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Barnegat Light City Zoning Code

§ 215-10

M-C Marine Commercial Zone.

A. 
Uses and buildings permitted. The following uses and buildings shall be permitted in the M-C Zone:
(1) 
All uses and buildings permitted in the R-B District, subject to regulations of that district.
(2) 
Motels, hotels and multifamily dwellings, subject to the regulations of § 215-9A(4).
(3) 
Marine services, such as dockage, boat landing, boat repairs and marine gasoline pumps on docks or bulkheads.
(4) 
Boat sales.
(5) 
Marine engine sales and repairs.
(6) 
Marine supplies and equipment sales.
(7) 
Bait and tackle sales.
(8) 
Shipbuilding yards and ways.
(9) 
Retail seafood markets.
(10) 
Wholesale establishments for packing and shipping seafood, not to include any process involving heat or cooking.
(11) 
Inside or outside storage of boats in conjunction with marine operations, but subject to the further provisions of this section.
(12) 
Restaurants, taverns and cocktail lounges.
(13) 
Gift shops.
(14) 
Any accessory uses and structures customarily associated with a permitted use or structure and clearly incidental to the principal use or structure permitted on the lot.
B. 
Required lot area. Lot area shall not be less than 5,000 square feet, and the minimum dimension of any lot shall not be less than 50 feet.
C. 
Percentage of lot coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than 35% of the dry land area, subject to the provisions of this section relating to parking.
D. 
Yards required.
[Amended 3-25-1991 by Ord. No. 91-54]
(1) 
No building or structure shall be closer than 25 feet to the street line where off-street parking is provided at the side or rear of the building. If off-street parking is provided between the front of the building and the street line, the minimum setback from said street line to the building shall be 50 feet.
(2) 
Each lot shall have a minimum side yard of 10 feet on each side of the main or principal building located on the lot, except that in the case of a corner lot, no building or structure shall be closer than 15 feet to the narrower street. If off-street parking is provided between the side of the building and the street line of the narrower street, the minimum setback from said street line to the building shall be 20 feet. The setback between the street line of the wider street and the front of the building shall comply with the requirements of Subsection D(1).
(3) 
Each lot shall have a minimum rear yard of 10 feet, provided that open and easily accessible covered docks shall not be construed to violate the requirement.
(4) 
An attached group of stores may be considered as one building when applying the above yard space requirements.
E. 
Off-street parking.
(1) 
At least 1 1/2 spaces for each boat slip, excluding space for staging area cranes or boat lifts or gasoline pumps, shall be provided. The land for parking may be used for winter storage but may not include dry storage for year-round use or summer repair work.
(2) 
Parking requirements for residences and other permitted business in this district shall be the same as those required in the R-B and G-B Districts.
(3) 
No boat may be stored in any required parking space, loading zone or staging area.
F. 
General regulations.
(1) 
No gasoline pump, gasoline storage tank or any structure used for storing any fuel or oil shall be situated nearer than 100 feet to adjacent residential zones.
(2) 
All businesses in this district shall front either Barnegat Bay, Broadway, Bayview Avenue, 3rd Street, 4th Street, 5th Street or 6th Street and shall provide for ingress and egress only from the street upon which said business fronts. Access to the business building shall be provided only from the side fronting on the street.
(3) 
Where mixed residential and nonresidential use is proposed and the nonresidential use does not qualify as a home occupation or home professional office under this chapter, each 720 square feet or portion thereof utilized for nonresidential purposes shall be counted as one dwelling unit for the purpose of density calculation pursuant to the terms of this chapter. By way of illustration, if a mixed use of residential and nonresidential use is proposed and the nonresidential use is 800 square feet, such nonresidential use shall be counted as two dwelling units for the purposes of density calculations.
[Added 10-12-1984 by Ord. No. 84-12; amended 7-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-8]
G. 
Off-street loading space requirements. Each marine commercial business use shall provide off-street loading space at the side or rear of the building at the rate of one space (10 feet by 25 feet with adequate ingress and egress) for each 5,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in each building devoted to such marine commercial use; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to business offices and professional offices.
H. 
Prohibited uses and buildings. Any use not specifically hereinabove permitted in Subsection A is hereby prohibited.
I. 
Site plan approval required. In the Marine Commercial District all structures shall, except single- and two-family residential structures where permitted, comply with the terms of Chapter 157, Site Plan Review, of the Code of the Borough of Barnegat Light, and no changes shall be made in structures nor shall new structures be erected except pursuant to the terms and provisions of that chapter.