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Point Pleasant City Zoning Code

§ 19-15A.6

Conditional Use Standards.

[Ord. #2014-03 S 3]
a. 
Restaurants, banquet halls/facilities and other eating establishments, including those eating facilities necessary for area employees.
1. 
Restaurants and banquet facilities are permitted within sites, that maintain operating marinas, as a conditional use, subject to the Bulk and Area Standards enumerated herein, restaurants and banquet facilities are not permitted on sites within the Waterfront Commercial (W) Zone where no operating marina exists;
2. 
No such use shall detract from the principal marina use, including but not limited to reductions in dock space or the supply of existing off-street parking that is reserved for boat slips, at the time of application for a conditional use permit;
3. 
Drive-thru restaurants, fast food restaurants and take-out (only) restaurants are prohibited;
4. 
Any restaurant, banquet or eating establishment, proposed as a conditional use subject to the regulations herein, shall provide primary ingress from major streets within the Borough, as defined in Section 19-3 of the Borough's Land Development Ordinance with the following exception. Bay Avenue south of Bridge Avenue is not considered a major street. The portion of Bay Avenue south of Bridge Avenue is to be considered a minor street because unlike the balance of Bay Avenue it has a slower speed limit and a difference character in the nature of the roadway and the adjacent areas.
5. 
Buffering and Screening standards shall apply along any yard line, which borders an existing residential use, pursuant to subsection 19-16.2, Screening.
6. 
Area, Yard and Bulk Standards.
Lot Size
2 Acres
Building Setback Line
20 Feet
Lot Width
75 Feet
*Rear Yard
25 Feet
Side Yards
15 Feet
Side Yards Abutting a Residential District
25 Feet
**Building Coverage (Restaurant and Banquet Facility Only)
20%
Building Height
35 Feet
*Rear Yard requirement of 25 feet shall not restrict fishing piers, boat docks and existing boat slips, provided that the rear yard is contiguous to a waterway.
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**Total lot coverage shall not exceed 75% in the aggregate, between principal and conditionally permitted uses.
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7. 
No parking spaces used in calculating the marina use parking requirement may be used in calculations for the restaurant or banquet hall use except as established herein and shall not result in a net loss of parking for boat slips or a net loss of any existing dock space as a result of the proposed conditional restaurant use. Parking required for all permitted and/or conditional uses shall be calculated separately.
Parking shall be regulated as follows:
(a) 
Parking for the principal, marina use shall be 0.6 parking spaces per boat slip and shall be calculated separately from the parking requirements for any conditional use on-site. In areas of the marinas that are unpaved and have no delineated parking spaces, the required parking shall be calculated as follows: 1 space = 260 square feet of unimproved/unpaved area;
(b) 
Area for boat storage and sales shall be allocated separately from the required parking for the marina facility and separately from the parking required for any conditional use on-site. The area designated for upland storage (whether its winter storage or brokerage upland storage) shall be delineated and cannot be used for parking. Boat storage can utilize the area designated for marina parking from November 1st through May 31st. The definition of sales shall include the brokerage of new and used boats;
(c) 
Restaurants and banquet facilities shall provide one (1) parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area of dining area. This calculation shall exclude kitchen facilities, stairways, lobbies, restroom facilities, storage rooms utility rooms and hallways;
(d) 
Boat storage shall provide one (1) space for every 20,000 square feet of boat storage area;
(e) 
Retail sales area within the building for the sale of boats shall provide one (1) space per 5,000 square feet of sales area.
b. 
Night clubs are not permitted in the W Zone.