In reviewing site plans, the Planning Board and all advisory boards and professional advisers shall be guided by the standards set forth in this article and in Article V when applicable.
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There shall be adequate provision for ingress
and egress to all parking spaces. One-way access openings shall be
not less than five feet wider than the traffic aisle served by such
driveway but in no event less than 17 feet wide. Two-way access drives
shall be not less than 25 feet wide. All entrances and exits shall
be designed so as to permit the passage of a design vehicle appropriate
to the proposed use of the site without encroachment into oncoming
traffic lanes in the street. No driveway opening shall be closer than
50 feet to the street lot lines of any two intersecting streets.
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The site plan shall indicate buffer strips and
planting strips as required by this chapter and the Zoning Ordinance.[1] In the event the Planning Board shall determine that additional
buffer strips or planting strips are required to protect public areas
or neighboring properties from adverse effects of the proposed building
or addition, the Board may require such additional buffer or planting
strips. The Shade Tree Commission may recommend landscaping and foundation
planting which will ensure the attractiveness of premises subject
to this chapter and the protection of soil thereon. The Planning Board
shall approve the landscaping proposed by the applicant in accordance
with such recommendations.
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A.
Provision shall be made for the adequate circulation
of pedestrians and vehicles within the property.
B.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is included at the end of this chapter.
C.
No traffic aisle shall be located within five feet
of any building.
D.
In order to provide visibility and delineation at the ends of parking aisles and when reasonably necessary for the public health and safety and welfare, provisions shall be made for safety islands to delineate feeder lanes from main access lanes. Islands shall be delineated by concrete curb as defined above and shall be of a size not less than as shown on Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof. Said islands shall contain shrubbery and/or other landscaping approved by the Shade Tree Commission.
Provision shall be made for the safe and adequate
drainage of the surface runoff waters in and from the premises so
that flooding and erosion of the property and the property of others
will be prevented. Unless otherwise provided by the Planning Board,
drainage facilities shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
Chapter 232, Laws of 1975, commonly known as the "90-Day Construction
Act,"[1] which requires as a basis for design the one-hundred-year
storm frequency.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:1D-29 et seq.
Provision shall be made for the protective and
covering fencing and screening of such portions of the property as
the Planning Board, upon recommendation of the Shade Tree Commission,
may deem necessary for the safety and welfare of those persons most
likely to be exposed to the property.
Provision shall be made for the indoor or enclosed
storage of garbage and refuse.
The lighting of the building, the property and
all signs on the property shall be such as not to produce any glare
at the exterior lot lines of the premises. The traffic circulation
patterns shall be such as to eliminate, at the exterior lot lines,
glare from the lights of automobiles on the property.
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A.
In any district, in connection with every building
or building group or part thereof hereinafter erected which is to
be utilized by industrial and commercial uses or requires the distribution
by vehicle of materials or merchandise and for large-scale public
and quasi-public uses, there shall be provided and maintained, on
the same zone lot with such building, off-street loading spaces in
accordance with the following requirements:
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Off-Street Loading Requirements
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Floor Area
(square feet)
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Land Use**
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At Which First Berth Is Required
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At Which Second Berth is Required*
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Industrial
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Manufacturing
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5,000
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40,000
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Warehouse
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5,000
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40,000
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Laboratory; research
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5,000
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40,000
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Commercial
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Wholesale
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5,000
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40,000
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Retail
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5,000
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20,000
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Service establishments
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5,000
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40,000
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Commercial recreation
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5,000
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100,000
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Restaurants
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2,000
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25,000
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Office buildings
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5,000
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100,000
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Hotel
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10,000
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100,000
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Funeral home
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10,000
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100,000
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Institutional, public
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Schools
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10,000
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100,000
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Hospitals, nursing homes
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10,000
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100,000
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Auditoriums, arenas
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10,000
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100,000
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NOTES:
* An additional berth shall be required for
each additional number of square feet as indicated is required between
the need for one- and two-berth intervals.
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** In the case of a multiple-use building, the
amount of off-street loading required shall be equal to the sum of
the parts, unless same can be demonstrated to be in excess, as shall
be subject to determination by the approving authority.
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*** For an office building of less than 50,000 square feet, the Planning Board may permit a service entrance in lieu of a loading berth. Such service entrance shall meet the requirements of Subsection D of this section.
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B.
Each such loading space shall not be less than 12
feet in width and 50 feet or more in length depending upon the functions
to be performed. The overall floor-to-ceiling height or clear-height
distance shall not be less than 14 feet, which may be increased where
required.
C.
Except for required buffer areas, each such loading
space may occupy any required side or rear yard. When adjoining a
residential use, institutional use or place of general assembly, a
thirty-foot buffer zone, suitably screened or landscaped, shall be
provided.
D.
Off-street loading spaces shall not be located within
any fire prevention zone, within 25 feet of any fire hydrant or within
10 feet of any stairway, doorway, elevator or other general means
of entry to and from a building for the general public, nor shall
they block or in any way interfere with the free flow of pedestrians
from any means of ingress or egress, nor shall they interfere with
the free flow of pedestrians or vehicles in the parking area. All
such loading spaces shall be appropriately indicated by a sign or
other visual communication as to said location.
Provisions shall be made for the elimination
of all offensive noise, vibration or other pollution to the general
public emanating from the use of the property.
A.
The Planning Board shall approve the most appropriate
location on the site for the proposed parking area, in view of the
size and topography of the property, considerations of safety and
aesthetics, the requirement of adequate buffer and the elimination
of glare, dust and noise caused by traffic. There shall be provided
for each building subject to this chapter the number of off-street
parking spaces in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance.[1]
B.
Each off-street parking space shall have an area of
at least 200 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, shall
be at least 10 feet wide and 20 feet long and shall be surfaced so
as to be usable for parking. If off-site off-street parking is contemplated,
the Board, in addition, shall determine what provisions, if any, are
required for the safe and adequate circulation of pedestrians between
the parking area and the property.
C.
All parking areas and appurtenant maneuvering areas,
passageways, and driveways serving semipublic office, research, commercial
and industrial uses shall be illuminated adequately during the hours
between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation. Adequate
shielding shall be provided by all such users to protect adjacent
residential districts from the glare of such illumination and from
glare of automobile headlights produced by automobiles entering and
leaving the area.
D.
Off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened
on any side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residential
district or institutional premises by a solid, uniformly painted fence
or wall not less than four nor more than six feet in height, maintained
in good condition; provided, however, that where the adjacent owners
agree in writing, a screening hedge or natural landscaping may be
substituted for the required fence or wall. No part of any parking
area shall be closer than 10 feet to any school, hospital or other
institutional building unless the property is screened in accordance
with Planning Board requirements.
E.
Parking spaces may not be located in any required
buffer area or within five feet of a building, but otherwise may be
located in any yard.
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F.
Off-street parking areas located in commercial districts
which provide parking for 20 or more vehicles shall be provided with
shade trees of a type approved by the Shade Tree Commission. The shade
trees shall be located in a planned manner within the parking lot
area as recommended by the Borough Shade Tree Commission and approved
by the Planning Board. There shall be not less than one shade tree
for every 10 parking spaces.
G.
The Planning Board may, upon satisfactory proof that
the occupancy of the buildings for which a community parking program
is provided does not require final grading and surfacing of the entire
area, grant permission for deferment of that portion of the final
grading and surfacing not required by the then current occupancy and
use. No person shall permit or cause to be occupied any building by
more persons than shall be permitted by Planning Board approval of
the community parking plan. In the event the Planning Board shall
determine, after notice to the owner of buildings participating in
the community parking plan and a hearing, that the partially paved
and graded parking area is inadequate, the owner shall forthwith complete
the final grading and surfacing of the entire required parking area.
Pavement shall be of asphalt, bituminous or
cement pavement and shall be adequate in size and location to direct
surface water runoff away from neighboring properties and toward approved
drainage systems. Concrete curbs shall be provided around all parking
areas.
Retaining walls shall be designed to be safe
and adequate for the purpose intended.
Provision shall be made in accordance with applicable
regulations of all boards and bodies with jurisdiction over the collection
and disposal of sewage. No site plan approval may be granted until
the Board of Health has certified that a sanitary system has been
designed to its satisfaction.
Sidewalks shall be provided where needed to
protect the safety of pedestrians.
Outside storage, when permitted, shall only
be permitted in areas approved by the Board. Such areas shall, as
nearly as may be practicable, be shielded from public view and protected
by adequate fencing or screening.
Facilities shall be provided for placing all
utilities underground, including telephone and electric power lines.
