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Township of Montclair, NJ
Essex County
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The following principal and conditional uses are permitted in the C-2 General Business and Light Manufacturing Zone:
A. 
General commercial uses such as those involving warehousing and wholesale distribution, servicing of equipment and on-site processing activities such as commercial laundries and printing shops.
[Amended 6-24-1980 by Ord. No. 80-41]
B. 
Retail stores and personal services.
[Amended 6-24-1980 by Ord. No. 80-41]
C. 
Light manufacturing, auto body, and automobile repairs, subject to a satisfactory showing, as determined by the Planning Board, that there will not be noise, vibration, glare, odor or smoke discernible at the property line and that on-site facilities and access streets are adequate for truck traffic generated.
[Amended 7-25-2006 by Ord. No. 06-43]
D. 
The conversion of existing floor space to residential use, as a conditional use, subject to compliance with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Minimum Property Standards, Volume 1 or 2 (1973), whichever is applicable, Chapter 4, and to a determination that such living facilities will not be unduly exposed to noise and other adverse effects of the commercial operations on the property or adjoining properties. A determination shall also be made of the availability of adequate off-street parking facilities for the residential occupants, either on or off the site.
[Amended 6-24-1980 by Ord. No. 80-41]
E. 
New residential development under the standards and requirements of the R-4 Zone but only where the site is adjoined by a residential use on at least one side, not counting the rear.
[Amended 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 80-44]
F. 
Offices and office buildings, subject to the standards and requirements of the OR-4 Zone.
G. 
Municipal facilities, subject to Planning Board site plan review.
H. 
Restaurants, excluding fast-food restaurants.
[Added 12-20-1983 by Ord. No. 83-52]
I. 
Educational play center.
[Added 7-11-1995 by Ord. No. 95-27]
J. 
Assisted-living facilities, permitted as a principal use, subject to the following conditions:
[Added 5-26-1998 by Ord. No. 98-17]
(1) 
The maximum density shall be 32 units per acre.
(2) 
Off-street parking shall be provided pursuant to § 347-101.
(3) 
Site plan approval shall be required.
(4) 
The maximum height shall be 4 stories or 42 feet.
(5) 
The setback-to-height ratio for the front and rear yards shall be no less than one to one. The minimum side yard setbacks shall be equal to 1/2 the building height.
(6) 
The applicant shall provide evidence of a license issued by the New Jersey State Department of Health pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:36-1 through 8:36-16.
(7) 
The maximum impervious surface coverage shall be 70%.
(8) 
The maximum building coverage shall be 30%.
K. 
Senior citizen housing.
[Added 5-26-1998 by Ord. No. 98-17]
L. 
Cannabis establishments, other than cannabis retailers, and medical cannabis alternative treatment centers licensed by the State of New Jersey and the Township of Montclair, subject to the following conditions:
[Added 8-10-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-18]
(1) 
The facility is not located on Walnut Street.
(2) 
Medical cannabis alternative treatment centers are only permitted above the first floor.
(3) 
The requirements in Montclair Code § 347-17.2 are met.
M. 
Mixed-use buildings that meet the following requirements:
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-17]
(1) 
Permitted nonresidential uses, other than office uses, are provided along the first floor of all street-facing facades with a depth of at least 30 feet measured from the building wall. A residential lobby may also occupy the first floor frontage.
(2) 
Any curb cut for access lanes to parking shall not interrupt the street frontage of the building.
(3) 
All parking shall be fully screened or enclosed so as not to be visible from any public area.
[Amended 1-17-1984 by Ord. No. 84-1]
The following accessory uses are permitted in the C-2 General Business and Light Manufacturing Zone:
A. 
Outdoor and indoor parking facilities, provided that a parking facility accessory to one use may be used for parking accessory to other uses expressly permitted in the C-2 Zone. However, it may not be used to fulfill a parking requirement for such other uses.
[Added 5-27-1997 by Ord. No. 97-22]
The retail or wholesale sale of weapons or firearms, as the same are defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1, shall be prohibited in the C-2 General Business and Light Manufacturing Zone.
A. 
For new mixed-use buildings, commercial and industrial uses, minimum lot frontage shall be 100 feet and minimum lot size 10,000 square feet, except that individual existing lots may be used, down to a minimum frontage of 50 feet and a minimum lot size of 6,000 square feet.
[Amended 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 80-44; 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-17]
B. 
For residential structures, minimum lot size requirements shall be the same as in the R-4 Zone.
A. 
For permitted residential uses, same as in the R-4 Zone.
B. 
For mixed-use, commercial and industrial uses in new buildings, the minimum front yard shall be 30 feet, except that where the average setback of existing buildings on the block is less, such lesser front yard setback shall apply; the minimum rear yard shall be 20 feet.
[Amended 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 80-44; 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-17]
C. 
Maximum building height shall be 35 feet.
[Amended 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 80-44; 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 06-17]
D. 
Maximum number of stories: three.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 06-17]
A. 
For permitted residential uses, same as in the R-4 Zone.
B. 
Accessory structures shall have a maximum height of one story or 12 feet and shall be set back a minimum of five feet from the property lines. No accessory structures shall be located in required front yards.
C. 
No parking shall be permitted in required front yards. Parking areas and driveways shall be set back a sufficient distance from property lines so as to allow appropriate fencing or landscaped screening, subject to Planning Board review; where adjoining a residential zone, such screening or fencing shall be provided in order to form a visual screen.