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Township of Mansfield, NJ
Warren County
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The following uses shall be the permitted uses allowed in the I District:
A. 
Offices and office buildings.
B. 
Scientific or research laboratories meeting the performance standards set forth in Article IV of Chapter 361.
C. 
Light industrial and manufacturing uses meeting the performance standards set forth in Article IV of Chapter 361.
D. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D, Warehousing, storage and distribution, was repealed 11-10-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-16,
E. 
Industrial parks containing one or more of the above uses.
F. 
Co-located wireless telecommunications antennas and facilities as regulated in § 363-80.
[Added 11-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-18]
G. 
Major solar or photovoltaic energy facilities or structures on a parcel or parcels of land comprising 20 or more contiguous acres that are owned by the same person or entity, and in accordance with the regulations set forth in § 363-74.
[Added 8-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-17]
H. 
Small wind energy systems on a parcel or parcels of land comprising 20 or more contiguous acres that are owned by the same person or entity.
[Added 8-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-17]
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses shall include the following:
A. 
Off-street parking.
B. 
Fences and walls.
C. 
Garages to house delivery trucks or other commercial vehicles.
D. 
Temporary construction trailers and one sign not exceeding 50 square feet, advertising the prime contractor, subcontractors, architect, financing institution and similar data for the period of construction beginning with the issuance of a building permit and concluding with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or one year, whichever is less, provided such trailers and sign are on the site where construction is taking place and set back at least 15 feet from street and lot lines.
E. 
Signs.
F. 
Minor solar or photovoltaic energy facilities or structures. Minor solar facilities shall be permitted to be ground mounted and mounted to principal and accessory structures and buildings; provided, however, that in the case of a roof-mounted system, the photovoltaic solar panels and all necessary equipment shall not extend more than 12 inches beyond the edge of the roofline or 12 inches above the highest point of the roof surface or structure. Flat roofs shall be exempt from the height requirement. However, panels on a flat roof shall not extend more than five feet above the roof line. Minor solar facilities shall have a setback requirement consistent with building regulations. In the case of a surface level or ground-mounted system, the system shall be situated more than 50 feet from the nearest property boundary line. Minor solar ground-mounted facilities located less than 50 feet from the nearest property line shall require minor site plan approval prior to obtaining a zoning permit and shall have setback requirements consistent with building regulations. Notwithstanding, these systems shall not exceed the maximum building height in the zoning district. Cadmium telluride solar panels shall not be permitted due to the highly carcinogenic nature of cadmium and the possible detrimental effects on children, wildlife, water supplies and the environment.
[Added 8-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-17]
The following shall be conditional uses in the I District:
A. 
Recycling establishments as defined in § 360-4 and as regulated in § 363-71.
B. 
Wireless telecommunications tower and facilities on municipally owned property as regulated in §§ 363-73 and 363-80.
[Added 11-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-18]
C. 
Wireless telecommunications towers and facilities on other than municipally owned property as regulated in §§ 363-73 and 363-80.
[Added 11-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-18]
D. 
Major solar or photovoltaic energy facilities or structures on a parcel of land comprising less than 20 acres.
[Added 8-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-17]
E. 
A small wind energy system on a parcel or parcels of land comprising less than 20 acres.
[Added 8-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-17]
F. 
Adult retirement communities, subject to the requirements of § 363-72.
[Added 8-8-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-16]
All uses not expressly permitted in subsections §§ 363-57 and 363-58 above shall be prohibited and shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
A. 
All residential uses.
B. 
Commercial incineration.
C. 
Junkyards, automobile wrecking or salvage yards or disassembly plants.
D. 
Rubbish, garbage or trash dumps, except those operated by the Township or its agents.
E. 
All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in Section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16, but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service.
[Added 6-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-11]
No structure shall exceed a maximum of four stories or 60 feet in height.
Individual Use
Industrial Park
Principal Building
Minimum
Tract
Individual Lot
Lot area
5 acres
15 acres
2 1/2 acres
Lot frontage
300 feet
500 feet
150 feet
Lot width
300 feet
500 feet
200 feet
Lot depth
400 feet
250 feet
Side yard, each
40 feet1
60 feet
40 feet
Front yard
100 feet1
100 feet
50 feet
Rear yard
75 feet1
75 feet1
50 feet
Accessory Building
Comply with principal building requirements
Maximum building coverage
20% of lot area
20% of lot area
Maximum impervious coverage
60% of lot area
65% of lot area
60% of lot area
NOTES:
1
No structure shall be closer than 100 feet to any residential zone boundary.
A. 
One building may contain more than one use, and one lot may contain more than one principal building, provided that the principal buildings are a minimum of 25 feet apart and all applicable setback requirements are met.
B. 
All buildings shall be compatibly designed whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time.
C. 
Those portions of all front, rear and side yards that are not used for off-street parking shall be attractively planted with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns.
D. 
Parking areas shall not be permitted in the required front yard and shall not be located closer than 10 feet to any building nor 25 feet from any side or rear property line.
E. 
Buffering shall be provided as follows:
(1) 
Buffer strip. A landscaped buffer strip shall be established and maintained along all lot lines, other than street lines, of all nonresidential uses developed in this zone except as herein provided. Such buffer strips shall be a minimum of 25 feet in width and shall meet the requirements prescribed in § 361-84.
(2) 
Adjoining parking lots. A buffer strip shall not be required along a lot line between parking lots of business uses within this zone, provided that passage between the parking lots is permitted, and further provided that where the combined width of the two parking lots exceeds 120 feet, a landscaped island shall be located within the parking lot which shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width and run the depth of the parking lot except for vehicular aisles.
(3) 
Screening and buffer strip. Whenever a developed use in this zone abuts any residential zone or use, the buffer strip required in § 361-84 shall also contain screening such as dense hedges, decorative fencing or landscaped earth berms as further prescribed in § 361-85.