Kennels or animal hospitals having open pens or cages
shall be located on lots having a minimum of five acres and shall
be set back at least 200 feet from all lot lines.
In cases where the use is to be carried on within
a completely enclosed, soundproof building, the lot and yard requirements
of the Community Commercial District shall apply.
Kennels and animal hospitals may have one freestanding
sign not exceeding 32 square feet in size and 10 feet in height and
set back at least 25 feet from any street line and at least 50 feet
from any property line.
For purposes of this chapter, the term “public
utility uses” shall include such uses as telephone dial equipment
centers, electric power substations and power transmission lines,
natural gas pipelines, water pumping stations, CATV, and other utility
equipment and facilities serving the public, but shall exclude dumps
and sanitary landfills.
The proposed installation in a specific location must
be necessary for the convenient and efficient operation of public
utility uses involved and for the satisfactory provision of service
by the utility to the service area in which the particular use is
located. The application for conditional use and site plan approval
shall include a statement setting forth the need and purpose of the
installation.
The design of any building in connection with such
facilities must not adversely affect the safe, comfortable enjoyment
of property rights in the surrounding area.
Adequate fences, screening devices and other safety
devices as may be required as conditions of site plan approval. Fences,
when used to enclose public utility facilities, such as electrical
power substations, shall be built in accordance with the applicable
requirements of the New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners
and the National Electrical Code in effect at the time of the construction.
The maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.15, and the
maximum impervious surface ratio shall be 0.50. Landscaping, including
shrubs, trees and lawns, shall be provided and maintained as per the
conditions of site plan approval.
The purpose of this section is to promote communication
within the Township in a manner which will properly safeguard the
public health, safety and welfare by permitting the use of satellite
dish antennas as conditional uses in all zones, said antennas to be
installed in an unobtrusive manner so as not to interfere with the
intent and purpose of the zone plan. Applications for installation
or construction of satellite dish antennas shall be subject to the
minor site plan review and approval and shall require building permits.
A satellite dish antenna shall function only
as a receiving station and not as a transmitting station except, subject
to the following requirements, an antenna used by the amateur radio
operator licensed by the Federal Communications Commission is permitted,
provided that the antenna is permitted only at the authorized transmitting
location.
A satellite dish antenna shall be ground-mounted
in the rear yard area of a lot and shall be located in conformity
with the rear yard and side yard setback requirements for a permitted
accessory structure in the zoning district in which the lot is located
except that, in cases where the applicant can demonstrate that locating
the satellite dish antenna in the rear yard is impracticable or would
prevent the otherwise proper functioning of the satellite dish antenna,
the Board may approve an alternate location as listed herein below
in order of preference, based upon the testimony offered by the applicant:
A satellite dish antenna may be ground-mounted
in the side yard area of the lot and shall be located in conformity
with the side yard setback requirements for permitted accessory structures
and the front yard setback requirements for a permitted principal
structure in the zoning district in which the lot is located; or
As a second preferred alternate, a satellite
dish antenna may be roof-mounted, provided that the bottom of the
satellite dish antenna shall not extend more than one foot above the
roof line where mounted, is no larger than three feet in diameter
and is located toward the rear of the structure away from the street
line.
A ground-mounted satellite dish antenna shall
be screened from adjacent properties to the extent possible and practical
with nondeciduous plantings. To the greatest extent possible, all
satellite dish antennas shall blend with the immediate surrounding
area, including the color of the roof if roof-mounted.
No lot shall have more than one satellite dish
antenna. Wires and cables running between the ground-mounted antenna
and any structure shall be properly installed underground in accordance
with the Uniform Construction Code. Additionally, the installation
of the satellite dish antenna shall meet all local, state and federal
requirements, including those contained in the Uniform Construction
Code.
Satellite dish antennas shall be installed or
constructed in a manner so as not to interfere with television, radio
or similar reception in adjacent and nearby areas and shall meet all
state and federal requirements.
The maximum floor area of accessory apartments shall
be 1,000 square feet or 1/3 the living space of the principal dwelling,
whichever is less; provided that this limitation shall not be construed
to require an accessory apartment smaller than that required by the
New Jersey Mortgage Finance Agency for funding purposes.
Each accessory flat shall be rented only, and only
to an individual or a family which is either a low- or a moderate-income
family at the time of initial occupancy of the unit.
Each accessory apartment shall, for a period of at
least 10 years, be rented only for such rents as shall be affordable
to individuals and families of low or moderate income.
There shall be a recorded deed or declaration of covenants
and restrictions applying to each accessory apartment, running with
the land, whose form has been approved by the Council on Affordable
Housing.
No accessory apartment shall receive Board approval
or a zoning permit unless the property owner demonstrates that the
septic system is adequate to handle the increased loads occasioned
by the additional occupancy of the property.
No accessory apartment shall receive Board approval
or zoning permit unless the property owner demonstrates that an adequate
potable water supply is available.
[Added 2-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4;
amended 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-21]
Each accessory apartment shall have living/sleeping
space, cooking facilities, a kitchen sink and complete sanitary facilities
for the exclusive use of its occupants. It shall consist of no less
than two rooms, one of which shall be a full bathroom.
[Added 2-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4;
amended 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-21]
In the case of an accessory apartment created
illegally or without proper permits which the property owner desires
to legitimize as an accessory apartment under this chapter, all of
the requirements of this chapter in addition to meeting COAH criteria
shall apply. A subsidy shall be provided by the Township as an incentive
to encourage participation in the program and to ensure illegal units
are brought up to code.
[Added 2-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4;
amended 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-21]
Each residential flat shall contain at least one bedroom
and shall consist in aggregate of a minimum net habitable floor area
of 600 square feet, provided that this limitation shall not be construed
to require an accessory apartment smaller than that required by the
New Jersey Housing Finance Agency for funding purposes.
Each residential flat shall be rented only, and only
to an individual or a family which is either a low- or a moderate-income
family at the time of initial occupancy of the unit.
Each residential flat shall, for a period of at least
10 years, be rented only for such rents as shall be affordable to
families of low or moderate income.
There shall be a recorded deed or declaration of covenants
and restrictions applying to each residential flat running with the
land, whose form has been approved by the Council on Affordable Housing.
No residential flats shall receive Board approval
or a zoning permit unless the property owner demonstrates that the
septic system is adequate to handle the increased loads occasioned
by the additional occupancy of the property.
No residential flat shall receive Board approval
or a zoning permit unless the property owner demonstrates that an
adequate potable water supply is available.
[Added 2-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4;
amended 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-21]
Each residential flat shall have living/sleeping
space, cooking facilities, a kitchen sink and complete sanitary facilities
for the exclusive use of its occupants. It shall consist of no less
than two rooms, one of which will be a full bathroom.
[Added 2-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4;
amended 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-21]
In the case of a residential flat created illegally
or without proper permits which the property owner desires to legitimize
as a residential flat under this chapter, all of the requirements
of this chapter in addition to meeting COAH criteria shall apply.
A subsidy shall be provided by the Township as an incentive to encourage
participation in the program and to ensure illegal units are brought
up to code.
[Added 2-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4;
amended 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-21]
All equipment, work pits, storage areas and trash
facilities other than gasoline filling pumps or air pumps shall be
within a building or roofed structure.
All lubrication, repair or similar activities shall
be performed in a fully enclosed building and no dismantled parts
shall be displayed or stored outside of an enclosed building.
No junked motor vehicle or part thereof, or vehicles
incapable of normal operation on the highways, shall be permitted
on the premises of the repair garage, except as noted herein. A maximum
of 11 vehicles shall be permitted to await repair or disposition at
the repair garage, with no more than three inoperable vehicles permitted
in an enclosed building and no more than eight inoperable vehicles
permitted outside the building. If more than eight such vehicles on
the property are awaiting repairs, they shall be enclosed in a fenced
area screened from view from adjacent properties and public streets.
In addition to landscaping that is otherwise required
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, a minimum of 25% of the
front yard shall consist of landscape screening of the building and
front yard parking.
Uses can include specialty retail, such as art studios, art
galleries, woodworking, specialty decorative ironworking, sculpture
studios, stained glass artisans, nursery products including specialty
flower growers and retailers, farm stands, full-service restaurants
(not fast-food or drive-through), and apartments for affordable housing.
All parking shall be located behind the front yard setback of
existing historic buildings and structures and shall be screened and
buffered from Route 206.
Existing historic buildings and structures shall remain and be adaptively reused to contain more than one of the uses as described in Subsection G(2) above.
The Route 206 Viewshed Corridor shall be preserved to the maximum
extent possible, but not less than 50% of the highway frontage shall
retain the five-hundred-foot viewshed.
New buildings or structures shall not exceed 6,000 square feet
and shall be behind the front yard setback of any existing historic
buildings or structures.
Before a construction permit or certificate of occupancy
shall be issued for any conditional use as permitted by this chapter,
application for a conditional use shall be made to the Land Development
Board. The review by the Land Development Board of a conditional use
shall include any required site and/or subdivision review. Public
notice shall be required as provided by the Municipal Land Use Law.[1]
The Land Development Board shall grant or deny the
application for a conditional use within 95 days of submission of
a complete application to the administrative officer or within such
further time as may be consented to by the applicant. Where a conditional
use application involves a site plan or subdivision, notice of the
hearing shall include reference to all matters being heard, and the
Board shall review and approve or deny the subdivision or site plan
simultaneously with the conditional use application. Failure of the
Board to act within the required time period shall constitute approval
of the application.
The Township Manager, acting through a consultant
under contract to the Township, shall administer the accessory apartment
and residential flat program, including advertising, income qualifying
prospective renters, setting rents and annual rental increases, maintaining
a waiting list, distributing the subsidy, securing certificates of
occupancy, qualifying properties, handling application forms, filing
deed restrictions and monitoring reports, and affirmatively marketing
the accessory apartment program.
Springfield Township shall only deny an application
for an accessory apartment or residential flat if the project is not
in conformance with COAH's requirements, the municipal development
ordinance or this chapter. All denials shall be in writing with the
reasons clearly stated;
In accordance with COAH requirements, Springfield
Township shall provide at least $10,000 to subsidize the physical
creation of each accessory apartment or residential flat conforming
to the requirements of this section and COAH requirements. Prior to
the grant of such subsidy, the property owners shall enter into a
written agreement with Springfield Township insuring that the subsidy
shall be used to create the accessory apartment or residential flat,
and the apartment or residential flat shall meet the requirements
of this section and COAH regulations.
The owner of an accessory apartment or residential
flat must submit a signed and notarized affidavit of continuing affordable
housing use annually to the Township Manager in a form provided by
the Township.
Application process for accessory apartment or residential
flats. The application process to create an accessory apartment or
residential flat shall be submitted to the Land Development Board
if the conditions cannot be met and a use variance is required. The
application must include the following:
[Added 2-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4;
amended 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-21; 3-13-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
Floor plan or sketch showing the location, size and
relationship of both the primary dwelling or commercial establishment,
as the case may be, and the proposed accessory apartment or residential
flat;
Current property survey or site development sketch
showing the locations of the existing dwelling and/or other existing
buildings, all property lines along with minimum building setback
lines, all required parking spaces and any natural or man-made conditions
which might affect the use of the building for an accessory apartment
or residential flat.