§ 154-163. Bulk area standards and density.

All developments within the Business Development Overlay Zone shall meet the following standards:

A. 

Tract size:

(1) 

Route 73: 5 acres minimum.

(2) 

Route 38: 12 acres minimum.

B. 

Frontage:

(1) 

Route 73: 400 feet minimum.

(2) 

Route 38: 500 feet minimum.

C. 

Front yard: minimum 100 feet in depth.

D. 

Side yard: minimum 25 feet adjacent to a right-of-way and 30 feet if adjacent to another use.

E. 

Rear yard: fifty-foot minimum.

F. 

Height: thirty-five-foot maximum.

G. 

The maximum size of any building on a site shall be 125,000 square feet.

[Amended 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-28]

H. 

Parking shall be in accordance with § 154-69 of the Mount Laurel Zoning Ordinance, except that developments in excess of 150,000 gross square feet of building development may provide shared parking in accordance with the Urban Land Institute publication entitled "Shared Parking," 3rd Edition, 1987, International Standard Book No. -87420-652-199. Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 83.51648 (or any later, updated edition).

I. 

Coverage should be limited to 50%. Undevelopable land such as proved wetlands, wetland buffers floodplain land and any other undevelopable land shall not be included in the coverage estimation. It is the burden of the applicant to establish freshwater wetlands or other lands designated herein.

[Added 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-28]

J. 

There should be a minimum distance between buildings of 40 feet.

[Added 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-28]

K. 

Motor vehicle service stations are prohibited in this zone as a principal or accessory use.

[Added 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-28]

L. 

Shopping center pad sites shall meet the following standards:

[Added 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-28]

(1) 

All parking required by ordinance for a use on a pad site shall be contained on a lease line, lot line or development line contiguous to the site without crossing any major access aisles or parallel access roadways.

(2) 

All shopping centers and major commercial and business uses should provide the land or other provisions for a parallel access roadway.

(3) 

The minimum lot area shall be not less than 35,000 square feet.

(4) 

The minimum lot width shall be 200 feet.

(5) 

The minimum lot depth shall be 125 feet.

(6) 

Pad sites shall only be accessed from internal drives, preferably via an internal parallel access roadway.

(7) 

Pad sites shall have buildings architecturally presentable on all four sides, consistent with the buildings on the balance of the site upon which the pad site is located.