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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection d, pertaining to residences for the developmentally disabled or victims of domestic violence, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted 9-15-1997 by Ord. No. 97-20.
(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.
(2) 
Townhouses.
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.
(2) 
Townhouses.
(3) 
Garden apartments.
(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.
Intentionally omitted.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 110-72, R-5 Overlay Residential District, as amended, was repealed 8-1-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-11.
[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:
(a) 
Townhouses.
(b) 
Apartments.
(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]
(1) 
Retail shops and stores.
(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.
(2) 
Inns and hotels, pursuant to § 110-87C.
(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.
(6) 
Offices.
(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.
(8) 
Offices.
(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.
(2) 
Offices.
(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:
(1) 
(Reserved)
(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.
(4) 
(Reserved)
(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.
(2) 
Offices.
(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.
(3) 
Townhouses, pursuant to § 110-87G.
[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.
(8) 
Offices.
(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.
(3) 
Inns and hotels, pursuant to § 110-87C.
(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:
(1) 
Offices.
(2) 
Banks and other financial institutions, except drive-in banks.
(3) 
Motels and hotels.
(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:
(1) 
Drive-in banks, pursuant to § 110-87J.
(2) 
Light industrial uses, pursuant to § 110-87K.
(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:
(1) 
Offices.
(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) 
[1]Affordable senior housing.
[Added 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-23]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(7), Planned unit residential development in the R-6 Overlay Zone, was repealed 12-6-1999 by Ord. No. 99-20.
(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.
(3) 
Machine shops pursuant to § 110-87M.
(4) 
(Reserved)
(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.
(9) 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection E(9) regarding contractor's storage yards or equipment maintenance facilities, was repealed 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-21.
(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.