Schedule of regulations. The restrictions and
controls intended to regulate development in each district are partially
set forth in the schedules incorporated herein and entitled "Schedule
1, Schedule of Permitted Uses," "Schedule 2, Lot and Yard Requirements,"
and "Schedule 3, Height, Coverage and Building Requirements" and are
further supplemented by other sections of this chapter.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:
A. No building shall be erected and no existing building
shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land
or building be designed, used for, intended to be used for any purpose
or in any manner other than as specified among the uses listed as
permitted in the district in which such building or land is located.
B. No building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally
altered to exceed in height the limit designated for the district
in which such building is located.
C. No building shall be erected, altered, enlarged or
rebuilt, nor shall any open space surrounding any building be encroached
upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, lot
area, and building location regulations designated for the district
in which such building or open space is located.
D. No yard or other open space provided contiguous to
any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this
chapter shall be considered to provide a yard or open space for any
other building, and no yard or other open space on one lot shall be
considered as providing a yard or open space for a building on any
other lot.
The regulations set forth in Schedule 2, Lot
and Yard Requirements, shall apply to all buildings and lots within
the several districts respectively, unless otherwise specified in
this chapter.
The regulations set forth in Schedule 3, Height
and Coverage Requirements, shall apply to all buildings and lots within
the several districts respectively, unless otherwise specified in
this chapter.
No accessory building permitted by this chapter
shall be placed in any required yard except as specified hereinafter
in this section.
A. The aggregate ground area covered by accessory buildings
in any required rear yard shall not exceed 30 percent of the required
rear yard area within any residential zone. Within any business and
industrial zone, the aggregate area covered by any accessory buildings
shall not exceed 50% of the required rear yard area.
B. An accessory building attached to the principal building
shall comply in all respects with the requirements of this chapter
applicable to the principal building.
C. No accessory building within any zone shall exceed
the height of the principal building.
D. No accessory building erected in a required yard on
any lot within any zone shall be used for residential purposes.
E. Within the limitations hereinbefore recited, any accessory
building within any residential zone shall be a distance not less
than the minimum front yard setback distance from the street line
required for that zone.
F. On through lots, no accessory building erected in
the rear yard shall be nearer the street line than the minimum distance
specified for a front yard setback on that part of the street which
said yard abuts.
G. Open, private swimming pools designed and intended
for the sole use of resident site occupants shall be considered accessory
structures for the purpose of permits and shall be controlled by the
New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
H. Garden sheds shall be governed by §
112-16 Accessory buildings, except that they may be erected closer to the rear and side property lines as indicated in the below modified schedule. In no instance, however, shall the location of the garden shed be closer to an existing dwelling, which is located on an adjacent lot, then the prescribed minimum side yard depth for accessory buildings of the zone in which the garden shed is to be erected. (See Schedule 2, Lot and Yard Requirements.) Applicants desiring a permit to erect a garden shed within the modified setbacks, must provide the location of dwellings on the adjacent lots on their filed plan. Garden sheds shall not exceed the following standards governing size:
[Amended 9-26-2017 by Ord. No. 4210-17]
(2) Total
square footage: 200 square feet.
Regardless of whether the Township or any duly
constituted board, agency or department thereof is acting in or pursuant
to the performance of a governmental function, carrying out a legislative
mandate or in the exercise of its private right as a corporate body,
any structure, facility or use, either existing or proposed, owned,
operated or controlled by the municipality, or the Franklin Township
Board of Education or any of its agencies, shall be permitted in any
class of zone; it being the intention that whatever the Township may
be authorized to do shall constitute a function of government and
that whenever the Township shall act pursuant to granted authority,
it acts as government and not as a private entrepreneur.
No building permit shall be issued unless the
building lot abuts a street as defined herein giving public access
to said building, and until such street shall have been certified
by the governing body to be suitably improved or such suitable improvement
shall have been assured by means of a performance guaranty in accordance
with the standards and specifications for road improvements as required
by this chapter.
No soil, mineral or similar materials may be removed from any lot except in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
206, Soil Removal and Deposit.
[Amended 4-24-2007 by Ord. No. 3678]
No commercially registered vehicle of more than
12,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating shall be parked out of doors
in any residential zone between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00
a.m.