[Amended 2-15-2018 by Ord. No. 18-2; 11-14-2022 by Ord. No. 22-16]
The permitted uses in a B-1 Business Zone are
as follows:
A.
Bank or other financial institution.
B.
Office, office building and medical clinic, including
veterinary clinics.
C.
Restaurant and tavern.
D.
Retail sales, retail services, personal care services,
and pet care services.
E.
Retail shopping center consisting of a group of retail
stores and personal service shops within a single building, which
shall be deemed a single use for the purpose of this article as long
as the building exists.
F.
Meeting halls and clubhouses of nonprofit organizations.
G.
Funeral homes.
H.
Commercial recreation conducted entirely within an
enclosed building.
I.
Municipal facilities or uses.
The permitted accessory uses in a B-1 Business
District, in other than retail shopping centers, shall be as follows:
A.
Garage and parking space.
B.
Private garage space for the storage of commercial
vehicles used in conjunction with a permitted business.
C.
Off-street parking space for the use of patrons and
employees of a permitted business.
D.
Accessory uses and structures which are incidental
to the principal use and structure, including a satellite antenna
as a ground installation, subject to Planning Board approval.
E.
Charitable
clothing bins.
[Added 5-19-2009 by Ord. No. 09-7]
The permitted accessory uses in a B-1 Zone for
retail shopping centers shall be as follows:
B.
In any case, as a minimum, in order to assure compatibility
of new building construction or alterations of existing buildings,
the building design standards in this section shall be adhered to,
except that the Planning Board may grant waivers of specific requirements
on a showing of unavoidable hardship by the developer.
[Amended 11-14-2022 by Ord. No. 22-16]
C.
[2]Where existing or former residential structures are altered
or are converted to commercial use, such alterations shall maintain
the residential appearance of the building, such that the exterior
is consistent with actual residential use. No new siding material
shall be applied over existing siding, except aluminum or textured
vinyl maintaining the appearance of the original siding.
D.
No detention basin shall be permitted in the front
yard of a lot in the B-1 Zone.
E.
Notwithstanding the maximum building height requirements,
it is permitted that any office building may be erected not to extend
higher than 50 feet above finished grade, upon the condition that,
for each five-foot increase above the ordinance maximum, there shall
be added three feet to the minimum front setback requirements.
F.
No rooftop mechanical structures shall be permitted
in the B-1 Zone, without Planning Board or Board of Adjustment approval.
All mechanicals shall be adequately screened so as to conceal them.
The following general provisions and requirements
shall apply within a B-1 Zone:
A.
Driveways. Not more than two driveways, of not less
than 24 feet nor more than 30 feet in width, as a means of ingress
for parking areas shall be permitted for each 300 feet of frontage
upon a public street, nor shall any driveway be located closer than
50 feet to the intersection of two public streets. No public street
shall be used to provide direct access to parking stalls.
B.
Loading and unloading areas. Truck loading and unloading
areas shall be provided in sufficient amount to permit the transfer
of goods and products in other than a public street or parking area.
C.
Buffer areas.
(1)
Wherever the property line of a lot in the B-1 Zone
abuts or is across a street from a residential zone, a buffer area
shall be established within the B-1 Zone, which shall include an area
of land 50 feet wide, as measured from the zone line. Within the buffer
area, no use, activity, sign or placement of equipment shall be established
other than the following:
(a)
Such driveways as are necessary to provide direct means of ingress and egress for the parking areas, subject to the restrictions set forth in Subsection A of this section, with minimal intrusion upon the buffer area.
(b)
Directional signs in conjunction with the driveways
which are necessary for the proper guidance and control of vehicular
traffic, provided that not more than one such sign is erected in conjunction
with each driveway and that the size and placement conform to state,
county and Borough standards.
(2)
Within the buffer area, a solid and continuous landscaping
shall be planted and maintained. The landscaping shall consist of
lawn, massed conifer and deciduous trees and shrubs of such species
and size as will produce, within two growing seasons, a screen at
least four feet in height and of such density as will obscure, throughout
the full course of the year, all of the glare of automobile headlights
emitted from the premises, except from the driveway. Landscaping within
the buffer area shall not satisfy any other landscaping requirement
of this chapter.
(3)
The required height of the landscape screen as required
above shall be measured in relation to the elevation of the edge of
the adjacent parking area. In such cases where the ground elevation
of the location at which the screen is to be planted is less than
the elevation of the edge of adjacent parking area, the required height
of the screen shall be increased in an amount equal to this difference
in elevation. In the event that the ground elevation of the location
at which the screen is to be planted is greater than that at the edge
of the adjacent parking area, the required height of the screen may
be reduced in an amount equal to the difference in elevation, provided
that in no case shall the required height be reduced to less than
two feet.
(4)
The remainder of the area and all required yard areas
not occupied by parking areas shall be graded and planted with grass
seed or sod and such shrubbery or trees as may be desired by the owner
and approved by the Planning Board. The entire area shall be attractively
maintained and kept free of all debris and rubbish.
(5)
In the event that any of the plantings in accordance
with the above requirements do not live or are removed, they shall
be replaced within one year.
D.
Buffer strips. Where buffer area requirements do not
specifically apply, there shall nonetheless be a landscaped strip
along the property lines of a width of at least ten feet.
E.
Distance between principal buildings. Within the Business
Zone, no principal building shall be located within 20 feet of any
other principal building located either on the same or on a separate
lot (exception: strip malls).
F.
Outside storage or display. No articles or materials shall be kept, stored, or displayed outside the confines of a building, except in accordance with § 250-25A. Outdoor storage or display is permitted on the sidewalk appurtenant to the entrance of the building for the purpose of conducting business during business hours only. No articles or materials placed outside during business hours may be placed or stored in such a way as to block any sidewalk by obstructing the same so that it is impossible for a pedestrian to travel along the sidewalk without leaving the sidewalk and walking on adjacent property or on the street, or so as to leave a passageway of less than four feet for such pedestrian traffic.
[Amended 9-17-2002 by Ord. No. 16-02]
G.
Refuse storage facilities. All refuse storage facilities
must be enclosed maintained, landscaped and screened from view by
landscaping and fencing. The facilities shall include space for storing
recyclable materials, the area of which shall be consistent with the
volume of materials expected to be generated by the use.
