[Amended 7-15-13 by Ord. No. 2013-03]
A.
The title of this chapter is as follows: "A Comprehensive Ordinance
Regulating and Limiting the Uses of Land and the Uses and Locations
of Buildings and Structures; Regulating and Restricting the Height
and Bulk of Buildings and Structures and Determining the Area of Yards,
Courts and Other Open Spaces; Regulating and Restricting the Density
of Population; Dividing the Township of Dennis into Districts for
such Purposes; Adopting a Map of said Township Showing Boundaries
and the Classification of such Districts; Establishing a Board of
Adjustment; and Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of its Provisions."
B.
Short title. The short form by which this chapter may be known shall
be the "Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Dennis."
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a pattern for the
use of land and buildings in the Township of Dennis, based on the
latest updated Master Plan for the Township of Dennis and enacted
in order to promote and to protect the public health, safety, comfort,
convenience, and general welfare of the people. This chapter is intended
to:
A.
Regulate the use and development of land within zoning districts.
B.
Secure safety from fire and other dangers.
C.
Provide adequate light, air and open space.
D.
Promote orderly development.
E.
Avoid undue concentration of population.
F.
Prevent the overcrowding of land or buildings by regulating the intensity
of uses and the location of buildings.
G.
Establish standards of development.
H.
Limit congestion in the street.
I.
Prohibit incompatible uses.
J.
Regulate the alteration of existing buildings.
K.
Protect against hazards.
L.
Conserve the taxable value of land and preserve open space and natural
features.
M.
Promote orderly development of the Pinelands Area so as to preserve
and protect the significant and unique natural, ecological, agricultural,
archaeological, historic, scenic, cultural and recreational resources
of the Pinelands.
N.
Implement the goals and objectives of the Pinelands Comprehensive
Management Plan.
O.
Preserve the historical resources of the township and preserve the
environmental resources of the township.
P.
Preserve and protect the potable water supply of the community.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements.
Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction that is imposed or
required by other provisions of law or by other rules or regulations
or resolutions, the provisions of this chapter shall control. Where
other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions require greater restrictions
than are imposed or required by this chapter, the provisions of such
other laws, rules, regulations or restrictions shall control.
A.
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter are prohibited.
B.
In addition, the following uses are specifically prohibited in all
districts:
(1)
Trailer parks.
(2)
Incinerators.
(3)
Landfills.
(4)
Junkyards.
(5)
The use of land for the dumping or disposal of toxic or hazardous
wastes or sludge materials.
(6)
Commercial resource extraction, specifically including sand mining
and commercial water removal.
(7)
The manufacture of explosives, volatile chemicals, or any use which
significantly presents a similar risk, hazard, or nuisance as the
manufacture of explosives or volatile chemicals. Uses believed to
significantly present a similar risk, hazard or nuisance include,
but are not limited to, the following:
[Added 6-4-07 by Ord. No. 2007-09]
(8)
The following classes of Cannabis licenses, enumerated in P. L. 2021,
c. 16, are prohibited in all zoning districts of Dennis Township,
except for the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by
a delivery service.
[Added 6-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-03]
(a)
Class 1 – Cannabis Grower, for facilities involved in growing
and cultivating cannabis;
(b)
Class 2 – Cannabis Processor, for facilities involved in the
manufacturing, preparation, and packaging of cannabis items;
(c)
Class 3 – Cannabis Wholesaler license, for facilities involved
in obtaining and selling cannabis items for later resale by other
licensees;
(d)
Class 4 – Cannabis Distributor license, for businesses involved
in transporting cannabis items in bulk intrastate, from one licensed
cannabis establishment to another;
(e)
Class 5 – Cannabis Retailer license, for locations at which
cannabis items and paraphernalia are sold to consumers;
(f)
Class 6 – Cannabis Delivery license, for business providing
courier services for a licensed cannabis retailer in order to make
deliveries of cannabis items and related supplies to a consumer.
All requirements shall be met at the time of erection, enlargement,
alteration, moving or change in use of the principal use and shall
apply to the entire structure or structures whether or not the entire
structure or structures were involved in the erection, enlargement,
alteration, moving or change in use.
