[Amended 7-6-2009 by Ord. No. 19-2009]
A. Safe and adequate access to a public street.
B. Meet the minimum lot size, area and setback requirements
for the zone where it is located.
C. Building height not to exceed 40 feet. (Towers and
steeples are exempt.)
D. A minimum off-street parking of one space for each
three seats or one for every 72 inches when benches are used or one
for every 25 square feet of assembly area, whichever is greater.
E. One freestanding sign not exceeding 24 square feet in area. See Article
XII for additional standards.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 05-2020]
A limited brewery (1b) licensed by the State of New Jersey pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 33:1-10, subject to the following conditions:
A. Shall not utilize a plenary retail license (1c) for alcohol consumption
with the limited brewery license;
B. Shall be located upon a tract of land exclusively under the control
of the brewery licensee;
C. The brewery licensee shall be actively engaged in farming on, or
on a tract directly adjacent to, the brewery premises;
D. The brewery licensee shall grow and cultivate hops or other products
on the farm used in the manufacturing of brewery products at the brewery;
E. The brewery licensee shall hold no other brewery licenses within
Readington Township;
F. Shall not exceed 5,000 barrels of production per year. Production
shall be demonstrated via documentation provided to the Township Clerk
and Zoning Officer on an annual basis;
G. Shall be located on a commercial farm;
H. Shall be located on a contiguous tract at least 20 acres in area;
I. The property upon which the brewery is located shall abut US Route
22 or US Route 202 and shall have direct vehicular access from such
abutting highway;
J. Shall have tasting room/areas;
K. Brewery sales hours of operation: shall not extend outside of the
hours of noon and 10:00 pm;
L. Entertainment and media hours of operation. Other than background
music, radio and television contained within the brewery building,
all other forms of entertainment/media permitted by the license shall
not occur outside the hours of noon and 9:00 p.m.;
M. Outdoor beverage service. Sales and service of beverages is permitted
outside within a fenced or walled enclosed area with such fence or
wall having a minimum height of three feet, provided that such an
area is delineated on an approved site plan;
N. On-premises special events. A limited brewery may conduct on-premises
special events, as defined and by the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act, Title 33. These may be held indoors or outdoors. The maximum number
of each category of event per calendar year is subject to the following
limitations:
[Amended 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023]
(1) Twenty-five special events.
(2) Fifty-two private parties.
(3) Twenty-five social affair events;
O. Outdoor special events with amplified sound. Outdoor, on-premises
special events that include live, amplified music performance, amplified
recorded music or broadcast music, a DJ appearance, or a live televised
championship sporting event shall be limited to no more than 16 events
per calendar year. Notwithstanding the annual limit on such events,
no more than four such events are permitted per calendar month. The
duration of each event shall be one day;
[Amended 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023]
P. Outdoor on-premises special events with amplified music only shall
not occur outside the hours of 12:00 noon and 9:00 p.m.;
[Amended 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023]
Q. Off-street
parking for on-premises special events shall not be permitted in areas
other than those parking areas depicted on an approved site plan or
as approved through a special event permit;
[Added 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023]
R. On-premises special event notice: A copy of the notice required to
be provided to the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
for an on-site special event shall be provided to the Township Clerk
and Zoning Officer no less than 10 days prior to an event;
S. Entertainment notice: A copy of the notice required to be provided
to the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control advising
of the intent to have live music, DJ's, television programs, movies
or sporting events shall be provided to the Township Clerk and Zoning
Officer no less than 10 days prior to an event;
T. Compliance with maximum permissible sound levels: All activities, other than agricultural activities, shall comply with Chapter
158 Noise, of the Readington Township Code with respect to the maximum permissible sound levels.
U. Maximum floor area ratio for brewery buildings: .02. This is not
in addition to the overall maximum permitted floor area ratio of 0.04;
V. Maximum building height for any buildings associated with brewery
shall not exceed two stories and 30 feet;
W. Minimum building and off-street parking setback from street line
or property line, excluding existing agricultural buildings: 100 feet;
X. Minimum street frontage on a street: 200 feet;
Y. Minimum off-street parking shall be provided as follows:
(1) One space for every three seats in tasting room/areas plus one space
for every employee on the shift with the greatest census; plus
(2) One space for every 100 square feet of special event or private party
space not accounted for in the calculation of the brewery/tasting
room;
Z. Off-street parking screening: Parking for visitors, employees and
commercial vehicles for the brewery shall be screened from public
view and the view of any adjacent properties with a screen planting,
berm, fence, wall or combination thereof, no less than four feet in
height. This buffering shall be provided between the off-street parking
areas and any lot line or street line. Where a building intervenes
between a street line or property line to sufficiently buffer views
of parking, such screening shall not be required;
AA. Outdoor storage: No outdoor storage, except for agricultural materials,
supplies and equipment, shall occur on the property;
BB. Refuse and recycling containers shall be enclosed within masonry
enclosures with gates with a height sufficient to conceal all materials
stored within;
CC. Lighting: Maximum height of any fixture shall be 14 feet; parking
lot lights shall be turned off within two hours after the close of
business;
DD. Permanent freestanding sign permitted: Not more than one permanent
freestanding sign having a maximum permitted sign area of 64 square
feet and a maximum permitted height of eight feet;
EE. Temporary freestanding sign permitted: Not more than one temporary
sign having a maximum sign area of no more than 14 square feet and
a maximum height of four feet. The maximum permitted duration for
a temporary sign is 30 days;
FF. Building-mounted sign permitted: Not more than one building-mounted
sign having a maximum sign area of 24 square feet and a maximum height
of 15 feet;
GG. Major site plan approval is required.
Public utilities of a nonindustrial nature,
including telephone dial equipment centers, power substations and
other utilities serving the public, but excluding sewage treatment
plants and sanitary landfills. Public utilities shall be subject to
the following conditions:
A. The proposed installation at a specific location must
be reasonably necessary for the satisfactory provision of service
by the utility to the neighborhood or area in which the particular
use is located.
B. The design of any building or other installation in
connection with such facilities must not adversely affect the safe,
comfortable enjoyment of property rights in the surrounding area.
C. The proposed facility shall be included in the F.A.R.
and impervious coverage calculations for the tract upon which it is
located. Crushed stone shall be considered impervious coverage for
purposes of this chapter.
D. Adequate fences and other safety devices must be provided
as may be required. Fences, when used to enclose public utility facilities
such as electrical power substations, shall, as a minimum, be built
in accordance with the applicable requirements of the New Jersey Board
of Public Utility Commissioners and the National Electrical Safety
Code in effect at the time of construction.
E. Landscaping, including shrubs, trees and lawns, shall
be provided, including screening consisting of three constantly maintained
staggered rows of evergreens 18 feet or less on centers in a fifty-foot
buffer or as approved by the Board.
F. Off-street parking shall be provided as determined
by the Planning Board during site plan review.
G. Connections at 69 kilovolts or less must be made underground
wherever possible.
Any and all transmission lines over 69 kilovolts
and radio and television transmitting aerials or antenna, provided
that none may exceed 60 feet in height. All shall be so located and
aligned to be as inconspicuous as possible and none shall be of such
height or position that aircraft warning lights are required by any
governmental agency. Transmission lines at 69 kilovolts or less must
be under ground.
The removal of more than two living trees from
a lot in the SSR Zone shall require meeting the following conditions:
A. The applicant shall provide a tree removal plan indicating
the location, size and number of trees to be removed.
B. A soil erosion and sedimentation control plan adequately
reducing soil erosion and sedimentation to the satisfaction of the
Township Engineer or other agency with jurisdiction.
C. A planting plan providing adequate vegetation cover
to prevent erosion or excessive stormwater runoff.
D. The Planning Board shall discourage clear cutting
of any lot.
Home occupations requiring conditional use approval shall comply with the requirements set forth in §
148-53, Home occupations.
[Amended 4-21-2014 by Ord. No. 08-2014; 6-17-2019 by Ord. No. 13-2019; 10-5-2020 by Ord. No. 26-2020]
A. Undersized existing lots in the SRR Special Resource Residential,
HR Hamlet Residential, R-1 Residential-1 and VR Village Residential
Zones. Lawfully created existing individual lots in the SRR, HR, R-1
and VR Zones that are independent of adjacent ownership as of the
effective date of this chapter and which do not comply with the minimum
required lot size for the respective zone may be improved for single-family
residential use as a matter of right and shall be considered conforming,
provided that said lots conform with the following provisions:
(1) The side yard and rear yard setback provisions may be reduced in
direct proportion to the difference in lot circles; however, the reduced
setback shall not be less than 50% of the setback specified by the
district regulations. For example, a forty-foot side yard setback
required for an undersized lot shall not be reduced to less than 20
feet.
(2) The floor area ratio (F.A.R.) may be increased inversely in proportion
to the differences in lot circles.
B. Height limits. Except for residential dwellings as permitted in this
chapter, penthouses or roof structures for the housing of stairways,
tanks, ventilating fans, air-conditioning equipment or similar equipment
required to operate and maintain the building, skylights, spires,
cupolas, flagpoles, chimneys or similar structures may be erected
above the height limits prescribed by this chapter, but in no case
more than 20% more than the maximum height permitted for the use in
the district, except that silos and barns associated with farming
shall have no height restrictions.
C. Christmas tree sale. The annual sale of Christmas trees is permitted
in all zones between December 1 and December 25, inclusive. The site
shall be cleaned up and show no visual evidence of the temporary sale
by December 31.
D. Public election voting places. The provisions of this chapter shall
not be construed as to interfere with the temporary use of any property
as a voting place in connection with a municipal or other public election.
E. Public utility lines. Public utility lines for the transportation
and distribution and control of water, electricity, gas, oil, steam,
telegraph and telephone communications and their supporting members,
other than buildings or structures, shall not be required to be located
on a lot nor shall this chapter be interpreted as to prohibit the
use of a property in any zone for the above uses. These uses may be
limited or controlled by other sections in this chapter.
F. Existing cemeteries. Cemeteries that are lawfully existing at the
time of the adoption of this subsection may continue to operate according
to the following standards:
(1) Grave sites shall be set back a minimum of 100 feet from any property
line.
(2) Principal and/or accessory structures, including mausoleums, shall
be set back a minimum of 100 feet and shall not exceed 20 feet in
height.
(3) Parking shall not be closer than 50 feet to any street line.
(4) One freestanding sign may be located at the main entrance, not exceeding 24 square feet in area. (See Article
XII for additional standards.)