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Beachwood City Zoning Code

§ 17-23.2

R-A Residential Zone Regulations 150' x 200'.

[Ord. #1/6/78, A XXI, § 2; Ord. # 7/16/79, § 1; Ord. #94-12, §§ 4, 5; Ord. #97-12, § 2]
a. 
Permitted principal uses.
1. 
One-family, detached dwelling units.
b. 
Permitted accessory uses.
1. 
Private garage space for the storage of motor vehicles.
2. 
Private, recreational facilities, such as, but not limited to: swimming pools, tennis courts, ice-skating rinks, basketball courts, etc., but these uses shall not be conducted as a business, and provided that all lighting shall be directed away from all adjacent lots.
3. 
Fences, walls, hedges, etc.
4. 
Private storage structures, not used for profit, servicing residential principal uses, not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) square feet in area.
c. 
Conditional uses. Permitted upon application and approval.
1. 
Structures for public utilities and municipal service as necessary to provide adequate service and protection to the surrounding area subject to the provisions of this chapter.
2. 
The offices of any member of a recognized profession who resides on the same lot and provided that not more than forty (40%) percent of the habitable floor area is utilized for office space, and shall be within and part of the principal structure.
d. 
Bulk regulations.
1. 
The requirements for this district of lot area and width, yard dimensions, building coverage and height shall be listed in the Bulk Schedule attached to and made part of this chapter.
Editor's Note: The Bulk schedule for all zones is included as an attachment to this chapter. For the bulk schedule for the Pinelands Area, see Section 17-27.
2. 
(Reserved)
e. 
Permitted signs.[1]
1. 
One (1) non-illuminated, residential name-plate sign situated within the property line and not exceeding one (1) square foot, in area on any surface.
2. 
One (1) non-flashing, non-illuminated, temporary sign pertaining to the lease or sale of the same lot or building upon which it is placed, situated within the property lines and the premises to which it relates and not exceeding four (4) square feet in area on any one (1) side. The sign must be moved from the premises within two (2) days after the property has been sold.
3. 
One (1) non-flashing, illuminated sign identifying a school, church, public park or other such permitted use located no less than ten (10') feet from any street or property line and not exceeding ten (10) square feet in area on any one (1) side.
4. 
No free-standing sign shall be erected closer to any front or side lot line than ten (10') feet.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sign regulations also included in subsection 17-21.3 (paragraph s).
f. 
Parking and other provisions and requirements. Off-street parking spaces with appropriate access thereto shall be provided on the same lot it is intended to serve in accordance with the following minimum standards:
1. 
One (1) family dwellings - A minimum of two (2) parking spaces for each eight thousand (8,000) square feet or fraction thereof of gross lot area, one of which may be a garage.
2. 
Professional office/home use - Two (2) spaces per professional, one (1) space per employee, in addition to conformance with all residential parking requirements.
3. 
The lands upon which a dwelling house is situate shall contain a driveway or a parking area constructed from the street line toward the interior of the lot of not less than twenty (20') feet in length nor less than ten (10') feet in width.
(a) 
The minimum setback of the driveway from the sideline shall be six (6") inches;
(b) 
The minimum depth of the driveway from the front property line shall be twenty (20') feet;
(c) 
The driveway shall not be closer than twenty-five (25') feet to an intersection.
(d) 
Driveways may be placed in front of the garage but they shall not be placed or located directly in front of the main dwelling.
(e) 
Driveways may overlap the dwelling by a maximum of four (4') feet on the designated parking side.
g. 
Prohibited uses.
1. 
All nonresidential uses such as but not limited to: institutional, commercial and industrial uses, including signs.
2. 
All residential uses not specifically permitted in this zone.
3. 
All farming and livestocking activities except those normally accepted as common and domestic household pets.
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,[2] but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service.
[Added 5-5-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
[2]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq.
h. 
Miscellaneous provisions.
1. 
Soffets will be required in the front and rear of all dwelling houses, the same to extend from the dwelling house not less than a combined distance of twenty-four (24") inches; however, the rear of the dwelling shall have a soffet extension of not less than six (6") inches.
2. 
In all buildings arranged for the use of one (1) or two (2) family dwelling units, all windows shall have wooden jambs, sills, and trim, interior and exterior.