71 Parsippany Rd, Whippany, NJ 07981-1115

Highway Business District

The purpose and intent of the B-10 Zone District is to: Establish a regulatory framework that will enhance the character of the Route 10 corridor in the Township; Promote a strong and sustainable economic environment that encourages attractive commercial and business development, employment opportunities, an enhanced tax base, and convenient and quality facilities, services and amenities, for both residents and the business community; Ensure that infill development and redevelopment is accomplished in a manner that complements the overall community and respects the general scale of development in the Township; Ensure that development in the District is responsive to and preserves environmental features; in particular, steep slopes, wetlands, areas subject to flooding, streams and other water bodies and trees; Enhance the appearance of the district, and of the Township as a whole; Preserve and enhance retail commercial areas by defining their functional role in the Township and the region; Encourage a community sense of place, offering uses that incorporate the highest standards of aesthetic design resulting in an attractive mixed-use, bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly corridor with improved access from the residential neighborhoods in the Township; Promote redevelopment of under- or poorly utilized or developed properties and the assembly of undersized or poorly configured parcels into larger and properly configured properties and Promote safe and efficient transportation design and improvements.