Beach Haven City Zoning Code
§ 212-23
Off-street parking requirements.
[Added 1-23-1984 by Ord. No. 84-2; amended 2-28-1994 by Ord. No. 94-5; 9-22-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16; 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-23A; 9-11-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-16]
A.
The following minimum off-street parking shall be required in the Borough of Beach Haven for all new and substantially improved buildings.
[Amended 1-14-2013 by Ord. No. 2012-24C; 5-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11C]
(1)
Every building shall provide off-street parking spaces comprising not less than 162 square feet of parking stall which shall have dimensions of not less than nine feet in width and not less than 18 feet in length which shall be located outside the vertical plane of the outside walls of any building and which parking spaces shall be accessible from a public way.
(2)
All commercial or business uses shall provide a minimum of one such parking space for each 600 square feet of gross floor area.
(3)
All residential uses shall provide the required number of off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following schedule.
(a)
Each efficiency unit defined as a sleeping unit with cooking facilities shall provide 1 1/2 such parking spaces per unit.
(b)
Each single-family dwelling unit with less than five bedrooms shall provide two such parking spaces.
(c)
Each single-family dwelling with five bedrooms or more shall provide three such parking spaces.
(d)
Each two-family dwelling shall provide four such parking spaces.
(e)
Each two-family dwelling with one or more units containing five bedrooms or more shall provide two such parking spaces per unit; provided, however, that an additional one such parking space shall be provided for any unit containing five or more bedrooms.
(4)
Each apartment and each multifamily structure shall provide a minimum of one such parking space for each one-bedroom unit, 1 1/2 such parking spaces for each two-bedroom unit and two such parking spaces for each three-bedroom unit.
(5)
Each hotel and each motel shall provide a minimum of one such parking space for each unit.
B.
The minimum number of parking spaces required for a use not specifically enumerated under this section shall be the same as required for a use of a similar nature as determined by the appropriate board based upon that use enumerated herein which is more similar to the proposed use. If there is no use enumerated herein having sufficient similarity to the proposed use to enable the appropriate board to establish rational parking requirements, the appropriate board may, in its discretion, direct the applicant to furnish the appropriate board with such date as may be necessary to enable the appropriate board to establish rational parking requirements. If two or more combined uses are identified, the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required shall be for the use requiring the most off-street parking spaces.
C.