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Rumson City Zoning Code

§ 22-6.10

Restaurants.

[Ord. No. 08-011D,§ 1; Ord. No. 08-015D, § 1; Ord. No. 17-009D]
Restaurants may be permitted as a conditional use in those zones specified provided that the use and buildings shall adhere to the minimum standards of the zone districts and to the requirements of this section:
a. 
The lot shall be at least 20,000 square feet in area with a minimum width of one hundred twenty-five (125') feet.
b. 
The nearest boundary line of the lot or parcel of land so to be used shall be at least one hundred (100') feet measured in a straight line from the intersection of any two streets designated as County roads or in the Rumson Master Plan as collector streets.
c. 
No building shall be constructed closer than fifty (50') feet to any street line or closer than twenty-five (25') feet to any lot line.
d. 
Driveways shall cross the sidewalks at right angles and shall not be more than twenty-four (24') feet wide at any point thereof. Driveways shall be at least twenty-five (25') feet from any side lot line and at least forty (40') feet from the intersection of street lines.
e. 
Illumination of the restaurant or area so utilized shall be such that no direct glare from the lights thereof shall fall upon adjacent property.
f. 
Signs shall be subject to the controls in this chapter.
g. 
The Planning Board shall determine that the planning of the lot is properly suited to the area and in connection therewith may require adequate buffers of foliage or screen fencing, if necessary, to protect surrounding properties from any lights or noises that may be generated from the property.
h. 
Where a restaurant abuts a residential zone along a side or rear property line, the side or rear yard setback for the restaurant shall be increased from twenty-five (25') feet to fifty (50') feet and a twenty-five (25') foot width planting screen approved by the Planning Board shall be provided along the entire property line.
i. 
Any outdoor cafe shall conform to the standards set forth in subsection 22-7.37.
j. 
Live Entertainment.
1. 
Indoor live entertainment limited to no more than three days/nights per week and no later than 12:30 a.m.
2. 
Outdoor café live entertainment limited to acoustical and/or non-amplified singers and/or acoustic musicians limited to no more than three days/nights per week and no later than 10:00 p.m.