[Amended 9-17-2002 by Ord. No. 17-02]
A.
The permitted uses in these zones (PB-1, PB-2) are
as follows:
(1)
Office buildings for business, professional and administrative
offices not engaged in retail or wholesale sale and delivery of goods
nor the repairing, servicing or receiving of service on the premises.
(2)
Funeral homes.
(3)
Municipal facilities or uses.
(4)
Single-family dwellings as permitted in the R-15 Zone.
(5)
Medical,
dental, and veterinary offices.
[Added 12-12-2013 by Ord. No. 13-14; amended 11-14-2022 by Ord. No.
22-16]
B.
Conditional uses in these zones (PB-1, PB-2) are as
follows:
[Amended 11-14-2022 by Ord. No. 22-16[1]]
(1)
There shall be no Sunday hours of operation for the
bank or other financial institutions. Weekday hours of operation shall
not start before 8:00 a.m. and extend past 9:00 p.m. Saturday hours
of operation shall not start before 8:00 a.m. and extend past 4:00
p.m. These restrictions do not apply to automatic teller machines
(ATMs).
(2)
Day-care
centers and nursery schools. Day-care centers and nursery schools
are permitted in the PB-1 and PB-2 Zone, provided that the following
conditions are met:
(a)
The center meets the requirements set forth in Subchapter 5, Physical
Facility Requirements of the Manual of Standards for Childcare Facilities,
issued by the State of New Jersey, Department of Human Services, Division
of Youth and Family Services.
(b)
Parking areas, driveways and dropoff areas must be screened and buffered
from adjoining properties which are zoned or used as residential.
This shall be a landscaped or natural buffer and shall be a minimum
of 35 feet wide.
(c)
On-site traffic circulation must be adequate to allow children to
be dropped off safely and to not cause grid-locking, stacking, or
otherwise impede the flow of traffic on the street which services
the site.
(d)
Signage shall be limited to one permanent ground mounted sign with
a surface area not exceeding 16 square feet. Facade signs shall not
be permitted.
(e)
The building exterior shall be finished with materials and in a manner
which is harmonious with the neighborhood. As an example, the use
of a metal shed or concrete and steel building in a neighborhood of
wood frame homes would not be considered compatible.
(3)
Lighting for all automatic teller machines shall be
screened from adjacent residences.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection
B(2) as B(3).
The permitted uses in the PB-2 Zone shall provide
that all buildings, both new and conversions of existing houses to
office use, shall have a residential appearance similar to and compatible
with existing dwellings in the nearest residential zone, as determined
by the Planning Board.
The following general conditions and procedures
apply in all professional and business office zones:
C.
A thirty-foot-wide buffer area is required in the
PB Zone, except for lots under one acre, where the minimum shall be
a ten-foot-wide buffer requirement.
D.
Residential appearance. In a PB-1 Zone, where residential
buildings are converted to office use, the residential appearance
of such buildings shall be maintained as in the PB-2 Zone, and the
bulk requirements of the adjacent residential zone shall apply.
E.
Common driveways. In all PB Zones, common driveways
are permitted in order to reduce traffic hazards and to increase the
extent of landscaped street frontage.
F.
In any PB Zone where it abuts a residential use, the
minimum building setback is one hundred fifty feet.
G.
In all PB Zones, no detention basin shall be permitted
in the front yard.
H.
In all PB Zones, no rooftop mechanical structures
shall be permitted. All ground-level mechanicals shall be adequately
screened to conceal them.
I.
A recycling plan shall be provided for nonresidential
uses in accordance with state, county and municipal requirements.
