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Bayonne City Zoning Code

§ 35-5.10

CBD Central Business District Broadway Corridor.

[Ord. No. O-01-19 § 13 [33-5.9.1]; Ord. No. O-05-35 § 1; Ord. No. O-06-14 § 1; amended 3-17-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-13; 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-15; 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-35; 8-16-2023 by Ord. No. O-23-40]
a. 
Permitted Uses.
1. 
Professional office.
2. 
Business office.
3. 
Retail commercial uses.
4. 
Banks and deposit institutions.
5. 
Restaurant establishments.
6. 
Movie theaters.
7. 
Cultural centers.
8. 
Dance instruction studios.
9. 
Fast food service establishments (pedestrian oriented).
10. 
Dwelling apartment uses on floors above the street level floor, provided, however, each dwelling apartment shall have a minimum of 600 square feet of habitable floor area, and shall have no more than two bedrooms.
11. 
Essential services.
12. 
Government offices.
13. 
Fitness centers, health spas, gymnasiums and establishments offering sports and recreation instruction including but not limited to baseball, martial arts and soccer.
14. 
(Reserved)
[Cannabis retailers was repealed 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-15. Prior history includes Ord. No. O-21-13.]
15. 
All permitted principal uses in the C-1 District.
b. 
Required Accessory Uses.
1. 
Off-street parking subject to the provisions of Section 35-17.
2. 
Off-street loading subject to the provisions of subsection 35-17.8.
3. 
Buffers and screening subject to the provisions of subsection 35-4.14.
c. 
Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. 
Sidewalk cafes subject to Chapter 21, Section 21-32, et seq.
2. 
Fences subject to the provisions of subsection 35-4.14.
3. 
Signs subject to the provisions of Section 35-25.
4. 
Vertical parking garages subject to the provisions of Section 35-4.
d. 
Conditional Uses: Subject to the provisions of Schedule II in subsection 35-5.28, Conditional Uses:
1. 
Educational uses.
2. 
Commercial parking facilities.
e. 
Area, Yard and Structure Requirements.
1. 
Minimum area: 3,000 square feet.
2. 
Minimum lot frontage: 30 feet.
3. 
Minimum front yard setback: zero.
4. 
Minimum rear yard setback: 20 feet.
Accessory Structure: five feet.
5. 
Minimum side yard setback: zero or prevailing (see paragraph f below)
6. 
Maximum structure height: five stories and 55 feet.
7. 
Maximum lot coverage of principal and accessory structure: 70%.
[Amended 11-10-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-58]
8. 
Maximum floor area ratio: 4.0.
9. 
Maximum floor area ratio with bonus densities: 4.50.
f. 
Special Requirements.
1. 
FAR Bonus Densities.
Use/Facility Improvement
Bonus Ratio
FAR Cap
Day-care center/nurseries
1:5
0.20
Historic preservation
1:10
0.25
Streetscape design improvement
1:10
0.25
Renovation of front building facade
1:5
0.20
Development of new compatible signage
1:10
0.25
Plaza improvement
1:8
0.50
Gateway design and improvement
1:8
0.50
All of the above FAR bonus densities cannot exceed 0.50 in any combination for any one development application.
2. 
If off-street requirements are not met as provided above the developer must:
[Amended 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-35]
(a) 
Obtain approval of a parking space variance subject to the provisions of Subsection 35-17.7.
3. 
All applications for development in this zone on properties abutting or contiguous with Broadway must not utilize curb cuts along the roadway in order to preserve the integrity and continuity of the streetscape within this zone district.
4. 
All applications for development in this zone are limited to providing parking only in rear yard. Parking in the front yard is prohibited.