Beach Haven City Zoning Code
§ 212-15 Use regulations
MC Marine Commercial District.
The following regulations shall apply to all MC Districts:
A.
Principal uses and buildings permitted.
(1)
Those uses and buildings permitted in the RB and RA Districts, subject to the provisions regulating the same.
[Amended 4-8-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-4]
(2)
Marine services such as dockage, boat landing, boat repairs and marine gasoline pumps on docks or bulkheads.
(3)
Boat sales and rentals.
(4)
Marine engine sales and repairs.
(5)
Marine supplies and equipment sales.
(6)
Bait and tackle sales.
(7)
Shipbuilding yards and ways.
(8)
Retail fish markets.
(9)
Wholesale establishments for packing and shipping fish, but not including any process involving heat or cooking.
(10)
Storage of boats in conjunction with waterfront marine operations but subject to the further provisions of this section.
(a)
Outside storage shall be limited to two levels on property contiguous to waterfront marine operations. In no cases shall the upper level exceed 12 feet in height, nor shall it exceed two levels of boats.
(b)
Inside storage: Racking of boats on more than two levels must be within a fully enclosed building.
(11)
Restaurants, taverns, cocktail lounges and yacht clubs.
[Amended 1-23-1984 by Ord. No. 84-2; 4-8-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-4]
(12)
Gift shops.
(13)
Any accessory uses and structures customarily associated with a permitted use or structure and clearly incidental to the principal use and/or structure permitted on the lot.
(14)
All commercial buildings in this area must be of fire-resistive construction in accordance with the State Uniform Construction Code, as amended and supplemented.
(15)
Mixed uses consisting of the permitted uses in this zone on the same property within one building subject to the provisions regulating same.
[Added 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-23A]
B.
Minimum lot area in the MC District shall be 6,000 square feet, and, in those instances where a marina is operated, there shall also be required minimum frontage of 100 feet along an improved street.
[Amended 6-24-1985 by Ord. No. 85-9]
C.
Parking requirements.
[Amended 1-23-1984 by Ord. No. 84-2]
(1)
Marinas shall provide one off-street parking space for each three boat slips, excluding transient slips.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-16C]
(2)
In the case of rack-type operations, one off-street parking space must be provided for every three boats stored.
(4)
In the case of commercial party, passenger, ferry or fishing vessels with a licensed capacity in excess of six passengers, excluding crew:
[Added 11-4-1984 by Ord. No. 84-25A; amended 7-28-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
(a)
Total number of parking spaces required equals the maximum licensed capacity for passengers and crew, less six, divided by three. Any resulting fraction shall require a full parking space.
(b)
The provisions of this section shall not affect such vessels in existence and operating in the Borough of Beach Haven on the effective date of this section. Such vessels may continue to operate and may be replaced in kind but shall not be replaced with vessels with greater capacity for passengers and crew than currently exist without complying with this Subsection C(4) or obtaining a variance from same.
D.
[1]Prohibited uses. The following uses are specifically prohibited in the MC Marine Commercial District:
[Added 6-28-1982 by Ord. No. 82-6]
(1)
Those uses prohibited pursuant to § 212-14B(2) through (10), inclusive.
[Amended 9-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-18]
(2)
Heliports, helistops and landing facilities for aircraft of all kinds are prohibited.
(3)
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]
E.
Marinas: rest room facilities required. Rest room facilities shall be provided in all marinas for the general public.
[Added 6-24-1985 by Ord. No. 85-9]