Bellmawr City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Residence District A
§ 260-10 Purpose.
It is the purpose of Residence District A to permit residential developments of medium densities with sufficient controls and to permit the continuation of standard development patterns now existing throughout the Borough.
§ 260-11 Permitted uses.
In any A Residence District, land, buildings or premises shall be used by right only for one or more of the following:
A.
Single-family detached house.
B.
Municipal tower, water storage tank, water reservoir, water pumping station and water treatment plant, subject to the following special requirement: the architectural design of the exterior of any building shall be in keeping with other structures in the neighborhood.
C.
Substation, electric and gas facilities, sewage lift station, water pumping station, transmission lines and gas regulator stations, subject to the following special requirements:
(1)
There shall be no storage of materials and trucks and no repair facilities or housing of repair crews except within completely enclosed buildings.
(2)
The architectural design of the exterior of any building shall be in keeping with other structures in the neighborhood.
(3)
Screening, as defined in this chapter, shall be developed. All plants not surviving one year after planting must be replaced.
D.
Model homes or sales offices within a subdivision shall be allowed but only during the period necessary for the sale of new homes within such subdivision. Such uses shall not be considered a business use.
§ 260-12 Conditional uses.
The following conditional uses shall be permitted in Residence District A:
A.
Church, chapel, convent or similar religious institution, including rectory or parish house, provided that:
B.
Private tennis courts, subject to the following performance standards:
(1)
Private tennis courts shall be allowed by special permit only, and a public hearing shall be required.
(2)
All tennis court fencing must be 10 feet from all property lines.
(3)
Construction shall be subject to site plan review.
(4)
All lighting shall be screened to avoid glare onto adjoining properties.
§ 260-13 Prohibited uses.
[Added 8-8-1996 by Ord. No. 7:15-96]
A.
No boarding homes or rooming houses shall be permitted in Residence District A.
B.
The following uses are specifically prohibited from the Residence District A Zone:
[Added 7-25-1998 by Ord. No. 5:5-98]
(1)
Retail business activities offering the sale of products or serving of and similar to the following types:
[Amended 12-30-2021 by Ord. No. 10:18-21]
Aluminum products business | |
Arts and crafts sales or arts and crafts supplies sales | |
Auto sales, leasing service or repair | |
Bakery, retail | |
Barbershop | |
Beauty shop | |
Business equipment and business machine sales | |
Cannabis establishment | |
Cleaning, dyeing or pressing business | |
Clothing store | |
Collecting shops | |
Confectionery or candy store | |
Dairy products sales | |
Department store | |
Drugstore or pharmacy | |
Dry goods store | |
Electronics, video equipment sales | |
Florist shop or any retail sales of flowers, wreaths or similar items | |
Fruit and vegetable sales | |
Furniture store | |
Furrier | |
Garden supply store | |
Grocery, supermarket, food store or delicatessen | |
Hardware store | |
Jewelry stores and sales | |
Laundromat | |
Liquor, wine or beer sale | |
Notions and variety stores | |
Paint or paint supply store | |
Photography studios or sales of photography equipment | |
Radio and television sales and service | |
Shoe sales and shoe repair | |
Sporting goods store | |
Tobacco products store |
§ 260-14 Accessory uses and structures.
[Amended 6-25-1987 by Ord. No. 5:6-87; 7-25-1998 by Ord. No. 5:5-98]
In any A Residence District, only the following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted:
A.
Private garages or private carports for not more than two cars and utility sheds.
B.
Conventional accessory residential uses, which shall be defined as follows: a use customarily carried on within a dwelling by the inhabitants thereof, which use is incidental and subordinate to the residential use, which shall be limited to:
(1)
Professional office of one physician, dentist, lawyer, architect, engineer, musician, artist, teacher, accountant, registered nurse or other similar professional person in a residential building, subject to the following special requirements in addition to all other applicable requirements of this chapter for the residential district in which such uses are located. Professional occupations shall be subject to the following standards:
(a)
Three off-street parking spaces in addition to those otherwise required in this chapter.
(b)
No more than two persons shall be employed by the practitioner of the professional occupation to provide secretarial, clerical, technical or similar assistance.
(c)
The area used for the practice of a professional shall occupy no more than 25% of the total floor area.
(d)
No storage of materials or products outside the dwelling unit shall be permitted unless completely housed.
(e)
The professional use shall be clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling unit and shall not change the essential residential character of the dwelling.
(f)
No external alteration inconsistent with the residential use of the dwelling unit shall be permitted.
(g)
No display of products shall be visible from the outside of the building.
(2)
Business signs, consistent with the sign regulations.
(3)
Such business shall be operated by the residential owner or a member of the family, provided that they are occupants of the dwelling.
D.
Private greenhouses.
§ 260-15 Lot and bulk regulations.
The following regulations shall apply in Residence District A:
A.
Lot size: 6,000 square feet minimum.
[Amended 9-28-2000 by Ord. No. 8:13-00]
B.
Lot width: 60 feet minimum.
[Amended 9-28-2000 by Ord. No. 8:13-00]
C.
Lot depth: 100 feet minimum.
D.
Lot coverage: 30% maximum.
E.
Front yards shall be 25 feet or not less than the setback of any existing single-family residence located on abutting properties, whichever is the lesser, both of which shall be measured from the right-of-way line.
F.
Side yards shall be a minimum of five feet with a fifteen-foot aggregate on both sides.
G.
Rear yards shall be a minimum of 30 feet, with garage or utility sheds not to be counted in the construction of this provision.
H.
Height: 35 feet maximum.
I.
Dwelling unit size: 1,100 square feet for one story and 1,500 square feet for more than one story, provided that where any single detached dwelling shall have an unfinished attic, in computing the total number of square feet credit shall be given for 50% of that portion of such unfinished attic as shall have a clearance of seven feet six inches in height from the top of the floor joists thereof.
J.
Accessory buildings shall be a minimum of three feet from the rear and/or side property line and shall not be nearer to the street line than 10 feet. Garages shall not exceed 12 feet in height. One-car garages shall be limited to no larger than 16 feet by 24 feet in size, and two-car garages shall be limited to no larger than 30 feet by 24 feet in size. In no instance shall there be an enclosed second story.
[Amended 8-6-1992 by Ord. No. 7:10-92]