For site plan approval, the approving board
shall:
A. Determine that there is appropriate provision for
access facilities adequate for the estimated traffic from public streets
and sidewalks so as to assure the public safety and to avoid traffic
congestion. Vehicular entrances and exits shall be clearly visible
from the street.
B. Determine that there are fully adequate parking areas
and off-street truck loading spaces, in conformity with this chapter
and all other pertinent ordinances, for the anticipated number of
occupants, employees and persons and that the layout of the parking
spaces, truck loading spaces and interior driveways is convenient
and conducive to safe operation.
C. Require either suitable planting or fencing, not less
than six feet high, along side lot and rear lot lines adjacent to
residential uses or zones.
D. Where the installation of outdoor floodlighting or
spotlighting is intended, determine that such lighting will not shine
directly on any abutting property.
E. Give full consideration to the size, scope, extent
and character of the use desired and assure itself that such request
is consistent with the plan for future land use in Rahway.
F. Make certain that the proposed use is reasonable in
terms of the logical, efficient and economical extension of public
services and facilities, such as public water, sewers, police and
fire protection, transportation and public schools. Developers shall
be required to pay their pro rata share of public improvements required
to be installed or updated as a result of approval by the Planning
Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Rahway.
[Amended 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. O-26-01]
G. Guide the development of highway frontage insofar
as possible so as to limit the total number of access points, reduce
the need for on-street parking and encourage the frontage of buildings
on parallel marginal roads or on roads perpendicular to the highway,
in order to protect major highways from undue congestion and hazard.
H. Impose such conditions, in addition to those required, as are necessary to assure that the intent of Chapter
421, Zoning, and site plan review requirements are complied with and that the use of the property adjacent to the area included in the proposed change or plan is adequately safeguarded, which conditions may include, but are not limited to, harmonious design of buildings, aesthetics, planting and its maintenance as a sight or sound screen, landscaping, hours of operation, lighting, numbers of persons involved, noise, sanitation, safety, smoke and fume control and the minimizing of toxic, noxious, offensive or hazardous elements. Each use shall be further subject to the applicable conditions and safeguards which are stipulated in this article. For the Central Business District Redevelopment Area, the streetscape details illustrated in the "Downtown Rahway Plan Book," prepared by the Cavendish Partnership, a Division of Dufresne-Henry, North Springfield, Vermont and Banwell Architects, Lebanon, New Hampshire, in February 1999, shall be incorporated into the design of any proposed facility.
[Amended 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. O-26-01]