Barnegat Light City Zoning Code
§ 215-9
G-B General Business Zone.
A.
Uses and buildings permitted. The following uses and buildings shall be permitted in the G-B Zone:
(1)
All uses and buildings permitted in the R-B zone, subject, however, to the regulations and requirements for such uses in the R-B Zone, except as may be hereinbelow modified.
(2)
Any retail shopping facility or service establishment which supplies commodities for or performs a service primarily for residents of the surrounding neighborhood. Uses such as but not limited to retail stores and markets, shops, restaurants and luncheonettes, professional and business offices and the like are the intended permitted uses, together with such other uses of like or similar nature.
(3)
Gasoline or oil stations, automobile service stations and public garages may be permitted, provided that the following standards and conditions shall be complied with and a conditional use permit is obtained from the appropriate board:
[Amended 7-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-8; 7-15-1998 by Ord. No. 98-13]
(a)
A set of plans, specifications and plot plans shall be submitted to the appropriate board showing all structures, pumps, storage tanks, parking areas and driveways for ingress and egress. Plot plans shall comply with the following minimum area and frontage requirements:
(b)
All pumps shall be located outside of buildings and on private property and in no case within 20 feet of any street line or lot line and shall be subject to such conditions and safeguards as the appropriate board may impose with respect to, among other matters, the location and adequacy of entrances and exits.
(d)
Furthermore, the granting of such a permit shall not be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the community and shall be reasonably necessary for the convenience of the community in the judgment of the appropriate board. The appropriate board shall then decide the matter in accordance with the procedure for the issuances of conditional use permits as provided in this chapter.
(4)
Hotels, motels and multifamily dwellings, provided that the following standards and conditions are complied with and a conditional use permit is obtained from the appropriate board:
(b)
A minimum of one off-street parking space shall be provided for each hotel or motel unit, plus one employee parking space for each five hotel or motel units or portions thereof.
(c)
A minimum of three off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each multifamily unit.
(d)
Density of multifamily units shall be permitted at the rate not to exceed one dwelling unit per 4,000 square feet.
(e)
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 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.
[Amended 10-12-1984 by Ord. No. 84-12]
(5)
All construction, alteration and occupancy in this district is, however, subject to the provisions of Chapter 157, Site Plan Review, of the Code of the Borough of Barnegat Light, and no occupancy, construction, alteration or change shall be permitted except in accordance therewith.
[Added 10-12-1984 by Ord. No. 84-12]
B.
Prohibited uses and buildings.
[Amended 3-20-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-002]
(1)
The following buildings, structures and uses, except such of them as may have been in existence on November 1, 1968, are specifically prohibited in the business district:
(a)
Shipbuilding yards or ways; marine railways; fish packing, shipping, canning, processing or storage; bottling plants; junkyards; air fields; landing bases; automobile wrecking yards; or any process of manufacture or treatment which is not clearly incidental to the retail business conducted on the premises.
(b)
Carousels, roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels or other mechanical rides; pony tracks, golf driving ranges, trampolines, wild animal exhibits; any type of business using jukeboxes or record players with external speakers to attract attention to the business being conducted within the premises; and trailers and trailer parks, and used car lots.
(2)
Any process of assembly, manufacturing or treatment using power in excess of 25 total horsepower or constituting a nuisance by reason of odor, smoke or noise is also prohibited.
(3)
In addition to the above prohibited uses and buildings, adult bookstores, adult boutiques and stores catering to sexually oriented materials are expressly prohibited.
C.
Business frontage. All businesses in this district shall front either on Central Avenue, Broadway or 7th Street only between Broadway and Bayview Avenue.
D.
Area and yard requirements.
[Amended 3-25-1991 by Ord. No. 91-54]
(1)
Any lot used for residential purposes shall provide the minimum area and yard requirements called for in the R-B Zone.
(2)
The minimum area and width of a business lot in the G-B District shall be determined by off-street parking and loading provisions of this section; provided, however, that in no event shall any lot contain less than 5,000 square feet nor less than 50 feet of frontage on a public street nor any dimension of less than 50 feet.
(3)
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.
(4)
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(3) of this section.
(5)
Each lot shall be provided with a rear yard having a minimum depth of 10 feet; provided, however, that if off-street parking and loading space is provided in the rear of the building the minimum depth of the rear yard shall be 40 feet.
(6)
An attached group of stores may be considered as one building in applying the above space requirements, provided that all parking requirements are complied with.
E.
Minimum floor area of residential building. In order to ensure a reasonable ratio of open yard area and enclosed living space to provide for the health, safety and welfare of residents and further to preserve property values and promote purposes of zoning, every new dwelling unit shall have a minimum living space on the first floor of 7.2 square feet for every 50 square feet of lot area, up to the first 5,000 square feet of lot, said living space to be exclusive of porches, garages and accessory structures. Multistory dwellings shall have a minimum total floor area of 12 square feet for every 50 square feet up to the first 5,000 square feet of lot, said living space to be exclusive of porches, garages and accessory structures.
F.
Off-street parking requirements.
(1)
For any residential use the off-street parking requirements imposed for the R-A and the R-B Zones shall apply.
(2)
For any retail business use and personal service establishment one off-street parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area shall be provided.
(3)
For restaurants and other public eating establishments one off-street parking space for each three seats shall be provided.
(4)
For business and professional offices, banks and fiduciary institutions one off-street parking space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area shall be provided.
(5)
In addition to the above off-street parking requirements, one off-street parking space shall be provided for each 1,000 square feet of floor area devoted to the commercial, restaurant, business or professional use constituting the main use of the premises.
(6)
The off-street parking area may be located on the same lot as the business or commercial building or use or on other appropriately zoned lands within a distance of not more than 300 feet from the commercial building. That is to say, each parking space provided on an additional lot shall have its furthest dimension not more than 300 feet distant from the building which it is intended to serve.
G.
Off-street loading space requirements. Each 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; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to business offices and professional offices.
H.
Site plan approval required. In the General Business 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.