Beach Haven City Zoning Code
§ 212-11 Use regulations
RC Multifamily Residential District.
[Amended 10-22-1979 by Ord. No. 79-14; 10-15-1984 by Ord. No. 84-24; 2-28-1994 by Ord. No. 94-5; 9-22-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16; 7-29-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-27C; 10-14-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-22C]
Those regulations which pertain to the § 212-9 Single-Family Residential District shall also apply to the RC District for a single-family residence.
*Refer to Schedule #1 for all area, yard and building setback requirements.
Principal uses and buildings permitted; parking required.
Motels and hotels (sleeping units without cooking facilities): Each motel and hotel unit shall have a minimum living space of 8.64 square feet per 100 square feet of land, provided that there shall not be more than three units per 10,000 square feet. One additional unit shall be permitted for each additional 3,333 square feet in addition to the basic 10,000 square feet.
Efficiency units (sleeping units with cooking facilities) which must be contained within a hotel or motel site, wherein not more than 40% of the number of units on the site are efficiency units: Each unit shall have a minimum living space of 10.80 square feet per 100 square feet of land, provided that there shall be not more than three units per 10,000 square feet. One additional unit shall be permitted for each additional 3,333 square feet in addition to the basic 10,000 square feet.
Apartments and other multifamily construction.
Each one-bedroom unit shall have a minimum habitable area of 16.2 square feet per 100 square feet of land, provided that there shall be not more than one unit per 5,000 square feet of land exclusive of any and all unfilled riparian lands and exclusive of existing wetlands which the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will not allow to be filled. In no event, however, shall the total habitable area in the apartment or other multifamily construction exceed 50% of the total land area of the lot on which the project is situate.
Each two-bedroom unit shall have a minimum habitable area of 19.5 square feet per 100 square feet of land, provided that there shall not be more than one unit per 5,000 square feet of land exclusive of any and all unfilled riparian lands and exclusive of existing wetlands which the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will not allow to be filled. In no event, however, shall the total habitable area in the apartment or other multifamily construction exceed 50% of the total land area of the lot on which the project is situate.
Each three-bedroom unit shall have a minimum habitable area of 23.40 square feet per 100 square feet of land, provided that there shall not be more than one unit per 5,000 square feet of land exclusive of any and all unfilled riparian lands and exclusive of existing wetlands which the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will not allow to be filled. In no event, however, shall the total habitable area in the apartment or other multifamily construction exceed 50% of the total land area of the lot on which the project is situate.
Cluster development. Each unit shall have a minimum habitable area of 23.40 square feet per 100 square feet of land, provided that there shall be not more than one unit per 4,000 square feet of land exclusive of any and all unfilled riparian lands and exclusive of existing wetlands which the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will not allow to be filled. In no event, however, shall the total habitable area in the buildings constituting the cluster development exceed 50% of the total land area of the lot on which the project is situate.
In any cluster development the minimum distance between each building shall be 10 feet.
Parking regulations.
Required parking areas must be provided within the property lines and will be permitted under buildings, provided that sufficient fire protection is afforded to the spaces above.
Parking shall not be provided closer than five feet to any lot line unless curbing, a fence or some such similar device is provided to prevent intrusion or extension of vehicles onto another property.
Except for detached dwelling units, a screened planting of a dense evergreen material not less than four feet in height shall be provided between all off-street parking areas and any lot line or street line except where a building intervenes or where the distance between such areas and the lot line or street line is greater than 100 feet.
Off-street parking lots shall not be permitted to extend into a public right-of-way, except for driveways permitting ingress and egress for such parking lot.