N.J. Admin. Code § 19:31C-3.4 - Allowable land uses

(a) The following concern land uses by municipality and development district:

1. Permitted principal uses shall be those specified below in Table 1, Permitted Principal Land Uses by Municipality and Development District:

i. Residential:

(1) Low density: Single-family detached, duplex (stacked vertically or side by side, in a detached structure), and townhouses (only one unit vertically, in attached structures providing up to eight units per structure). Each low-density unit shall have its own private entrance at the first level;

(2) Medium density: Stacked flats (two to three units stacked vertically, in attached structures providing up to eight horizontal stacks per structure, total of 16 to 24 units per structure). Up to three stacked flat units may share one entrance at the first level. Apartment buildings with four or more units/building and with at least four units sharing each ground-level entrance; and

ii. Mixed-use: Buildings or structures with a variety of complementary and integrated uses, such as, but not limited to, residential, office, retail, public, and recreation, in a compact form. The majority of the ground-floor area of vertically mixed-use structures should be retail use. Upper stories should be residential or office use, as permitted within each development district.

iii. Retail:

(1) Convenience retail :Smaller-scale businesses selling primarily food products, household items, newspapers and magazines, candy, and beverages, and a limited amount of freshly prepared foods such as sandwiches and salads for off-premises consumption;

(2) Specialty retail: Businesses selling a single category of merchandise or a number of closely related categories;

(3) Lifestyle retail: An unenclosed retail center featuring national specialty stores and restaurants (not drive-thru), with convenient and easily accessible parking and a pedestrian-friendly ambiance;

(4) Entertainment retail: Uses including bowling alleys, cinemas, and live performance theaters;

(5) Health clubs: Establishments that provide facilities for aerobic exercises, running and jogging, exercise equipment, game courts, swimming facilities, and saunas, showers, massage rooms, and lockers; and

(6) Restaurants, cafes, and other dining establishments but not including drive-thru restaurants.

iv. Hospitality/lodging:

(1) Hotels providing temporary lodging to the general public, and that may include additional facilities and services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, entertainment facilities, personal services, health clubs, spas, and retail stores and services; and

(2) Conference centers providing facilities for conferences and seminars, with accommodations for sleeping, food preparation and eating, recreation, entertainment, resource facilities, meeting rooms, fitness and health centers, and retail stores and services primarily for conference center guests.

v. Office/research:

(1) Offices for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry, or government and generally furnished with desks, tables, files, and communication equipment and where no manufacturing, assembling; or fabricating takes place;

(2) Medical offices, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and veterinary offices and clinics, and including hospitals;

(3) Research and development (R&D) uses, including, but not limited to, facilities such as "wet" labs or places with running water, gases, special ventilation devices, chemicals, special heating, and electrical or electronic equipment, or use of animals or human subjects under controlled conditions; and

(4) Warehouse uses including storage of goods and materials, light assembly, and distribution of materials.

vi. Institutional/civic: Non-profit, religious, or public uses, such as a place of worship, museum, library, public or private school, child care centers, family day care homes, recreational/community center, recreation facilities, hospital, homeless shelter, or governmental use.

vii. Open space/recreation:

(1) Formal parks: Landscaped open spaces such as greens, squares, and linear parks;

(2) Active recreation areas: Ball fields, hard surface courts, tracks, golf courses, playgrounds, swimming pools, recreation facilities, and other intensive recreational use;

(3) Passive open space: Open space areas consisting primarily of lawns, meadows, and other unstructured open space, and parade grounds. Sculpture, memorials, and art installations are permitted uses within passive open spaces; and

(4) Ecological area: Wetlands and associated buffer areas, floodplains, vegetated riparian corridors, and forested areas.

2. Permitted accessory uses shall be those specified below in Table 2, Permitted Accessory Land Uses by Municipality and Development District:

i. Parking (surface and structured): Any parking area for the exclusive use of the owners of the lot on which the parking area is located or whoever else is allowed to use the parking area;

ii. Outdoor storage: The keeping, in an unenclosed area, of any goods, material, merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than 24 hours. Any outdoor storage should be on the same lot as the establishment or use for which it is providing the storage;

iii. Home occupations (residential uses only): A home occupation is any lawful occupation performed in a dwelling and clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes. Activities that shall not be considered a home occupation shall include, but are not limited to, operating a beauty parlor, barbershop, automobile repair servicing or body shop, convalescent or nursing home, insurance or real estate agency, boarding house, kennel or stable, restaurants, stores, trades or similar establishments, drug counseling centers, tourist homes, or massage or similar establishments, offering services to the general public;

iv. Renewable energy systems: Small wind and small energy systems are permitted as accessory uses to provide power for the principal use of the property;

v. Outdoor dining: Any part of a food establishment located outdoors, not used for any other purposes, and open to the sky, with the exception that it may have a retractable awning or umbrellas, and may contain furniture, including tables, chairs, railings, and planters that are readily movable;

vi. Accessory structures in open space/recreation areas;

(1) Structures used to house maintenance and recreational equipment provided such structure does not exceed 250 square feet total floor area; and

(2) Kiosks for retail vendors of snacks, coffee, and light meals, with or without dining areas, are permitted provided each structure shall not exceed 1,000 square feet total floor area. Gazebo-type structures for seating, general use, or small performances are permitted provided such structures shall not exceed 2,400 square feet total floor area; and

vii. Other: Any other use customarily incidental to a principal use.

Table 1. Permitted Principal Land Uses by Municipality and Development District

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Table 2. Permitted Accessory Land Uses by Municipality and Development District

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(b) Buildings required for preservation: The historic buildings and resources identified in the Programmatic Agreement, including the parade ground with the triangular landscaped area in front of Building 286 and select areas of the Suneagles Golf Course, which are required to be preserved are specified below in Figures 4a and 4b, Buildings to be Preserved, and also in Table 3, Historic Properties to be Preserved at Fort Monmouth. Table 4, Maximum Reuse Yield by Municipality, Development District, and Land Use, in N.J.A.C. 19:31C-3.5 specifies the maximum allowable yield for each adaptively reused building. Preservation/adaptive reuse of other buildings at Fort Monmouth is optional.

1. Oceanport Horseneck Center: Fort Monmouth Historic District: The Parade Ground (and associated World War II Memorial) is required to be preserved. The existing single-family and duplex residential historic buildings to the north and south of the Parade Ground in the Fort Monmouth Historic District shall be reused for low-density residential use. The Allison Hall office building (#209) shall be adaptively reused for office/R&D uses. Other buildings requiring adaptive reuse in the Fort Monmouth Historic District, including those in the Barker Circle (buildings 205 - 208, 282, and 287), shall be used for any land use permitted in this development district.

2. Eatontown Golf/Conference Campus: Historic resources required for preservation are part of the Suneagles Country Club, including Gibbs Hall (Building 2000), a 1926, Tudor Revival style golf clubhouse that shall be retained as a clubhouse/pro-shop with renovated dining/catering facilities, the associated golf course, and the stone wall and swimming pool (Building 2020) to the south of Gibbs Hall.

3. Tinton Falls: No buildings are required to be adaptively reused in Tinton Falls.

Table 3. Historic Properties to be Preserved at Fort Monmouth

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Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:31C-3.4