19 Freeman St West Orange, NJ 07052-5127

Additional Off-Street Parking. In R-5, R-6, R-T, R-G and R-M Districts, additional off-street parking shall be permitted upon approval of the same as a conditional use by the Planning Board. Such conditional use shall have all existing front, rear and side yard requirements of the district in which it is located applied to it. All abutting residential property shall be screened by a fence of solid wood or masonry, or a combination thereof, and backed with maintained evergreen planting. The front yards shall be screened with evergreen plantings or hedges. Parking shall be prohibited within all required front, rear and side yard setbacks. Private Club. Parking lot entrances and exits shall be clearly visible from the public street and shall not be located within 75 feet of a street intersection. There shall be a twenty-five-foot wide buffer adjacent to all residential property lines, within the required setback, which shall consist of natural vegetation and, if required by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, new vegetation to supplement the existing vegetation. All structures shall be designed to be complementary to a residential neighborhood. A landscape plan, which provides substantial buffering of the parking area, must be approved by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment and kept on file in the Department of Planning and Development. All plantings shall be maintained in perpetuity and all plants must be replaced in kind when necessary. Public/Private Schools. In any residential district, except an R-M District, a public or private school subject to approval by the Planning Board with respect to the location of such facility in relation to the present and anticipated needs of the Township and to the Master Plan or any portion thereof which has been adopted by the Planning Board, and further subject to the following conditions: The minimum lot area shall be five acres. All buildings and outdoor recreation facilities shall be set back at least 125 feet from any property line and all parking areas, parking access aisles and accessory buildings shall be set back at least 75 feet from any property line. There shall be a fifty-foot wide buffer adjacent to all property lines, within the required setback, which shall consist of natural vegetation and, if required by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, new vegetation to supplement the existing vegetation. The required setbacks and buffers for outdoor recreation facilities that are lighted for evening use shall be increased by 100% over the above requirements.