It is the purpose of this district to permit commercial development
of a retail nature with an emphasis on gasoline filling stations.
The following are permitted uses in Business District C:
A.
Any use permitted in Residence District A, Business District A and
Office District.
B.
Filling stations and gasoline and oil service stations: special permit
required. Since filling stations and service stations, while necessary,
may be inimical to the public safety and general welfare if located
without due consideration of conditions and surroundings, they shall
be allowed only by special permit obtained from the Planning Board
after first having had the opportunity to review the site plan showing
the location and number of fuel pumps, the location, depth and capacity
of fuel tanks, the number or capacity of automobiles that may be garaged
within the principal building, the off-site improvements, landscaping,
buffer zones and any other pertinent condition which might affect
the public safety and general welfare.
[Added 12-30-2021 by Ord. No. 10:18-21]
A.
Cannabis
establishments.
The following accessory uses and structures are permitted in
Business District C:
A.
Any use or structure permitted in Residence District A.
The following regulations apply in Business District C:
A.
Lot size: 15,000 square feet minimum.
B.
Lot width: 125 feet minimum.
C.
Front yards for gasoline filling stations shall be 55 feet. For all
other uses, front yards shall be not less than 10 feet. In addition,
in all areas where a residential property is contiguous to a commercial
property, the commercial property shall have a front yard which is
not less than the adjoining residential property.
D.
Side yard. Side yards for gasoline filling stations shall be 15 feet.
For all other uses, no side yard is required except as follows:
E.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least 10 feet.
F.
Occupied area. The maximum area, including accessory buildings, shall
not exceed 80% of the lot area.
G.
Height regulations. The maximum height of buildings shall not exceed
three stories or 35 feet.
H.
Trash enclosures. All trash enclosures or similar structures shall
be set back five feet from all rear and side yard lines. No trash
enclosure or similar structure will be permitted in any front yard
area.
Those portions of all front, rear and side yards that are not
used for off-street parking shall be attractively planted with trees,
shrubs, plants and grass lawns. A landscape screen or screen fence
as required by the Planning Board shall be provided along the property
so that the parking lot and buildings are screened from the adjacent
residential properties.
Each unit shall provide adequate sewerage, drainage and water
facilities to service said unit as approved by the Borough Engineer.
A.
Pumps and other service outlets shall be kept not less than 15 feet
from the nearest building, except the building(s) used in connection
with the service station.
B.
No gasoline dispensing equipment or outlet shall be permitted inside
any public garage or service station.
C.
The entire area of the station or garage traversed by motor vehicles
shall be hard surfaced.
D.
No filling station or service station property line shall be within
a one-hundred-foot radius of any property line of a church, school,
playground, hospital, public library, theater or other public building.
E.
Illumination of the filling station or service station shall be such
that no direct glare from the lights shall fall upon adjacent properties.
F.
No equipment for the dispensing of gasoline or oil shall be placed
less than 15 feet from any property line.
G.
The top of every gas or oil storage tank shall be at least 36 inches
below the surface of the ground.
H.
The requirements herein set forth relative to filling stations and
service stations shall also be adhered to and required for the enlargement
of any existing filling station or service station.
I.
No gasoline filling station shall be permitted to conduct the business
of motor vehicle junk dealer or automotive sales of either new or
used vehicles on the premises of said gasoline filling station. The
deposit or storage of five or more automobiles on the gasoline filling
station premises, other than those being serviced in the normal course
of business, shall be prima facie evidence of the conduct of the business
of automotive sales. The deposit or storage of two or more unlicensed,
wrecked or disabled vehicles or the major part thereof on a gasoline
filling station premises shall be prima facie evidence that the business
of motor vehicle junk dealer is being conducted thereon.
[Added 7-26-1984 by Ord. No. 2:2-84]
