In the R-200 Rural Zone no lot shall be used
and no structure shall be erected, altered or occupied for any purpose
except the following:
A. Detached single-family dwellings and the accessory
structures and uses normally auxiliary thereto.
[Amended 7-14-2004 by Ord. No. 0-04-14]
B. All farm and agricultural activities, including nurseries,
small animal and livestock raising, provided that:
(1) The keeping or raising of swine shall not be allowed
except as a part of a general farming operation on a property of not
less than five acres, and provided further that not more than 10 head
plus one head additional for each three acres of area in excess of
five acres shall be allowed in any case. No building, fenced run or
other enclosure for the shelter of swine shall be closer to any front,
side or rear property line or zone boundary than 200 feet.
(2) No building, any part of which is closer to any front
or side property line than 90 feet or closer to any R-85 Residence
or GB Business Zone boundary than 200 feet or closer to a dwelling
on an adjoining premises than 200 feet, shall be erected or used for
the shelter of more than 100 head of fowl of all kinds or more than
two head of other farm livestock.
(3) No building for the shelter of fowl or farm livestock
shall be closer to any side or rear property line than 30 feet or
closer to a dwelling on an adjoining premises than 100 feet.
C. The sale of farm or dairy produce which has been raised
on the farm from which it is to be sold and provided that any signs
advertising such produce shall not exceed 20 square feet in aggregate
area for any single establishment.
E. In the R-200 Rural Zone, the following conditional
uses will be allowed upon approval of the Planning Board as provided
in this chapter:
[Added 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 0-80-12]
(3) Eleemosynary, charitable and philanthropic institutions,
hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent homes, churches, parochial
and private schools and nursery schools, provided that
[Amended 12-10-1990 by Ord. No. 0-90-24]:
(a)
Such uses shall be located on a major or minor
arterial.
(b)
A minimum lot area shall be five acres.
(c)
All parking shall be on site and in accordance
with the Site Plan Review Ordinance.
(d)
All state, county and local licenses are obtained.
(6) Volunteer first-aid and rescue-squad units and volunteer
fire companies.
(7) Nonprofit membership clubs for outdoor sports having
no nuisance factors.
(8) Camps for children owned or operated by tax-exempt
eleemosynary organizations, such as the YMCA, YWCA and the Boy Scouts
or Girl Scouts, provided that such camps shall be on lots of not less
than 10 acres.
(9) Housing facilities for transient or migratory farm
workers, provided that:
(a)
They are located on the farm of an employing
farmer.
(b)
They are occupied only during that period of
time when workers are engaged in agricultural pursuits.
(c)
Nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the
establishment of housing facilities for transient labor not engaged
in activities of an agricultural nature.
F. Child-care centers subject to the following minimum
standards:
[Added 12-10-1990 by Ord. No. 0-90-24]
(1) The applicant shall provide a statement setting forth
all of the particulars on the use.
(2) The lot upon which such use is proposed shall conform
to the following requirements:
(a)
Minimum lot area: three acres.
(b)
Minimum lot frontage: 250 feet.
(c)
Minimum lot width: 250 feet.
(d)
Minimum lot depth: 250 feet.
(e)
Minimum side yard setback: 50 feet each.
(f)
Minimum rear yard setback: 50 feet
(g)
Minimum front yard setback: 50 feet
(3) Accessory buildings shall be set back a minimum of
50 feet to side and rear property lines and other buildings.
(4) The maximum floor area ratio shall be .05, and the
maximum impervious coverage shall be 25%.
(5) The maximum building height shall be 35 feet.
(6) Location of access driveways, landscaping, signage
and general site plan design shall be compatible with the neighborhood
in which the child-care center is to be located.
(7) The hours of operation shall be limited to 7:00 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m.
(8) Maneuvering room must be provided on site for parking
and unloading/loading of children so as to preclude the necessity
for backing out onto a public street. No unsafe conditions for pickup
and drop-off of children shall be permitted. The child-care center
shall not create any objectionable traffic conditions.
(9) Parking areas, pedestrian walkways or other exterior
portions of the premises subject to use by child-care center occupants
at night shall be illuminated to provide safe entrance to and egress
from the center. Any site illumination shall not reflect over the
property lines of the premises.
(10)
There shall be a minimum of 30 square feet of
usable activity indoor floor space for each child in centers that
began operating prior to July 1, 1989, or began operation on or after
July 1, 1989, and service fewer than 16 children. There shall be a
minimum of 25 square feet of usable activity indoor floor space for
each child in centers that began operating on or after July 1, 1989,
and service 16 or more children. Areas for administrative use, bathrooms,
hallways, storage and kitchen areas shall not be counted in calculation
of minimum required indoor floor space.
(11)
An outdoor play area shall be on the same lot
as the child-care center. The areas shall be graded, well drained,
completely fenced and not include driveways, parking areas or land
and uses otherwise unsuitable. All outdoor play areas shall include
sheltered play space.
(12)
No part of any outdoor play area may be situated
in the front yard.
(13)
Storage facilities for movable outdoor play
equipment shall be provided and such equipment shall be stored in
these facilities when not in use.
(14)
All outdoor play areas shall be screened from
adjacent properties by a fence or wall at least six feet in height
and screen plantings within a fifteen-foot setback area along all
property lines. Outdoor areas located near or adjacent to hazardous
areas determined by the Planning Board to be unsafe, including but
not limited to streets, roads, driveways, parking lots, railroad tracks,
swimming pools, rivers, streams, steep grades, open pits, high voltage
lines or propane gas tanks, shall be fenced or otherwise protected
by a natural or man-made barrier or enclosure.
(15)
For children in attendance for three or more
consecutive hours, the center shall provide a minimum of 150 square
feet of net outdoor space. When more than five children are using
such a space at one time, there shall be 30 square feet of net outdoor
space for each additional child in addition to the required minimum
of 150 square feet. If a center can demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the Planning Board that it cannot meet the outdoor space requirement,
the center shall provide, in addition to space for play rooms, a minimum
of 150 square feet of net indoor floor space. When more than five
children are using such space at one time, there shall be 30 square
feet of net indoor floor space for each additional child in addition
to the minimum of 150 square feet. The indoor floor space may be either
on the site of the center or at another nearby indoor facility, such
as a gymnasium, exercise room or other recreational facility.
(16)
On-site dumpsters shall be adequately screened
by fencing and plantings on all sides except for the area that must
remain unobstructed to allow garbage pickup.
(17)
Child-care centers shall provide one parking
space per 400 feet of gross floor area, plus one additional parking
space for every six children. Additional parking spaces may be required
if deemed appropriate by the Planning Board.
(18)
Dense landscape screening shall be provided
along lot lines if required by the Planning Board.
(19)
One freestanding sign not exceeding 12 square
feet in area and two feet six inches in height as measured from the
base of the sign is permitted. The sign shall be set back at least
25 feet from all street and property lines.
(20)
Each child-care center shall be connected to
public sewer and water facilities or alternate systems as may be approved
by the Township Board of Health.
(21)
The site shall be free from any hazards to the
health, safety or well-being of the children.
(22)
The child-care center, including any outdoor
play space provided, shall be so located and designed that there shall
be no objectionable impacts on adjacent or nearby properties due to
noise, activity, visual or other objectionable conditions. The Board
may require such special treatment in the way of design, screening
of buildings, planting and parking areas, signs or other requirements
as it shall deem necessary to protect adjacent and nearby properties.
(23)
All child-care centers must be licensed by the
New Jersey Department of Human Services.
G. Family day-care homes, subject to the terms set forth in the family day-care home definition in §
101-1.
[Added 11-10-2011 by Ord. No. 0-11-13]
H. Home occupations and professional offices, subject to the standards found in §
101-13.5.
[Added 8-12-1998 by Ord. No. 0-98-19]
I. Necessary public utilities and services pursuant to §
101-13.6.
[Added 10-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-13]
Except for structures for agricultural uses,
such as silos or water towers, or for permitted public utility uses,
such as towers and power lines, or for common decorative features
of public or quasi-public structures, such as church steeples and
cupolas, no structure shall exceed 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet in
height.
No residential structure shall be erected in
the R-200 Rural Zone which has a habitable floor area of less than
750 square feet exclusive of porches, garages or cellars, except as
provided elsewhere in this chapter for converted single-family dwellings.
There shall be a minimum distance of 60 feet
between any structure or building and the center line of any public
street or the center line of any private road, easement or way which
is used, owned or otherwise accessible to two or more properties or
property owners by means of deed covenant, easement, past usage or
mutual agreement and which is the sole or principal means of access
to two or more properties in separate ownership, provided that no
setback shall in any case be less than 40 feet when measured from
the front property line.
In the R-200 Rural Zone the minimum lot frontage
shall be 200 feet.
[Added 11-11-1985 by Ord. No. 0-85-24]
Existing cluster residential development lots
within the R-200 Zone established before June 17, 1985, shall hereinafter
be regulated by the following standards:
A. Fifteen thousand square feet shall be the minimum
lot area for a residential lot.
B. The minimum lot frontage shall not be less than 100
feet, unless a lot adjoins a cul-de-sac or is on a curved roadway
alignment, in which case the minimum lot width of 100 feet shall be
measured at the front setback line.
C. The front setback when measured from the front property
line shall not be less than 40 feet.
D. The minimum side yard shall not be less than 15 feet.
E. The minimum rear yard shall not be less than 30 feet.
F. The land area which would otherwise be required for
house lots but which is not so used under the permitted lot-size-reduction
provisions of this section shall be devoted instead to common open
space.
G. The tract to be subdivided shall be not less than
50 acres in area.
H. The average lot area shall not be less than 25,000
square feet, and no lot area shall be less than 15,000 square feet.
I. No less than 20% (less existing and proposed public
road rights-of-way) shall be devoted to common open space.
J. Within the subdivision, primary or arterial streets
shall be 60 feet in width and local streets should be 50 feet in width.
K. The subdivision shall be serviced by public water
and sewer systems.