Electronic equipment shall be shielded so that there is no interference
with any radio or television reception beyond the operator's property
as the result of the operation of such equipment.
No use shall direct or reflect a steady or flashing light beyond
its lot lines. Exterior lighting and lighting resulting from any manufacturing
or assembly operations shall be shielded, buffered and directed as
approved on the site plan so that any glare, direct light, flashes
or reflection will not interfere with the normal use of nearby properties,
dwelling units and street.
All area lighting shall provide translucent fixtures with shields
around the light source. The light intensity provided at ground level
shall average a maximum of one footcandle over the entire area. For
each fixture and lighted sign, the total quantity of light radiated
above a horizontal plane passing through the light source shall not
exceed 7 1/2% of the total quantity of light emitted from the
light source. Any other outdoor lighting shall be shown on the site
plan in sufficient detail to allow determination of the effects at
the property line and on nearby streets, driveways, residences and
overhead sky glow. No lighting shall shine directly or reflect into
windows or onto streets and driveways in such a manner as to interfere
with driver vision. No lighting shall be of a yellow, red, green or
blue beam or of a rotating, pulsating, beam or other intermittent
frequency. The intensity of such light sources, light shielding, the
direction and reflection of the lighting and similar characteristics
shall be subject to the site plan approval by the approving authority.
The objective of these specifications is to minimize undesirable off-site
effects.
Sources of heat, including but not limited to steam, gases,
vapors, products of combustion or chemical reaction, shall not discharge
onto or directly contact structures, plant life or animal life on
neighboring uses or impair the function or operation of a neighboring
use. No use, occupation, activity, operation or device shall cause
an increase in ambient temperature, as measured on the boundary between
neighboring uses.
No use, activity, operation or device concerned with the utilization
or storage of radioactive materials shall be established, modified,
constructed or used without having first obtained valid permits and
certificates from the Office of Radiation Protection of the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection. Proof of compliance with this
requirement shall be the submission of duplicate copies of said permits
and certificates.
A.
Ground-transmitted vibrations shall be measured with a seismograph
or complement of instruments capable of recording vibration displacement
and frequency in three mutually perpendicular directions simultaneously.
B.
Vibration levels shall not exceed a particle velocity of 0.05 inch
per second in any district. During the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 7:00
a.m. in residential districts, vibration levels shall not exceed a
particle velocity of 0.02 inch per second. Measurements shall be made
at the points of maximum vibration intensity and on or beyond adjacent
lot lines or neighboring uses, whichever is more restrictive.
In all districts, no use, activity, operation or device shall
be established, modified, constructed or used without having obtained
valid permits and certificates from the Bureau of Air Pollution Control,
N.J.D.E.P. 7:27.8. Specifically, no use, activity, operation or device
shall be established, modified or constructed without a valid permit
to construct. No use, activity, operation or device shall be operated,
occupied or used without a valid certificate to operate control apparatus
or equipment. Proof of compliance with this requirement shall be the
submission of duplicate copies of the permit to construct and certificate
to operate. In addition to the requirements of the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection, the following shall also apply:
A.
No visible emissions of steam having an equivalent capacity greater
than 60% and except direct results of combustion shall be permitted
within 500 feet of a residential district.
B.
Toxic matter emissions of chemicals, gases, components or elements
listed as being toxic matter by the American Conference of Governmental
Hygienists, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, or the
United States Environmental Protection Agency shall not exceed the
threshold level, as determined in accordance with ASTM D-1391. The
emission of concentrations, levels or mass loadings in excess of the
threshold value shall be permitted only if the emission of said toxic
matter complies with the applicable regulations of the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Department
of Labor and Industry and the United States Environmental Protection
Agency. Proof of compliance shall require the submission of duplicate
copies of certifications or permits from the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey Department of Labor
and Industry approving the concentrations, level or loading proposed
by the applicant.
C.
No odor shall be emitted that is detectable by the human olfactory
sense at or beyond an adjacent lot line.
A.
In all districts permitting such an operation, use or any activity
involving the manufacture, utilization or storage of flammable, combustible
and/or explosive materials, such storage shall be conducted in accordance
with the regulations promulgated by the Department of Labor and Industry
of New Jersey or the Fire Code of the National Fire Protection Association,
whichever is more restrictive.
B.
All flammable, explosive and/or combustible material shall be stored
in accordance with the codes of the National Fire Protection Association
or the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, whichever is more
restrictive.
C.
All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products
stored outdoors wherever permitted shall be enclosed by an approved
safety fence and visual screen and shall conform to all yard requirements
imposed upon the principal buildings in the district.
D.
No materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute
a fire hazard or which may be edible or otherwise attractive to rodents
or insects shall be stored outdoors only if enclosed in containers
that are adequate to eliminate such hazards.
No use shall be conducted in such a way as to discharge any
treated or untreated sewage or industrial waste treatment and disposal
except as shall be approved by the health officer and the Municipal
Utilities Authority.
All water requirements shall be stated in the application. Water
shall be supplied from wells only after approved or accepted geologic
study furnished by the applicant and certification by a professional
geologist that the undergroundwater supply and levels will not be
appreciably altered in such away as to endanger the water level and
supply for other properties.
[Added 5-8-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-12]
A.
Background.
(1)
The quality and quantity of groundwater available directly affects
the health and welfare of the population because groundwater is the
primary source of potable water for a significant number of Township
residents.
(2)
Contamination of groundwater by nitrates introduced by on-site disposal
systems (i.e., septic systems) can result in a high concentration
of nitrates.
(3)
Fertilization contributes to nitrate groundwater contamination.
(4)
Additional pollutants, such as chemicals, pesticides and animal waste
can be introduced into the groundwater.
(5)
Rainwater penetration of the aquifer is necessary to dilute groundwater
contamination.
(6)
The Office of Smart Growth, the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, and the Pinelands Commission promote and promulgate the
use of nitrate dilution models for land use purposes.
(7)
It is desirable and necessary to regulate development, processes
and activities that threaten Ocean Township's groundwater.
B.
Requirements.
(1)
The proposed development to be served by on individual on-site disposal systems (septic) east of the Garden State Parkway is permitted pursuant to the provisions of this section. Section 410-83 regulates nitrate dilution for areas of the Township located in the New Jersey Pinelands west of the Garden State Parkway.
(2)
Groundwater impacts for new or expanded discharges shall be evaluated
through the NJPDES permitting process.
(3)
Discharges to groundwater (DGW) less than 2,000 gallons per day (GPD)
shall demonstrate conformance with the objective of protecting groundwater
quality. To achieve this purpose, an application of a nitrate dilution
model shall be required. The design of the system and its discharge
point, and the size of the entire contiguous parcel on which the system
or systems is located will ensure that groundwater exiting from the
entire contiguous parcel or entering a surface body of water will
not exceed 5.2 parts per million nitrate/nitrogen, calculated pursuant
to a Recharge-Based Nitrate-Dilution Model for New Jersey V5.0, as
may be amended from NJDEP from time to time. The entire contiguous
parcel may include any contiguous lands to be dedicated as open space
as part of the proposed development, but may not include previously
dedicated road rights-of-way.
