[Amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No. 666]
No use shall be permitted in the zoning district in which it is proposed, other than uses listed below as "uses permitted by right," uses listed below as "conditional uses" and accessory uses normally incidental to the uses and the conditional uses as listed below. Conditional uses and accessory uses thereto may only be permitted in accordance with §
212-67, Conditional uses. The Planning Board shall decide questions of interpretation of the use lists. No use or occupancy of any building, structure or land shall hereafter be changed to a different use or occupancy and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered, unless it conforms to all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located, except as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 2-10-1999 by Ord. No. 647; 10-27-1999 by Ord. No. 666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 768]
Uses permitted by right in the Agricultural
District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(1) General purpose agriculture.
(2) Kennels and animal hospitals.
(5) Parks, playgrounds, playfields and similar open land
recreational uses.
(6) Water, forest, or wildlife conservation area and uses.
(7) Commercial stables and riding academies.
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted
principal use:
(1) Any use customarily incidental to a permitted principal
use, including:
(h)
Mobile home: emergency use for a maximum of
one year.
(j)
Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
C. Conditional uses:
(2) Hunting, trap and skeet clubs.
(3) Tennis clubs; public or nonprofit swimming clubs.
(4) Multifamily migrant labor housing.
(5) Churches, chapels and parish homes.
(6) Public utility uses, except generating or maintenance
buildings; and yards.
(7) Intensive fowl or livestock farms.
(12) Public utility maintenance building and yards.
[Amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No. 666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No.
768]
Uses permitted by right in the Rural Residential
1 and Rural Residential 2 Districts shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(1) General purpose agriculture. No farm animals may be
stabled or manure stored nearer than 100 feet to a property line.
(4) Parks, playgrounds, playfields and similar open land
recreational uses.
(5) Water, forest, or wildlife conservation area and uses.
(6) Churches, chapels and parish homes.
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted
principal use:
(1) Any use customarily incidental to a permitted principal
use, including:
(g)
Mobile home: emergency use for a maximum of
one year.
(i)
Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
[Amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No. 666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No.
768]
Uses permitted by right in the LR Low-Density
Residential District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(3) Parks, playgrounds, playfields and similar open land
recreational uses.
(4) Water, forest, or wildlife conservation area and uses.
(5) Churches, chapels and parish homes.
(6) Water, forest, or wildlife conservation area and uses.
(7) Municipal buildings and public educational, civic
or cultural buildings and uses.
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted
principal use:
(1) Any use customarily incidental to a permitted principal
use, including:
(g)
Mobile home: emergency use for a maximum of
one year.
(i)
Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
C. Conditional uses:
(1) Tennis clubs; public or nonprofit swimming clubs.
(2) Public utility uses, except generating or maintenance
building; and yards.
(3) General purpose agriculture: five acres or greater.
(4) Private educational institutions.
(5) Nonprofit auditoriums, libraries, museums, and similar
nonprofit agricultural uses.
(6) Hospitals and auxiliary extended-care facilities.
(7) Headquarters of public use buildings belonging to
nonprofit corporations or associations.
(8) Clubs, lodges, and assembly halls.
(9) Nonmunicipal government office buildings.
[Amended 5-20-1985 by Ord. No. 393; 10-27-1999 by Ord. No.
666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 768]
Uses permitted by right in the MHR Medium-High-Density
Residential District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(3) Parks, playgrounds, playfields and similar open land
recreational uses.
(4) Churches, chapels and parish homes.
(5) Water, forest, or wildlife conservation area and uses.
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted
principal use:
(1) Any use customarily incidental to a permitted principal
use, including:
(g)
Mobile home: emergency use for a maximum of
one year.
(i)
Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
C. Conditional uses:
(1) Public utility uses, except generating or maintenance
building; and yards.
(2) Private educational institutions.
(3) Nonprofit auditoriums, libraries, museums, and similar
nonprofit agricultural uses.
(4) Headquarters of public use buildings belonging to
nonprofit corporations or associations.
(5) Clubs, lodges, and assembly halls.
[Amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No. 666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No.
768]
Uses permitted by right in the HR High-Density
Residential District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(3) Parks, playgrounds, playfields and similar open land
recreational uses.
(4) Water, forest or wildlife conservation, areas and
uses.
(5) Municipal buildings and public educational, civic
or cultural buildings and uses.
(6) Churches, chapels and parish houses.
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted
principal use:
(1) Any use customarily incidental to a permitted principal
use, including:
(g)
Mobile home: emergency use for a maximum of
one year.
(i)
Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
C. Conditional uses:
(1) Public utility uses, except generating or maintenance
building; and yards.
(2) Private educational institutions.
(3) Nonprofit auditoriums, libraries, museums, and similar
nonprofit agricultural uses.
(4) Headquarters of public use buildings belonging to
nonprofit corporations or associations.
(5) Clubs, lodges, and assembly halls.
(7) Multifamily housing: limited to duplex units.
[Amended 3-24-1999 by Ord. No. 652; 10-27-1999 by Ord. No.
666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 768]
Uses permitted by right in the LC Light Commercial
District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(2) Municipal buildings and public educational, civic
or cultural buildings and uses.
(3) Churches, chapels and parish houses.
(4) Professional or business office, agencies and studios.
(5) Retail stores not exceeding 5,000 square feet gross
floor area.
(6) Personal service and minor repair stores and shops;
self-service laundries.
(7) Banks and similar financial institutions.
(9) Medical or dental clinics or laboratories.
(11) Electronic stores.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
(12) Furniture stores.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
(13) Antique shops.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
(14) Sporting good stores.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
(15) Any use not specifically listed above, but which is substantially
similar in purpose, function, character and effect to any one of the
uses listed above, as determined by the Carneys Point Township Planning
Board.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted
principal use:
(5) Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
C. Conditional uses:
(1) Public utility uses, except generating or maintenance
building; and yards.
(2) Kennels and animal hospitals.
(3) Private educational institutions.
(4) Nonprofit auditoriums, libraries, museums and similar
nonprofit agricultural uses.
(5) Headquarters of public use buildings belonging to
nonprofit corporations or associations.
(7) Retail stores exceeding 5,000 square feet of gross
floor area.
(8) Gasoline service stations or garages.
(9) Indoor commercial recreations.
(10)
Laundry, dry-cleaning or clothes-pressing establishments.
(11)
Motels, hotels, rooming and boarding houses.
(13)
Motor vehicle sales agencies.
(14)
General service, supply and contractors shops.
(15)
Wholesale establishments, lumber and building
supply yards.
(16) Neighborhood shopping centers.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
(17) Medical cannabis dispensaries, cannabis retailers, cannabis delivery services and cannabis testing facilities in accordance with §§
212-48.6 and
212-67.
[Added 7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 983; amended 6-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1004]
[Amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No. 666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No.
768]
Uses permitted by right in the GC General Commercial
District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(2) Municipal buildings and public educational, civic
or cultural buildings and uses.
(3) Churches, chapels and parish houses.
(4) Professional or business office, agencies and studios.
(5) Retail stores not exceeding 5,000 square feet of gross
floor area.
(6) Personal service and minor repair stores and shops;
self-service laundries.
(8) Medical or dental clinics or laboratories.
(10)
Wholesale establishments, lumber and building
supply yards.
(11)
Gasoline service stations or garages.
(12)
Indoor commercial recreation.
(13)
Laundry, dry-cleaning or clothes-pressing establishments.
(16)
Motor vehicles sales agencies.
(17)
General service, supply and contractors shops.
(18) Community shopping centers.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
(19) Compressed natural gas fueling facilities in accordance with §
212-47.
[Added 9-15-2021 by Ord. No. 988]
B. Accessory uses:
(1) One dwelling unit in conjunction with any permitted
or agricultural use in the GC Zone used exclusively for the housing
of caretakers, guards or other custodial employees.
(2) Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
C. Conditional uses:
(1) Tennis clubs; public or nonprofit swimming clubs.
(2) Public utility uses, except generating or maintenance
building; and yards.
(4) Kennels and animal hospitals.
(5) Private educational institutions.
(6) Nonprofit auditoriums, libraries, museums and similar
nonprofit agricultural uses.
(7) Headquarters of public use buildings belonging to
nonprofit corporations or associations.
(8) Clubs, lodges and assembly halls.
(10) Medical cannabis dispensaries, cannabis retailers, cannabis delivery services and cannabis testing facilities in accordance with §§
212-48.6 and
212-67.
[Added 7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 983; amended 6-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1004]
[Amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No. 666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No.
768]
Uses permitted by right in the GC-R General
Commercial-Redevelopment District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(2) Municipal buildings and public educational, civic
or cultural buildings and uses.
(3) Professional or business offices, agencies and studios.
(4) Retail stores not exceeding 5,000 square feet of gross
floor area.
(5) Personal service and minor repair stores and shops,
self-service laundries.
(6) Banks and similar financial institutions.
(8) Medical or dental clinics or laboratories.
(9) Wholesale establishments, lumber and building supply
yards.
(10)
Indoor commercial recreation not exceeding 5,000
square feet of gross floor area.
(11)
Laundry, dry-cleaning or clothes-pressing establishments.
(12) Community shopping centers, subject to the review and approval of
the Solicitor for the Carneys Point Township Planning Board.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
B. There shall be no conditional uses.
C. Accessory uses.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
(1) Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 10-27-1999 by Ord.
No. 666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 768; 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871; 7-20-2016 by Ord. No. 919]
Uses permitted by right in the LI-R Light Industrial-Redevelopment
and LI Light Industrial District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(1) Public utility and public maintenance buildings or yards, except
generating buildings.
(2) Experimental, research or testing laboratories.
(3) Wholesalers or distributors, baking, flour and dairy processing.
(4) Assembly, fabrication, processing, packaging or treatment of the
following previously prepared materials: bone, cork, horn, paper,
pharmaceuticals, plastics, metals, stones, wood, tobacco, textiles
or perfumes.
(5) Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties, electrical or
electronic devices, domestic or commercial appliances and instruments;
dental and medical equipment and timing devices.
(6) Warehouse and distribution centers, provided that no goods are sold
retail from the premises. All items are to be stored within a completely
enclosed building. The warehousing or storage of hazardous chemicals
is prohibited.
(7) Professional or business offices, agencies and studios, medical or
dental clinics or laboratories.
(8) Retail stores, banks and similar financial institutions, restaurants
and taverns.
(9) Wholesale establishments, lumber and building supply yards.
(10)
Indoor commercial recreations not exceeding 5,000 square feet
of gross floor area.
(11)
Laundry, dry-cleaning or clothes-pressing establishments, and
self-service laundries.
(13)
Motor vehicle sales agencies.
(14)
Private educational institutions.
(15)
Nonprofit auditoriums, libraries, museums and similar nonprofit
cultural uses.
(16)
Headquarters or public use buildings belonging to nonprofit
corporations or associations.
B. Conditional uses shall be as follows; subject to the same maximum-minimum
standards listed in the Schedule of District Regulations:
(1) Personal service and minor repair stores and shops, garage in accordance with §
212-48.4.
(2) Gasoline service stations and public garage in accordance with §
212-47 or garages in accordance with §
212-48.2.
(4) Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
D.
(5) Medical cannabis dispensaries, cannabis retailers, medical cannabis wholesalers, cannabis wholesalers, medical cannabis distributors, cannabis distributors, medical cannabis manufacturers, cannabis manufacturers, medical cannabis cultivators, cannabis cultivators, cannabis delivery services and cannabis testing facilities in accordance with §§
212-48.6 and
212-67.
[Added 7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 983; amended 6-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1004]
C. Accessory uses.
(1) Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 4-22-1998 by Ord. No. 628; amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No.
666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 768]
Uses permitted by right in the GI-R General
Industrial-Redevelopment District shall be:
A. Principal uses.
(1) Public utility and public maintenance buildings or
yards, except those involving nuclear by-products and materials.
(2) Experimental, research, biotechnology or testing laboratories
and/or educational facilities.
(3) Assembly, fabrication, processing, packaging or treatment
of the following previously prepared materials: bone, cork, horn,
paper, pharmaceuticals, plastics, metals, stones, wood, tobacco, textiles
or perfumes.
(4) Manufactured materials except tobacco or tobacco by-products.
(5) Chemical industry:
(b)
Plastic materials and resins.
(c)
Industrial inorganic chemicals.
(d)
Industrial organic chemicals.
(e)
Agricultural chemicals including ethanol facilities.
(6) Fabricated metals, electronic and electrical components,
plastics and rubber products and transportation equipment:
(a)
Fabricated metals.
[2]
Fabricated structural metal products.
[3]
Metal forgings and stampings.
[4]
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products.
[5]
Screw machine products, bolts, etc.
[6]
Plating, polishing and metal coating services.
(b)
Electronic and electrical components.
[1]
Electronic components (such as semiconductors)
and accessories.
[2]
Electric lighting and wiring equipment.
[3]
Miscellaneous electrical equipment.
(c)
Plastics and rubber products.
[1]
Miscellaneous plastics products (such as plastic
pipes, bottles, foam products, plastic film and sheets).
[2]
Miscellaneous rubber products.
[3]
Hose, belting and gaskets.
(d)
Transportation.
[1]
Motor vehicles parts industry.
[3]
Boat building (excluding ship-building).
(7) Textile mills.
(b)
Miscellaneous textile goods.
(c)
Broad woven fabric mills (cotton).
(8) Industrial machinery, instruments.
(a)
Industrial machinery.
[1]
Computer and office equipment.
[2]
Miscellaneous industrial machinery.
[3]
General industrial machinery.
[4]
Special industry machinery.
[6]
Refrigeration and service machinery.
[7]
Construction and related machinery.
(b)
Instruments.
[1]
Measuring and controlling devices.
[2]
Search and navigation equipment.
(9) Manufacturing industries associated with stone, clay
and glass products.
(10)
Transportation equipment cleaning industry.
B. Conditional uses.
[Amended 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
(1) Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
D.
C. Accessory uses.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
(1) Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 4-22-1998 by Ord. No. 628; amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No.
666; 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 768]
Uses permitted by right in the IC Interchange
Commercial District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(1) Bank and financial institutions.
(2) Convention or conference center.
(4) Industrial office parks, light manufacturing and manufacturing.
(5) Warehouse and distribution centers, provided that
no goods are sold retail from the premises. All items are to be stored
within a completely enclosed building. The warehousing or storage
of hazardous chemicals is prohibited.
(6) Offices for administrative, business, education or
executive services.
(7) Indoor commercial health and recreation.
(8) Offices of a public utility not involving the retail
sale of goods.
(9) An office building with 5,000 square feet or more
of gross floor area may utilize a portion of the first floor, not
exceeding 25% of the gross floor area of the office building, for
types of retail trade which are ancillary to the office use and/or
service office workers. Such retail use must be located on the first
floor of the office building and shall not be permitted in a separate
building on the site. The type of retail uses permitted includes:
(a)
Restaurants and luncheonettes, but not including
drive-in restaurants or restaurants which depend largely on take-out
service for off-premises consumption.
(b)
Delicatessens, bakeries and confectionery stores,
self-service food markets (supermarkets) or meat and poultry markets.
(c)
Personal service establishments such as barbershops,
beauty shops, tailoring and dressmaking shops and dry-cleaning shops,
but not including self-service laundries, dancing and music schools,
day nurseries or radio, television or appliance repair shops.
(d)
Other retail uses which are normally and/or
continually utilized by offices and office workers during normal working
hours and do not primarily serve the non-office worker and/or evening
shopper.
(10)
Regional and community shopping centers.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 805]
(11)
Federal, state, county and municipal buildings
and grounds; excluding, however, public schools, parks, playground,
or other public recreational uses or areas.
(13)
Combinations of two or more of the above permitted
uses in one building.
(14) Compressed natural gas fueling facilities in accordance with §
212-47.
[Added 9-15-2021 by Ord. No. 988]
B. Accessory uses located on the same lot with a permitted
principal use:
(5) Private garage spaces necessary to store or repair
any vehicle associated with a permitted principal use on the premises.
(6) Restaurant, cafeteria or luncheonette for the exclusive
use of employees, permitted only as an accessory use and within the
same principal building as a permitted use.
(9) Other customary accessory uses, buildings or structures,
which are clearly incidental to the principal use(s) and building(s).
(10) Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 871]
C. Conditional uses:
(3) Automobile services stations.
(5) Medical cannabis dispensaries, cannabis retailers, medical cannabis wholesalers, cannabis wholesalers, medical cannabis distributors, cannabis distributors, medical cannabis manufacturers, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis delivery services and cannabis testing facilities in accordance with §§
212-48.6 and
212-67.
[Added 7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 983; amended 6-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1004]
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 768]
All uses and structures existing in the Open
Space District as of the date of the adoption of this Ordinance shall
be permitted to continue in the Open Space District as nonconforming
uses and/or structures. No new uses and/or structures shall be permitted
in the Open Space District.
[Amended 10-27-1999 by Ord. No. 666]
No building may be erected, altered or used,
and no lot or premises may be used, for any trade, industry or business
that is noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas,
vibration, illumination or noise or that constitutes a public hazard,
whether by fire, explosion or otherwise.
[Added 2-5-2020 by Ord.
No. 954]
Uses permitted by right in the IA1 Inclusionary Apartment 1
Overlay District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(1)
Multifamily apartments: A maximum of 24 additional units.
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted principal
use:
(1)
Any use customarily incidental to a permitted principal use,
including:
(h)
Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
(i)
Parks, playgrounds, playfields and similar open land recreational
uses.
(j)
Water, forest or wildlife conservation, areas and uses.
C. Required income restriction. In any IA1 District, at least 15% of the total number of proposed dwellings shall be affordable to low-, very-low- and moderate-income households if the affordable units are to be rental units. If the affordable units are to be for-sale units, then 20% of the total number of proposed dwellings shall be affordable to low-, very-low-, and moderate-income households. Affordable units shall be restricted, regulated, and administered in accordance with the Township's affordable housing regulations, the Uniform Housing Affordability Control Rules ("UHAC") (N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.) and the New Jersey Fair Housing Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.), including the Fair Housing Act's definition of very-low-income households and all other provisions of the Township's Affordable Housing Ordinance, Chapter
4.
[Amended 4-6-2022 by Ord. No. 992; 10-5-2022 by Ord. No. 1010]
D. Bulk standards.
(1)
Tract standards.
(a)
Minimum tract area: 10 acres.
(b)
Minimum tract frontage: 100 feet.
(c)
Tract perimeter setbacks: No building shall be located closer
than 50 feet to an arterial road, 35 feet to any other street, and
25 feet to any other property line. No parking area or driveway, except
for access to and from a public street, shall be located closer than
25 feet to the perimeter boundary line of the tract.
(3)
Maximum building coverage: 30%.
(4)
Maximum impervious coverage: 65%.
(5)
Maximum number of dwellings per building shall not exceed 12.
(6)
Minimum separation distances between buildings. No orientation
of the buildings shall place the front of a building facing the rear
of another building.
(a)
Minimum distance of front of building to front: 60 feet.
(b)
Minimum distance of front of building to side: 40 feet.
(c)
Minimum distance of side of building to rear: 40 feet.
(d)
Minimum distance of rear of building to rear: 50 feet.
(e)
Minimum distance of side of building to side: 20 feet.
(7)
Additional building dimensions.
(a)
Maximum building length: 240 feet.
(b)
Maximum residential building height: three stories or 45 feet.
(c)
Maximum height community center: 1.5 stories or 28 feet.
(d)
Maximum height for maintenance or other buildings: one story
or 18 feet.
(8)
Building setbacks from parking spaces, driveways and private
streets. Measured from the curb or edge of paving to the closest point
of the building, shall be a minimum of 10 feet.
E. Buffers and berms. Landscaping buffers are required to minimize and
visually screen any adverse impacts or nuisances on a site or from
an adjacent property. Berms may be used to achieve buffering effects
in accordance with the regulations herein.
(1)
Landscaping buffers shall consist of a combination of deciduous
trees, conifers, shrubs, berms, and if appropriate, fences or walls
in sufficient quantities and sizes to perform their necessary screening
function.
(2)
Buffers may be installed in required yard areas. Buffers shall
be continuous except for access drives as approved by the board of
jurisdiction. Stormwater management facilities, parking, dumpster
enclosures, accessory buildings or aboveground structures, and similar
encroachments shall not be permitted in the required buffer area.
(3)
The minimum width of landscape buffer shall be 20 feet. For
all buffers 25 feet or less, a solid fence six feet in height shall
be included with landscaping with the exception of street frontage,
at which a three-foot-high fence shall be incorporated.
(4)
Existing vegetation may substitute for some or all of the required
plantings and may be accepted in lieu of new plantings at the discretion
of the Planning or Zoning Board.
[Added 2-5-2020 by Ord.
No. 954]
Uses permitted by right in the IA2 Inclusionary Apartment 2
District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(1)
Multifamily apartments: A maximum of 48 additional units.
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted principal
use:
(1)
Any use customarily incidental to a permitted principal use,
including:
(h)
Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
(i)
Parks, playgrounds, playfields and similar open land recreational
uses.
(j)
Water, forest or wildlife conservation, areas and uses.
C. Required income restriction. In any IA2 District, at least 15% of the total number of proposed dwellings shall be affordable to low-, very-low- and moderate-income households if the affordable units are to be rental units. If the affordable units are to be for-sale units, then 20% of the total number of proposed dwellings shall be affordable to low-, very-low-, and moderate-income households. Affordable units shall be restricted, regulated, and administered in accordance with the Township's affordable housing regulations, the Uniform Housing Affordability Control Rules ("UHAC") (N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.) and the New Jersey Fair Housing Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.), including the Fair Housing Act's definition of very-low-income households and all other provisions of the Township's Affordable Housing Ordinance, Chapter
4.
[Amended 4-6-2022 by Ord. No. 992; 10-5-2022 by Ord. No. 1010]
D. Bulk standards.
(1)
Tract standards.
(a)
Minimum tract area: 10 acres.
(b)
Minimum tract frontage: 100 feet.
(c)
Tract perimeter setbacks. No building shall be located closer
than 50 feet to an arterial road, 35 feet to any other street, and
25 feet to any other property line. No parking area or driveway, except
for access to and from a public street, shall be located closer than
25 feet to the perimeter boundary line of the tract.
(3)
Maximum building coverage: 30%.
(4)
Maximum impervious coverage: 65%.
(5)
Maximum number of dwellings per building shall not exceed 12.
(6)
Minimum separation distances between buildings. No orientation
of the buildings shall place the front of a building facing the rear
of another building.
(a)
Minimum distance of front of building to front: 60 feet.
(b)
Minimum distance of front of building to side: 40 feet.
(c)
Minimum distance of side of building to rear: 40 feet.
(d)
Minimum distance of rear of building to rear: 50 feet.
(e)
Minimum distance of side of building to side: 20 feet.
(7)
Additional building dimensions.
(a)
Maximum building length: 240 feet.
(b)
Maximum residential building height: three stories or 45 feet.
(c)
Maximum height community center: 1.5 stories or 28 feet.
(d)
Maximum height for maintenance or other buildings: one story
or 18 feet.
(8)
Building setbacks from parking spaces, driveways and private
streets. Measured from the curb or edge of paving to the closest point
of the building, shall be a minimum of 10 feet.
E. Buffers and berms. Landscaping buffers are required to minimize and
visually screen any adverse impacts or nuisances on a site or from
an adjacent property. Berms may be used to achieve buffering effects
in accordance with the regulations herein.
(1)
Landscaping buffers shall consist of a combination of deciduous
trees, conifers, shrubs, berms, and if appropriate, fences or walls
in sufficient quantities and sizes to perform their necessary screening
function.
(2)
Buffers may be installed in required yard areas. Buffers shall
be continuous except for access drives as approved by the board of
jurisdiction. Stormwater management facilities, parking, dumpster
enclosures, accessory buildings or aboveground structures, and similar
encroachments shall not be permitted in the required buffer area.
(3)
The minimum width of landscape buffer shall be 20 feet. For
all buffers 25 feet or less, a solid fence six feet in height shall
be included with landscaping with the exception of street frontage,
at which a three-foot-high fence shall be incorporated.
(4)
Existing vegetation may substitute for some or all of the required
plantings and may be accepted in lieu of of new plantings at the discretion
of the Planning or Zoning Board.
[Added 2-5-2020 by Ord.
No. 954]
Uses permitted by right in the IF Inclusionary Family Residence
District shall be:
A. Principal uses:
(1)
Single-family detached dwellings.
B. Accessory uses, located on the same lot with a permitted principal
use:
(1)
Any use customarily incidental to a permitted principal use,
including:
(g)
Mobile home: emergency use for a maximum of one year.
(i)
Renewable energy facilities in accordance with §
212-48.5B and
C.
(j)
Parks, playgrounds, playfields and similar open land recreational
uses.
(k)
Water, forest or wildlife conservation, areas and uses.
C. Required income restriction. In any IF District, at least 15% of the total number of proposed dwellings shall be affordable to low-, very-low-, and moderate-income households if the affordable units are to be rental units. If the affordable units are to be for-sale units, then 20% of the total number of proposed dwellings shall be affordable to low-, very-low-, and moderate-income households. Affordable units shall be restricted, regulated, and administered in accordance with the Township's affordable housing regulations, the Uniform Housing Affordability Control Rules ("UHAC") (N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.) and the New Jersey Fair Housing Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.), including the Fair Housing Act's definition of very-low-income households and all other provisions of the Township's Affordable Housing Ordinance, Chapter
4.
[Amended 10-5-2022 by Ord. No. 1010]
D. Bulk standards.
(1)
Tract standards.
(a)
Minimum tract area: 10 acres.
(b)
Minimum lot size: 10,000 square feet.
(c)
Minimum tract frontage: 100 feet.
(d)
Tract perimeter setbacks. No building shall be located closer
than 50 feet to an arterial road, 35 feet to any other street, and
25 feet to any other property line. No parking area or driveway, except
for access to and from a public street, shall be located closer than
25 feet to the perimeter boundary line of the tract.
(2)
Density Limitations: six dwelling units per acre.
[Amended 5-6-2020 by Ord.
No. 956]
(3)
Maximum building coverage: 30%.
(4)
Maximum impervious coverage: 65%.
(5)
Maximum number of dwellings per building shall not exceed six.
(6)
Minimum separation distances between buildings. No orientation
of the buildings shall place the front of a building facing the rear
of another building.
(a)
Minimum distance of front of building to front: 60 feet.
(b)
Minimum distance of front of building to side: 40 feet.
(c)
Minimum distance of side of building to rear: 40 feet.
(d)
Minimum distance of rear of building to rear: 50 feet.
(e)
Minimum distance of side of building to side: 20 feet.
(7)
Additional building dimensions.
(a)
Maximum building length: 240 feet.
(b)
Maximum residential building height: three stories or 45 feet.
(c)
Maximum height community center: 1.5 stories or 28 feet.
(d)
Maximum height for maintenance or other buildings: one story
or 18 feet.
(8)
Building setbacks from parking spaces, driveways and private
streets. Measured from the curb or edge of paving to the closest point
of the building, shall be a minimum of 10 feet.
E. Buffers and berms. Landscaping buffers are required to minimize and
visually screen any adverse impacts or nuisances on a site or from
an adjacent property. Berms may be used to achieve buffering effects
in accordance with the regulations herein.
(1)
Landscaping buffers shall consist of a combination of deciduous
trees, conifers, shrubs, berms, and if appropriate, fences or walls
in sufficient quantities and sizes to perform their necessary screening
function.
(2)
Buffers may be installed in required yard areas. Buffers shall
be continuous except for access drives as approved by the board of
jurisdiction. Stormwater management facilities, parking, dumpster
enclosures, accessory buildings or aboveground structures, and similar
encroachments shall not be permitted in the required buffer area.
(3)
The minimum width of landscape buffer shall be 20 feet. For
all buffers 25 feet or less, a solid fence six feet in height shall
be included with landscaping with the exception of street frontage,
at which a three-foot-high fence shall be incorporated.
(4)
Existing vegetation may substitute for some or all of the required
plantings and may be accepted in lieu of new plantings at the discretion
of the Planning or Zoning Board.
[Amended 8-1-2007 by Ord. No. 798]
The maximum-minimum building standards as set
forth in the Schedule of District Regulations are hereby adopted by
reference and declared to be part of this chapter. The side and rear lot line setbacks required for sheds
(garden-type utility sheds and similar structures) in residential
districts are three feet. All other accessory uses shall be governed
by the Schedule of District Regulations.
No lot shall be smaller in area, width or depth
than the minimum lot area, width and depth requirements for the zoning
district in which it is located, as shown on the Zoning Map and the
Schedule of District Regulations.
No yard shall have a horizontal dimension, measured according to directions contained in §
212-3, less than the minimum yard dimensions specified for the zoning district in which such lot is located as shown on the Zoning Map and the Schedule of District Regulations.
No structure on a lot shall exceed the maximum
height, no dwelling unit shall be smaller in habitable floor area,
and no aggregate of buildings on a lot shall exceed the coverage,
for the zoning district in which such lot is located as specified
on the Zoning Map and the Schedule of District Regulations.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 767]
The areas delineated as freshwater wetlands
on the Carneys Point Township Zoning Map prepared by Ron Rukenstein
and Associates and dated August 11, 2005, shall be presumptively determined
to be freshwater wetlands subject to all statutory and regulatory
provisions pertaining to freshwater wetlands in the State of New Jersey.
An interested party may appeal to the Carneys Point Planning Board
the determination that freshwater wetlands are located on a particular
parcel of real estate. Furthermore, in the event that a freshwater
wetlands boundary line cannot be definitively determined, the Carneys
Point Township Planning Board may, upon proper application, consider
any information submitted by the property owner and/or applicant in
order to determine whether or not the questioned property is subject
to the statutory and regulatory provisions pertaining to freshwater
wetlands.