[1997 Code § 224-89]
A.
Intent. The purpose of the I/PI Industrial/Planned Industrial Area
is to encourage the concentration of light industrial uses, together
with administrative offices, warehousing and support services, in
an area directly accessible to the primary industrial area of Atlantic
County. It is the intent of this article to encourage these concentrations
while protecting the natural resources of the adjacent Absecon Creek
corridor and recognizing the environmental constraints on light industrial
development within the district. Controls and design standards for
this district have been constructed to encourage innovative project
planning and construction while recognizing the need for more efficient
use of existing land resources.
[1997 Code § 224-90]
A.
Principal uses and buildings shall be as follows:
(1)
Administrative offices.
(2)
Fully enclosed warehouses.
(3)
Light manufacturing facilities for such uses as beverages, pharmaceuticals,
printing and publishing, confections, clothing, electrical goods,
furniture, recyclable material processing and reclamation, specialty
manufacturing, professional and scientific instruments and electronics.
(4)
Fully enclosed wholesale trade establishments.
(5)
A combination of the above uses within a planned industrial area.
B.
Accessory uses and buildings. Accessory uses and buildings shall
be only those customarily incidental to the permitted principal uses.
They shall be understood to include:
(1)
Fully enclosed storage in conjunction with a permitted use.
(2)
Cafeteria and recreational facilities for employee use.
(3)
Appropriate facilities for placement of trash and garbage. Such facilities
shall be designed so that:
(a)
They are completely enclosed and contents are not visible.
(b)
They fit within the overall project design.
(c)
They are buffered from both principal structures, parking facilities
and pedestrian and vehicular roadways.
(d)
They meet the approval of the City Construction Official and
the Board of Health.
(e)
Provision shall be made for recycling conforming to local and
State regulations.
(4)
Parking lots and facilities intended exclusively for the use of employees
and operations of the principal uses permitted.
(5)
Outdoor storage areas for materials associated with the principal
use, in rear and side yards, fully buffered or screened from the street
and secured from unauthorized access.
[1997 Code § 224-91]
B.
Lot coverage, all uses: 65%, with a minimum of 15% left as natural
open space or landscaping. Outdoor storage areas shall not exceed
25% of the total lot area.
C.
Minimum lot setbacks.
(1)
Single use: building front 40 feet, rear yard 30 feet and 60 feet
total of both side yards, with a minimum of 25 feet on one side. This
twenty-five-foot setback shall not access and landscape buffers.
(2)
Planned industrial area: perimeter landscape buffer of 50 feet along
streets and circulation drives and 25 feet along other property lines.
D.
Building length. Building length may vary subject to Planning Board
site plan approval, but in no case shall a building extend more than
150 feet without a variation in external setback or other sufficient
architectural or planning design features.
E.
Freshwater wetlands transition areas. Transition areas, internal
setbacks or buffers shall be required from all lands delineated as
freshwater wetlands as defined by the Freshwater Wetlands Protection
Act, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq. The dimension or depth of these transition
areas shall conform to the requirements set forth by the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection.
F.
Distance between buildings: 35 feet minimum end wall to end wall.
Other distances shall be subject to Planning Board review.
[1997 Code § 224-92]
A.
All uses, principal and accessory, within this district are subject
to Planning Board review and approval.
B.
Planned industrial area proposals.
(1)
All planned industrial area proposals within this district shall be required to submit an impact statement as part of the site plan review process. The statement shall include information called for in Article XVIII, Article XX, § 224-120R and additionally for all uses, planned industrial area or single use, shall include the following:
(a)
A general lighting and graphics program.
(b)
Fire protection, police and other security systems.
(c)
A circulation and off-street parking plan.
(d)
A stormwater management plan.
(e)
A sanitary sewage and potable water plan.
(f)
A solid waste recycling and liquid waste management and disposal
plan, including provisions for all waste resulting from on-site uses.
(g)
A landscaping and reservation plan, including existing natural
features.
(h)
Soil borings and verification of soil types, vegetation and
depth to seasonal groundwater.
(2)
Planned industrial area proposals shall include:
(a)
An open space plan and maintenance program.
(b)
An off-tract traffic survey showing the impact of the proposed
facility on existing roadways.
(c)
An energy conservation program for both construction and operation.
(d)
A phasing plan which includes estimates on total employees and
other impacts listed above by phase.
(3)
Planning Board preliminary approval shall not be granted until the
Board is satisfied that all of the provisions called for above are
adequate to meet expected need.
C.
A perimeter of 15 feet adjoining each building shall remain clear,
except for plantings and pedestrian walkways, to permit access of
emergency vehicles.
E.
All uses within this district shall be free from offensive noise,
vibration, smoke, odors, glare, hazards of fire or other objectionable
effects detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare of the
community.
F.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this article, storage
of combustible materials for other than on-site use and/or refining
of combustible materials shall not be considered a permitted use within
this district.
[1997 Code § 224-93]
B.
Parking areas shall have natural vegetation to the maximum extent
practicable adjacent to the perimeter and include supplemental plantings
and shade trees where necessary to create and maintain buffer areas
in the front yard of sufficient density to shield the view of the
parking area from the street.
C.
All parking areas shall have a landscaped perimeter buffer of at
least eight feet in width consisting of existing natural or planted
vegetation.
[1997 Code § 224-94]
A.
All permitted uses within this district shall submit a landscaping
plan as a part of the site plan application. Such plan shall be designed
to preserve existing natural resources and shall follow the following
principles:
(1)
Landscaping shall be located to provide for climate control.
(2)
Landscaping materials shall be utilized primarily in the front yard
area to accent architectural treatments and the building facade.
(3)
Natural vegetation shall be retained to the maximum extent practicable,
with emphasis on front yards and parking area perimeters.
(4)
All areas not covered by buildings, roadways, parking areas and pedestrian
walkways shall retain existing trees or be landscaped with natural
materials.
B.
Landscaped buffers shall be provided according to the following principles:
(1)
Site perimeter buffers (minimum lot setbacks) shall consist of natural
vegetation and/or in combination with new plants, trees, evergreens
and deciduous materials.
(2)
Solid waste collection areas and outdoor storage areas shall be buffered
by a minimum ten-foot wide landscaped buffer, unless it can be demonstrated
that buffering can be accomplished through a combination of decorative
fencing and retention of natural vegetation.
C.
Landscaped buffers may make use of berms and mounds.
[1997 Code § 224-95]
[1997 Code § 224-96]
Security fences shall be permitted within this district, provided
that they are screened from view by landscape buffers. Maximum height
shall be six feet.
