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Rockaway Township City Zoning Code

§ 54-30.50

B-2 Highway Business District.

[Ord. No. 95-24 § 54-128; Ord. No. O-23-23]
A. 
Permitted principal uses. The B-2 district is intended to accommodate the same types of retail business and professional establishments as are permitted in the B-1 district, though on a larger scale, as well as uses appropriate to a highway location. Integrated developments of personal service establishments of offices enclosed in one building and utilizing common facilities, such as parking and access services are to be encouraged. Also permitted in this district are:
(1) 
Storage buildings and yards, fuel distributing plants, lumberyards, warehouses, and wholesale distributing buildings;
(2) 
Hotels, motels and nursing homes;
(3) 
Amusement centers;
(4) 
Fitness centers with no limitation as to gross floor area; and
(5) 
Indoor recreation.
B. 
Permitted accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures permitted in the B-2 district are those uses and structures which are customarily incidental and subordinate to a permitted principal use. In case of a question concerning whether a use or structure is accessory to a permitted principal use, the determination thereof shall lie with the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
C. 
Conditional uses. The conditional uses permitted in the B-2 district are indicated in Subsection 54-30.15; provided that such uses shall comply with the conditions for said uses in Subsection 54-30.15.
D. 
Prohibited uses. Those uses prohibited in the B-1 district are prohibited in the B-2 district, unless otherwise specifically permitted by Subsection 54-30.50A above.
E. 
Required conditions.
(1) 
Minimum lot area. Each lot shall have a minimum lot area of 40,000 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 50 feet.
(3) 
Minimum side yards. No side yard shall be less than 20 feet.
(4) 
Minimum rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least 50 feet.
(5) 
Maximum height. No building shall exceed a maximum of 35 feet in height.
(6) 
Maximum impervious coverage. The total impervious coverage on any lot shall not exceed 60% of the total lot area; provided that if the lot is also located within the CWR district, the total impervious coverage shall not exceed 45% of the total lot area.