[Amended 12-13-2004 by Ord. No. O-04-37; 1-25-2016 by Ord. No. O-15-20]
To further the purposes and intent of this chapter, the area of Gloucester Township is hereby divided into zones or districts as follows:
Zoning District
Symbol
Environmental Residential
ER
Residential 1
R-1
Residential 2
R-2
Residential 3
R-3
Residential 4
R-4
Residential Attached
RA
Apartment
APT
Senior Citizen Residential
SCR
Golf Course Residential
GCR
Office Residential
OR
Office
OF
Commercial Residential
CR
Neighborhood Commercial
NC
Highway Commercial
HC
General Industry
GI
Business Park
BP
Institutional
IN
Parks and Recreation District
PR
Floodplain District
FP
Gateway Redevelopment Zone
G-RD
Mingus Run Redevelopment Zone
M-RD
Blackwood West Redevelopment Zone
BW-RD
Lakeside Redevelopment Zone
L-RD
[Amended 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-32; 12-13-2004 by Ord. No. O-04-37; 2-28-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11; 1-9-2006 by Ord. No. O-05-52; 3-27-2006 by Ord. No. O-06-06; 7-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-13]
A. 
Adoption of Zoning Map. The area within the Township limits as assigned to each zoning district and redevelopment area and the location of boundaries of each zoning district and redevelopment area as established by this article are shown upon the Zoning Map of the Township of Gloucester as originally prepared by Clark - Caton - Hintz dated December 10, 2002, and adopted by Ordinance O-03-03 on January 27, 2003; thence said map was modified by Remington and Vernick Engineers to apply parcel layers based on state plane coordinates, which Zoning Map is hereby adopted and declared a part of this chapter and shall be kept on file with the Township Clerk as amended by the following ordinances:
(1) 
Glen Oaks Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-97-17 adopted June 8, 1997.
(2) 
Glen Oaks Redevelopment Plan, Amendment No. 1, Ordinance O-01-14 adopted May 14, 2001.
(3) 
New Vision Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-02-30, adopted August 12, 2002.
(4) 
Ordinance O-03-32 adopted November 10, 2003, to rezone Block 10801, Lots 1 - 9 from R-2, Residential to NC, Neighborhood Commercial.
(5) 
Blackwood West Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-04-13, adopted June 28, 2004.
(6) 
Blackwood West Redevelopment Plan district boundaries, Ordinance O-04-37, adopted December 13, 2004.
(7) 
Ordinance O-04-37 adopted December 14, 2004, delineating the Blackwood West Redevelopment Area.
(8) 
Ordinance O-05-11 adopted February 28, 2005, to rezone Block 13306, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, from HC, Highway Commercial to SCR, Senior Citizen Residential.
(9) 
Lakeland Complex - Phase 1 (Block 12301) Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-05-25, adopted August 22, 2005.
(10) 
Ordinance O-05-52 adopted January 9, 2006, to rezone various parcels as recommended and listed in the Reexamination Report of the Master Plan of the Township of Gloucester adopted June 28, 2005.
(11) 
Desco Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-06-02 adopted January 23, 2006.
(12) 
Ordinance O-06-06 adopted March 27, 2006, to delineate the SCR-HC, Senior Citizen Residential - Highway Commercial (Special Restrictions) Overlay District.
(13) 
Moffa Farm Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-06-33, adopted August 14, 2006.
(14) 
Interchange Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-06-23, adopted August 14, 2006, and amended, Ordinance O-11-17, adopted August 08, 2011.
(15) 
GEMS Landfill Redevelopment Plan, Ordinance O-12-23, adopted September 24, 2012.
(16) 
Ordinance O-13-13 to rezone Block 13004, Lots 1, part of Lot 2, part of Lot 3, Lot 4, Lot 5, and part of Lot 6 from GI - General Industrial to OR - Office Residential as shown on Exhibit B, Proposed Zoning Map within a report titled "Lakeland Road Rezoning Study and Master Plan Amendment," prepared by Kenneth D. Lechner, PP, AICP, Director, Department of Community Development and Planning, dated June 2013.
(17) 
New Vision Residential Overlay District (NVR), Ordinance O-13-12.
(18) 
Inclusionary Affordable Apartment (IA-APT) Overlay District.
[Added 4-9-2018 by Ord. No. O-18-05]
B. 
Zoning Map amendments.
[Added 1-25-2016 by Ord. No. O-15-20]
(1) 
To revise the zoning district boundaries as shown within Section 5.0, 2015 Recommended Changes within a report titled "Reexamination Report of the Master Plan of the Township of Gloucester," prepared by Kenneth D. Lechner, PP, AICP, Director, Department of Community Development and Planning, dated June 2015; and
(2) 
To revise the redevelopment area boundary for the Glen Oaks Redevelopment Area is hereby amended to correct the boundary to be consistent with Ordinance O-97-17 adopted June 8, 1997, and Amendment No. 1, Ordinance O-01-14 adopted May 14, 2001, as shown on Exhibit 1 attached hereto.
(3) 
To delineate the redevelopment area boundary for the College Drive Redevelopment Plan as shown in a report titled the "College Drive Redevelopment Plan of the Township of Gloucester," as prepared by Kenneth D. Lechner, PP, AICP dated April 2015, established by Ordinance O-15-08 adopted April 27, 2015, and as shown in Exhibit 2 attached hereto.
(4) 
To delineate the redevelopment plan overlay district boundary for The Villages of Gloucester Township Redevelopment Plan as shown in a report titled "The Villages of Gloucester Township Redevelopment Plan," as prepared by Kenneth D. Lechner, PP, AICP dated June 2015, established by Ordinance O-15-12 adopted July 27, 2015, and as shown in Exhibit 3 attached hereto.
(5) 
To delineate the redevelopment plan overlay district boundary for the Blackwood Clementon Road Redevelopment Plan as shown in a report titled "Blackwood Clementon Road Redevelopment Plan," as prepared by T and M Associates dated August 2015, established by Ordinance O-15-19 adopted January 25, 2016, and as shown in Exhibit 4 attached hereto.
A. 
Zoning district boundary lines are intended to follow street center lines, railroad rights-of-way, streams and lot or property lines as they exist on lots of record at the time of enactment of this chapter unless otherwise indicated by dimensions on the Zoning Map. Any dimensions shown shall be in feet and measured horizontally and, when measured from a street, shall be measured from the street right-of-way line even if the center line of that street is used for the location of a zoning district line. The exact location of any disputed zoning district boundary line shall be determined by the Zoning Board of Adjustment pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70b.
B. 
Where boundaries are not fixed by dimensions and where they approximately follow lot lines and where they do not scale more than 20 feet distant therefrom, the street center lines, railroad rights-of-way, streams and lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
C. 
Where a zoning district boundary divides a lot, the location of the boundary, unless indicated by dimensions on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by use of the stated scale on the map.
The zoning standards, controls and designations apply to every structure, lot and use within each district and the district line extends vertically in both directions from ground level.