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Bayonne City Zoning Code

§ 35-5.20

H-1 Hospital District.

[Added 3-18-2020] by [Ord. No. O-20-20]
a. 
The H-1 District shall comprise Block 164, Lot 5.01, Block 420.02, Lot 2.01, Block 159, Lots 14 and 15 Block 164, Lot 4.01.
b. 
Purpose: The purpose and intent of this zone is to permit, expand and continue the use of an inherently beneficial, hospital use serving the residents of the City of Bayonne and in order to continue to function as an engine of economic development.
c. 
Permitted Principal Uses. No building or premises shall be erected, altered or used except for uses designated in this district as follows:
1. 
Hospital and medical centers providing primary health care services for the diagnosis, care and treatment of human patients.
2. 
Medical and dental laboratories and research facilities.
3. 
Facilities for the education and training of hospital personnel, including but not limited to interns, hospital residents, nurses and technicians.
4. 
Research and development laboratories related to medical use.
5. 
Government and municipal use.
6. 
Parking garage related to and serving the medical hospital facility.
d. 
Required Accessory Uses.
1. 
Medical and dental offices.
2. 
Off-street parking and loading, parking structures and garages related to permitted hospital and/or medical center.
3. 
Off-street emergency vehicle ambulances or mobile hospital vehicles.
4. 
(Reserved)
e. 
Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. 
Uses customarily and/or associated with the operation and administration of the principal use.
2. 
Gift or flower shops, cafeteria, restaurant or snack bars and/or pharmacy, provided said use or uses are associated with a hospital or medical center and maintain no exterior entrances or exists to the outside of the building.
3. 
Signs.
4. 
Child-care facilities serving hospital personnel and patients.
5. 
Helipad provided approval from FCC and other federal/state aviation organization approval is granted.
f. 
Prohibited Uses.
1. 
Nursing homes.
2. 
Hospice.
3. 
Long-term chronic care facilities.
4. 
Long-term care facilities.
5. 
Staff residences.
6. 
Assisted living and memory care facilities.
g. 
Bulk Requirements (Area, Yard and Structure).
1. 
Minimum Lot Area: 80,000 square feet.
2. 
Minimum Lot Width: 150 feet.
3. 
Minimum Lot Depth: 500 feet.
4. 
Maximum Building Height:
(a) 
Principal: Six stories/120 feet.
(b) 
Accessory: Three stories/45 feet.
5. 
Minimum Setback:
(a) 
Front: as existing;
(b) 
Avenue E: 75 feet (new construction);
(c) 
Broadway: 75 feet (new construction);
(d) 
Side Yard: as existing:
(e) 
East 29th Street: 10 feet for new construction;
(f) 
East 30th Street: 10 feet for new construction;
(g) 
Rear Yard: as existing: 10 feet for new construction.
6. 
Maximum Building Coverage: 80%.
7. 
Maximum FAR: 5.6.
h. 
Special Requirements.
1. 
Board at its discretion may request a traffic study for the proposed use, including anticipated car trips, drop-off and pick-up areas, emergency vehicle parking areas, pedestrian circulation, loading requirements and other such details.
2. 
A refuse and recycling operations plan should be submitted providing details on how the waste and biohazard waste disposal is handled, the responsible party for operations and management of the refuse and any contingency plan in case of emergency.
3. 
Overnight parking of emergency vehicles such as ambulances and hospital mobile units are permitted on site, provided a detailed delineated parking plan showing the location of these vehicles is provided including, proposed fencing and buffering around these parking areas to show visual buffering from the public street.