Any driveway providing access from a public
street to any permitted use or structure shall comply with the following
regulations:
A. Driveways shall enter the street or road right-of-way
at an angle between 75° and 105°.
B. The portion of the driveway between the existing shoulder
and the right-of-way line, shall be paved according to Township specifications
as a driveway extension in residential areas and improved with stabilized
gravel in Agricultural or Rural Residential Districts.
C. Any curb opening shall be properly reconstructed to
the satisfaction of the Municipal Engineer or the County Engineer
along county roads. When curbing does not exist and conditions warrant,
an adequate drain pipe shall be installed by the owner at the owner's
expense, as determined by the Municipal Engineer.
D. Driveway grades shall not exceed 8% for a distance
of 40 feet from any right-of-way line.
E. Driveway widths shall conform to the design standards specified in §
70-77 of Part
4, Site Plan Review. For permitted uses which are not subject to site plan review, driveways shall have a minimum width of 10 feet and a maximum width of 20 feet.
F. Driveways shall be maintained in adequate condition
to permit access by emergency vehicles.
G. No driveway shall be constructed or maintained so
that any part of it provides access to or from a public street at
a point within 75 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way.
[Added 6-7-1984 by Ord. No. 84-3]
The following requirement shall apply in all
districts and shall supplement the sight triangle easements required
during site plan or subdivision review:
A. Nothing shall be erected, placed, or allowed to grow
in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of
30 inches and 10 feet above the center line grade of the abutting
streets or driveways within the triangular area formed by the intersection
street and driveway lines and:
(1) For corner lots, a straight line joining points located
on said line a distance of one foot for each mile of allowed speed
limit from the intersection of the street lines.
(2) For a driveway entering a public street, a straight
line joining points located a distance of one foot for each mile of
allowed speed limit along the street line and a point a distance of
15 feet along the driveway line, from the intersection of the street
and driveway lines.
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B. Whenever a front yard requirement is modified under §
70-36 of this chapter, the measurement line from that section shall be used in defining the triangular area rather than the street line.§
70-44. Swimming pools.
Adequate off-street parking and loading, open air or indoor, shall be provided with all new construction, the creation of new uses, or the expansion or alteration of existing uses, according to the standards specified in Part
4, Site Plan Review.
[Added 7-2-1981 by O-6a-4-81; amended 5-6-2010 by Ord. No.
10-03]
A. The right to farm is hereby recognized to exist in Mannington Township
and is hereby declared a permitted use in all zones of Mannington
Township. This right to farm includes, but not by way of limitation:
(1) Production of agricultural and horticultural crops, trees, apiary and forest products, livestock, poultry and other commodities as described in the Standard Industrial Classification for agriculture, forestry, fishing and trapping. Intensive fowl or livestock farms are addressed further in Chapter
70, Article
XII, §
70-54. Hunting, trapping, and skeet clubs are also addressed in Chapter
70, Article
XII, §
70-52.
(2) Housing and employment of necessary farm laborers. Migrant Housing shall meet the standards as delineated in Chapter
70, Article
XII, §
70-59, in addition to other applicable provisions of Chapter
70.
(3) Erection of essential agricultural buildings, including those dedicated
to the packaging of the output and ancillary to horticultural production.
(4) The grazing of animals and use of range for fowl.
(6) The operation and transportation of large, slow-moving equipment
over roads within Mannington Township.
(7) Control of pests, including but not limited to insects and weeds,
predators and diseases of plants and animals.
(8) Conduction of agriculture-related educational and farm-based recreational
activities provided that the activities are related to marketing the
agricultural or horticultural output of the commercial farm and permission
of the farm owner and lessee is obtained.
(9) Use of any and all equipment, including but not limited to, irrigation
pumps and equipment, aerial and ground seeding and spraying, tractors,
harvest aides, and bird-control devices.
(10)
Packaging of the agricultural output of the commercial farm.
(11)
The operation of a farm market with attendant signage, including the construction of building and parking areas in conformance with Mannington Township standards, including Chapter
70, Article
XII, §
70-51.
(12)
The operation of a pick-your-own operation with attendant signage.
(13)
Replenishment of soil nutrients and improvement of soil tilth.
(14)
Clearing of woodlands using the filed Woodland Data Form (WD-1)
plan, installation and maintenance of vegetative and terrain alterations
and other physical facilities for water and soil conservation and
surface water control in wetland areas.
(15)
On-site disposal of organic agricultural wastes.
(16)
The application of manure and chemical fertilizers, and pesticides.
(17)
Installation of wells, ponds and other water resources for agricultural
purposes such as irrigation, sanitation and marketing preparation
following applicable federal, state, county and municipal regulations.
B. In addition to the uses, structures, activities and operations referred to in Subsection
A, above, commercial farm operators may engage in any other agricultural activity as determined by the State Agriculture Development Committee and adopted by rule or regulation pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq.), provided that commercial farm operators are strongly advised to adhere to generally accepted agricultural management practices that have been:
(1) Promulgated as rules by the State Agriculture Development Committee;
(2) Recommended as site-specific agricultural management practices by
the Salem County Agriculture Development Board;
(3) Approved by the local soil conservation district in the form of a
farm conservation plan that is prepared in conformance with the United
States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG), revised April 20, 1998,
as amended and supplemented; or
(4) Recommended by the Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station.
C. The foregoing activities must be in conformance with applicable federal
and state law.
D. The foregoing practices and activities may occur on holidays, weekdays
and weekends by day or night and shall include the attendant or incidental
noise, odors, dust and fumes associated with these practices.
E. It is hereby determined that whatever nuisance may be caused to others
by these foregoing uses and activities is more than offset by the
benefits of farming to the neighborhood community and society in general.
F. Any person aggrieved by the operation of a commercial farm shall
file a complaint with Salem County Agriculture Development Board (SCADB),
prior to filing an action in court.
G. To help parties resolve conflicts involving the operation of commercial
farms, the State Agriculture Development Committee has also established
an Agricultural Mediation Program. Mediation is a voluntary process
in which a trained, impartial mediator helps disputing parties examine
their mutual problems, identify and consider options, and determine
if they can agree on a solution. A mediator has no decisionmaking
authority. Successful mediation is based on the voluntary cooperation
and participation of all the parties.
[Added 6-7-1984 by Ord. No. 84-3]
Streets and buildings shall be oriented as to
permit, within the limit of practicability and feasibility, the buildings
to maximize solar gain.
[Added 10-2-1986 by Ord. No. 86-6]
A. For the purpose of this chapter a "satellite antenna"
is defined as an apparatus or structure which is designed for the
purpose of receiving television, radio, microwave, satellite or similar
signals, in connection to what is commonly referred to as a dish-type
antenna.
B. Satellite antennas shall be deemed permitted accessory
structures in all zoning districts.
C. Satellite antennas shall be installed no closer to
any abutting street than the principal building to which it is accessory
on that lot.
[Added 5-31-2005 by Ord. No. 05-09]
A. Residential development.
(1) Except as otherwise provided below, any residential
development in any zoning district in the Township proposing five
or more lots or units shall set aside 11.1% of said units (rounded
to the next higher number if 0.5 or greater) for affordable housing
as said term is defined under the FHA and COAH's rules.
(2) Residential development in any zoning district in the Township proposing four or less lots or units shall pay an affordable housing development fee pursuant to Chapter
46, Fees of the Code of the Township of Mannington.
B. Nonresidential development. Except as otherwise provided
below, any nonresidential development application submitted to the
Planning Board that is required to produce at least one affordable
unit (rounded to the next higher number if 0.5 or greater) pursuant
to COAH's regulations found in Appendix E, N.J.A.C. 5:94-1 et seq.,
shall be required to provide such affordable housing. The calculation
of the number of jobs and employment opportunities shall be in accordance
with Appendix E to N.J.A.C. 5:94-1 et seq., entitled "UCC Use Groups
for Projecting and Implementing Nonresidential Components of Growth
Share."
C. The applicant may choose to satisfy its affordable
housing production obligation(s) through the mechanisms permitted
in COAH's rules, including, with Mannington Township's advanced written
permission: a) on-site housing production in connection with residential
projects; b) off-site housing production in the Township in connection
with residential or nonresidential development; c) the purchase of
an existing market-rate home at another location in the community
and its conversion to an affordable price-restricted home in accordance
with COAH's criteria, regulations and policies; d) participation in
gut rehabilitation and/or buy-down/write-down, buydown/rent-down programs;
and/or e) any other compliance mechanism pursuant to COAH's rules
per N.J.A.C. 5:94 et seq. Evidence of a compliance mechanism shall
be produced to the Planning Board at the time of application filing
and shall be a condition of all "completeness" determinations. Thereafter,
the satisfaction of the affordable housing compliance mechanism shall
be an automatic condition of all approvals that must be satisfied
in accordance with COAH's phasing requirements per N.J.A.C. 5:94 et
seq.
D. Low- and moderate-income split and compliance with COAH's rules. The affordable unit(s) to be produced pursuant to Subsections
A,
B and
C (above) shall be available to a low-income individual or household should only one affordable unit be required. Thereafter, each of the units shall be split evenly between low- and moderate-income individuals and households except in the event of an odd number, in which event the unit shall be a low-income unit. All affordable units shall strictly comply with COAH's rules and policies, including but not limited to phasing, bedroom distribution, controls' on affordability, range of affordability, affirmative marketing, income qualification, etc. It shall be the developer's responsibility, at its cost and expense, to arrange for the New Jersey Housing Affordability Service (HAS) or other administering agency approved by COAH and the Township to ensure full COAH compliance and file such certifications, reports and/or monitoring forms as may be required by COAH or the court to verify COAH compliance of each affordable unit.
E. Exemption. All growth share affordable units produced
by virtue of this section shall be exempt from the payment of Affordable
Housing Department fees.