[Amended 3-28-2013]
The use permitted within this district is limited to light manufacturing, warehousing, processing, packaging and assembly operation, including the following:
A. 
Manufacturing or reconstruction of light machinery, comprising any of the following:
(1) 
Carburetors and small machine parts.
(2) 
Cash registers.
(3) 
Typewriters, calculators and other office machines.
(4) 
Sewing machines.
(5) 
Machine design, detailing and associated model making.
B. 
Fabrication of metal products, comprising any of the following:
(1) 
Boats.
(2) 
Baby carriages.
(3) 
Bicycles and other such vehicles.
(4) 
Instrument making.
(5) 
Metal household furniture, screens and storm sashes.
(6) 
Musical instruments.
(7) 
Toys.
C. 
Fabrication of paper products, comprising any of the following:
(1) 
Bags.
(2) 
Bookbinding.
(3) 
Boxes and packaging material.
(4) 
Office supplies.
(5) 
Toys.
D. 
Fabrication of wood products, comprising any of the following:
(1) 
Boats.
(2) 
Boxes.
(3) 
Cabinets and woodwork.
(4) 
Furniture.
(5) 
Toys.
E. 
Laboratories and packaging operations, including the following:
(1) 
Biological.
(2) 
Chemical.
(3) 
Dental.
(4) 
Electronic.
(5) 
Pharmaceutical.
F. 
Other permissible industry, comprising any of the following:
(1) 
Book publishing.
(2) 
Brush and broom manufacturing.
(3) 
Plastic product fabrication.
(4) 
Jewelry manufacturing, including gem polishing.
(5) 
Leather goods manufacture from already cured or tanned hides.
(6) 
Photo finishing.
(7) 
Printing of paper and cloth.
(8) 
Sporting goods manufacturing.
(9) 
Textile products manufacturing.
G. 
Office buildings.
H. 
Indoor physical fitness facilities, as defined in § 270-8.
[Added 4-10-2006]
I. 
Warehousing, including the following: A building used for the handling and storage of goods and materials by the owner of the goods or operating for a specific commercial establishment or group of establishments in a particular industrial or economic field; provided, however, that such use shall not include vehicle maintenance, retail sales or a public storage facility.
[Amended 12-19-2004; 4-10-2006; 11-9-2006]
The legislative intent and recitals set forth in the preamble to Ordinance No. 06-27 (amending this section) are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein as if set forth herein at length.[1] No use shall be permitted in this zone district which is dangerous or obnoxious by reason of excessive noise, odor, smoke or other hazard, or which would be detrimental to the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the residents of the Borough of Allendale. Any approved use shall:
A. 
Carry on all manufacturing operations and all storage of goods or materials within a fully enclosed building.
B. 
Employ not more than 50 persons per acre.
C. 
Accept deliveries or make shipments only between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. However, exempted from the foregoing limitation are any and all deliveries made by trucks directly to or from Route 17 or by trucks using streets located within the E Zone District and/or using only that portion of Boroline Road upon which the E Zone District has frontage.
D. 
(Reserved)
E. 
(Reserved)
F. 
Provide and maintain attractive landscape plantings on that portion of the lot not required for buildings and parking area.
G. 
Require the storage of not more than 10,000 gallons of flammable, toxic or otherwise dangerous liquids and provide for the storage of any amount above ground level.
H. 
Not permit the escape of any toxic, noxious or unpleasant gases or odors detectable beyond the limit of the lot on which the use is conducted.
I. 
Not violate the requirements of Chapter 170, Noise. In addition, approved uses shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) 
There shall be no discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any internal combustion engine except through a muffler or other device that will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises. Motor vehicles shall be equipped with the original muffler and other components or equivalent replacement in good working order.
(2) 
There shall be no use of any motor vehicle so out of repair, so loaded, or so operated in such a manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
(3) 
No motor vehicle shall be permitted to idle for more than three consecutive minutes unless waiting to enter a driveway or street intersection; provided, however, that an initial warm-up period of 15 minutes shall be permitted for diesel trucks.
(4) 
All areas traveled by motor vehicles shall be designed, paved and maintained in such condition so as to minimize the noise produced by the movement of motor vehicles. Excessive bumps, dips or other irregularities in the pavement that may contribute to noise produced by motor vehicles shall be eliminated.
(5) 
Approved uses shall conduct loading and unloading operations; the opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, liquids, garbage cans, refuse or similar objects or the pneumatic or pumped loading or unloading of bulk materials in liquid, gaseous, powder or pellet form or the compacting of refuse by persons engaged in the business of scavenging or garbage collection, whether private or municipal, out of doors only between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Exempt from this limitation is the operation of snow blowers, snow throwers and snow plows when operated with a muffler for the purpose of snow removal.
J. 
Discharge no noxious, toxic or unpleasant, flammable wastes onto the surface of the ground or onto surface waters.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said preamble is on file in the Borough Offices.
Any use other than those set forth in § 270-79 hereof is hereby prohibited unless substantially similar in character and use to those uses listed in § 270-79 and approval thereof is given specifically by the Planning Board and the Governing Body in the same manner as set forth in § 270-85 hereof; provided, however, that compliance shall be observed of the conditions set forth in § 270-80 hereof.
A. 
Height. No building or structure shall exceed a maximum of 35 feet in height, including any and all superstructures and appurtenances.
[Amended 7-13-1995]
B. 
Area. No lot in the E Zone shall be less than three acres in area, and each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 200 feet on an approved municipal street.
C. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard of at least 55 feet from the center line of the street.
D. 
Side yard. There shall be two side yards with minimum widths of 50 feet each.
E. 
Buffer strip. There shall be a buffer strip at least 75 feet wide between the E Zone and any property used for or zoned for residential purposes. This strip must be in common ownership with the contiguous industrial property and shall be landscaped and planted with evergreens at least six feet in height throughout its entire length and shall be so maintained. This planting shall be so located with sufficient density as to screen from view any building located on said plot from any contiguous residential zone and shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board. Any existing growth in such buffer strip shall be preserved if such existing growth supplements the desired screening effect.
F. 
Total occupancy of land. Not more than 35% of the land in any one lot may be occupied by buildings, nor more than 75% of the land involved may be occupied by buildings and paved area combined.
G. 
Use adjacent to Route 17. No buildings or paved area shall be located within 75 feet of the right-of-way of Route 17, except sidewalks and streets.
H. 
There shall be one principal building per lot.
I. 
There shall be a maximum of 10 permitted uses per building, except that if a building shall exceed 50,000 square feet in area, additional uses shall be permitted not to exceed one use per each additional 5,000 square feet in excess of 50,000 square feet.
[Amended 12-9-1982]
J. 
Minimum area for permitted uses. The minimum building area for a permitted use shall be 2,500 square feet.
There shall be permitted one accessory building per lot, and such accessory building shall be separated from the principal building by at least 15 feet.
A. 
All streets shall be 60 feet in width, with paving 20 feet on either side of the center line thereof. Four-foot sidewalks shall be installed on both sides of the pavement and not closer than four feet therefrom. All other improvements required by specifications of the Subdivision Ordinance of the Borough of Allendale[1] shall be provided, and all improvements shall be in accordance with the specifications thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 147, Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review.
B. 
Parking is prohibited on any street in the industrial area.