Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the R-1 Residential District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
[Amended 9-15-1997 by Ord. No. 97-20]
(1) Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) Borough-operated public facilities.
(3) A community residence for the developmentally disabled or victims
of domestic violence.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Driveways, parking lots, carports containing not more than two motor
vehicles and garages containing not more than three motor vehicles.
(2) Storage and maintenance sheds.
(3) Gardens and landscaped areas, including fountains, ponds and other
water features.
(4) Greenhouses and other structures used for horticultural purposes.
(5) Patios, freestanding decks, gazebos, cabanas and other recreational
or ornamental buildings or structures.
(6) Swimming pools, tennis courts and racquetball courts, pursuant to §
110-192.
(7) Other uses deemed to be permitted accessory uses.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
[Added 3-4-1991 by Ord.
No. 91-3]
(1) Churches and other places of worship, including buildings used in connection with religious activities, pursuant to §
110-87A. Any existing church or any place of worship, including buildings used in connection with religious activities, shall be hereby excepted and deemed to continue as a permitted use whereby any addition or expansion of the use shall require site plan approval only, without the necessity of a conditional use application.
(2) Religious or nonprofit nursery schools, day-care centers and nursing and convalescent homes, pursuant to §
110-87A.
(3) Public, nonprofit private and parochial school buildings and convents, pursuant to §
110-87A.
(4) Senior citizen shared living residences pursuant to §
110-87V.
[Amended 2-20-1990 by Ord. No. 90-3]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the R-1A Residential District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses: any principal use permitted in an R-1 residential
zone.
B. Permitted accessory uses: any accessory uses permitted in an R-1
Residential District.
C. Permitted conditional uses: any conditional use permitted in an R-1
Residential zone.
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the R-2 Residential District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses: any principal use permitted in an R-1 Residential
District.
B. Permitted accessory uses: any accessory use permitted in an R-1 Residential
District.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
(1) Any conditional use permitted in an R-1 Residential District.
(2) Offices and apartments, provided that such are located on a lot fronting on Main Street between the Lehigh Valley Railroad line to the north and the B-2 Neighborhood Business District to the south, pursuant to §
110-87U.
(3) (Reserved)
[Added 8-15-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-19; repealed 11-7-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-27]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the R-2A Residential District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Any principal use permitted in an R-1 Residential District.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Any accessory use permitted in an R-1 Residential District for single-family
detached dwellings.
(2) Garages containing not more than three motor vehicles for each townhouse
unit.
(3) Common open space, social and recreational facilities for townhouses.
C. Permitted conditional uses: any conditional use permitted in an R-1
Residential District.
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the R-3 Residential District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Any principal use permitted in an R-1 Residential District.
(2) Two-family detached dwellings.
B. Permitted accessory uses: any accessory use permitted in an R-1 Residential
District.
C. Permitted conditional uses: any conditional use permitted in an R-1
Residential District.
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the R-4 Residential District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Any principal use permitted in an R-3 Residential District.
(4) Three- and four-family apartments.
(5) Affordable senior housing.
[Amended 12-19-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-24]
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Any accessory use permitted in an R-1 Residential District for single-family
and two-family dwellings.
(2) Garages containing not more than three motor vehicles for each townhouse
and apartment unit.
(3) Common open space, social and recreational facilities.
C. Permitted conditional uses: any conditional use permitted in an R-1
Residential District.
[Amended 1-4-1993 by Ord.
No. 93-26]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the R-6 Overlay Residential District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Planned unit residential development, pursuant to §
110-91.
(2) Borough-operated public facility.
[Added 12-7-1992 by Ord.
No. 92-37]
B. Permitted accessory uses: any accessory use permitted pursuant to §
110-91.
C. Permitted conditional uses: none.
[Added 6-15-1992 by Ord.
No. 92-18; amended 10-3-1994 by Ord. No. 94-21]
A. Purpose. This district has been created in order to comply with substantive
certification granted to the Borough of Metuchen by the Council on
Affordable Housing on May 5, 1992. Permitted uses, densities, affordable
housing set-aside requirements and other development standards have
been developed in accordance with said grant of substantive certification
and that certain agreement between the Borough of Metuchen and Homestead
at Metuchen, Inc., which agreement is dated December 31, 1991.
B. Location. An R-7 Lawler Affordable Housing District shall be included
which will encompass the six-and-fifty-eight-hundredths-acre tract
commonly known as "the Lawler Tract," which is designated as Block
49, Lots 11 and 57 on the Tax Map of the Borough and located with
fifty-foot frontage on Central Avenue, northwest of its intersection
with Durham Avenue.
C. Permitted uses.
(1) Permitted principal uses:
(c)
Multifamily attached housing.
(2) Permitted accessory uses:
(a)
Driveways, parking lots and detached garages.
(b)
Common open space, social and recreational facilities and detention
and retention basins.
(c)
Other uses customarily incidental to the permitted principal
uses.
D. Maximum permitted density. Maximum permitted density shall be 12
units per acre, which shall be a gross density for the entire site,
irrespective of whether or not any portion of the site is designated
or dedicated for use as private or public streets. However, no development
of the Lawler Tract shall contain more than 77 residential units.
E. Affordable housing component. Developers shall be obligated to construct,
in accordance with Paragraph 9.2 of the Amended Agreement, a twenty-five-unit
affordable housing component; provided, however, that the funding
contingencies stated within the Amended Agreement are satisfied.
F. Parking requirements.
(1) The total number of parking spaces required for all uses or combination
of uses shall be as follows:
Residential Type and Size
|
Required Spaces Per Dwelling Unit
|
---|
Apartments
|
|
|
One-bedroom
|
1.5
|
|
Two-bedroom
|
2.0
|
|
Three-bedroom
|
2.25
|
Townhouses
|
|
|
One-bedroom
|
1.75
|
|
Two-bedroom and three-bedroom
|
2.25
|
(2) A maximum of 25% of the required number of parking spaces may be
located on-street, provided that the minimum paved width of that street
is 30 feet.
G. Site plan development standards.
(1) Concept plan compatibility. The Lawler Tract should be developed
in a manner that is consistent with an overall design and general
configuration shown in the Schematic Design Blueprints drawn by Clarke
and Caton, dated August 29, 1994, and submitted to and approved in
concept by the Borough Council on September 7, 1994. This Concept
Plan provides for the specific location for primary access from Central
Avenue, the generally O-shaped street layout, the general locations
of the proposed dwelling units, the general location of a recreational
area and the detention basin.
(2) Vehicular access. No paved portion of any public or private street
or driveway shall be located within eight feet of an existing adjacent
residential property line, except in such cases where the Board determines
that it shall be necessary for an existing or future roadway connection,
nor within five feet of an existing adjacent nonresidential property
line.
(3) Building location. A building shall be located to front towards and
to relate to a street or other logically organized space. Spatial
relationships among buildings shall be geometrically logical and architecturally
formal. Buildings may also be oriented to front toward a parking area.
(4) Parking lot location. Parking lots may be located in any or all of
the yard areas surrounding the buildings.
(5) Building setbacks. The minimum distance between buildings and vehicular
driveways, parking areas and streets within the site shall be 25 feet,
which distance shall be measured from building to curbline. Yard setback
requirements shall be encompassed within the building setback minimum
distance and shall not be in addition thereto.
(6) Spacing of buildings.
(a)
Separation of buildings in a multiple-building development shall
be not less than the following minimum spacing standards:
Building Wall Relationship
|
Minimum Spacing
(feet)
|
---|
Front wall to front wall
|
45
|
Front wall to side wall
|
45
|
Rear wall to rear wall
|
55
|
Side wall to side wall
|
35
|
(b)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the separation between two buildings
located perpendicular to each other shall be a minimum of 25 feet
in a maximum of two instances, in the entire tract development.
H. Multifamily residential development standards.
(1) Building type mix. There shall be no requirement as to any minimum
mix among apartments, townhouses or other multifamily attached housing
on the tract.
(2) Dwelling unit mix. For affordable units, the dwelling unit mix shall
be in accordance with the then-applicable Council on Affordable Housing
(COAH) requirements. With respect to market rate dwelling units, no
more than 1/3 of the total units on-site shall be three bedrooms,
and no more than 1/3 of the total units constructed on the site shall
be one-bedroom.
(3) Number of dwelling units. No building shall contain more than 18
attached units.
(4) Dwelling unit size and location.
(a)
Minimum dwelling unit floor area shall be as follows:
Apartment Type
|
Minimum Floor Area
(square feet)
|
---|
Studio/efficiency
|
500
|
One-bedroom
|
600
|
Two-bedroom
|
950
|
Three-bedroom
|
1,100
|
(b)
No dwelling unit shall be entirely located on a level partially
below existing or finished grade level.
(5) Storage space. Other than normal closet space, there shall be no
dwelling unit storage space requirement.
(6) Private open space. Each dwelling unit shall be provided with a private
outdoor patio or balcony area consisting of a minimum of 64 square
feet. The minimum length of any individual dimension of such area
shall not be less than six feet. A minimum of one light fixture shall
be provided to light such area.
(7) Enclosure of yard areas. No enclosure of the front, side or rear
yards of any dwelling unit or building shall be required by way of
evergreen hedge, brick wall, wrought iron fence or other demarcated
or fixed structure or landscaping.
(8) Pedestrian walkway materials. Formal walkways shall be constructed
of brick, slate, cobblestone, concrete, bluestone or some combination
of the above or similar materials that are architecturally compatible
with the style, materials, colors and details of the buildings.
I. Architectural design standards.
(1) Massing. A building shall not be permitted to have a total measurement
greater than 230 feet in length along any wall, roof or footprint
plane. Building wall offsets, including both projections and recesses,
shall be provided along any building wall measuring greater than 50
feet in length in order to provide architectural interest. The maximum
spacing between such offsets shall be 45 feet. The minimum projection
or depth of any individual offset shall not be less than two feet.
(2) Continuity of treatment. The architectural treatment of a facade
shall be compatible in terms of style, materials, colors or details
around all sides of a building. Different sides of a building may
face or relate to different conditions. For example, the front may
relate to a street, while the rear may relate to a quiet garden space.
(3) Roof. The minimum permitted roof pitch shall be five on 12. Individual
gables on a building may vary in pitch.
[Added 11-7-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-27]
Principal and accessory uses shall be permitted and regulated
in the R-8 Overlay Residential District as follows, on the following
lots only: Block 132, Lots 10-27, 42-46, 49-51 & 52.
A. Permitted principal uses: Townhouses.
B. Permitted accessory uses: Any accessory use permitted in the R-2
Residential District.
C. Bulk regulations for townhouses:
(1)
Minimum tract area shall be 20,000 square feet. For the purposes
of calculating tract area, lots separated by street rights-of-way
may be considered part of the same tract.
(2)
Minimum frontage on Safety Place: two hundred fifty (250) feet.
(3)
The design of the townhouse structures shall be oriented to
front toward Safety Place and back toward the Northeast Corridor Railroad
right-of-way.
(4)
Townhouse structures shall have a minimum setback of 25 feet
from any adjacent lot occupied by a single-family home.
(5)
Parking for the townhouses may be located both on Safety Place
and on portions of the tract located across Safety Place from the
townhouse structures.
D. All such uses shall comply with the affordable housing requirements of Article
21 (Affordable Housing) in Chapter
110 (Land Development) of the Code of the Borough of Metuchen.
[Amended 12-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-37; 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 99-10; 3-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4; 9-3-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-12; 8-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12; 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the B-1 Central Business District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-27]
(2) Personal service businesses.
(3) Physical fitness studios.
(4) Indoor amusement businesses, including arcades, virtual reality,
escape rooms, and other similar uses.
(5) Eating and drinking establishments, except fast-food restaurants
and drive-in restaurants, provided that such shall not have an outdoor
dining area within 50 feet of residentially zoned land.
(6) Brew pubs, distilleries and wineries.
(7) Banks and other financial institutions, except drive-in banks.
(8) Offices, except located on the ground floor of a building fronting
on Main Street.
(9) Flex space, including demonstration kitchens, event rental space,
party rental space, and other similar uses.
(10)
Nursery schools and day-care centers.
(11)
Apartments, except located on the ground floor of a building.
(12)
Borough-operated public facilities.
(13)
Massage and somatic therapy establishments.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Driveways, parking lots, loading areas and multilevel parking facilities,
except where such is located to have ingress and/or egress on Route
27 (Middlesex Avenue) and the same can be provided from another street
or municipal parking lot abutting the site.
(2) Plazas, courtyards, alleys and other similar type public and semipublic
spaces.
(3) Other uses deemed to be permitted accessory uses.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
(1) Dry-cleaning establishments, pursuant to §
110-87B.
(3) Religious affiliated office or counseling center, pursuant to §
110-87D.
(4) Two-family detached dwellings, pursuant to §
110-87E.
(5) Class 5 Cannabis Retailers, provided that they are located on a lot fronting on Middlesex Avenue and comply with the requirements of Chapter
75, Article
I, §
75-5C of the Code of the Borough of Metuchen.
[Added 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
[Amended 12-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-37; 3-17-1997 by Ord. No. 97-4; 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 99-10; 9-17-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-14; 3-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4; 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-23; 9-3-2013 by Ord. No.
2013-12; 8-15-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-19; 11-7-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-27; 8-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12; 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the B-2 Neighborhood Business District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Retail shops and stores, provided that such shall not generate objectionable
noise, odors, smoke or glare or require extensive loading areas within
proximity of residential uses on adjacent lots.
(2) Personal service businesses.
(3) Physical fitness studios.
(4) Eating and drinking establishments, except fast-food restaurants
and drive-in restaurants, provided that such shall not have an outdoor
dining area within 50 feet of residentially zoned land or require
extensive loading areas within proximity of residential uses on adjacent
lots.
(5) Banks and other financial institutions, except drive-in banks.
(7) Nursery schools and day-care centers.
(8) Apartments, except located on the ground floor of a building.
(9) Borough-operated public facilities.
(10)
Massage and somatic therapy establishments.
(11)
Affordable senior housing.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Driveways and parking lots.
(2) Other uses deemed to be permitted accessory uses.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
(1) Dry-cleaning establishments, pursuant to §
110-87B.
(2) Two-family detached dwellings, pursuant to §
110-87E.
(3) Class 5 Cannabis Retailers, provided that they are located on a lot fronting on Central Avenue or Jersey Avenue or Amboy Avenue and comply with the requirements of Chapter
72, Article
I, §
72-5C of the Code of the Borough of Metuchen
[Added 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
[Added 11-7-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-27]
Principal and accessory uses shall be permitted and regulated
in the R-9 Overlay Residential District as follows, on the following
lot only: Block 158, Lot 2
A. Permitted principal uses: Courtyard Apartments.
B. Permitted accessory uses: Any accessory use permitted in the B-2
Neighborhood Business District.
C. Bulk regulations: Courtyard Apartments shall meet the following specific
conditions:
(1)
Minimum tract area shall be 20,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum frontage: one hundred twenty-five (125) feet on Main
Street and frontage on any other street shall not be permitted.
(3)
The design of the courtyard apartment structure shall be oriented
to front internally on the site and frame a courtyard space oriented
away from any adjacent lot occupied by a single-family home.
(4)
Courtyard apartment structures shall have a minimum setback
of 25 feet from any adjacent lot occupied by a single-family home.
D. All such uses shall comply with the affordable housing requirements of Article
21 (Affordable Housing) in Chapter
110 (Land Development) of the Code of the Borough of Metuchen.
[Amended 12-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-37; 9-17-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-14; 12-2-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-18; 3-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4; 6-16-2003 by Ord. No.
2003-8; 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-23; 9-3-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-12; 8-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-12; 8-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12; 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the B-3 Office Business District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-27]
(1) Retail shops and stores, provided that they are located fronting
on Main Street.
(2) Personal service businesses.
(3) Physical fitness studios.
(4) Indoor amusement businesses, including arcades, virtual reality,
escape rooms, and other similar uses, provided that they are located
on a lot fronting on Middlesex Avenue east of Factory Street, Amboy
Avenue or Lake Avenue.
(5) Eating and drinking establishments, except fast-food restaurants
and drive-in restaurants, provided that such shall not have an outdoor
dining area within 50 feet of residentially zoned land.
(6) Brew pubs, distilleries and wineries, provided that they are located
on a lot fronting on Middlesex Avenue east of Factory Street, Amboy
Avenue or Lake Avenue.
(7) Banks and other financial institutions, except drive-in banks.
(9) Flex space, including demonstration kitchens, event rental space,
party rental space, and other similar uses.
(10)
Funeral homes and mortuaries.
(11)
Nursery schools and day-care centers.
(12)
Social halls, clubs, lodges and places of public assembly.
(13)
Apartments, if located on upper floors above another permitted
use at the ground level.
(14)
Affordable senior housing.
(15)
Borough-operated public facilities.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Driveways, parking lots and loading areas.
(2) Other uses deemed to be permitted accessory uses.
C. Permitted conditional uses.
(1) Any conditional uses permitted in the B-2 Zone.
(2) Drive-in banking facilities pursuant to §
110-87J, on the condition that the property fronts on Central Avenue, Middlesex Avenue between Central Avenue and the Lehigh Valley Railroad right-of-way (abandoned) or the westerly side of Lake Avenue.
(3) Downtown Gateway Overlay District, pursuant to §
110-87AA.
(4) Class 5 Cannabis Retailers, provided that they are located on a lot fronting on Middlesex Avenue, Lake Avenue, or Amboy Avenue, and east of Factory Street and comply with the requirements of Chapter
72, Article
I, §
72-5C of the Code of the Borough of Metuchen.
[Added 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
[Amended 2-22-1994 by
; 9-15-1997 by Ord. No. 97-20; 9-17-2001 by Ord. No.
2001-14; 12-2-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-18; 3-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4; 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-23; 9-3-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-12; 8-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-12; 8-12-2019 by Ord. No.
2019-12; 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the B-4 Restricted Business District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Personal service businesses.
(3) Banks and other financial institutions.
(4) Eating and drinking establishments, except fast-food restaurants
and drive-in restaurants, provided that such shall not have an outdoor
dining area within 50 feet of residentially zoned land.
(5) Health clubs, gyms, fitness centers and spas.
(6) Borough-operated public facilities.
(7) Affordable senior housing.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Driveways, parking lots and loading areas.
(2) Other uses deemed to be permitted accessory uses.
(3) Plazas, courtyards, alleys and other similar type public and semipublic
open spaces.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
(2) Inns and hotels on parcels of land with a minimum lot frontage of
300 feet on a minor arterial street as designated in the Borough of
Metuchen Master Plan, provided that no parking lot shall be located
within 25 feet of a lot line on which there is a residential use.
(3) New automobile dealerships, provided that they are located on parcels
of land with a minimum lot frontage of 300 feet on a minor arterial
street as designated in the Borough of Metuchen Master Plan and provided
that they were in existence as of August 1993.
(5) Automobile washing establishments, pursuant to §
110-87H.
(6) Automobile repair establishments, pursuant to §
110-87I.
(7) Drive-in bank facilities, pursuant to §
110-87J.
(8) Downtown Gateway Overlay District, pursuant to §
110-87AA.
(9) Class 5 Cannabis Retailers, provided that they are located on a lot fronting on Essex Avenue, west of the Bonhamtown Railroad eastern spur and comply with the requirements of Chapter
72, Article
I, §
72-5C of the Code of the Borough of Metuchen.
[Added 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
[Added 10-3-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-14; amended 3-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4; 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-23; 9-3-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-12; 8-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the B-5 Restricted Business District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Personal service businesses.
(3) Banks and other financial institutions.
(4) Eating and drinking establishments, except fast-food restaurants
and drive-in restaurants, provided that such shall not have an outdoor
dining area within 50 feet of residentially zoned land.
(5) Health clubs, gyms, fitness centers and spas.
(6) Planned unit residential development use, in accordance with the uses specified and the bulk standards described in §
110-91E of this chapter and which shall be permitted on a tract with a minimum lot size of five acres.
(7) Affordable senior housing.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Driveways, parking lots and loading areas.
(2) Other uses deemed to be permitted accessory uses.
(3) Plazas, courtyards, alleys and other similar type public and semipublic
open spaces.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
(1) Inns and hotels on parcels of land with a minimum lot frontage of
300 feet on a minor arterial street as designated in the Borough of
Metuchen Master Plan, provided that no parking lot shall be located
within 25 feet of a lot line on which there is a residential use.
(2) New automobile dealerships, provided that they are located on parcels
of land with a minimum lot frontage of 300 feet on a minor arterial
street as designated in the Borough of Metuchen Master Plan and provided
that they were in existence as of August 1993.
[Amended 12-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-37; 3-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4; 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-23; 7-16-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-4; 11-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17; 12-2-2013 by Ord. No.
2013-7; 8-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-12; 6-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-15; 8-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12; 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the D-1 Downtown Development District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-27]
(1) Retail shops and stores, provided that they are located fronting
on New Street or Pearl Street.
(2) Personal service businesses.
(3) Physical fitness studios.
(4) Indoor amusement businesses, including arcades, virtual reality,
escape rooms, and other similar uses.
(5) Eating and drinking establishments, except fast-food restaurants
and drive-in restaurants.
(6) Brew pubs, distilleries and wineries.
(7) Banks and other financial institutions, except drive-in banks.
(9) Flex space, including demonstration kitchens, event rental space,
party rental space, and other similar uses.
(10)
Nursery schools and day-care centers.
(11)
Apartments, except located fronting on Middlesex Avenue unless
substantial buffering is provided.
(12)
Affordable senior housing.
(13)
Borough-operated public facilities.
(14)
Massage and somatic therapy establishments.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Driveways, parking lots, loading areas and multilevel parking facilities,
except where such is located to have ingress and/or egress on Route
27 (Middlesex or Lake Avenues) and the same can be provided from another
street or municipal parking lot abutting the site.
(2) Other uses deemed to be permitted accessory uses.
(3) Plazas, courtyards, alleys and other similar type public and semipublic
open spaces.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
(1) Planned unit residential development, pursuant to Article
19 of this chapter.
(2) Dry-cleaning establishments, pursuant to §
110-87B.
(4) Mixed-use neighborhoods, pursuant to §
110-87Y.
(5) Planned unit commercial development, pursuant to Article
19 of this chapter.
(6) Downtown Gateway Overlay District, pursuant to §
110-87AA.
(7) Class 5 Cannabis Retailers, except within Block 115 and comply with the requirements of Chapter
72, Article
I, §
72-5C of the Code of the Borough of Metuchen.
[Added 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the F-1 Franklin Development District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Planned unit residential development, pursuant to §
110-91.
(2) Borough-operated public facilities.
[Added 12-7-1992 by Ord.
No. 92-37]
B. Permitted accessory uses: any accessory use permitted pursuant to §
110-91.
C. Permitted conditional uses.
[Amended 12-2-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-18]
(1) Two-family detached dwelling, pursuant to the following specific
conditions:
(a)
Such use shall have vehicular access using consolidated or shared
driveways to minimize impacts on the streetscape.
(b)
No garages shall face the street.
(c)
Such dwellings shall comply with the setback requirements of §
110-91C for PURDs in the F-1 Franklin Development District.
(2) Three- to four-family detached dwelling, provided that the lot that
fronts on Central Avenue is a minimum of 10,000 square feet in area.
(3) Accessory dwelling units designed as carriage houses are permitted
in the F-1 Zone as a bonus under one of the following conditions:
(a)
A portion of the lot is subdivided or dedicated by easement
to provide additional parking for an adjacent planned unit residential
development.
(b)
Driveways between the permitted use and the accessory dwelling
unit shall be shared to reduce the number of curb cuts on public streets.
Principal, accessory and conditional uses shall be permitted
and regulated in the G-1 Gateway Development District as follows:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(2) Banks and other financial institutions, except drive-in banks.
(4) New automobile dealerships.
(5) Borough-operated public facilities.
[Added 12-7-1992 by Ord.
No. 92-37]
B. Permitted accessory uses: driveways, parking lots, loading areas,
multilevel parking facilities and other uses deemed to be permitted
accessory uses.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
(3) Warehouses, pursuant to §
110-87W.
[Amended 11-1-1993 by Ord. No. 93-26; 3-17-1997 by Ord. No. 97-4]
(4) Gasoline service stations, pursuant to §
110-87F.
[Added 3-17-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-4]
(5) Wireless communications facilities pursuant to §
110-87X.
[Added 6-16-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-8]
(6) Sports and athletic facilities.
[Added 11-17-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-17]
[Added 7-21-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-14]
A. Permitted principal uses:
(2)
Banks and other financial institutions, except drive-in banks.
(3)
Funeral homes and mortuaries.
(4)
Nursery schools and day-care centers.
(5)
Assisted-living facilities.
[Added 2-22-1999 by Ord.
No. 99-2]
(6)
Clubhouses.
[Added 2-22-1999 by Ord.
No. 99-2]
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1)
Driveways, parking lots, loading areas and other uses deemed
to be permitted accessory uses.
C. Permitted conditional uses:
(1)
Drive-in banks, pursuant to §
110-87J of this chapter.
[Amended 1-4-1993 by Ord.
No. 93-26; 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
A. Purpose. It is the purpose of the Light Industrial District to provide
sufficient space in appropriate locations for attractive office, light
industrial and related uses which do not create any hazards or noise,
vibrations, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare and other objectionable
influences, which would be offensive to adjoining lands.
B. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Offices for executive, administrative, professional and business
purposes.
(2) Properly certified scientific, research or testing laboratories,
provided that all activities and equipment are housed within the principal
structure(s) and that no hazardous, noxious or offensive conditions
or noise are generated outside the principal structure(s).
(3) Distribution centers involving the handling and distribution of wholesale
goods to purveyors but not for resale to the general public or individual
members of "wholesale clubs."
(4) Light Industrial plants of a type which have no nuisance problems
and which carry on processes within completely enclosed buildings,
including the assembly of articles of merchandise from the following
previously prepared or refined materials: canvas, cellophane, cloth,
cork film, felt, glass, tanned leather, paper, plastics, metals or
sheet metal, textiles, wax, wire, wood and yarns.
(5) Included are the following permitted industrial uses:
(a)
Assembly of toys, novelties, rubber or metal stamps and other
molded rubber or plastic products.
(b)
Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and
devices.
(c)
Establishments which produce clothing and fabricated products
by cutting and sewing purchased woven or textile fabrics and related
materials, such as tanned leather, rubberized fabrics and plastics.
(d)
Establishments engaged in assembly of finished articles made
entirely or mainly of wood or wood substitutes.
(e)
Assembly of furniture and fixtures.
(f)
Establishments which engage in the fabrication of paper and
paperboard into converted products, such as boxes and envelopes.
(g)
Establishments engaged in printing and publishing and those
establishments which perform services for the printing trade, such
as bookbinding, typesetting and engraving.
(h)
Establishments engaged in the fabrication of metal products.
(i)
Establishments engaged in the assembly of instruments for measuring,
testing, analyzing and controlling and their associated sensors and
accessories; photographic, medical and optical goods; watches and
clocks.
(j)
Establishments engaged in the assembly of musical instruments.
(k)
Establishments engaged in the assembly of toys and amusements,
sporting and athletic goods.
(l)
Establishments engaged in the assembly of pens, pencils and
other office and artists' materials.
(m)
Establishments engaged in the assembly of jewelry, novelties
and buttons.
(n)
Establishments engaged in the assembly of cash registers, typewriters,
calculators and other office machines.
(6) Planned unit residential development in the R-5 Overlay Zone at a maximum permitted density of six dwelling units per gross acre in accordance with §
110-91A, PURD in R-5 Overlay Residential District.
(7) Affordable senior housing.
[Added 11-21-2005 by Ord.
No. 2005-23]
(8) Borough-operated public facilities.
[Amended 9-15-1997 by Ord. No. 97-20]
C. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Accessory storage within a wholly enclosed permanent building of
goods and materials intended for processing on the premises.
(2) Driveways, parking lots and loading areas.
(3) Other uses deemed to be accessory uses that are normally ancillary
to the permitted principal uses, except that factory-outlet-type retail
stores and sales shall not be considered an accessory use.
D. Permitted conditional uses:
[Amended 6-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-8; 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-4; 12-2-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-18; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-21; 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-27]
(1) Warehouse and mini-storage warehouses with individualized compartments pursuant to §
110-87W.
(2) Automotive repair establishments inclusive of detailing and customizing but not including body repair or painting, pursuant to §
110-87I.
(5) Dance halls and discotheques, pursuant to §
110-87Q.
(6) Go-go dancing establishments and cabarets, pursuant to §
110-87R.
(7) Artist's body painting studios, tattoo shops, modeling studios and massage parlors, pursuant to §
110-87S.
(8) Adult bookstores, adult gift shops and adult motion-picture theaters, pursuant to §
110-87T.
(9) Wireless communications facilities pursuant to §
110-87X.
(10)
Off-track betting parlor.
(11)
For properties having required frontage on Middlesex Avenue, drive-in bank facilities, pursuant to §
110-87J.
(12)
For properties not abutting a residential district, contractor's
establishments.
(13)
Class 3 Cannabis Wholesalers, provided that they are located on a lot fronting on Liberty Street, Aylin Street, Leonard Street or Norcross Avenue and comply with the requirements of Chapter
72, Article
I, §
72-5C, of the Code of the Borough of Metuchen.
E. Prohibited uses:
(1) Residences of any type except as permitted in the R-5 and R-6 Residential
Overlay Districts.
(2) Retail businesses of any type.
(3) Religious institutions and schools.
(4) Any process or storage use that may be noxious or injurious by reason
of the production or emission of dust, smoke, refuse matter, gas fumes,
noise, vibration or similar substances or conditions is specifically
prohibited.
(5) Refining, processing, distribution, transmission and storage of crude
oil or refined petroleum products or the manufacture of bottled fuel
gas or any of the principal products or by-products of the petrochemical
industry.
(6) Billboards and painted exterior wall signs.
(7) Trucking depots or terminals or truck maintenance facilities.
(8) Bus depots or terminals or bus maintenance facilities.
(10)
Processing, bottling, canning or manufacture of any food product.
(11)
Storage tanks are specifically prohibited except when the material
stored or storage of material is not the principal use of the site
but only provides for an ancillary or utility function and not a process
function to the principal use.
(12)
The manufacture of chemicals.
(13)
The manufacture of cellulose products, resins, dye stuff, glue,
vegetable, animal or mineral fats or oils, explosives, combustible
gases, soap and other surfactants, fertilizer, asphalt and tar products.
(14)
The manufacture of cardboard, paper, paper pulp or paper products.
(15)
The manufacture or production of metals and alloys in ingot
form.
(16)
The slaughtering, tanning and/or processing of animals or fowl.
(17)
The processing, sale, storage, auctioning or reclamation of
junk of any kind, including automobile wrecking and/or storing; recyclable
materials storage, processing or incineration.
(18)
The manufacturing or refining of asphalt; blast furnaces, boiler
works and forge shops; the manufacture or processing of cork, linoleum
or oil cloth and glue or gelatin; the tanning of hides and skins;
slaughterhouses; the manufacture of paint, oils, lacquer or varnish.
(19)
The manufacture or bulk storage of fireworks and explosives,
illuminating gas or poisonous gases.
(20)
Any use involving the storage or manufacture of radioactive
materials.
(21)
Metal fabrication of trailers, truck bodies or other transportation
equipment.
(22)
Manufacture or processing of concrete or concrete products.