Manasquan City Zoning Code
§ 35-5.9
B-1 Business Zone.
[1972 Code § 107-13; Ord. No. 1097; Ord. No. 1139; Ord. No. 1768-98 § 1; Ord. No. 1783-99 § 4; Ord. No. 1840-00 § 1; Ord. No. 2057-09 § 3; Ord. No. 2242-2017; amended 10-20-2025 by Ord. No. 2573-25]
a.
Principal Permitted Uses:
1.
Stores and shops for the conduct of any retain trade or business service use.
2.
Personal service establishments.
3.
Banks and financial institutions.
4.
Newspaper offices.
5.
Business and professional offices.
6.
Taxi stands, bus and railroad passenger stations, and facilities for bicycles.
7.
Telephone, telegraph and other communications facilities.
8.
Restaurant establishments, but not including fast food drive-in facilities.
9.
Indoor theaters for movies and the performing arts, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, gymnasiums, physical culture and health clubs and similar recreational and cultural facilities situated wholly within a structure.
10.
Day care centers, child care centers and nursery schools.
11.
Apartments over commercial uses. Apartments developed as an upper-floor use, provided that each apartment has a separate access from the commercial use; has a gross floor area of not less than 800 square feet; and meets all other applicable municipal and State requirements, including requirements in this chapter for off-street parking.
12.
Municipal buildings, parks, playgrounds and other governmental facilities, as necessary and appropriate.
13.
Mortuaries and funeral homes:
(a)
Restrictions on Uses in Subsections a1 through a13. In any such establishments, no wholesale merchandising or distributing shall be permitted and no merchandise shall be carried or stored in or about the building, structure, enclosure or land, other than that intended to be sold at retail within such building, structure, enclosure or land. No business or use shall be carried on in connection with any merchandising establishments or permitted in any building, structure or upon any land which is or is likely to be injurious, obnoxious, offensive or dangerous by reason of noise, smoke, odor, gas, dust or other objectionable or hazardous features or which for any reason would hinder, interfere with or detrimentally affect the health, safety, comfort or general welfare of the Borough.
b.
Permitted Accessory Uses:
1.
Other uses and structures customarily incidental to a principal permitted use. All accessory structures shall be located in side or rear yard areas and set back in accordance with zoning district regulations in Schedule I.[1] Garages and similar storage buildings shall not exceed 15 feet in height; sheds and similar structures shall not exceed 10 feet in height or exceed 100 square feet in size.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule I, referred to herein, may be found as an attachment to this chapter.
2.
Public and private parking.