Township of Hamilton, NJ
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2023-08-07
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 203 Land Use and Development
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Agricultural Advisory Board
- Ch 13 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 15 Community-Based Programs Advisory Board
- Ch 16 Contracts
- Ch 16A Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 17 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 19 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 22 Emergency Management
- Ch 23 Emergency Services Advisory Board
- Ch 24 Eminent Domain, Use of
- Ch 25 Environmental Protection Commission
- Ch 28 Equal Opportunity Policy
- Ch 30 Ethics
- Ch 34 Health, Board of
- Ch 39 Improvements
- Ch 43 Industrial Commission
- Ch 48 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 52 Municipal Court, Joint
- Ch 55 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 57 Nepotism, Policy Against
- Ch 60 Officers and Employees
- Ch 66 Personnel and Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 70 Police Department
- Ch 75 Retirement
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 Trust Funds
- Ch 94 Veterans' Advisory Board
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 99 Alarm Systems
- Ch 102 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 105 Animals
- Ch 108 Assemblies, Outdoor
- Ch 111 Limousines
- Ch 114 Automobile Racing
- Ch 116 Balloons
- Ch 121 Boating
- Ch 124 Businesses, Operation of
- Ch 127 Building and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 130 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 133 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 135 Cannabis
- Ch 137 Canvassers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 141 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 144 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 146 Contractors
- Ch 147 Criminal Registration
- Ch 150 Curfew
- Ch 155 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 163 Excavations
- Ch 167 Fees
- Ch 169 Firearms
- Ch 170 Fire Prevention
- Ch 173 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 177 Games of Chance
- Ch 180 Garage Sales
- Ch 186 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 188 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 195 Insurance
- Ch 199 Junkyards
- Ch 203 Land Use and Development
- Ch 203 Art I General Provisions
- § 203-1 Titles.
- § 203-2 Intent and purpose.
- § 203-3 Construal of provisions; applicability.
- § 203-4 Planning Board.
- § 203-5 Zoning Board of Adjustment.
- § 203-6 Administrative procedures.
- § 203-7 Protest.
- § 203-8 Master Plan.
- § 203-9 Procedures for development in Pinelands Area.
- § 203-10 Historic Preservation Commission.
- Ch 203 Art II Districts
- § 203-11 Zoning districts enumerated.
- § 203-12 District boundaries; Zoning Map.
- § 203-13 Determination of district boundaries.
- § 203-14 Official Map.
- § 203-15 Variances.
- Ch 203 Art III Definitions and Word Usage
- § 203-16 Word usage.
- § 203-17 Terminology and interpretation.
- § 203-18 Definitions.
- Ch 203 Art IV Agricultural District
- § 203-19 Purpose.
- § 203-20 Permitted and accessory uses.
- § 203-21 Area and bulk requirements; exceptions.
- § 203-22 Off-street parking.
- § 203-23 Landscaping.
- § 203-24 Lighting.
- § 203-25 Signs.
- § 203-26 Additional standards.
- Ch 203 Art V Forest Area Districts
- § 203-27 Purpose.
- § 203-28 Permitted, accessory and conditional uses.
- § 203-29 Area and bulk requirements; exceptions.
- § 203-30 Off-street on-site parking.
- § 203-31 Landscaping.
- § 203-32 Lighting.
- § 203-33 Signs.
- § 203-34 Minimum standards for campgrounds.
- § 203-34.1 Nonclustered single-family residential development.
- Ch 203 Art VI Rural Development Districts
- § 203-35 Purpose.
- § 203-36 Permitted, accessory and conditional uses.
- § 203-37 Area and bulk requirements; exceptions.
- § 203-38 Off-street on-site parking.
- § 203-39 Landscaping.
- § 203-40 Lighting.
- § 203-41 Signs.
- § 203-42 Additional standards.
- § 203-42.1 Nonclustered single-family residential development.
- Ch 203 Art VII Regional Growth Districts
- § 203-43 Purpose.
- § 203-44 Preliminary, accessory and conditional uses.
- § 203-45 Area and bulk requirements.
- § 203-46 Off-street on-site parking.
- § 203-47 Landscaping.
- § 203-48 Lighting.
- § 203-49 Signs.
- Ch 203 Art VIII Mizpah Village
- § 203-50 Purpose.
- § 203-51 Permitted and accessory uses.
- § 203-52 Area and bulk requirements.
- § 203-53 Off-street parking.
- § 203-54 Landscaping.
- § 203-55 Lighting.
- § 203-56 Signs.
- Ch 203 Art IX Commercial Districts
- § 203-57 Purpose.
- § 203-58 Permitted, accessory and conditional uses.
- § 203-59 Area and bulk requirements.
- § 203-60 Off-street parking.
- § 203-61 Landscaping.
- § 203-62 Lighting.
- § 203-63 Signs.
- § 203-64 Fences.
- § 203-65 Additional standards.
- § 203-66 Gaming arcades.
- § 203-67 Automobile sales and service establishments.
- § 203-68 Automotive services.
- § 203-69 Fast-food restaurants and convenience stores.
- § 203-70 Planned commercial development.
- § 203-71 Regional and design commercial shopping centers.
- § 203-72 Drive-in banks.
- § 203-73 Sexually oriented businesses.
- § 203-74 Village Commercial District.
- § 203-75 Planned recreation and entertainment complexes.
- Ch 203 Art X Industrial Business Park Districts
- § 203-76 Purpose.
- § 203-77 Principal and accessory uses.
- § 203-78 Area and bulk requirements.
- § 203-79 Additional standards.
- § 203-80 Parking and circulation requirements.
- § 203-81 Landscaping.
- § 203-82 Signs.
- § 203-83 Lighting.
- § 203-84 Fences.
- § 203-85 A Industrial Business Park District.
- § 203-86 Outdoor Storage Overlay District (Overlay B).
- § 203-86.1 Recreational Overlay District.
- § 203-86.2 Hotels and conference center hotels.
- § 203-87 Office District.
- Ch 203 Art XI Planned Adult Communities
- § 203-88 Purpose.
- § 203-89 Conditions prerequisite.
- § 203-90 Permitted uses.
- § 203-91 Mixed-use regulations.
- § 203-92 Open space requirements.
- § 203-93 Density.
- § 203-94 Area and bulk requirements.
- § 203-95 Spacing between buildings.
- § 203-96 Height.
- § 203-97 Off-street on-site parking.
- § 203-98 Landscaping.
- § 203-99 Signs.
- § 203-100 Lighting.
- § 203-101 Fences.
- § 203-102 Waiver of density provisions.
- Ch 203 Art XII Subdivision, Site Plan and Conditional Use Approval
- § 203-103 Filing of applications.
- § 203-104 Decisions.
- § 203-105 Rights conferred by preliminary approval.
- § 203-106 Application for final approval.
- § 203-107 Effect of final approval.
- § 203-108 Minor subdivisions.
- § 203-109 Filing of plats.
- § 203-110 Exemptions and waivers from site plan requirements.
- § 203-111 Pre-application workshop.
- § 203-112 Subdivision and site plan review application requirements.
- § 203-113 Details for minor subdivisions.
- § 203-114 Major subdivision sketch plats.
- § 203-115 Preliminary and final plat details for major subdivisions.
- § 203-116 Details for preliminary and final site plan.
- § 203-117 Waivers of requirements.
- § 203-118 Design standards.
- § 203-119 Objectives of developmental review.
- § 203-120 Design standards for minor subdivisions.
- § 203-121 Design standards for major subdivisions.
- § 203-122 Design standards for site plans.
- § 203-123 General improvement requirements and specifications.
- § 203-124 Street improvements.
- § 203-125 Sanitary sewers.
- § 203-126 Water.
- § 203-127 On-site fire protection.
- § 203-128 Street trees.
- § 203-129 Streetlighting.
- § 203-130 Street signs.
- § 203-131 Off-street or on-site improvements.
- § 203-132 (Reserved)
- § 203-133 Inspection.
- § 203-134 Performance and maintenance guaranties.
- § 203-135 Diagrams; application form; checklists.
- Ch 203 Art XIII Signs
- § 203-136 Purpose.
- § 203-137 Scope and definitions.
- § 203-138 Certificate of zoning compliance required.
- § 203-139 General standards.
- § 203-140 Classification of signs.
- § 203-141 Signs permitted without certificate or fee.
- § 203-142 Unlawful signs.
- § 203-143 Regulations for residential districts.
- § 203-144 Regulations for commercial and industrial districts.
- § 203-144.1 Regulations for the Design Commercial, Highway Commercial and Recreation Commercial Districts.
- § 203-144.2 Special regulations for automobile service stations.
- § 203-144.3 Special regulations for time and temperature signs.
- § 203-144.4 Special regulations for off-site commercial advertising signs.
- § 203-144.5 Special regulations applicable to specified signs.
- § 203-144.6 Signs in historic areas.
- Ch 203 Art XIV Environmental Review and Site Analysis
- § 203-145 Intent.
- § 203-146 Requirements for environmental impact statements.
- § 203-147 Preparation and content of environmental impact statement.
- § 203-148 Format.
- § 203-149 Contents of environmental impact statement.
- § 203-150 Review process; schedules.
- § 203-151 Environmental impact and site analysis statement requirements.
- § 203-152 Utilities plan.
- § 203-153 Description of vegetation required.
- § 203-154 Identification of wildlife.
- § 203-155 Energy plan.
- § 203-156 Identification of public services.
- § 203-157 Transportation and impact report.
- § 203-158 Open space and recreation plan.
- § 203-159 Historical and archaeological resource analysis for non-Pinelands Areas.
- § 203-160 Scenic corridors and vistas.
- § 203-161 Demographic and social analysis.
- § 203-162 Air quality.
- § 203-163 Noise quality inventory analysis.
- § 203-164 Aesthetics plan.
- § 203-165 Fiscal impact and market analysis.
- § 203-166 Construction and operational plan.
- § 203-167 Landscaping and lighting plan.
- § 203-168 Security analysis and plan.
- Ch 203 Art XV Special Regulations
- § 203-169 Buffer landscaping requirements.
- § 203-170 CLUZ Impact Area.
- § 203-171 Development credit criteria.
- § 203-172 D'Imperio dump site.
- § 203-173 Maximum height requirements for fences, walls and hedges.
- § 203-174 Forestry operations.
- § 203-175 Home personal offices.
- § 203-176 Medical complexes, nursing homes and convalescent centers.
- § 203-177 Places of worship.
- § 203-178 Private swimming pools.
- § 203-179 Professional offices for one professional.
- § 203-180 Schools.
- § 203-181 Setback standards for Pinelands-designated scenic corridors.
- § 203-182 Tree preservation.
- § 203-183 Wetlands development.
- § 203-184 Public utility substations.
- § 203-184.1 Personal wireless telecommunications facilities (PWTFs).
- § 203-185 Vegetation removal and fire management.
- § 203-186 Water quality.
- § 203-187 Fair housing requirements.
- § 203-188 Waste management.
- § 203-189 Agriculture.
- § 203-190 Design guidelines.
- § 203-191 Government buildings.
- § 203-192 Satellite dish antennas.
- § 203-193 Density Transfer Program.
- § 203-194 Swine farming.
- § 203-195 Visibility at intersections.
- § 203-196 Day-care centers in nonresidential zoning districts.
- § 203-196.1 Residential cluster development in the Forest Area and Rural Development Districts.
- § 203-196.2 Bed-and-breakfasts.
- Ch 203 Art XVI Regulations Applicable to All Districts
- § 203-197 Purpose.
- § 203-198 Prohibited uses.
- § 203-199 Nonconforming uses and structures.
- § 203-200 Unsafe conditions.
- § 203-201 Exempted subdivisions.
- § 203-202 Undersized lots of record.
- § 203-203 Construction trailers, storage trailers and sales trailers.
- Ch 203 Art XVII Capital Improvement Program
- § 203-204 Preparation of program.
- § 203-205 Basis of program; conferral with other officials.
- § 203-206 Review of capital projects.
- § 203-207 Capital budget.
- Ch 203 Art XVIII Historic District
- § 203-208 Purpose.
- § 203-209 Definitions.
- § 203-210 Referral of development applications involving historic landmarks or historic districts.
- § 203-211 Certificate of appropriateness.
- § 203-212 Standards and criteria.
- § 203-213 Demolitions and relocations.
- § 203-214 Enforcement.
- § 203-215 (Reserved)
- § 203-216 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 203 Art XIX Review by Other Agencies; Enforcement; Appeals
- § 203-217 Enforcement.
- § 203-218 Violations and penalties.
- § 203-219 Permits.
- § 203-220 Review by county.
- § 203-221 Pinelands review.
- § 203-222 Review by state agencies.
- Ch 203 Art XX Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center
- § 203-223 Purpose.
- § 203-224 Permitted uses.
- Ch 203 Art XXI (Reserved)
- § 203-225 through § 203-231. (Reserved)
- Ch 203 Art XXII Growth Area — Municipal Government Building District
- § 203-232 Purpose.
- § 203-233 Permitted and accessory uses.
- § 203-234 Area and bulk requirements.
- § 203-235 Parking and circulation.
- § 203-236 Landscaping.
- § 203-237 Lighting.
- § 203-238 Signs.
- § 203-239 Fences.
- Ch 203 Art XXIII Revegetation
- § 203-240 Title.
- § 203-241 Green space.
- Ch 203 Art XXIV Planned Village Development Zone
- § 203-242 Purpose.
- § 203-243 General provisions.
- § 203-244 Definitions.
- § 203-245 Permitted uses.
- § 203-246 Housing mix regulations.
- § 203-247 Neighborhood commercial development regulations.
- § 203-248 Open space requirements.
- § 203-249 Density.
- § 203-250 Area and bulk requirements.
- § 203-251 Spacing between buildings.
- § 203-252 Height.
- § 203-253 Off-street and on-site parking.
- § 203-254 Landscaping.
- § 203-255 Signs.
- § 203-256 Lighting.
- § 203-257 Fences.
- § 203-258 Waiver of density provisions.
- § 203-259 Development review.
- § 203-260 Unnecessary cost-generating features.
- Ch 203 Art XXV Stormwater Management for Areas within the Pinelands.
- § 203-261 Scope and purpose; applicability.
- § 203-262 Definitions.
- § 203-263 Stormwater management requirements.
- § 203-264 Calculation of stormwater runoff, groundwater recharge and stormwater collection.
- § 203-265 Sources for technical guidance.
- § 203-266 Solids and floatable materials control standards.
- § 203-267 Safety standards for stormwater management basins.
- § 203-268 Requirements for a site development stormwater plan.
- § 203-269 Maintenance and repair.
- § 203-270 Variances.
- § 203-271 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 203 Art XXVA Stormwater Management Outside of the Pinelands.
- § 203-272 Scope and purpose.
- § 203-273 Definitions.
- § 203-274 Design and performance standards for stormwater management measures.
- § 203-275 Stormwater management requirements for major development.
- § 203-276 Calculation of stormwater runoff and groundwater recharge.
- § 203-277 Sources for technical guidance.
- § 203-278 Solids and floatable materials control standards.
- § 203-279 Safety standards for stormwater management basins.
- § 203-280 Requirements for a site development stormwater plan.
- § 203-281 Maintenance and repair.
- § 203-282 Violations and penalties.
- § 203-283 Severability.
- Ch 207 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 210 Littering
- Ch 214 Noise
- Ch 217 Nuisances
- Ch 220 Obscene Materials
- Ch 222 Occupancy Permits and Residential Rental Units
- Ch 224 Panhandling and Begging
- Ch 225 Parks and Beaches
- Ch 228 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Processions, Parades and Public Assemblies
- Ch 238 Property Maintenance
- Ch 243 Recreation Areas and Amusement Centers
- Ch 245 Redevelopment Plans
- Ch 248 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 254 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 258 Solid Waste
- Ch 261 Sporting Events, Outdoor
- Ch 263 Storm Sewers
- Ch 264 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 269 Taxation
- Ch 272 Taxicabs
- Ch 276 Towing
- Ch 279 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 282 Trees
- Ch 285 (Reserved)
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 288A Vehicles, All-Terrain and Dirt Bikes
- Ch 289 Vehicles, Sale of Used
- Ch 301 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 304 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 308 Water
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Cable Television
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hamilton 5-26-1983 by Ord. No. 846-83, as amended through 5-1-1989 by Ord. No.
991-89. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Agricultural Advisory Board — See Ch. 4.
Environmental Protection Commission — See Ch. 25.
Industrial Commission — See Ch. 43.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 144.
Fees — See Ch. 167.
Excavations — See Ch. 163.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 173.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 264.
Trailers and trailer camps — See Ch. 279.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table 7.1 - Area and Bulk Requirements
Attachment 2 - Table of Lot Requirements for Commercial DistrictsAttachment 3 - Figure 78A-71.1Attachment 4 - Exhibit A - Arteries of Mammary GladAttachment 5 - Table 11.1 - Residential Housing Types Permitted in Planned Adult CommunitiesAttachment 6 - Table 11.2 - Building Spacing, Length and LimitsAttachment 7 - Diagrams 1-15Attachment 8 - Cross Section of Parking Lot EdgeAttachment 9 - Conceptual Parking Lot Design ElementsAttachment 10 - Environmental Review Checklist - ResidentialAttachment 11 - Environmental Impact Statement - NonresidentialAttachment 12 - Figure XV-1Attachment 13 - Table A8-2 - Land Use Compatibility in Noise Exposure ZonesAttachment 14 - L.S. Figures 1 through 5 and 7 and 8Attachment 15 - Figures 1 through 9 - Building ConfigurationAttachment 16 - Application FormAttachment 17 - Checklists for Subdivision, Site Plan and Conditional Use ApprovalAttachment 18 - Table 1 - Residential Housing Types in a Planned Village DevelopmentAttachment 19 - Table 2 - Building, Spacing, Length and Units in Planned Village DevelopmentAttachment 20 - Appendix A - Stormwater Landscape Illustrations - Figures 1 through 9Attachment 21 - Appendix B - ReferencesAttachment 22 - Zoning Board of Adjustment Variance Application Checklist
