Beach Haven City Zoning Code
§ 212-13 Use regulations
RC Multifamily Residential District.
The following regulations shall apply to all RC Districts:
A.
Principal uses and buildings permitted; parking required.
[Amended 6-22-1981 by Ord. No. 81-7; 1-23-1984 by Ord. No. 84-2]
(1)
All uses and buildings permitted in the RB District.
(2)
Motels and hotels (sleeping units without cooking facilities):
(a)
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.[1]
(3)
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:
(a)
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 then 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.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsections A(3)(b), regarding off-street parking spaces, and A(4), Apartments and other multifamily construction, as amended 2-22-1988 by Ord. No. 88-3, which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 9-22-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16.
(4)
Apartments and other multifamily construction.
[Added 7-14-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-9; amended 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-5]
(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
(d)
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.
(e)
In any cluster development the minimum distance between each building shall be 10 feet.
C.
Prohibited uses and buildings.
(2)
Heliports, helistops, and landing facilities for aircraft of all kinds are prohibited.
[Added 6-28-1982 by Ord. No. 82-6]
(3)
Radio towers, telecommunications towers, towers for the transmission of high frequency or low frequency broadcast signals or towers used for the broadcast of ionizing or nonionizing radiation of any sort, kind or description.
[Added 9-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-18]
(4)
All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in Section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16, but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service.
[Added 7-29-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-27C]
D.
Building height. No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet nor three stories in height. The measurement shall be taken from the center-line grade of the nearest improved street or easement on which the building or structure is located. In the case of property fronting on two or more lawful streets, the elevation of the existing center-line street grade of the lowest street shall govern. To determine the height on the vertical plane of the building being measured, a straight, level line perpendicular to the edge of the easement or improved street and running directly from the center-line grade of the said easement or improved street to the vertical face of the building at its closest point to the center-line grade of the improved street or easement shall be marked, from which a vertical line shall be taken upwards to the point of the intersection of the plane of the highest point of the building.
[Amended 1-23-1984 by Ord. No. 84-2; 9-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-18; 2-6-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1C]
E.
Every lot in the RC District shall meet the following area and yard requirements:
(1)
Every lot used for single-family or two-family residence purposes as permitted under Subsection A(1) above shall conform to the area and yard requirements of the RB District.
(3)
Side yards shall be a minimum of five feet each.
(4)
Rear yards shall be a minimum of five feet.
(5)
Front yards shall have a minimum of 15 feet.
[Added 1-23-1984 by Ord. No. 84-2]
F.
Lot coverage. Maximum lot coverage shall not exceed the following percentages of the total lot area:
[Amended 1-23-1984 by Ord. No. 84-2]
G.
Parking regulations.
(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.