Township of Mansfield, NJ
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2023-04-19
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Land Use Legislation
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Chapter 65 Zoning
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Article XXIV Nonconforming Structures, Uses and Lots
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration of Government
- Ch 2A Third-Party Payroll Disbursement
- Ch 3 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 3A Agricultural Advisory Committee
- Ch 4 Air Pollution
- Ch 5 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 6 Animals
- Ch 8 Attorney and Engineer, Municipal
- Ch 9 Background Checks
- Ch 10 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 10A Cannabis
- Ch 11 Claims
- Ch 12 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 13 (Reserved)
- Ch 14 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 Dogs and Cats
- Ch 16A Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 16C Dumpsters
- Ch 17 Employees, Municipal
- Ch 17A Environmental Commission
- Ch 17B Ethics, Code of
- Ch 18 Street Excavations
- Ch 19 False Alarms
- Ch 20 Fees for Administrative Services
- Ch 20A Fill Operations
- Ch 21 Fire Department
- Ch 21A Fire Prevention
- Ch 21B Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 24 Hawkers, Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 25 Property Maintenance
- Ch 25A Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25B Housing Standards
- Ch 26 Junkyards
- Ch 27A Littering
- Ch 27B Local Assistance Board
- Ch 28 Curfew
- Ch 29 Motor Vehicle Sales and Storage
- Ch 30 Motor Vehicle Towing and Storage
- Ch 31 Municipal Court
- Ch 32 Noise Control
- Ch 33 Nuisances
- Ch 33A Official Seal
- Ch 33B Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 34 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 34A Peace and Good Order
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Police Department
- Ch 37 Postretirement Health Benefits
- Ch 38 Private Campgrounds Code
- Ch 38A Properties, Abandoned and Vacant
- Ch 39 Prosecutor, Township
- Ch 39A Purchasing; Claims Approval
- Ch 39B Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 39C Recreation Committee
- Ch 39D Rental Property
- Ch 40 Retail Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 40A Massage Therapists
- Ch 42 Salaries
- Ch 43 Sanitary Code
- Ch 44 Sewers
- Ch 45 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 46 Smoking
- Ch 47 Soil Removal
- Ch 49 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 52 Swimming Pool Enclosures
- Ch 53 Taxation
- Ch 54 Tax Exemptions
- Ch 55 Taxicabs
- Ch 57 Hotels
- Ch 58 Trailer Camps and Tent Cities
- Ch 60 Traffic Control
- Ch 61 (Reserved)
- Ch 62 Volunteer Services
- Ch 63 Water
- Ch 64 Sewer Utility
- Land Use Legislation
- Ch 16B Driveway and Apron Construction Standards
- Ch 19A Farm, Right to
- Ch 22 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 27 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 41 Rezoning of Land
- Ch 44A Site Plan Review
- Ch 48 Stormwater Control
- Ch 50 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 60A Trees, Shrubbery and Landscaping
- Ch 60B Tree Removal
- Ch 63A Water Resource Buffer Conservation Zones
- Ch 65 Zoning
- Ch 65 Art XXIV Nonconforming Structures, Uses and Lots
- § 65-104 Nonconforming structures and uses.
- § 65-105 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch A70 Land Use Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.Â
Continuation. Any nonconforming use or structure existing
on the effective date of this chapter may be continued upon the lot
or in the structure so occupied, and any such structure may be restored
or repaired in the event of partial destruction thereof.
B.Â
Discontinuance.
(1)Â
If a nonconforming use or structure ceases operations
for a continuous period of more than one year, then this shall be
deemed to be an intent to abandon such use and any subsequent use
shall conform to the regulations of this chapter.
(2)Â
If abandonment occurs involuntarily, the owner may
request that the discontinuance be continued beyond the one-year period,
provided that application for extension is made within the initial
one-year period.
C.Â
Extension.
[Amended 3-5-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-5]
(1)Â
A nonconforming use of a portion of a building may
be extended throughout the building if no structural alterations are
made therein, other than those necessary to assure the structural
safety of the building, provided that such extension may include structural
alterations when authorized by the Consolidated Land Use Board of
Mansfield Township as a special exception.
(2)Â
A nonconforming use of a building or land may be extended
up to 25% of the area occupied by such use at the effective date of
this chapter, when authorized by the Consolidated Land Use Board of
Mansfield Township as a special exception. Any such extension or enlargement
shall be immediately adjacent to the existing nonconforming use, shall
be located on the lot held in a single and separate ownership at the
effective date of this chapter and shall conform to the area and height
regulations of the district in which it is situated.
D.Â
Changes. A nonconforming use of a building or land
may be changed to a conforming use of the same or more restricted
classification when authorized as a special exception by the Consolidated
Land Use Board of Mansfield Township. Whenever a nonconforming use
of a building or land has been changed to a use of more restricted
classification or to a conforming use, such use shall not thereafter
be changed to a use of a less restricted classification.
[Amended 3-5-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-5]
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Editor's Note: Former § 65-105,
Nonconforming lots, was repealed 2-6-1984 by Ord. No. 1984-1.
