Essex County Unincorporated

For the purposes of Table 36.14, ... the total cumulative area permitted for all signs on a single parcel located in a R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, or MH-1 district shall not exceed a maximum area of 16 SF. ... Any signs located within a B-1, B-2, I-1, or I-2 shall be subject to the following requirements: ... One freestanding or wall-mounted sign per lot may be substituted with a changeable message sign ...

Any signs located within a B-1, B-2, I-1, or I-2 shall be subject to the following requirements: ... All permitted signs may be internally lighted or indirectly lighted

Individual signs shall be subject to the following requirements: ... All permitted signs may be indirectly lighted ... the total cumulative area permitted for all signs on a single parcel located in a R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, or MH-1 district shall not exceed a maximum area of 16 SF.

All signs shall be maintained in good condition meaning in appearance and structurally safe. Any sign that has deteriorated to a state of peeling, cracking, splitting, fading, or rusting is in violation of this Ordinance

Any sign lawfully in existence on the date of enactment of this division may be maintained even though it does not conform with the provisions of this division. The message of a nonconforming sign may be changed. No nonconforming sign may be enlarged or altered in such a manner as to expand the nonconformity, nor may illumination be added to any nonconforming sign.

Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in all zoning districts in accordance with the requirements of this division. ... an off-street parking space is a graveled, stone, or hard all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley.

All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or principal use served; except that: ... A remote parking lot to satisfy the required spaces may be located and maintained not to exceed 600 feet from the served building.

Parking spaces may be used by multiple uses and establishments as provided in (a)(1) through (a)(3) below. ... Religious Assembly parking spaces ... lying within 600 feet of a religious assembly ... may be used to meet not more than 75% of the off-street parking requirements of a religious assembly. ... Other places of public assembly. Parking spaces ... lying within 500 feet of a place of public assembly ... may be used to meet not more than 50 percent of the total requirements of parking space.

Off-street parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces with a minimum width of 9 feet and a minimum length of 18 feet; ... Off-street parking shall not be located within 5 feet of any commercial building. ... Access roads for one-way traffic shall have a minimum width of 14 feet ... Access roads for two-way traffic shall have a minimum width of 24 feet. ... All aisles within parking areas shall have a minimum width of 24 feet when the parking spaces are at a 90-degree angle with the aisle; 18 feet when the parking spaces are at 60-degree angle with the aisle; and 12 feet for parallel parking. ... Whenever a parking area is located in or adjacent to a residential district, it shall be effectively screened ... not less than four feet nor more than 6 feet in height

Off-street parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces with a minimum width of 9 feet and a minimum length of 18 feet. ... Access roads for one-way traffic shall have a minimum width of 14 feet, except for 45 degree parking in which case the minimum width of the access road shall be 17 feet. Access roads for two-way traffic shall have a minimum width of 24 feet. ... All aisles within parking areas shall have a minimum width of 24 feet when the parking spaces are at a 90-degree angle with the aisle; 18 feet when the parking spaces are at 60-degree angle with the aisle; and 12 feet for parallel parking. ... Whenever a parking area is located in or adjacent to a residential district, it shall be effectively screened ... not less than four feet nor more than 6 feet in height.

On lots with a principal structure, no more than two recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, or combination thereof may be parked externally. ... The parking of recreational vehicles, boats, and/or trailers on vacant lots is prohibited except when the owner of the vacant lot owns a contiguous parcel that contains a principal structure. ... All parked recreational vehicles and boats must meet the minimum side and rear setbacks required for an accessory structure and the front setback of the district in which it is placed.

a loading space is a space within the principal building or on the same lot providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks, and having a minimum area of 480 square feet, a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 40 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet. ... Whenever an off-street loading area is located in or adjacent to a residential district, it shall be effectively screened ... not less than four feet nor more than 6 feet in height

a loading space is a space within the principal building or on the same lot providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks, and having a minimum area of 480 square feet, a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 40 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet. ... Loading spaces for a funeral home may be reduced in size to 10 by twenty-five (25) feet and vertical clearance reduced to 8 feet.

The provisions of this division 3 shall apply to all business zoning districts, industrial zoning districts, the R-3 High Density Residential District, the MH-1 Mobile Home Park District, and on any property located within any other zoning district that is used for non-residential purposes

All lighting must be the minimum light required to serve the purpose, shall not spill beyond the property line, and shall be cast downward where feasible.

Each outdoor luminaire subject to these outdoor lighting requirements shall be a full cutoff luminaire. ... All exterior lights shall be 3,000 Kelvin light color temperature or less. ... Light fixtures in parking lots shall not be more than 20 feet in height in the Business Districts, High Density Residential District, and no more than 30 feet in height in the Industrial Districts.

Each outdoor luminaire subject to these outdoor lighting requirements shall be a full cutoff luminaire.

These requirements shall apply to: All new developments, or redevelopments, requiring an approved site plan or uses requiring a buffer in the use development standards as specified by this Ordinance. All properties seeking rezoning to R-3, PUD, MH-1, B-1, B-2, I-1, or I-2 zoning. All properties seeking a conditional use permit in a R-1, R-2, R-3, PUD, B-1, B-2, I-1, or I-2 zoning district under the requirements of this Ordinance. These requirements shall not apply to parcels containing single-family detached dwellings or two-family dwellings.

A landscape buffer area shall be required where: A business zoning district abuts a residential zoning district; Industrial zoned development abuts a residential, business, or Planned Unit Development zoning district; Multi-family residential development abuts any property zoned R-1 or R-2; or Where buffering is required under the Use Performance Standards. ... Required buffers shall consist of a continuous six-foot high buffer with a minimum width of 25 feet.

Portable storage containers located outside of a fully-enclosed building or structure in a residential district or the planned unit development district are subject to the following: