Each of the uses listed below shall meet the specified standards regardless of whether it is listed as a permitted use or conditional use in the specific zoning district. Compliance with these standards shall be considered by the Planning/Zoning Board in making a decision on a conditional use application. In addition to meeting these standards, the following uses must meet applicable site plan review requirements.
[Amended 5-6-2010 by Ord. No. 10-03]
Farm markets, as defined in this chapter, may only be established in accordance with the Schedule of District Regulations and in accordance with the following standards and regulations:
A. The farm market shall be maintained in good repair consistent with generally accepted agricultural management practices.
B. The farm market shall not display goods closer than 40 feet to a street line.
C. One off-street parking space shall be provided for every 100 square feet of display area.
D. A maximum of three nonilluminated signs shall be permitted with a maximum total sign area of 24 square feet. Signs shall not be permitted within 10 feet of any property or street line.
E. There shall be only one entrance and one exit on the street which shall meet the standards listed in Part
4, Site Plan Review.
Migrant labor housing shall meet the following standards in addition to the other provisions of this chapter:
A. Migrant labor housing must be located on the property of the farmer employing the farm laborers who occupy the migrant labor housing, and, in addition, such migrant labor housing must be located on the same tax lot on which is located the primary residential dwelling of the farmer who employs the farm laborers who occupy said migrant labor housing.
[Amended 8-2-2004 by Ord. No. 04-06]
B. Occupancy of labor facilities shall be limited to migrant laborers and their dependents and shall not be permitted during the period of November 30 to January 31.
[Amended 6-1-1995 by Ord. No. 95-04]
C. All labor structures shall be located not less than 100 feet from any street line, not less than 300 feet from any adjoining property line, not less than 500 feet from any residential dwelling located on an adjacent property, and not more than 2,000 feet from the lot's principal dwelling.
D. Migrant labor facilities shall comply with all appropriate regulations of the State of New Jersey.
E. All said facilities shall be maintained in good condition. Whenever a structure is deemed to be structurally unsafe or dilapidated, the Zoning Officer shall order the owner, in writing, to remove or repair the structure. The owner shall comply with the order within 30 days or be subject to the penalties stipulated in this chapter.
Planned shopping centers are listed as a conditional use and must meet the standards of this section as well as the conditional use procedures. The intent of this section is to permit attractive, planned shopping centers which are designed as an integrated unit.
A. Sewer and water. Proposed planned shopping centers shall indicate that adequate provisions have been made for water supply and sewerage facilities. Shopping centers shall be connected to a municipal or regional utility authority or shall develop an adequate on or off-tract system. Applications which depend on public utility agencies shall submit a document indicating approval of these agencies and the availability of sufficient capacity to accommodate this project prior to site plan review. Developments which propose the establishment of water and sewer facilities shall submit documents indicating the approval of the design, construction, and manner of operation by the Township Engineer, County Department of Health, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
B. A minimum lot area of five acres shall be required for a planned shopping center. Such lot shall not have less than 400 feet of frontage on a public street and no structure shall be permitted within 150 feet of the street.
C. Evidence shall be submitted indicating that at least four prospective tenants are interested in locating in such a facility.
D. The maximum lot coverage of principal uses shall not exceed 25% of the lot area. The maximum lot coverage of both the buildings and impervious surfaces shall not exceed 85% of the gross lot area.
Garden apartments are permitted in the HR District, provided that the requirements of this section are met. The intent of this section is to permit multifamily development provided a sufficient market exists for this type of housing, that adequate provision is made for sewer and water facilities, and that the complex is properly designed.
A. Housing market analysis. The applicant shall submit a housing market analysis which shall describe and demonstrate the need for said proposed project in terms of the Township and regional housing need. The region shall be limited to a ten-mile radius of the zoning district. Said analysis shall include data and information on vacancy rates, cost and location of other housing facilities within the Township and region, and an assessment of the local housing and employment market. The analysis shall reasonably indicate that the need for the type and cost of housing proposed does exist within the region. The absence of such demand shall be sufficient basis for rejection of a development proposal at a specific point in time.
B. Sewer and water. Proposed developments must indicate that adequate provisions have been made for sewerage and water supply facilities. Developments shall be connected to a municipal or regional utility authority or shall develop such a system (on or off-site) to handle the project. Applications which depend on public utility agencies shall submit a document indicating approval of these agencies and the availability of sufficient capacity to handle this project prior to site plan review. Developments which propose the establishment of water or sewer facilities shall submit documents indicating the approval of the design, construction, and manner of operation by the Township Engineer, County Department of Health, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or any other affected public agencies. The applicant shall also indicate the eventual responsible agency for the operation and maintenance of the facility.
C. Design standards. In addition to the site plan review requirements of this chapter, the following design standards shall be met by all proposed multifamily developments:
(1) Parcel size. A minimum lot area of five acres shall be required for all multifamily developments with not less than 300 feet of frontage on an improved or proposed public street.
(2) Density. The maximum number of dwelling units in any multifamily development shall be determined by the following table which indicates the required lot area per bedroom:
| Unit Type | Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit (square feet) |
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| 1-bedroom of efficiency apartment | 3,500 |
| 2-bedroom apartment | 4,000 |
| 3- or more bedroom apartment | 4,500 |
| 1-bedroom townhouse | 5,000 |
| 2-bedroom townhouse | 5,500 |
| 3-bedroom townhouse | 6,000 |
| 4- or more bedroom townhouse | 6,500 |
(3) Impervious surface. No more than 30% of the gross lot area shall be devoted to impervious surface exclusive of recreation areas or areas devoted to structures.
(4) Open space. A minimum of 35% of the gross lot area shall be devoted to common open space. Dwelling doorways, buffer strips, and parking areas shall not be considered as common open space.
(5) Recreation.
(a) At least 10% of the gross lot area shall be developed for active recreation purposes. No one recreational area shall be less than 10,000 square feet in an area not less than 100 feet in its narrowest dimension.
(b) All recreation areas and open space shall be improved by the developer including physical facilities, equipment, access walkways, and landscaping. The Planning/Zoning Board shall review the recreation plans and determine that it is suited to its intended use in terms of the environment and will meet the needs of the project's inhabitants. Not more than 50% of any active recreation area shall be within a defined floodplain.
(c) Maintenance of the open space and recreational areas shall be the responsibility of the project owner, the townhouse owner, or the property owner's association. Enforcement of the maintenance of said areas shall be in accordance with the requirements of § 70-38E(10) of this chapter.
(6) Open space adjacent to project buildings not surfaced as walkways, driveways, parking areas, utility areas, or other required improvements shall be graded and seeded to provide an adequate ground cover. A minimum of one deciduous tree and three evergreen shrubs or trees shall be provided for each dwelling unit. All such landscaping shall be located to minimize views from one unit to the other and shall be exclusive of those landscaping materials used in connection with parking, buffering, or other open areas. All such landscaping shall be subject to the approval of the Township Planning/Zoning Board and shall not supplant the need for a complete landscaping plan as part of site plan review.
(7) Every building shall have a minimum setback of 50 feet from any public street or road and 25 feet from any private interior road, driveway, or parking area.
(8) Buildings shall be located and designed in a manner that will result in residential clusters focused on landscaped common open space areas. Buildings located parallel to each other shall have a minimum distance of 100 feet between structures. Courtyards bounded on three or more sides by the wings of a single building or by the walls of separate buildings shall have a minimum distance between any two walls equal to one foot for each one foot of height of the tallest adjacent building or wall. A minimum distance shall separate all garden apartment dwelling structures.
(9) Driveways, parking areas, lighting, buffer strips, landscaping and other requirements shall be designed in accordance with the appropriate standards of Parts 4 and 5 of this chapter.
(10) The minimum gross habitable floor area of apartments and townhouses shall conform to the Building Standards of the Schedule of District Regulations, except that the minimum floor area for a one-bedroom townhouse shall be the specified minimum for a single-family dwelling rather than the multifamily standard. For townhouses with more than one bedroom, the multifamily dwelling unit, minimum standard shall apply.
D. The following regulations shall apply only to garden apartments:
(1) There shall be no dwelling units or portions thereof located below the ground floor of the structure and there shall be no more than two stories in any structure.
(2) There shall not be more than 16 dwelling units in any one building or structure.
(3) Groups of four units shall be offset by at least five feet from groups of four other units within the same structure.
(4) Entranceways to units shall not be combined and located within the structure. Entranceways shall be plainly visible from the street and/or adjoining units.
(5) Sufficient laundry, storage, and other utility areas shall be provided in locations convenient to all applicants and shall be attached to a residential structure.
(6) Garbage pickup areas shall be provided in locations convenient to all occupants. The detrimental effects of these areas shall be mitigated by screening, as required in Part
4 of this chapter.
E. The following regulations shall apply only to townhouses:
(1) No less than four dwelling units nor more than 12 dwelling units shall be located in any structure containing townhouses.
(2) Townhouses shall be entered by a separate ground level entrance for each dwelling unit.
(3) Separate laundry facilities shall be provided within each unit.
(4) Each townhouse dwelling unit shall be provided with a private rear yard of not less than 500 square feet which shall be screened or fenced to a height not less than five feet.
[Added 12-29-1980 by Ord. No. O-12a-4-80]
A. "Yard sale" as used in this section shall mean a sale conducted by a resident of a dwelling, on the lot on which that dwelling is located, of used personal items, household and yard tools and appliances all of which have been owned throughout the six-month period immediately prior to the sale by residents of Mannington Township. Yard sale shall also mean a sale conducted by a religious, educational, social, or charitable organization on the lot on which its regular meeting is located, of used personal items, household and yard tools and appliances contributed by members or friends of the organization. Yard sales may include the sale of food items.
B. A yard sale as so defined, may only be held during daylight hours for no more than two consecutive days and no more than one time per calendar year at any residence lot in Mannington Township or no more than two times per calendar year at any organization meeting place, for no more than two consecutive days each time.
C. Yard sales conducted in accordance with this section of this chapter are permitted in all zoning districts in the Township.
[Added 6-7-1984 by Ord. No. 84-3]
Accessory buildings with 100 square feet or less gross floor area are not permitted in any district unless they are properly anchored to prevent them from being displaced by wind, and such anchoring has been approved by the Township Zoning Officer. Such buildings are exempt from minimum setback regulations from rear lot lines.