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Beachwood City Zoning Code

§ 17-23.11

R/C Recreation-Conservation Areas.

[Ord. #1/6/78, A XXI; Ord. #92-06, § 1; Ord. #95-22, § 1; Ord. #97-05, § 1; Ord. #2001-11, §§ 1,2]
The Recreation and Conservation Zone is created to achieve the following specific goals:
To provide areas for large community oriented recreational facilities.
To identify and preserve open lands possessing sensitive environmental conditions such as, but not limited to, stream beds, high ground water table, extreme topographic conditions, ground water recharge areas, etc.
To encourage reasonable harmony between the demands for environmental sensitivity in land usage and the demands for equitable development of individual property rights.
a. 
Permitted uses.
1. 
Public park and recreation areas.
2. 
Natural resource and environmental conservation.
3. 
Beachwood municipal composting facilities. Municipal composting facilities limited to those operated by the Borough of Beachwood by itself or in conjunction with the county and other nearby municipalities limited to composting of vegetative waste such as leaves, grass and similar organic materials as allowed under NJDEPE Division of Solid Waste I.D. No. 23. This use is specifically limited to the following Block 8.49, Lots 1 and 2, Block 8.50, Lots 1 and 3, Block 8.64, Lots 1 and 4 all as delineated on the Borough of Beachwood Tax Map.
4. 
Municipal and recreational structures or uses approved by Borough.
5. 
Schools as defined in Section 17-11.
b. 
Permitted accessory uses.
1. 
Off-street parking for recreation usage.
2. 
Accessory uses as part of a permitted school facility including off-street parking, recreation and athletic facilities, signs, fencing, and storage buildings and outdoor storage for school and athletic equipment.
c. 
Conditional uses. None.
d. 
Bulk regulations. No structures are permitted in this Zone with the exception of those provided at paragraph a hereinabove.
e. 
Permitted signs.
1. 
One (1) non-illuminated, recreational name-plate sign situated within the property line and not exceeding ten (10) square feet in area on any surface.
f. 
Parking and other provisions and requirements.
1. 
Off-street parking facilities shall be required on the basis of the following formulae:
(a) 
Open areas, natural areas, hiking trails - 3 spaces per acre
(b) 
Prime and camping areas - 10 spaces per acre
(c) 
Golf course - 2.5 spaces per acre
(d) 
Athletic fields - 15 spaces per acre
(e) 
All other uses - 12 spaces per acre
g. 
Prohibited uses. Any and all other uses.
1. 
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,[1] but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service.
[Added 5-5-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq.