Freehold City Zoning Code

The following regulations shall apply to all B-1 districts.

(Prior code § 19-9 (part))

A.

The office of a member of a recognized profession such as physicians, attorneys, dentists, ministers, chiropractors, architects, engineers, accountants, insurance agents, real estate brokers, stock brokers and other generally recognized professional service personnel and organizations;

B.

Banks, funeral homes, photography studios, music, dance, art studios and public institutions of higher education.

(Prior code § 19-9.1)

Private garages, provided such structures shall not provide space to exceed space for six automobiles, or three automobiles and three commercial vehicles of not more than two tons each in gross weight.

(Prior code § 19-9.2)

A.

Public utility facilities other than customarily required for providing individual service;

B.

Private outdoor parks, playgrounds and recreation areas.

(Prior code § 19-9.3)

As specified in Schedule I, set out at the end of this title.

(Prior code § 19-9.4)

Any use not set forth in Sections 18.36.020 and 18.36.030, and specifically uses such as barber shops, beauty parlors and other uses generating traffic and parking and uses primarily engaged in the sale of merchandise from the premises; provided any article produced on the premises, or any item incidental to instruction or business which is permitted and carried on as the principal use, may be sold from the premises provided that there is no advertising of such article or item as for sale to the general public.

(Prior code § 19-9.5)

A.

Creation of Committee. Within the office commercial district no building shall be constructed or altered so as to be inconsistent with the residential character of the adjacent residential areas. Building design shall be subject to review and recommendation by such officially-appointed committee for design review, or similar body, as may be in existence in the borough at the time of application for approval of site and building plans for the intended use. The committee for design review shall adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to govern its procedure, and shall render all decisions and findings in writing.

B.

Membership—Term. The building inspector of the borough, in passing upon a building permit to be issued in the office commercial district shall be controlled and bound by the determination and decision of majority of the five members of the committee for design review consisting of the building inspector, the borough engineer, an architect, a resident of the borough, and a member of the borough council, all appointed by the mayor annually for a term of one year.

C.

Nonresidential Construction. The following types of constructions shall be considered not to be residential in character:

1.

Store front types of construction;

2.

Garage doors, larger than needed for passenger automobile and commercial vehicles of two tons gross weight;

3.

Concrete block or cinder block wall surfaces.

(Prior code § 19-16)