[Added 5-1-1979 by Ord. No. 0-79-7;
amended 8-8-1988 by Ord. No. 0-88-19]
[1]
Editor's Note: The provisions of this article
and Article VIIIA, I-200 Industrial Zones Regulations, superseded
former Article VIII, I Industrial Zone Regulations, as amended.
In the I-100 Limited Industrial Zone, no lot
shall be used and no structure shall be erected, altered or occupied
for residential, commercial or industrial purposes which was not so
used prior to the passage of this chapter or for any purpose except
the following:
A.
General corporate, administrative and professional
offices.
B.
Computer centers.
C.
Training centers for business and professional office
personnel.
D.
Product development laboratories.
E.
Research laboratories engaged in scientific investigation,
testing or the production of factual information for industrial, commercial
or institutional clients or patrons where no tangible or physical
product for general marketing is directly produced therein and where
no danger, hazard or nuisance shall extend beyond the borders of any
lot which exceeds that created by such similar activities as are permitted
as education-research uses in the PMUD Zone.
F.
Limited manufacturing (e.g., light industrial operations,
such as electronic, machine parts and small component assembly, as
opposed to heavy industrial operations, such as automobile assembly
or milling activities) or preparing, processing or fabricating products.
G.
Agricultural activities.
(1)
Agricultural activities with the same restrictions
as found in the R-100 Rural Zone, provided that the parcel on which
such activity is carried on shall not be less than five acres, and
provided further that not more than one residence shall be permitted
on such parcel and that the owner or operator of said parcel shall
be the resident therein.
(2)
If any regulations regarding front yard setbacks or
rear yards or minimum lot width for agricultural activities in the
R-100 Rural Zone shall conflict with similar regulations regarding
the establishment of permitted activities in the I-100 Limited Industrial
Zone, the regulation which imposes the greater restriction shall govern
the establishment of agricultural activities in the I-100 Limited
Industrial Zone.
H.
Accessory uses and accessory buildings on the same lot and within
the same zoning district with and customarily incidental to any of
the permitted principal uses, which may include but shall not be limited
to:
[Amended 10-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-13]
(1)
Restaurants or cafeterias, primarily for supplying meals only to
employees and guests of the principal use, and newsstands, post offices,
branch banking facilities and similar conveniences serving primarily
employees and guests of the principal use, provided that there shall
be no external evidence of such use.
(2)
In-service training schools for employees.
(3)
Custodial living quarters.
(4)
Indoor and outdoor recreation facilities provided that all such accessory
buildings and uses shall be planned as an integral part of the principal
use development.
(5)
Overnight lodgings for visitors to any permitted principal uses on
the lot, provided that such facilities are not open to the general
public.
(6)
Assembly halls for meetings incidental to the business of the principal
use.
(7)
Maintenance and storage facilities incidental to the principal use.
(8)
Sale of products incidental or accessory to the principal use.
I.
Building structures and uses owned and operated by
the Township of Plainsboro for municipal purposes.
All uses not listed as permitted in § 101-80 and which may adversely affect or impair the normal use and peaceful enjoyment of any property, structure or dwelling located in Plainsboro Township from nuisance or hazard that may occur from fire or explosion, toxic or corrosive fumes, gas, smoke, odors, obnoxious dust or vapor, offensive noise or vibration, glare, flashes or objectionable effluent shall be prohibited.
A.
There shall be a total aggregate of side yards on
each lot equal to 80 feet. No side yard shall be less than 30 feet
in width.
B.
Upon every lot there shall be a front yard or setback
of not less than 100 feet from the street right-of-way line. Parking
or loading facilities for trucks shall not be permitted in the front
yard.
Not more than 25% of all required parking facilities
may be located in the front yard, and the majority of the remaining
required parking shall be located in the rear yard. No parking shall
be located nearer than 25 feet to any property line or street right-of-way
line. All parking and service areas shall be screened from the view
of adjoining properties and streets.
A minimum lot area of five acres shall be provided
for any use permitted in the I-100 Limited Industrial Zone under the
provisions of this article.
A minimum lot width or frontage of 500 feet
shall be provided on all lots fronting on certain streets or roads.
All streets and roads upon which such minimum frontages are required
shall be so indicated on the Zoning Map.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in
the office of the Township Clerk.
[Amended 7-12-2000 by Ord. No. 0-00-11]
The maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.30;
provided, however, that the maximum floor area ratio for lands in
the I-100 Limited Industrial Zone east of the Amtrak line, as shown
on the Zoning Map, shall be 0.07.
The minimum required common open space in a
contiguous parcel shall be 30% of the lot.
The maximum building height shall be 60 feet.
There shall be a minimum floor area of 10,000
square feet in the principal structure.
Facilities for the loading and unloading of
commercial vehicles, which shall be adequate to meet maximum demands,
shall be provided for each permitted use on the same property as such
use.
A.
Such facilities shall not be farther than 800 feet
from any participating establishment.
B.
Such facilities shall not be nearer than 100 feet
to any road for which a minimum one-hundred-foot setback has been
established for structures fronting thereon.
C.
No loading area shall be nearer to the boundary of
any zone than 50 feet.
The maximum improvement coverage of all I-100
Limited Industrial Zone uses shall be 50% of the lot.
Warehouse and wholesale storage facilities shall
be permitted exclusively as accessory uses within the I-100 District
in conforming with the Township's site plan requirements and subject
to the following minimum standards:
A.
Such facilities shall be within completely enclosed
buildings.
B.
No loading dock or service area may be on or visible
from the lot line or any street frontage. Provisions for handling
all freight shall be on those sides of any buildings which do not
face on any street or proposed streets.
C.
No accessory use shall be construed to permit open
storage of materials or goods on the lot.
D.
Rear and side yards shall be screened by a solid masonry
wall and/or landscaped so as to provide an effective screen, at the
time of planting, to obscure from view at ground level the permitted
use from adjoining uses and streets.
E.
The exterior design of all permitted buildings on
lots which abut a residential district or any street opposite land
in a residential district shall be in harmony with the general character
of the residential neighborhood.
Wherever any property line bounding any lot
in the I-100 Industrial Zone coincides with or lies within 50 feet
of the boundary of a business or residence or rural zone, any side
or rear yard lying along such property shall not be less than 150
feet in width.
