Bellmawr City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Business District B
§ 260-38 Purpose.
It is the purpose of this district to permit commercial development of a retail nature especially for larger retail businesses with sufficient controls.
§ 260-39 Permitted uses.
The following are permitted uses in Business District B:
A.
Retail bakery, barbershop, beauty shop, cleaning business, dyeing business, pressing business, drugstore or pharmacy, grocery, supermarket, hardware, retail liquor store, shoe repair, radio and television sales and service, small notions and variety store, dry goods store, shoe sales, cigar and candy store, retail dairy products sales, delicatessen, custom dressmaker, fruit and vegetable sales, confectionery, launderette, collecting shops, self-service meat and fish market, office buildings, bank, furniture store, clothing store, department store, theater, restaurant, retail aluminum products business, arts and crafts supplies sales, jewelry store, record shop, dancing school, sporting goods store, florist, furrier, garden supply shop, retail sales of business machine equipment, photography store and shop, paint supply store and offices.
B.
Residences shall be permitted in this district only when living quarters are occupied by the owner or operator of said business and are part and parcel of the structure. Only one residence per commercial unit will be allowed.
§ 260-40 Prohibited uses.
§ 260-41 Accessory uses and structures.
The following accessory uses and structures are permitted in Business District B:
A.
Any use or structure permitted in Residence District A.
§ 260-42 Lot and bulk regulations.
The following regulations shall apply in Residence District B:
A.
Lot size: 20,000 square feet minimum.
B.
Lot width: 200 feet minimum.
C.
Front yards shall be not less than 35 feet.
D.
Side yard. Attached structures will require no side yard on the attached side. If structures are not attached, the side yard shall be 15 feet.
E.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least 15 feet.
F.
Occupied area. The maximum area, including accessory buildings, shall not exceed 80% of the lot area.
G.
Height regulations. The maximum height of buildings shall not exceed three stories or 35 feet.
H.
Trash enclosures. All trash enclosures or similar structures shall be set back five feet from all rear and side yard lines. No trash enclosure or similar structure is permitted in any front yard.
§ 260-43 Landscaping.
Those portions of all front, rear and side yards that are not used for off-street parking shall be attractively planted with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns. A twenty-foot-wide landscape area of shrubs and trees together with a screen fence shall be provided along with the property adjacent to residential properties so that the paved lot and buildings are screened from the adjacent residential properties.
§ 260-44 Utilities.
Each unit shall provide adequate sewerage, drainage and water facilities to service said unit as approved by the Borough Engineer.