Township of Moorestown, NJ Article XVII CHS Commercial-Highway Service Districts

[Amended 4-9-1984 by Ord. No. 1211]

§ 180-51 Use restrictions and regulations.

In all CHS Commercial-Highway Service Districts the following uses, and no others, of lands and buildings are permitted:

A. All uses permitted in the CIO and CRO Districts,[1] except those residential uses permitted in the RTC-2 district.[2]

[1] Editor's Note: See Arts. XV and XVI of this chapter, respectivley.

[2] Editor's Note: See Art. XIV of this chapter.

B. Convenience retail establishments which are car-oriented, such as automobile dealerships, convenience food stores and automotive parts stores.

C. Garages, parking lots and automobile repair shops, provided that all services are conducted totally within the confines of the lot.

D. Motor vehicle service stations when authorized as a conditional use. In addition to the standards for site plan review in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance and the standards for review in § 180-107 of this chapter, the following standards shall be used:

(1) Each position used for servicing customers shall be provided with a customer waiting lane sufficient to accommodate the use. The actual number of vehicles to be accommodated by the waiting lane must be substantiated by a report from a professional traffic engineer, based on observations of other similar facilities owned by the applicant or operated by other parties in a similar fashion. Any report regarding activity for similar types of uses shall specify the type of location observed, e.g. highway, downtown, etc. The stacking lanes are not to be less than 10 feet in width and must provide 23 feet of length per vehicle.

(2) Each waiting lane shall be located entirely within the confines of the lot.

(3) The uses must be designed in a way to minimize the impact of the use on the pedestrian utilizing the sidewalk bordering the operation along existing public streets.

(4) In its review of the conditional use application and site plan and in making its decision on a proposed facility, the Board shall consider the impact on the internal circulation on the site, impact on the use of adjacent streets and parking lots, impact on the parking usage within the site, hours of operation in relation to nearby uses and overall impact on the neighboring residential and commercial uses.

E. A combination of gasoline pumps for the retail sale of gasoline and a convenience food store is prohibited.

F. Breweries, distilleries and winery salesrooms when authorized as a conditional use by the Planning Board in accordance with the standards set forth in § 180-96E(3).

[Added 5-10-2021 by Ord. No. 15-2021]

§ 180-52 Height, bulk, area and buffer requirements.

A. All bulk, area and buffer requirements of the CRO Districts[1] shall govern.

[1] Editor's Note: See Art. XVI of this chapter.

B. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height.

§ 180-53 Miscellaneous requirements.

All other requirements applicable to the CRO District shall govern.