Borough of Somerdale, NJ Article XXVI B1 Business District

§ 162-166 Permitted uses.

[Amended 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08; 2-10-1999 by Ord. No. 99:02; 7-12-2000 by Ord. No. 2000:09]

A. The specific uses permitted in the B1 Business District shall be the erection, construction, alteration or use of buildings and/or land for:

(1) Noncommercial uses.

(a) Cultivation of the soil, tree or plant nurseries or greenhouses as noncommercial uses.

(b) Public and parochial schools.

(c) Noncommercial accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

(2) Animal hospitals, pet shops, or animal grooming facilities, provided that they are at least 200 feet from any dwelling.

(3) Bakery, confectionary, ice cream or pastry shops not employing more than six persons engaged in manufacturing or processing.

(4) Bowling alleys, dance halls, gymnasiums, theaters and similar places of amusement or entertainment.

(5) Car wash facilities.

(6) Carpentry, electrical, hardware, paint, papering, plumbing and tinsmith shops.

(7) Restaurants, diners, bars and taverns; no live "go-go" or "male revue" dancing consisting of either male or female performers dancing in bikinis or sexually-suggestive outfits or disrobing in any manner for the gratification of patrons, or any similar-type of live show entertainment shall be allowed in any such establishment.

(8) Combined commercial and residential buildings.

(9) Commercial greenhouses and flower shops.

(10) Custom tailoring, dressmaking, millinery or shoe repair shops.

(11) Dry-cleaning agencies, provided that articles received shall not be cleaned on the premises unless facility utilizes safe and modern state-of-the-art dry cleaning machines which do not involve the prior hazards and/or nuisances of the old-style dry cleaning establishments.

(12) Offices, salesrooms or showrooms.

(13) Funeral homes, funeral directing and embalming.

(14) Hand laundries not employing more than six persons engaged in laundering.

(15) Drugstores.

(16) Personal service shops, such as barbershops and beauty parlors.

(17) Retail stores or establishments for the sale of alcoholic beverages, foodstuffs or merchandise.

(18) Sales or repair of clocks, jewelry, optical goods or professional and scientific instruments.

(19) Gasoline filling stations, as regulated in § 162-168.

(20) Retailer and delivery of cannabis.

[Added 8-11-2021 by Ord. No. 2021:11]

B. Any business, trade, occupation or plant not otherwise permitted in a business district which was established in a residence district at the time of the passage of this Part 4 may be moved to a business district; provided, however, that upon the same being moved, the land and building used by such business, trade, occupation or plant in the residence district shall not thereafter be used for any purpose not permitted in the residence district.

C. No wholesale merchandising or servicing shall be permitted unless it is incidental and subordinate to a primarily retail business.

D. No manufacturing, fabricating, converting, altering, finishing or assembling shall be permitted except as customarily incidental to a retail business.

§ 162-166.1 Design standards.

[Added 5-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2015:05]

Please refer to § 162-211, Subsection I, for detailed design standards applicable to the B1 Business District Zones.

§ 162-167 Area, setback and yard requirements.

[Amended 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08]

Areas, building setback lines and yard provisions required in this district for every building hereafter erected, altered or used in whole or in part shall be as follows:

A. Lot area and width for business sites:

(1) Five thousand square feet with a minimum width of 50 feet for a corner lot.

(2) Three thousand square feet with a minimum width of 30 feet for an intermediate lot.

B. For buildings or structures designed wholly for the conduct of business on the first floor, a side yard of at least 15 feet shall be required, except:

[Amended 5-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2015:05]

(1) Five thousand square feet with a minimum width of 50 feet for a corner lot.

(2) Three thousand square feet with a minimum width of 30 feet for an intermediate lot.

C. Rear yards, corner or intermediate lot. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall not be less than 20 feet.

D. Front yards and setbacks. Front yard setbacks shall conform to present average building lines within 200 feet on each side thereof. However, a minimum setback of 60 feet for both corner and intermediate lots is required from the street line (front lot line) regardless of the present average building lines.

[Amended 5-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2015:05]

E. Lot coverage. A maximum lot coverage of 75% will be permitted.

§ 162-168 Gasoline filling stations.

[Amended 3-13-2014 by Ord. No. 2014:01]

A. A gasoline and oil filling station shall be so designed and the pumps so placed that they render all services on the premises and outside of the public rights-of-way; and no pumps, underground storage tanks, associated underground and vent piping and gas island canopy shall be placed closer than 12 feet to any property line which is adjacent to another property and no closer than five feet to any public right-of-way line, nor shall any dispensing equipment or dispensing outlets be permitted inside the building. The service ground shall be provided with paving having an asphaltic or concrete surface. The surface at all fueling bays and over the underground tanks shall be concrete. All storage tanks in conjunction with such a station shall be buried underground. The underground storage tanks, associated piping, venting, monitoring system, gasoline pumps, dispensers, etc., shall comply with all governing federal and state regulations.

B. The building pertinent to the operations of a gasoline filling station shall comply with the minimum building setback requirements for the zoning district in which the site is located. If a repair garage is located within the building, the section of the building designated for repair shall be no closer than 50 feet to a building used, in whole or in part, for dwelling purposes.

C. No gasoline storage tank, pumps, dispensers and piping shall be installed or constructed within 100 feet of any building which contains a school, church or any other structure so designated as a public gathering place; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of existing gasoline filling and repair garage facilities which were nonconforming with this requirement at the time of adoption of this amendment.

D. The term "gasoline filling station" shall be interpreted to include any and all buildings; pumps; storage tanks; associated piping, venting and monitoring systems; parking areas; storage areas; dispensing equipment of any nature; repair areas; displays; and signs.

E. No gasoline and oil filling station shall be erected or operated within 2,400 feet, measured by the shortest airline distance, between the nearest lot lines of any other gasoline or oil filling station.

F. The architectural design of the building and gasoline island canopy shall be consistent with the architectural requirements of § 162-211I(9)(a)[1], [2] and [4], (b)[3], (c)[1] and [4], (d)[1], [3] and [4] and (f).

G. Buffer and screening. Along the lines of the lot which abut a residentially zoned lot, there shall be a decoratively finished concrete block wall with capping, solid vinyl fence or fence of another material, which is acceptable to the Planning Board, which prevents the passage of light and attenuates noise. The height of the fence shall be six feet, except where the wall/fence and buffer extends to within 15 feet of the public right-of-way line. Such wall/fence and buffer shall not encroach into any sight triangle along the roadways. Such wall or buffer shall be continuous and unpierced. A three-foot-wide minimum planting strip, containing evergreen shrubs, shall be placed between the residentially zoned property line and the wall or fence.

§ 162-169 Public garages.

A public garage shall not have more than two driveways on any one street. Each driveway shall have an unobstructed width of not less than 10 feet, and in no case shall a driveway be constructed within 25 feet of the street lines of intersecting streets, and no repair shop shall be maintained within 30 feet of a street, nor shall any repair work be carried on outside of the doors of the premises. Limitations for gasoline pumps and oil-dispensing units shall be the same as required under gasoline filling stations, § 162-168.