The purposes of this district are to:
A. Allow for new commercial and office development while also accommodating
the preservation of farm land, open space, and rural character;
B. Provide a gradation of land use intensity and density from the rural
nature of the Township to the more suburbanized Town Center zoning
area of the Township within the Route 228 Corridor;
C. Create a desirable "front door" gateway for the Township;
D. Accommodate land uses that primarily provide for services and amenities
utilized by the local community;
E. Introduce commercial and other uses into an area of the Township
where these uses were previously not permitted. The introduction of
these uses shall be sensitive to the existing land use context and
landscape. The uses and development of land along this corridor overlay
is intended to be of lesser density than that permitted in the existing
C-2 Highway Commercial or C-3 Regional Commerce Zoning Districts.
The Route 228 Corridor Overlay applies to all properties within
the corridor, generally abutting the existing and/or proposed realigned
Route 228 right-of-way, as indicated on the revised Middlesex Township
Official Zoning Map, and the Route 228 Corridor Overlay District Sheet.
The requirements of the Route 228 Corridor Overlay District
are complementary and in addition to any other applicable requirements
of the existing base zoning districts and any other applicable zoning
regulations. Where there is a conflict between the Route 228 Corridor
Overlay District and any other applicable zoning requirement of the
existing base zoning districts, the Route 228 Corridor Overlay District
shall supersede the conflicting requirement to the extent of the conflicting
requirement only, except that the Route 228 Corridor Overlay District
shall completely preempt any base zoning district regulations with
respect to billboards.
[Amended 8-21-2019 by Ord. No. 134; 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
A. Permitted uses.
(2) Accessory
uses.
(a) Residential solar energy systems, subject to §
175-155.5.
B. Conditional uses.
(6)
Offices, business and professional.
(10)
Planned residential development.
C. Uses
by special exception.
In addition to any applicable conditional use requirements of
this article, the following additional requirements shall be met for
the following conditional uses in the Route 228 Corridor Overlay District:
A. All conditional uses must meet the following requirements:
(1)
The maximum building footprint shall be 40,000 square feet,
except as otherwise may be specifically provided for by the requirements
of this Overlay District.
(2)
The development of any proposed conditional use within 1,000
feet of the western Township boundary on the southern side of Route
228 shall construct a Township gateway sign. The sign shall meet the
following requirements:
(a)
A monument sign with exterior lighting, with a minimum sign
area of 4 feet by 6 feet.
(b)
Contain the Township logo, as provided by the Township.
(c)
Include only the words "Welcome to Middlesex Township."
(3)
Grocery store, retail, and office uses.
(a)
In addition to any other required setback or buffering, grocery
store, retail, and office uses may exceed the maximum building footprint
of 40,000 square feet up to a maximum building footprint of up to
80,000 square feet, provided that the building shall be set back a
minimum of 100 feet from any boundary line of any adjacent property
within the following zoning districts: R-1, R-2, PRD, AG-A, and R-AG,
whether the abutting property is within or outside of the Overlay
District.
(b)
Grocery store, retail and office uses proposed as part of a
multi-parcel, master-planned development that includes two or more
buildings and two or more land uses, may have a building footprint
larger than 80,000 square feet, provided that the building shall be
set back at least 200 feet from any boundary line of any adjacent
property within the following zoning districts: R-1, R-2, PRD, AG-A,
and R-AG, whether the abutting property is within or outside of the
Overlay District.
(4)
Motel/hotels.
(a)
Only permitted when proposed as part of a multi-parcel, master-planned
development that includes two or more buildings and two or more land
uses where the proposed access point(s) to Route 228 is shared by
multiple tenants and/or land uses.
(6)
Restaurants.
(a)
Only permitted when proposed as part of a multi-use, master-planned
large land development where the proposed access point(s) to Route
228 is shared by multiple tenants and/or land uses.
See Article
XIV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any previous ordinance, billboards are not permitted in the Route 228 Corridor Overlay District, including any properties within the Overlay District that are also within the C-2 base zoning district.