Public Township Council Meeting — Packet

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 "Go-Go" entertainment business shall mean restaurants, private clubs, snack bars, night clubs, juice bars and businesses of a similar nature, whether serving alcoholic beverages on the premises or not, which include dancing and/or dancing exhibitions by male and/or female entertainers, commonly referred to as "go-go entertainment." Gross floor area shall mean the total area of a building, expressed in square feet, and derived by measuring the outside perimeter of the walls at each and every floor or level, including each story at floor level, the basement or any area below grade if the ceiling is higher than six (6) feet. There shall be no deduction made for hall areas, staircases or elevator areas, closets, storage areas, utility rooms, bathrooms, conference rooms, or reception areas. Guest house shall mean an accessory building maintained by a business entity solely for use by its employees and guests. Comment [PG16]: term not used in ordinance Height of a building shall mean the vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished grade adjacent to the building foundation to the highest point of the roof the measurement from its highest elevation to the lowest elevation of the land immediately adjacent to that building. The elevation of the land shall be determined by the topography. See Figure 1. Heliport shall mean an area, either at ground level or on a structure, licensed by the federal government or an appropriate state agency and approved for the loading, landing and takeoff of helicopters and including auxiliary facilities, such as parking, waiting room, fueling and maintenance equipment. Helistop shall mean a heliport but without auxiliary facilities, such as parking, waiting room, fueling and maintenance equipment. Home occupation shall mean any lawful activity

ities, such as parking, waiting room, fueling and maintenance equipment. Home occupation shall mean any lawful activity not Figure 1: Height of Building otherwise prohibited by this chapter performed in a legal owner-occupied one-family residence, including without limitation, consulting, telemarketing, dressmaking, manicuring, craft making or drafting. Home cooking for commercial purposes is not permitted. Home professional office shall mean the use of a single family residence owned and occupied by a person also for his or her professional office where clients or patients are seen in his or her practice of any one of medicine or a related health care profession, law, dentistry, architecture, engineering, psychiatry, psychology, chiropractics, actuary science, physical therapy, certified social work, or accounting. The following conditions must be met: 1. The home must be located on one of the following streets or roadways: Pleasant Valley Way, Mount Pleasant Avenue, State Highway 10, Northfield Avenue, Main Street, Prospect Avenue, Gregory Avenue, Old Short Hills Road, Eagle Rock Avenue, Park Avenue, Washington Street, Harrison Avenue, Valley Road or South Valley Road. 2. The professional use must be located on the entry level, and shall not occupy (i) more than fifty (50%) percent of the entry level and (ii) shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet. 3. A site plan indicating the part of the premises, with square footage, to be used shall be submitted to the Technical Review Committee of the Planning Board for approval. A Certificate of Continued Occupancy, or Certificate of Occupancy, shall be required. Amended site plan approval and a new Certificate shall be required for any change of the profession practiced on the premises. 15