjoining streets and/or
rights-of-way. No sign shall be illuminated between the hours of 1:00
a.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless the business or use so advertised by said
sign is open to the public later than 1:00 a.m., in which event any
such establishment may keep said sign illuminated until said business
is closed to the public, but not thereafter.
(5) Signs and sign structures of all types shall be located to allow
clear, unobstructed lines of vision.
(6) All sign support structures and frames shall be constructed of durable
material such as wood, metal, stone or concrete. All signs shall be
permanently fixed to the ground or attached to a building or structure
in a manner conforming to the Uniform Construction Code.
(7) No sign shall be erected containing information on it which states
or implies that a property may be used for any purpose not permitted
under the provisions of this chapter in the zoning district in which
the property to which the sign relates is located.
(8) No sign shall be erected within any sight triangle area.
(9) Whenever a land use or activity has approved access on more than one roadway, the Planning and Zoning Board may permit additional freestanding signs. The Board shall determine the size and location of said additional freestanding sign based on available frontage, roadway speed, visibility of the access and the safety of traffic based on specific sign standards permitted for that land use as set forth in Subsection
E herein.
D. The following signs are prohibited in all districts:
(1) Signs with red, green or blue illumination in a beam, beacon or flashing
form resembling an emergency light, in any location.
(2) Portable signs, i.e., fixed on a movable stand which is self-supporting
without being firmly embedded in the ground, supported by other objects,
mounted on wheels or movable vehicles or made easily movable in some
other manner.
(3) Signs using mechanical or electrical devices to revolve, flash or
display movement or the illusion of movement.
(4) Signs with any lighting or control mechanism which cause radio or
television interference.
(5) Any sign which is such a form, character or shape as to confuse or
dangerously distract the attention of the operator of a motor vehicle.
(6) Any advertising which uses a series of two or more signs or units
placed in a line parallel to the highway or in a similar fashion,
all carrying a single advertising message, part of which is contained
on each sign.
(7) Signs which in any way simulate official, functional, directional
or warning signs erected or maintained by the State of New Jersey,
County of Cumberland or the Township of Fairfield or by any railroad,
public utility or similar organization concerned with the protection
of public health or safety.
(8) Any sign located on a lot other than the lot occupied by the use,
event, product or activity which said sign advertises.
(9) Banners, spinners, flags, pennants, tethered balloons or other aerial
devices, inflatable figures or any other moving object used for advertising
purposes, whether containing a message or not, unless a special event
permit for same has been granted.
(10)
Any sign exceeding the maximum height of 25 feet or more than
25 feet above grade level.
(11)
Signs bearing texts of a laudatory nature or including services
or product names except trademarks or brand names normally furnished
by any such establishment proprietor, it being the purpose of this
section to limit the use of all signs to identification and directional
purposes only. Identification signs allow the principal names of the
establishment or proprietor and a brief description of the principal
goods or services offered.
(12)
Any sign which, applying contemporary control standards, has
as its dominant theme or purpose an appeal to prurient interests.
E. In any district where the following uses are permitted, the following
signs shall be permitted in connection with said use as per the provisions
of this chapter:
(1) Churches: one freestanding sign not exceeding 12 square feet in area
and eight feet in height and set back at least 25 feet from all street
rights-of-way and lot lines, plus one attached sign not exceeding
25 square feet in area.
(2) Golf courses. One freestanding sign not exceeding 12 square feet
in area and eight feet in height and set back at least 25 feet from
all street rights-of-way and lot lines; in addition, one sign attached
to or freestanding but within 10 feet of the clubhouse or similar
structure, and sign not exceeding 25 square feet in area.
(3) Each activity may have one illuminated or non-illuminated sign displaying
the name of the use attached flat against the front of the building
facade, not exceeding an area equivalent to 5% of the front facade
of the building or 50 square feet, whichever is smaller. Where the
building is designed for rear or side entrance, one nonilluminated
sign may be attached flat against the building at the rear and side
entrances, each sign not to exceed an area equivalent to half of the
sign attached on the front of the building. When such use is located
on Highway Route 49, said use may, in addition to the above permitted
signs, have one freestanding illuminated sign not exceeding 15 square
feet in area and set back at least 15 feet from all street rights-of-way
and lot lines. Such freestanding sign shall not exceed 20 feet in
height. When such is located on Bridgeton-Fairton Road, such freestanding
signs shall not be higher than 10 feet.
(4) In the industrial zone, supermarkets, lumberyards, department, variety,
major appliance and furniture stores, garden centers, multi-office
buildings or complexes and professional office centers, laboratories,
industrial and manufacturing or processing plants, wholesale distribution
centers and warehouses, construction enterprises, metalworking enterprises
and/or similar uses: Each use may have one illuminated or non-illuminated
sign displaying the name of the use attached flat against the front
of the building, not exceeding an area equivalent to 5% of the front
of the building or 100 square feet, whichever is smaller. Where the
building(s) is designed for rear or side entrance, one sign may be
attached flat against the building at the rear and side entrances,
each sign not to exceed an area equivalent to half that of the sign
on the front of the building. Except within residential districts
or whenever such use is located within a planned shopping center and
where such use is located on premises situate on and having at least
200 feet of unbroken frontage, said use may have one freestanding
sign on each street frontage, provided that such sign shall not exceed
20 feet in height and shall not be larger than 40 square feet in area.
No such freestanding sign shall be located closer than 100 feet to
any residential district or property line of a property used for residential
purposes or be closer than 15 feet to any street or road right-of-way.
No building-mounted sign shall be higher than the roofline.
(5) Service stations. Each use may have one freestanding sign and one
sign attached flat against the front facade of the building. The freestanding
sign shall not exceed an area of 20 square feet and shall be set back
at least 15 feet from all street rights-of-way and lot lines. The
freestanding sign shall not exceed a height of 20 feet, except on
Bridgeton-Fairton Road where the maximum height shall be 10 feet.
The attached sign shall not exceed 20 square feet in area or rise
above the roofline of the structure to which it is attached. Whenever
a service station is established with a mini-market or convenience
store or in combination with another related land use such as a car
wash, or permitted by the Board, then the overall site may have only
one freestanding sign as noted above. Attached signs to the various
uses on site shall be limited to identifying the use or activity.
In addition to the above permitted signs, a gasoline service station
or repair garage may have signs identifying automotive services being
performed within a given portion or bay of the building, attached
flat against the building and directly above that portion or bay of
the building wherein said service is performed. Such signs shall not
exceed six square feet in area and shall not be illuminated directly.
(6) Construction sites in PBI and industrial zones. Each construction
site may have one sign identifying construction on site, not larger
than the equivalent of 5% of the area of the front wall of the building
being constructed or 50 square feet, whichever is smaller. The size
shall not exceed 10 feet in height and shall be set back from all
street rights-of-way and lot lines at least 40 feet. Said sign shall
be removed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for
the building under construction or the use being established.
(7) Real estate sale or rental. Real estate developments offered for
sale or rent, involving 10 acres or more or in excess of 10 lots or
dwelling units, may have one sign for each 200 feet of unbroken frontage
with a maximum of two signs per site or development. Such sign shall
not exceed eight feet in height, shall be set back from the street
rights-of-way and driveways so as not to overhang the same or obstruct
vision, shall not exceed an area of 32 square feet and shall be used
only to display the development name, developer's name, sales representative,
location, sales office and number and display times and artwork designed
to demonstrate project layout, appearance and logo. Such sign(s) shall
be removed after the sale of 75% of the lots or units receiving certificates
of occupancy or within one year. Extensions of time may be granted
by the Planning and Zoning Board upon submission of evidence which
reasonably justifies continuation of the sign permit.
(8) Home occupations. A home occupation may have one sign bearing the
name of the person engaged in the home occupation and the profession
engaged in or the name of the business, which sign shall not be illuminated,
shall be situated within the property lines of the premises it identifies
and shall not exceed two square feet in area. Signs identifying the
office of a physician or surgeon may be illuminated.
(9) Residential business. One freestanding sign not higher than eight
feet and not over 20 square feet.
(10)
Educational or day-care facility. One freestanding sign not
exceeding four square feet in area and six feet in height set back
at least 15 feet from all street rights-of-way and lot lines, plus
one attached sign not exceeding four square feet in area.
(11)
Other uses. Whenever it is proposed to erect, construct or install
a sign for a use or structure, as permitted under the provisions of
this chapter, which use does not generally approximate a use set forth
in this section as to sign details, such cases shall require the approval
of the Planning and Zoning Board. When reviewing a request for a sign,
the details of which are not set forth hereinabove, the Planning and
Zoning Board shall be guided by the standards for other or similar
uses as set forth herein, the general character of the area wherein
the sign is to be located and the purpose of the sign, in determining
the standards to require.
F. Temporary signs. The following regulations shall govern the erection
and removal of "temporary signs" which for the purposes of this section
shall be defined as any sign intended for use over a period of time
not to exceed 45 days or longer if so specified herein:
(1) Temporary signs associated with a specific event announcing or advertising
any educational, charitable, civic, professional or religious program,
project or event are permitted only if erected and allowed to remain
for a consecutive period not to exceed 21 days in any calendar year
and provided that they do not exceed 32 square feet in area.
(2) Temporary signs advertising political parties or candidates for election
are permitted only if erected and allowed to remain for a reasonable
period prior to the date of the election to which the signs relate,
provided that:
(a)
The size of any sign is not in excess of 32 square feet in area
on one side;
(b)
The erector of such signs or authorized agent of the political
party or candidate removes such signs not more than five days after
the election to which the sign relates;
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection
F(1) herein, any political sign shall be permitted for periods of longer than 21 days in connection with any bona fide election held, regardless of number.
(3) All temporary signs permitted herein shall contain only advertisement
copy or information which directly pertains to the business or activity
conducted or to be conducted. Such signs shall relate only to a given
activity, project, program or event in order to be considered as temporary
signs not subject to permit and regulations as set forth in this section.
(4) Any temporary signs advertising a civic, charitable, political, religious,
professional or similar activity, event, program or project and which
are to be erected or placed by a nonprofit organization shall not
require a sign or zoning permit so long as they meet the requirements
of this subsection. Said sign(s) must be maintained while in use by
the person or organization erecting or placing them.
G. Sign maintenance.
(1) No sign, whether new or existing, shall hereafter be erected or altered
except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. However,
notwithstanding any provisions contained herein, a sign must be kept
clean, neatly painted and free from all hazards, such as, but not
limited to, faulty wiring, loose fastenings or improper support; and
said sign must be maintained at all times in such condition so as
not to be detrimental to the public health and safety.
(2) In the event of a violation of the foregoing maintenance provisions,
the Zoning Officer shall give written notice, by certified mail or
personal delivery, specifying the named owner of the land upon which
the sign is located, sent to the address as stated in the application
for a sign permit or as shown on the Township tax records, listing
all violations and requiring correction of defects or removal of the
sign. The sign shall thereupon be made to conform by the owner of
the sign and/or the owner of the land upon which it is located within
30 days from the date of receipt of said notice. Upon failure to comply
with such notice within the prescribed time, the Zoning Officer is
hereby authorized to remove such sign and shall assess all costs and
expenses incurred in said removal against the land and building upon
which such sign was located or to take appropriate action as provided.
(3) Any sign advertising an existing business conducted or product sold
on the premises upon which the sign is located shall be removed by
the owner of the premises upon which such sign is located within 30
days after cessation of the business or activity so advertised. The
Zoning Officer, after determining that any such sign exists after
such cessation of business or activity, shall notify the owner of
the premises, in writing, by certified mail or personal delivery,
to remove said sign within 30 days from the date of such notice. Failure
to comply with the notice in the time prescribed shall be considered
a violation of this chapter and appropriate action authorized shall
be taken.
(4) If the Zoning Officer shall find that any sign regulated by this
chapter is unsafe or insecure or is a nuisance or menace to the public,
said Officer shall give written notice to the named owner of the land
upon which the sign is located as shown on the Township tax records
or the application for a sign permit, which owner shall remove or
repair said sign within 14 days from the date of receipt of said notice
or such other time period as set forth in said written notice. If
said sign is not removed or repaired within the time period specified,
the Zoning Officer shall revoke any permit issued for the sign and
shall take what steps are necessary to repair or remove said sign
in order to protect the public health and safety and shall assess
all costs and expenses incurred from such repair or removal of the
sign against the land and buildings on which the sign was located.
Such assessment shall become a municipal lien upon the property involved.
(5) With respect to any temporary sign permitted under Subsection
F above, such sign if not removed by the owner with the time period prescribed may be removed by the Zoning Officer, who is hereby authorized to do so and shall assess all costs and expenses incurred in said removal against the property upon which said sign is located. Said assessment shall become a municipal lien upon the property involved.
[Amended 11-13-2002 by Ord. No. 504-2002; 5-20-2003 by Ord. No. 512-2003; 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 17-2012]
A. Performance characteristics. All permitted uses shall conform to
the following performance characteristics.
(1) If
the performance characteristics of any proposed industrial use are
questionable, a building permit may be withheld until the applicant
for such use shall, upon request of the Planning and Zoning Board,
furnish any or all of the following:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(a) A detailed description of the proposed industrial process and its
product.
(b) Reports prepared by competent technical experts showing that: dissemination
of smoke, odors, fumes and other obnoxious gases shall be within the
limit of the industrial tolerance standards of the State Department
of Health.
(2) Liquid
wastes and effluents shall be discharged into an approved existing
sewage treatment plant, in accordance with that plant's regulations,
or shall be treated in a treatment plant or process which is in compliance
with the state statutes and with requirements of the State Department
of Health.
(3) Precaution
against fire hazards, radiation, and explosion, proper handling and
storage of materials and structural design and safeguards for the
health of workers shall comply with the state statutes and requirements
of the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(4) No
vibration or glare will be evident at any point more than 150 feet
from the source of said vibration or light.
(5) All
industrial uses shall stay within the tolerance standards set forth
above and the user shall furnish proof of this when asked to do so
by the appropriate authorities.
B. Intent. The PBI Planned Business Industrial Zone is intended for
commercial and light industrial uses, including, but not limited to,
general service and offices, individual manufacturing, assembly, and
contracting uses for a wide variety of industries, but excluding nuisance
and heavy industries.
C. Permitted principal uses. In the PBI Zone, no lot shall be used and
no structure shall be erected, altered, or occupied for any purpose
except the following:
(1) Retail business and service establishments.
(2) Minor appliance and office machine repair shops.
(3) Professional offices and clinics.
(4) Insurance and financial institutions.
(5) Commercial recreation, including, but not limited to, indoor recreational
and leisure facilities, including bowling, ice and roller rinks, billiards,
racquetball, and health clubs, and outdoor recreation, including,
but not limited to, driving ranges and miniature golf.
(6) Restaurants, including drive-through fast-food establishments.
(7) Motor vehicle inspection station, new and used automotive sales,
car washes.
(8) Home occupations, only in association with permitted single-family detached dwellings as set forth in Subsection
C(9) below.
(9) Single-family homes existing at the time of the adoption of this
section may continue to exist until such time as they are converted
for commercial use or are vacated for more than six months (as of
November 1, 2012).
(10)
Municipal use and other governmental offices, public parks,
library, community theater.
(11)
Child-care centers, schools, houses of worship, hospitals.
D. Permitted accessory uses are as follows:
(1) Maintenance, utility and storage facilities incidental to the business
of the principal use, provided that they are in fully enclosed buildings.
(2) Off-street parking and loading.
(3) Restaurant or cafeteria primarily for supplying meals to employees
and guests of the principal use.
(4) In-service training schools for employees.
(5) Custodial living quarters associated with the maintenance of the
principal use.
(6) Assembly halls or conference centers for meetings incidental to the
business of the principal use.
(7) Stormwater management facilities.
E. Conditional uses are permitted as follows:
(1) Industrial parks, in accordance with the following requirements,
as well as the other PBI District requirements:
(a)
The minimum park area is 12 acres.
(b)
The minimum lot area for each parcel is two acres.
(c)
The minimum park frontage on a county road is 250 feet.
(d)
A unified sign package is included with directional signs if
appropriate.
(2) Warehouse and wholesale storage, including, but not limited to, the
storage and processing of farm products, in accordance with the following
requirements, as well as the other PBI District requirements. In review
of site plans for warehouse and wholesale storage facilities, and
in addition to the site plan criteria established in this chapter,
the following minimum standards shall also apply, and shall be interpreted
to supersede any other requirements of this chapter with which, and
to whatever extent, they may appear to be in conflict:
(a)
Warehouse and wholesale storage facilities and their attendant
operations shall be within completely enclosed buildings.
(b)
No loading dock or service area may be on or visible from a
residential lot line or any street frontage. Provision for handling
all freight shall be on those sides of any building which do not face
on any street or proposed streets.
(c)
No accessory use shall be construed to permit open storage of
materials or goods on the lot.
(d)
Trucking services at permitted facilities shall be limited in
hours of operation to between 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
(e)
Rear and side property yards shall be landscaped so as to provide
an effective screen, at time of planting, to obscure from view at
ground level the permitted use from adjoining primary uses of dissimilar
nature.
(f)
The exterior design of all permitted buildings on lots which
abut a residence district or any street opposite land in a residence
district shall be in harmony with the general character of the residential
neighborhood.
(3) Light industrial, manufacturing or processing, provided the proposed industrial process meets the performance requirements listed in §
450-16A, does not have one or more smoke stacks and does not have inherent characteristics which are noxious, injurious, offensive, or hazardous to the health, safety, or general welfare of the community.
F. Prohibited uses. Any use that is not specifically permitted in this
section is hereby prohibited, specifically the following:
(1) Residential uses. All new residential uses in the PBI District are
prohibited except as heretofore provided in this section.
(2) No row houses, apartment houses, trailer, trailer camps, trailer
parks, trailer cabins or commercial migrant labor camp shall be permitted
in the PBI District.
(3) Heavy industrial uses. Supplementary to all other use regulations
in this section, the following industrial uses are specifically prohibited:
(a)
Explosive, ammunition, firework, match or pyroxylin plastic
manufacture or storage.
(b)
Calcium carbide, acetylene gas, ammonia or chlorine picric,
carbolic, hydrochloric or other similar acid or similar chemical manufacture.
(c)
Animal black, bone black or lampblack manufacture or treatment;
or fertilizer or potash refining, manufacture or storage.
(d)
Crematory, or incineration of garbage.
(e)
Disinfectant, insecticide or poison manufacture.
(f)
Glue, size or gelatin manufacture where the process includes
the refining and recovering of products from fish, animal refuse or
offal.
(g)
Grease, lard, fat or tallow rendering or refining; dye or soap
manufacture; or the storage, cleaning, curing or tanning of raw hides
or skins.
(h)
Stockyards; wool pulling or scouring; slaughtering of animals;
reduction, incineration, storage or dumping of slaughterhouse refuse,
rancid fats, garbage, dead animals or offal; or bone products manufacture.
(j)
Coke ovens, steel furnace, blast furnace, bloom furnace or rolling
mill.
(k)
Gas (illuminating or heating) storage in excess of 20,000 cubic
feet.
(l)
Rubber products manufacture or treatment.
(m)
Motor vehicle dismantling or other similar salvage operation
or the storage of wrecked, disabled or dismantled motor vehicles,
used parts thereof or other similar items or materials, unless such
uses are within a completely enclosed building or within an outdoor
space enclosed by a fence, a wall or buffer planting high enough to
hide the activity within from being seen from any point 10 feet above
the ground level of adjoining properties in nonresidential use or
10 feet above the paving surface of adjoining streets.
(n)
Junkyards or other similar outside waste storage or disposal
area.
(p)
Airport, airfield or heliport.
(q)
Manufacture, storage or mixing of asphalt, coal tar, petroleum
or bituminous products of the type normally used for the paving of
streets or parking areas.
G. Bulk requirements. All proposed uses within the PBI District shall conform to §
450-7, Schedule of District Regulations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
See Chapter
257, Flood Damage Prevention, of the Township Code.
[Added 10-10-2006 by Ord.
No. 17-2006]
Golf course communities may be established in the A Zone as
conditional uses subject to Planning and Zoning Board approval.
A. Use conditions. A golf course community shall only be permitted if
the following conditions are met:
(1) A site shall contain a minimum of 300 contiguous acres.
(2) A golf course with a minimum length of 6,000 yards and a minimum
area of 150 acres shall be constructed.
(3) The maximum density shall not exceed 0.5 unit per gross acre of the
entire site.
B. Principal uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted:
(1) One-family detached dwelling.
(3) Golf clubhouse, including dining rooms, social rooms, bar and locker
rooms.
C. Accessory uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted:
(1) Residential: garages, storage buildings of less than 150 square feet,
pools and any use customarily incidental to a one-family detached
dwelling.
(2) Golf course: pro shop, driving range, restrooms, snack bar, maintenance
and storage buildings and any use customarily incidental to the operation
of a golf course.
(3) Swim club: outdoor court facilities for activity, recreation, maintenance
and storage buildings and any use customarily incidental to the operation
of a swim club.
D. Bulk standards. The following bulk standards shall apply:
(1) Residential.
(a)
Minimum lot size shall be one acre;
(b)
Minimum lot width shall be 125 feet;
(c)
Minimum lot frontage shall be 85 feet;
(d)
Minimum lot depth shall be 200 feet;
(e)
Minimum front and rear setbacks shall be 50 feet;
(f)
Minimum side yard setback shall be 15 feet;
(g)
Maximum building height shall be 35 feet;
(h)
Maximum building coverage shall be 15%; and
(i)
Maximum lot coverage shall be 30%.
(2) Golf course.
(a)
Minimum separation between a golf tee and any property line,
right-of-way line or accessory structure shall be 75 feet;
(b)
Minimum separation between the center line of any fairway or
green and any property line, right-of-way line or accessory structure
shall be 150 feet;
(c)
Minimum setback for any accessory use shall be 100 feet.
(d)
Maximum height for any accessory use shall be 25 feet.
(3) Golf clubhouse.
(a)
Minimum setback from any property line shall be 100 feet; and
(b)
Maximum height shall be 35 feet.
E. Parking requirements. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance
with the following schedule:
(1) One-family detached dwelling: three spaces per dwelling.
(2) Golf course: two spaces for each three players for the maximum number
of golfers that may play the course at any one time.
(3) Golf clubhouse: one space for each three seats in a dining or social
room plus one space for each two seats in bar.
(4) Swim club: one space for every five members.
F. Golf course design. Golf course shall be designed in accordance with
the guidelines promulgated by the United States Golf Association and
the guidelines established by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP).
G. Golf course operation. Golf courses shall be operated using an Integrated
Turf Management Plan and an Integrated Pesticide and Pest Management
Plan specific to the operation and maintenance of the proposed golf
course. These plans shall be prepared in accordance with guidelines
established by NJDEP. These plans shall include Best Management Practices
to prevent or minimize any adverse impacts of chemical applications
on the groundwater and surface water resources associated with the
golf course. Vegetative buffer areas shall be encouraged between any
turf which is to be chemically treated and any non-intermittent stream
or water body.
H. Timing. No more than half of the certificates of occupancy for the
expected residential units shall be issued prior to the start of the
construction of the golf course.