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Point Pleasant Beach
City Zoning Code

§ 19-8.6.6

Provisions Applicable to Raising Single Family Dwellings to Comply with Advisory Base Flood Elevations hereinafter "ABFE" and Established Base Flood Elevations hereinafter "BFE".

This subsection shall only be applicable to single family dwellings that are conforming uses in the zone in which they are located and the single family dwelling must be located in the special flood hazard area (hereinafter "SFHA") as depicted on the Flood Insurance Rate Map, or the Advisory Base Flood Elevation Map as issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (hereinafter "FEMA").
a. 
Where an existing single family dwelling is to be raised in order to meet but not exceed the ABFE or BFE requirements including a one-foot freeboard, whichever is more stringent, as required by the Flood Damage Prevention Code of the Borough of Point Pleasant Beach or the Flood Hazard Act requirements of the State of New Jersey, the existing dwelling shall be permitted to be raised a maximum of ten percent over the allowable height limitation as provided for in the Schedule of Zoning District Regulations applicable to the zone in which the dwelling is situate.
b. 
Where there is new construction of a single family dwelling, that dwelling shall comply with the allowable height limitation as provided for in the Schedule of Zoning District Regulations applicable to the zone in which the dwelling will be situate.
c. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a above, if as a result of raising the dwelling to the base flood elevation the stairs providing first floor ingress and egress to the dwelling have to be modified, the additional stairs may not exceed six feet in width and may only encroach to the extent required to comply with the height requirements of the ABFE or the BFE. The stairs required to access the first floor of the dwelling, to the extent they comply with this paragraph shall remain uncovered so as not to create a porch or deck and shall have no effect upon impervious or building coverage.
d. 
For any property that has received zoning or Planning Board approval, but that has not yet been constructed, that property shall not be considered new construction.
e. 
Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection 19-13.2 f. 2 to the contrary, for any nonconforming single family dwelling governed by the terms of this section, and that building or structure has been destroyed as provided for in Subsection 19-8.6.1, the dwelling may be reconstructed in compliance with the provisions outlined in Subsection 19-8.6.1.