City of Somers Point, NJ GB General Business District

Retail stores and shops; banks and financial institutions; fully enclosed restaurants; craft shops; barbershops and beauty parlors; studios for artists or photographers and sculptors; indoor health club, squash or racquetball facilities; family billiard parlor; indoor recreational facilities; indoor cinema; delicatessens; retail bakery; taverns; dinner theaters, theaters for the performing arts or other cultural facilities; electronic appliance and other service shops; nursery and garden centers; dry cleaning/laundry establishments; factory authorized new automobile sales, agencies and services, including repair shop adjacent to and in connection therewith, including new and used car lots; automobile repair shops. Storage of motor vehicles is permitted, provided that the vehicles have up-to-date inspection stickers and registration and are properly fenced from view and located in the rear of the property.

General, corporate, administrative and professional offices.

Nursing homes, convalescent facilities, continuing-care facilities or such similar use and including, as accessory uses, out-patient facilities, medical and dental offices and clinics, pediatric centers or similar medical uses, provided that such accessory uses constitute less than 50% of the total gross floor of all buildings on the lot or premises and provided that the following requirements are met. It is recognized that projects involving nursing homes, convalescent homes and continuing-care facilities will involve a Coastal Area Facilities Review Act (CAFRA) permit from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (NJDEPE). Therefore, where regulations and standards of this chapter conflict with NJDEPE rules on coastal resources and development, the state rules shall be given every consideration. Such uses shall be subject to the following:

Area and bulk requirements.

Minimum lot size: two acres.

Minimum lot frontage: 200 feet.

Minimum front yard setback: 75 feet from any county right-of-way and 50 feet from any other right-of-way.

Minimum rear and side yard setback: 50 feet.

[5]

Maximum height and limitation: not to exceed 35 feet.

[Amended 5-23-1996 by Ord. No. 8-1996]

[6]

Maximum impervious coverage: 75% of the total lot area.

[7]

Sidewalks: six feet in width.

[8]

Minimum parking setbacks: 35 feet from any county right-of-way; 25 feet from a residential zone; 20 feet from a municipal right-of-way or rear property line; 10 feet from a side property line; and zero feet where cross easements for parking areas are maintained.

Site plan review. All development shall be subject to Article XXII of this chapter of the Code of the City of Somers Point.

Buffering requirements. All development shall be subject to § 114-38 of this article.

Lighting requirements. All development shall be subject to § 114-44 of this article.

Landscaping requirements. All development shall be subject to § 114-38 of this article.

Design standards. All development shall be subject to Article XXIV, Design and Improvement Standards of this chapter of the Code of the City of Somers Point as well as to the following regulations, unless, after due consideration of plans, testimony and other submissions, the municipal agency waives strict compliance with the requirements of this subsection in order to promote the purposes of this article.

Architectural compatibility. Any development shall be constructed in accordance with an overall architectural plan such that the facades, rooflines, architectural detail and landscaping of each building shall be compatible with all other existing or proposed buildings on the site.

Conditions. The municipal agency may impose requirements to control the effect of noise, traffic movement and volume, lighting and/or intensity of such conditional activities on adjacent land uses and may require a sufficient guaranty to ensure compliance with such restrictions or conditions.

Grouping. The principal and accessory buildings shall be arranged in a group or groups such that no building shall be less than 25 feet from any other building.

Utilities. All utilities shall be located underground.

Methadone clinic.

[Added 3-22-2001 by Ord. No. 1-2001]

Accessory uses and buildings. Accessory uses and buildings shall be uses and buildings customarily incidental to the principal uses listed as permitted. They shall be understood to include:

Off-street parking.

Garages to house delivery trucks or other commercial vehicles.

Temporary construction trailers and one sign not exceeding 50 square feet for advertising. The prime contractor, subcontractor(s), architect, financing institution and similar data shall be included on one sign for the period of construction, beginning with the issuance of a building permit for one year, whichever is less, provided that said trailer and sign are on the site where construction is taking place and are set back at least 15 feet from the street to the lot lines.

Appropriate facilities for placement of trash, recycling and garbage and collection and removal thereof, provided that:

The facility is completely enclosed and so constructed that the trash, recycling and garbage shall not be visible to the general public.

Such structure meets the approval of the Construction Official and the Board of Health.

Such facilities fit within the overall project design.

Such facilities are buffered from principal structures, parking facilities and pedestrian and vehicular roadways.

Conditional uses and buildings.

The following uses are permitted as conditional uses pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-3 and 40:55D-67, in this district when authorized by the Planning Board in accordance with the specifications and standards listed below:

Fast-food restaurants.

Gasoline service stations.

Car washes.

General regulations. The following regulations applicable to all uses in this district shall also apply to all conditional uses as permitted in this district, as general regulations and not as special standards applicable only to conditional uses.

Site plan review. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to Article XXII, Site Plan Review, of this chapter of the Code of the City of Somers Point.

Buffering requirements. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-38 of this article.

Lighting requirements. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-44 of this article.

Landscaping requirements. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-38 of this article.

Area and bulk requirements. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-36 of this article.

Minimum floor area requirements. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-37 of this article.

(g)

Off-street parking requirements. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-39 of this article.

(h)

Off-street loading requirements. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-40 of this article.

(i)

Parking and loading waivers. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-41 of this article.

(j)

Signs. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-42 of this article.

(k)

Fences. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-43 of this article.

(l)

Submission requirements. Except as specifically specified and required in this section, all development shall be subject to § 114-45 of this article.

(m)

Design standards. All development shall be subject to Article XXIV, Design and Improvement Standards, of this chapter of the Code of the City of Somers Point as well as to the following regulations.

Architectural compatibility. At the time of site plan approval, preliminary architectural plans and elevations demonstrating the aesthetic and visual impact and character of the proposed nonconditional use in relation to surrounding land uses, shall be submitted by the applicant and approved by the Planning Board. These architectural plans and elevations shall be binding at the time of construction. The Construction Code Official shall verify that the actual construction plans are in substantial conformity with the preliminary architectural plans and elevations submitted by the applicant and approved by the municipal agency. The ultimate builder of the project, whether or not the builder was the applicant, is responsible to ensure that the project, as constructed, is in substantial conformity with the preliminary architectural plans and elevations submitted and approved by the Board.

Utilities. All utilities shall be located underground.

(n)

Trash disposal, recycling and garbage collection and removal. Appropriate facilities shall be provided which meet the following conditions:

The facility shall be completely enclosed and constructed so that the trash, recycling and garbage shall not be visible to the general public.

Such structure shall meet the approval of the Construction Official and the Board of Health.

Such facilities shall fit within the overall project design.

Such facilities shall be buffered from principal structures, parking facilities and pedestrian and vehicular roadways.

Fast-food restaurants are subject to the standards of this chapter, the general requirements of § 114-35C(1)(a) through (n) and to the following regulations:

An application shall satisfy all procedural requirements and standards for site plan review and shall also include appropriate off-tract information to permit the Planning Board to make an informed decision as to whether the requirements set forth below have been met.

A traffic impact study shall be submitted to the reviewing agency as to off-site circulation of motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians.

[Amended 9-24-1992 by Ord. No. 24-1992]

A traffic impact study shall be submitted to the reviewing agency as to on-site circulation of patrons' automobiles, delivery, emergency and service vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians and other users.

[Amended 9-24-1992 by Ord. No. 24-1992]

In addition to the landscaping plans and details that may be required by other sections of this chapter, existing, appropriate on-site vegetation shall be maintained as much as possible.

[Amended 9-24-1992 by Ord. No. 24-1992]

Fast-food restaurants shall satisfy the following tract requirements in addition to requirements otherwise applicable in this zone district:

With no drive-through window, the minimum lot size shall be 1 1/2 acres. There shall also be a minimum of 300 feet of continuous frontage on an arterial road or state highway within the General Business District. In instances involving a corner property, the lot shall have frontage on the arterial road or state highway of no less than 150 feet and combined frontage on both streets of no less than 300 feet.

With a drive-through window, the minimum lot size shall be two acres. There shall also be a minimum of 300 feet of continuous frontage on an arterial road or state highway within the General Business District. In instances involving a corner property, the lot shall have frontage on the arterial road or state highway of no less than 150 feet and combined frontage on both streets of no less than 300 feet.

One parking space shall be provided for every three seats, together with adequate employee parking.

On-tract impervious coverage shall not exceed 75%.[1]

Editor's Note: Former Subsection C(3)(e)[5], establishing distances between fast-food restaurants, as amended 9-24-1992 by Ord. No. 24-1992, and which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted 4-8-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999.

In the event of conflict between the standards above set forth and the standards generally for the General Business District, these specific standards shall apply.

Gasoline service stations shall be subject to the following regulations:

Lot shall be a minimum of 20,000 square feet in area with a minimum lot depth and lot width of 125 feet.

All fuel pumps, appliances and/or pumps shall be located a minimum of 35 feet from the street lines and 25 feet from the side and rear property lines or edge of any required buffer areas so as to permit all services to be performed within the lot lines. All other services shall be performed within an enclosed building.

All fuel tanks shall be installed underground in conformance with NJDEPE regulations.

Driveway requirements.

Driveways shall not be more than 25 feet wide at any point thereof.

There shall be a minimum distance of 30 feet between driveways as measured from the edges of the paved portions. Driveways shall be at least 10 feet from the adjoining property line and at least 20 feet from the street line of any intersecting street.

There shall be a maximum of two driveways on any street.

The entire area of the station or garage or sale area traversed by motor vehicles shall be macadam concrete.

No gasoline selling or service station or area so utilized shall be located within 500 feet of any property upon which a church, hospital, public or parochial school, private school, college, institution or theater shall be located nor shall said gasoline selling or service station be located within 2,000 feet of another gasoline selling or service station. Said distance shall be measured from the property or lot line on which the proposed service station is to be located on a straight line to the property line or lot line on which the church, hospital, public or parochial school, private school, college, institution, theater or gasoline or service station is located.

(g)

Buffer yard, setback, canopies and building requirements:

A buffer yard of not less than 50 feet in width shall be provided for any special use included in this subsection shall be located within 50 feet of any residential zone. This buffer yard shall be used only as a planting strip in which hedge, evergreens, shrubbery or other suitable planting shall be provided and maintained with a visual screen year round.

The walls of any building shall be set back a minimum 25 feet from every adjoining property line or required buffer yard and a minimum of 50 feet from a street right-of-way.

Roof overhangs attached to or extending from the buildings shall not extend more than five feet from said building.

Building requirement. A maximum of 20% of the area of each lot shall be occupied by buildings. No main building shall exceed one story in height. Detached canopies shall not exceed 18 feet in height.

(h)

All lubrication, repair, maintenance or similar activities shall be performed within a completely enclosed building. In addition thereto, all displays and sale of merchandise shall be made or sold within a completely enclosed building, except as specifically provided or allowed under the terms of this chapter.

(i)

Sufficient parking space for all vehicles of employees and patrons shall be provided, with a minimum of five spaces in any event, with the total number of spaces computed on the basis of three spaces for each lift, wheel alignment pit, bay or similar work area, which spaces shall be separate from the driveway and general apron areas giving access to the air pumps, gasoline pumps and garage doors.

(j)

No automobile, truck, trailer or boat shall be allowed to stand on any gasoline station selling or service station selling or service station property publicly advertising such vehicle for sale.

(k)

No part of any gasoline selling or service station may be used for residence or sleeping purposes.

(l)

Signs shall be erected in accordance with the requirements enumerated in § 114-42 of this article, except that no sign shall be erected less than 15 feet from any curb or property line.

(m)

All electric, gas, telephone and other utility lines and uses shall be installed underground.

Car washes shall be subject to the following special regulations:

Minimum lot size: 24,000 square feet.

Minimum lot width: 120 feet.

Minimum lot depth: 200 feet.

Minimum setback from all front property lines: 50 feet.

Minimum distance from all property lines, other than front property lines: 20 feet.

Minimum distance between any buildings, including accessory uses, and any residential district: 50 feet.

(g)

Minimum distance between any access driveway and residential district: 50 feet.

(h)

Minimum distance between any access driveway and the property line shall be 200 feet for any of the following uses: church, library, school, college, nursing home, hospital and similar uses.

(i)

Maximum width of curb cuts for one-way driveway shall not exceed 30 feet. Curb cuts for two-way driveways shall total 50 feet.

(j)

Parking requirements include the following:

A waiting or stacking area on the lot for incoming automobiles, accessible to the entrance end of the washing equipment, to accommodate a minimum of 10 automobiles for each lane provided in the washing area.

An area beyond the exit end of the washing equipment, for a minimum of four automobiles for each lane provided in the washing area.

Entrance access driveways shall not be located within 100 feet of the intersection of any two streets.

Exterior lighting shall be shielded so that it is deflected away from adjacent properties and from passing motorists.

[5]

Dripping vehicles shall not be allowed on streets or highways so as to cause ice hazards in freezing weather. Equipment must be installed to prevent this condition. Site drainage shall be designed so as to prevent drainage onto public streets.

§ 114-36 Area and bulk requirements for permitted uses in §§ 114-35A(1) and (2) and 114-35B.

[Amended 5-23-1996 by Ord. No. 8-1996]

Principal building, commercial. Minimum requirements shall be as follows:

Lot size: 60,000 square feet. If a waiver is requested and granted by the municipal agency to allow for a thirty-thousand-square-foot, fee simple, smaller parcel ownership within a conforming overall development scheme, other area and bulk requirements shall be adjusted proportionately for out-parcel development.

Lot frontage: 200 feet minimum.

Lot width: 200 feet minimum.

Lot depth: 250 feet minimum.

Side yard, each: 25 feet minimum.

(6)

Front yard: 75 feet minimum.

(7)

Rear yard: 50 feet minimum.

(8)

Maximum building height: No building shall exceed 35 feet in height or two stories.

Accessory building. Minimum distance shall be as follows:

To side line: 25 feet.

To rear line: 15 feet.

To other building: 20 feet.

Maximum building coverage shall be as follows:

Principal buildings: 30%.

Accessory buildings: 5%.

Impervious surface ratio: Maximum impervious surface area (including building coverage) shall not exceed 75% of the total lot area, and the minimum open space area shall not be less than 25% of the total lot area.

§ 114-37 Minimum floor area.

Each commercial building shall have a minimum gross floor area of 1,000 square feet.

§ 114-38 Number of uses or structures; outdoor storage; architectural requirements; landscaping; buffers; sidewalks.

Any principal commercial building may contain more than one use and/or organization. Any lot may contain more than one principal structure, provided that each principal structure conforms to the zoning regulations. Any situation wherein one structure is placed behind the other, frontage, rear and front yard setbacks shall only apply to one of the structures.

At least the first 30 feet adjacent to any street line and 10 feet adjacent to any lot line shall not be used for parking and shall be planted and maintained in lawn area or ground cover or landscaped with evergreen shrubbery and separated from the parking area by poured concrete or Belgian block curbing.

No merchandise, products, waste, equipment or similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside except as shown on site plans approved by the approving authority.

Architectural plans and elevations.

At the time of site plan approval, preliminary architectural plans and elevations shall be submitted by the applicant and approved by the Planning Board demonstrating the aesthetic and visual impact and character of the proposed development. These architectural plans and elevations shall be binding on the applicant, and at the time of construction, the Construction Code Official shall verify that the actual construction plans are in substantial conformity with the preliminary architectural plans and elevations submitted by the applicant and approved by the municipal agency. The ultimate builder of the development, whether or not the builder was the applicant, is responsible to ensure that the development, as constructed, is in substantial conformity with the preliminary architectural plans and elevations submitted and approved by the municipal agency.

All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls facing any street or residential district line shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes, which shall not include unpainted or painted cinder block or concrete block walls. Preferred building materials include brick, wood, stone, fluted-split block, cultured stone, Holland stone, stucco, dry-vit panels, split face masonry units or other natural materials.

A landscape plan shall be submitted as part of the development application.

All portions of the property not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces shall be landscaped, with a combination of fencing, shrubbery, lawn area, ground cover, rock formations, contours, existing foliage and the planting of conifers and/or deciduous trees native to the area in order to either maintain or reestablish the tone of the vegetation in the area and lessen the visual impact of the structures and paved areas. The established grades on any site shall be planned for both aesthetic and drainage purposes. The grading plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to prevent erosion and silting, as well as assuring that the capacity of any natural or man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water generated and anticipated, both from the site and contributing upstream areas.

Driveways. The areas adjacent to driveways shall be planted with low plants or grass. Appropriate low plants include, but are not limited to, butterfly bush, sargent juniper, inkberry, Japanese barberry or shrubby cinquefoil.

Parking lots. The applicant shall landscape 10% of the parking areas provided. Where a development plan indicates raised walkways between opposing rows of cars, areas at the end of bays or, where proposed or required by the Planning Board, specific islands are indicated, these areas shall be landscaped. Planting strips may be as narrow as 10 feet with a width of 15 to 20 feet most desirable. All is to be raised and protected by permanent concrete curbing or Belgian block.

A minimum buffer area of 30 feet in width shall be provided along any common property with a residential district or residential use.

Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be a minimum of 12 feet wide in front of buildings, except in areas where pedestrian seating and amenities are provided or at the entries to a store with a gross floor area greater than 60,000 square feet, in which case the sidewalk shall be a minimum of 18 feet.

§ 114-39 Minimum off-street parking.

Minimum off-street parking spaces of nine by 18 feet shall be provided as follows:

Retail sales of goods and services: five spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof.

Offices and banks: 4 1/2 spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area of fraction thereof.

Restaurants: one space for every five seats.

[Amended 6-22-2023 by Ord. No. 10-2023]

Theaters: one space for every four seats.

Nursing homes, convalescent facilities or similar uses, but not including hospitals or medical offices: one space per bed.

(6)

Continuing care facility: 0.5 space per unit; 0.33 space per bed.

(7)

Minimum space requirements for uses not specifically covered: In determining minimum parking space requirements for uses not covered in this section, the Planning Board shall be guided by the number of persons to be employed in said building or by the use; the number of persons expected to visit or patronize the building or use; the anticipated percentage of visitors or patrons using various transportation modes; and the safe and convenient loading space for visitors or patrons and goods.

Parking areas for individual areas shall be designed to be interconnected with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and exit(s), where feasible, to minimize access points to the street.

§ 114-40 Minimum off-street loading.

Minimum off-street loading shall be provided as follows:

Each activity shall provide for off-street loading and unloading, with adequate ingress and egress from streets and shall provide such area(s) at the side or rear of the building. Each space shall be a minimum of 15 by 40 feet. Additional spaces shall be provided according to the following schedule:

Floor Area (square feet)	Number of Truck Berths
Less than 8,000	1
8,000 to 25,000	2
25,000 to 50,000	3
50,000 to 100,000	4
100,000 to 250,000	5
Each additional 200,000	1

There shall be a minimum of one trash and one recycling pickup location provided by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces and shall either be in a location within the building or in a pickup location outside the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three. If located within the building, or if located within the general loading area(s), the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/recycling functions, provided that the containers in no way interfere with or restrict loading and unloading functions.

All off-street loading areas shall be lighted.

§ 114-41 Waiver of parking and off-street loading and unloading requirements.

Excess spaces. Where it can be demonstrated, at the time of Planning Board review, that the parking and/or loading and unloading requirements of this article will result in more parking spaces than actual needs require, the Planning Board may permit a portion of the proposed parking and/or loading areas to remain unpaved, but landscaped and improved only with a six-inch base course of one and one-half-inch crushed stone, stabilized with topsoil and seeded to lessen stormwater runoff. Such unpaved area shall be noted on the site plan as shadow parking and shall remain reserved for such future facilities' needs. If conditions in use or actual operation of the proposed use vary, the Planning Board may require such unpaved space to be paved.

Exceeding minimum off-street parking and loading requirements. Minimum off-street parking and loading requirements as required by this article may only be exceeded where it can be demonstrated, at the time of Planning Board Review, that such additional parking facilities are necessary for the actual operation of a proposed use. In such instances, the Planning Board may grant an increase in minimum space on a lot, provided that all other bulk and area requirements are met for the use in which it is located.

§ 114-42 Signs.

All uses in the GB District may have one lighted freestanding sign. The freestanding sign shall not exceed an area equivalent to 5% of the first-floor portion of the front facade or 50 square feet, including all faces, whichever is smaller.

[Amended 8-25-1994 by Ord. No. 11-1994]

In addition thereto, one lighted or unlighted sign may be used displaying the name of the use. It shall be attached flat against the front of the building and not exceed an area equivalent to 5% of the front of the building or 25 square feet, whichever is smaller.

Where the building is designed for rear or side entrance, one lighted sign may be attached flat against the building at the rear or side entrance not to exceed an area equivalent to 1/2 that of the sign on the front of the building. Such sign shall be nonmoving.

The maximum number of signs shall not exceed two as approved by the approving authority. All signs shall be nonmoving nor containing lighting or effects creating the illusion of movement, including chase lights.

Freestanding signs shall not exceed the height of the principal structure to be located on the lot or 25 feet, whichever is less.

A shopping center consisting of more than five separate uses grouped together may have one lighted freestanding, but nonmoving, sign along each arterial or collector road which the tract in question abuts, provided that there exists at least 200 feet of unbroken frontage. Such sign shall not exceed the height limit of the principal structure to be located on the lot or 25 feet, whichever is less, shall be setback from any property line a minimum of 30 feet and shall not exceed an area of 50 square feet.

Where uses share a common walkway, each use served by the walkway may have one additional sign identifying the use, suspended in perpendicular fashion from the roof over the walkway. Suspended signs shall be no closer than eight feet at their lowest point to the finished grade level below them. No such signs shall exceed eight square feet in area.

All signs in a shopping center shall conform in character to all other signs in the complex and shall blend with the overall architectural scheme of the shopping center.

Types of signs prohibited: The following types of signs are specifically prohibited in the GB District.

A sign or structure which directs attention to a business commodity, service, activity or entertainment not conducted or principally sold or offered upon the premises on which the sign is located.

Signs attached to the vertical face of the building which extend above the juncture of the facade and roof of the building.

Signs attached to any portion of the roof.

Signs employing flashing, rotating or blinking lights.

Revolving signs or beacons, streamers, pennants and/or whirling devices.

(6)

Portable signs of any type.

Informational and regulatory signs. The following types of signs displayed for the direction, safety, convenience or information of the public are permitted:

Signs of duly constituted governmental bodies, including traffic or similar regulatory signs, legal notices or other signs required to be maintained or posted by law or other regulation.

Utility signs, not over four square feet in area, identifying parking area entrances and exits, off-street loading areas and the like.

Memorial plaques, cornerstones, historical markers and the like.

Nameplates or address signs not to exceed two square feet.

Temporary announcement signs, including contractor's signs on a construction site, not to exceed 50 square feet in area, indicating the names of persons associated with or events conducted upon the premises.

Sale or rent signs. Sign(s) advertising that the premises are for lease, sale or rent are permitted, provided that each real estate firm shall be limited to one such sign not to exceed 12 square feet in area on each lot or parcel of property for which such firm has a bona fide listing and that such sign shall be removed from the premises within 10 days subsequent to the leasing, sale or rental of such premises.

Development signs. One company sign not to exceed 50 square feet in area may be affixed to each lot or parcel of property to designate that such property is to be occupied at a future date by the business or use designated.

§ 114-43 Fences.

Fences for all land uses in the GB District shall be in accordance with the following:

No chain link fences shall be permitted.

All fences shall be maintained at a minimum transparency of 35%, except fences specifically intended for screening.

Fences shall not exceed four feet in height unless utilized for security or screening purposes, in which case said fence may not exceed seven feet in height within the buildable area of the lot.

§ 114-44 Lighting.

For all uses within this district, adequate lighting to ensure safe pedestrian and vehicular travel shall be provided, subject to Planning Board review as part of the site plan process. The following standards shall apply:

Lights shall be directed toward the center and shielded so as to prevent glare beyond the property line.

The maximum height of freestanding light standards shall not exceed the following schedule:

Building Height (feet)	Fixture Height (feet)
Up to 24	16
25 to 35	24

Light fixtures shall have cutoff type luminaries.

All lighting shall be designed to blend with the architectural style of buildings.