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Bayonne City Zoning Code

§ 35-5.13

H-C Highway Commercial/Selected Light Industrial District.

[Ord. No. O-01-19 § 14 [33-5.9A]; amended 3-17-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-13; 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-15; 9-21-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-31; 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-35]
a. 
Permitted Uses.
1. 
Business, Executive and Administrative Offices.
2. 
Research and Scientific Laboratories, High Tech/Telecommunications, Computer/Information Facilities.
3. 
Commercial/retail/wholesale establishments.
4. 
Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding Establishments.
5. 
Light fabrication and assembly uses.
6. 
Limousine, Tax and Car Livery Services.
7. 
Government offices including Federal, State, County and municipal buildings and grounds but excluding schools.
8. 
Essential services.
9. 
Motor Vehicle Repair.
10. 
Motor Vehicle Service Station.
11. 
New Automobile Sales and Service.
12. 
Cannabis cultivator, cannabis manufacturer, cannabis retailers and/or cannabis deliverers licensed by the State of New Jersey and the City of Bayonne only provided that the properties are located East of the Route 440 Corridor. Refer to Chapter 39, Recreational Cannabis.
[Added 3-17-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-13; amended 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-15; 9-21-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-31]
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. 
Buffer and screening subject to the requirements of subsection 35-4.14.
c. 
Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. 
Fences subject to the provisions of subsection 35-4.14.
2. 
Off-street loading with enclosed storage structures.
3. 
Signs, subject to the provisions of Section 35-25.
d. 
Conditional Uses. Subject to the provisions of Schedule II in subsection 35-5.28, Conditional Uses:
1. 
Public and Quasi-public recreational uses.
2. 
Public utilities.
3. 
Car washes.
4. 
Hotel.
5. 
Indoor recreation facilities.
6. 
Movie theaters.
7. 
Commercial Parking Facilities.
8. 
Commercial Earth Terminals.
9. 
Signs (Which are conditional uses).
e. 
Area, Yard and Structure Requirements.
1. 
Minimum lot area: Two Acres.
2. 
Minimum lot frontage: 200 feet.
3. 
Minimum front setback: No requirements.
(a) 
For any structure exceeding 35 feet in height: Two feet for each five feet of building height.
(b) 
In no case shall any structure be less than 40 feet from the center line of a street.
4. 
Minimum rear yard setback: 10 feet, except:
(a) 
Abutting a residential zone district or existing residential use: 25 feet.
(b) 
For any structure exceeding 35 feet in height, a minimum of two feet per each five feet of structure height.
5. 
Minimum side yard setback: No requirements, except:
(a) 
Abutting a residential zone district or existing residential use: 25 feet.
(b) 
For any structure exceeding 35 feet in height, a minimum of two feet per each five feet of structure height.
6. 
Maximum building height: 50 feet and not exceeding four stories.
7. 
Maximum lot coverage of principal and accessory structures: 65%.
8. 
Minimum unoccupied open space: 15%.
9. 
Maximum floor area ratio: No requirements.
f. 
Special Requirements.
1. 
If off-street parking 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.