[Added 5-1-1979 by Ord. No. 0-79-7]
In the OB-1 Office Business Zone, no land shall
be used and no structure shall be erected, altered or occupied for
any purpose except the following:
A.
General corporate, administrative and professional
offices.
B.
Computer centers.
C.
Training centers for business and professional office
personnel.
D.
All farm and agricultural activities, including nurseries and small animals and livestock raising, in accordance with the standards of § 101-15A.
E.
Seminary uses, provided that such use is for the education
and training of clergymen of a recognized religious institution.
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:
(3)
Accessory buildings shall be set back a minimum of
25 feet to side and rear property lines and other buildings.
(4)
The maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.125, and the
maximum impervious coverage shall be 40%.
(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 streets. 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.
The minimum land area for the Office Business
Zone shall be five acres.
There shall be a total aggregate of side yards
on each lot equal to 80 feet. No side yard shall be less than 30 feet
in width.
Upon every lot there shall be a front yard or
setback of not less than 100 feet from the street line. The parking
space permitted therein shall not exceed space for 25 cars, and parking
space or outdoor loading facilities for trucks shall not be permitted.
Upon every lot there shall be a rear yard of
not less than 50 feet.
Wherever any property line bounding any lot
in the Office Business Zone coincides with or lies within 50 feet
of the boundary of a residence or PMUD Zone, any required side or
rear yard lying along such property line shall be increased by 50
feet.
A minimum lot width or frontage of 500 feet
shall be provided on all lots fronting on certain streets or roads.
All streets and roads upon which such minimum frontages are required
shall be so indicated on the Zoning Map.
Not more than 25% of the total lot area shall
be covered by buildings or enclosed structures on any lot used for
a use which is permitted in the Office Business Zone.
No such building shall exceed 2 1/2 stories
or 35 feet in height, except that where any part of any structure
exceeds 35 feet in height, the distance from the intersection with
the ground of the vertical plane or projection thereof of such higher
portion of any structure to any lot line shall be equal to twice the
total height of such structure, provided that such distance shall
be not less than other minimum front, side or rear setback distances
required in this article.
There shall be a minimum floor area of 10,000
square feet in the principal structure.
Adequate parking facilities for the employees
of any establishment shall be provided upon the property in which
such establishment is located, except that common parking facilities
for the employees of two or more establishments may be substituted,
provided that:
A.
Such facilities shall not be farther than 800 feet
from any participating establishment.
B.
Such facilities shall not be nearer than 100 feet
to any road for which a minimum one-hundred-foot setback has been
established for structures fronting thereon.
C.
Not more than two entrances or exits shall be provided
on such street, except that this number may be increased to not more
than six with the approval of the Planning Board.
D.
No parking lot or loading area shall be nearer to
the boundary of any residential zone than 50 feet, except that this
distance may be reduced to not less than 25 feet if a planting screen
at least 15 feet wide consisting of trees and shrubbery is planted
and maintained parallel to the zone boundary.
The maximum improvement coverage for all Office
Business Zone uses shall be 50%.
