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Sea Girt City Zoning Code

§ 17-5.2

Basement Beneath an Accessory or Principal Structure.

[Ord. No. 14-2017 § 1; prior history includes Ord. #855, § 4-1; Ord. No. 15-2014 § 3]
a. 
Definition: For purposes of this section, the following definition shall prevail:
BASEMENT OR CELLAR
Shall mean a story having more than 50% of its height below finished grade.
b. 
A grading and drainage plan shall be submitted with the permit application which plan shall include:
a. 
A full depth soil boring to the seasonal high groundwater table as prepared by a fully licensed Professional Engineer.
b. 
Location of existing and proposed grades.
c. 
Groundwater conditions.
d. 
Construction activities shall be undertaken in accord with all governmental agencies including, but not limited to, the regulatory requirements of the Freehold Soil Conservation District which include, but are not limited to, the following: Stone Tracking Pad; Perimeter Silt Fence; Hay Bale Inlet Protection; Zero Silt Runoff from Residential Property; No off Site Discharge of Construction Dewatering Activities.
e. 
Bottom elevation of the basement or cellar shall not be less than two feet above the seasonal high groundwater elevation, as defined by January 1 through April 1 of each year.