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Bayonne City Zoning Code

§ 35-5.15

TDO-Transit Development Overlay District.

[Ord. No. O-01-19 § 15 [33-5.9C]; amended 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-35]
a. 
Permitted Uses.
1. 
Multifamily dwellings known as townhouses at a density not to exceed 90 dwelling units per acre.
2. 
Multifamily dwellings known as garden apartments or apartment houses at a density not to exceed 160 dwelling units per acre.
3. 
Professional and business offices.
4. 
Retail commercial uses not more than 2,500 square feet on the street level of Avenue "E."
5. 
Personal service establishments except:
(a) 
Massage parlors.
(b) 
Tattoo parlors/body piercing.
(c) 
Tarot, palm readings, psychics.
6. 
Home professional offices.
7. 
Banks and deposit institutions without drive-up facilities.
8. 
MXRD (Major Mixed Use Residential Development)
9. 
MXCD (Major Mixed Use Commercial Development)
10. 
Government offices including federal, state, county or municipal building and grounds but excluding schools.
11. 
Essential services.
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 provisions of subsection 35-4.14.
c. 
Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. 
Fences subject to the provisions of subsection 35-4.14.
2. 
Private garage space for the limited storage of motor vehicles, provided that, the garage attached or detached shall be arranged to open to the side or rear of the lot.
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 utilities.
2. 
Nursery Schools and child care centers.
3. 
Community residences for the developmentally disabled and community shelters for victims of domestic violence.
4. 
Signs which are conditional uses.
e. 
Area, Yard and Structure Requirements.
1. 
Minimum lot area:
(a) 
Garden Apartments: 45,000 square feet.
(b) 
Apartment houses: 30,000 square feet.
(c) 
Townhouses: 25,000 square feet.
(d) 
MXRD: 42,000 square feet.
(e) 
Other uses: No requirement.
2. 
Minimum Lot Frontage:
(a) 
Garden Apartments: 150 square feet.
(b) 
Apartment houses: 150 square feet.
(c) 
Townhouses: 100 square feet.
(d) 
MXRD: 150 square feet.
(e) 
Other uses: 100 square feet.
3. 
Minimum Front Yard Setbacks:
(a) 
Garden Apartments: 40 feet.
(b) 
Apartment houses: 30 feet.
(c) 
Townhouses: 25 feet.
(d) 
MXRD: No requirement.
(e) 
Other uses: 20 feet.
(f) 
In no case shall any structure be less than 40 feet from the centerline of the street.
4. 
Minimum rear yard setback:
(a) 
Principle structure: 25 feet.
(b) 
Accessory structure: five feet.
5. 
Minimum side yard requirement: (Reserved)
6. 
Maximum structure height: 75 feet and not to exceed seven stories (see Schedule I).
7. 
Minimum Gross Habitable Floor Area:
(a) 
One story: 900 square feet.
(b) 
Two stories: 1,000 square feet per unit at least 700 square feet of ground floor area.
(c) 
Garden apartments and apartment houses: 1,000 square feet per unit with at least 600 square feet of ground floor area.
(d) 
Townhouses: 1,000 square feet per unit with at least 700 square feet of ground floor area.
(e) 
MXRD: (Reserved)
(f) 
Other uses:: No requirement.
8. 
Maximum Lot Coverage of Principal and Accessory Structures:
(a) 
Garden apartments: 45%.
(b) 
Apartment houses: 75%.
(c) 
Townhouses: 50%.
(d) 
MXRD: 75%.
(e) 
Other uses: 50%.
9. 
Minimum Unoccupied Open Space.
(a) 
Garden apartments: 15%.
(b) 
Apartment houses: 10%.
(c) 
Townhouses: 15%.
(d) 
MXRD: 20%.
(e) 
Other uses: 15%.
10. 
Maximum Floor Area Ratio:
(a) 
Nonresidential use: 3.5.
(b) 
Mixed uses: 3.0.
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.