[Added by Ord. No. 02-43]
A. 
The development regulations of the Township of Raritan establish various zoning districts within the Township, several of which permit nonresidential-type uses. Under these regulations, various industrial, manufacturing, business, commercial, retail and other type uses of the same and similar nature set forth in said development regulations have been established, or are permitted to be established, and built upon lands located within those zones, and in accordance with the development regulations and the powers thereunder granted to the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township.
B. 
The right to conduct, use or develop such nonresidential uses within the various zoning districts established in the Township, namely the B-1 Neighborhood Business, B-2 Commercial, B-3 Community Commercial, B-4 Highway Business, B-5 Low Intensity Highway Commercial, I-1 Restricted Industrial, I-2 Major Industrial, O-1 Professional Office, O-2 Business Office, P Public and Institutional, and H Hospital District, and additional districts which may be hereinafter added by way of amendment to the development regulations of the Township, and including the nonresidential-type uses permitted in the residential zones of the Township (R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-6LM, R-7, R-8, and R-9), is hereby declared and reaffirmed as to all zoning districts established under the development regulations of the Township, and in accordance with the standards and regulations as set forth in the development regulations of the Township, or as may be amended hereafter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
For the purpose of giving notice of an existing nonresidential use or the right to expand such use or to develop a nonresidential use nearby or adjacent to proposed new residential areas, the Planning Board/Zoning Board of Adjustment shall require any applicant for a major or minor residential subdivision, as a condition of approval of such application, to include as a provision in each public offering statement and homeowner documents, as well as each and every deed conveying all or a portion of the lands thereby subdivided, as well as on the final subdivision map, the following record notice to prospective purchasers and grantees of such present or future nonresidential use: "The prospective purchaser and/or grantee, by accepting the within document, hereby acknowledges notice that there are presently, or in the future may be, nonresidential uses conducted on adjacent properties, or in close proximity to the within described premises, or neighboring zoning districts, from which may emanate or which may generate by-products such as, but not limited to, noise, odors, fumes, dust, traffic, glare, etc., which are attendant and accessory to or arise from the conduct of such permitted uses."