[Amended 6-6-2000 by Ord. No. 00-24]

For the purposes of this chapter, the Township of Pohatcong is hereby divided into the following zones:

AP Agricultural Preservation

R-1 Residential - Rural

R-3 Residential - Medium Density

R-3A Residential - Medium Density

R-4 Residential - High Density

R-4V Residential - High Density Village

B-1 Professional Office Business

B-2 Neighborhood Business

B-3 Highway Business

OR/B-3 Office Research/Business Option

AH Affordable Housing

W.Water-Related Recreation

A. The boundaries of all zones are shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map, Pohatcong Township, Warren County, New Jersey," dated March 2005, which map is hereby declared to be part of this chapter.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been amended as per Ordinance No. 05-4.

B. Interpretation of zone boundaries. Where uncertainty exists as to any of said boundaries as shown on said Map, the following rules shall apply:

(1) Zone boundary lines are intended to follow the center line of the streets, railroad rights-of-way, streams and lot or property lines as they exist on plats of record at the time of the passage of this chapter, unless such zone boundary lines are fixed by dimensions as shown on the Zoning Map.

(2) Where such boundaries are not fixed by dimensions and where they approximately follow lot lines and where they do not scale more than 10 feet distance therefrom, such lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries unless specifically shown otherwise.

(3) In unsubdivided land and where a zone boundary divides a lot, the location of such boundary, unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown on the Map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing thereon.

A. Use regulations. Except as herein provided, no building or structure or part thereof and no lot or land or part thereof shall hereinafter be used or occupied except in conformity as stated below, with the uses specified as permitted principal uses, permitted accessory uses or conditional uses in each of the various zones by Article III, Zone Regulations, of this chapter.

(1) Permitted principal uses are permitted by right upon proper application to the Zoning Officer for a zoning permit, provided that said use is a use in conformance with the requirements of this chapter in the zone district in which the lot is located and, for uses so requiring, subject to the review and approval of a site plan pursuant to Chapter 224, Site Improvement Standards.

(2) Accessory uses are permitted upon proper application to and approval by the Zoning Officer for a zoning permit. The Zoning Officer shall rely upon the following rules for determining the right of the applicant to establish the proposed accessory use:

(a) The proposed accessory use shall be customarily associated with or provided with the permitted primary use existing on the lot.

(b) The extent, size and intensity of such proposed accessory use shall be in keeping with the scale, nature and characteristics of the permitted primary use on the lot.

(c) Furthermore, any proposed accessory use or structure which is contrary to the intent of the zone district in which the lot is located shall be prohibited.

(3) Conditional uses. It is hereby recognized that innovations in and changes in the technology of residential land development can be beneficial to the future well-being of the township, but that such benefits are unlikely to be realized through the uniform treatment of area, yard and building requirements on a lot-by-lot basis, and it is also recognized that certain uses are necessary to serve the needs and convenience of the township, but which uses may be or become inimical to the public health, safety and general welfare by reason of their inherent nature and/or operation and, therefore, require special and proper consideration of existing and probable future conditions and characteristics of the surrounding area. Such uses are hereby declared to be conditional uses and may be permitted in the zones where specified upon application to and approval by the Planning Board and subject to the special regulations of this chapter governing the procedures for considering conditional uses, all other applicable regulations of this chapter and such other conditions and requirements as may be stipulated in the approval of the conditional use.

B. Area regulations. Except as herein provided, no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, and no existing building or structure shall be moved, structurally altered, enlarged or rebuilt, except in conformity with the requirements as set forth by Article III, Zone Regulations and the requirements of all other applicable regulations of this chapter.