Sea Girt City Zoning Code
§ 17-5.3
Conditional Uses.
[Ord. No. 19-2018 § 4; Ord. No. 20-2018 § 3; prior history includes Ord. #855, § 4-1; Ord. No. 15-2014 § 4]
a.
Home Office Use in Residential Zones:
Home office use, meaning an office activity carried on for gain by a resident in a dwelling unit, shall be permitted accessory use in residential zone districts, provided:
1.
The use is limited solely to office use;
2.
The use is operated by or employs in the residence only a resident or residents who are permanent full-time residents of the dwelling unit, and no other person;
3.
The use shall be located in only one room of the dwelling unit, which shall not be served by an entrance separate from the household;
4.
Interior storage of materials shall only consist of office supplies;
5.
There shall be no change to the exterior of buildings or structures because of the use, and no outside appearance of a business use, including, but not limited to, parking, storage, signs or lights;
6.
The use operates no equipment or process that creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical or electronic interference, including interference with telephone, radio or television reception, detectable by neighboring residents;
7.
The use does not require any increased or enhanced electrical or water supply;
8.
The quantity and type of solid waste disposal is the same as other residential uses in the zone district;
9.
The capacity and quality of effluent is typical of normal residential use, and creates no potential or actual detriment to the sanitary sewer system or its components;
10.
Delivery trucks shall be limited to U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service, Federal Express and other delivery services providing regular service to residential uses in the zone district;
11.
All vehicular traffic to and from the home office shall be limited in volume, type and frequency to what is normally associated with other residential uses in the zone district.
b.
Schools, (as defined in § 17-2 Definitions) churches and similar places of worship, parish houses, convents, church schools and libraries that are owned and operated by duly incorporated religious organizations shall be permitted in all zones of the Borough of Sea Girt, subject to the following limitations and requirements:
1.
The minimum lot size shall be three-quarters of an acre for each building and accessory buildings. One parish house, convent, church school and church library may be constructed as part of a building used as a church or similar place of worship or in combination or singly as accessory buildings.
2.
The minimum front yard depth shall be 50 feet.
3.
The minimum side yard shall be 20 feet on both sides.
4.
The minimum rear yard depth shall be 50 feet.
5.
The minimum street frontage shall be 125 feet.
6.
The maximum building height shall be two stories, not to exceed 50 feet to the highest point of any building, exclusive of chimneys, steeples and similar items.
7.
Parking areas shall be located only in the side yards and rear yard and not in the buffer strips required by paragraph h below.
8.
Buffer strips 10 feet in width with planting, as indicated by the location and existing trees and undergrowth, shall be maintained all along the side lines and rear line. No trees shall be removed in the buffer strips unless approved by the Planning Board.
9.
There shall be a minimum of one separate entrance and one separate exit from and to a public street, collector road or arterial road.
10.
No building permit shall be issued unless a site plan has been approved in writing by the Planning Board.
11.
The Planning Board, in making its determination, shall be guided by the following standards in order that such uses may be properly related to the orderly and harmonious development of the community.
(a)
The proper relationship of the particular structures and other features shown on the site plan to one another and to present and proposed structures and other features in the area.
(b)
The proper relationship of parking areas, driveways and approaches to roadways and traffic flow on roadways and on private or public property in the area.
(c)
The proper relationship of structures and other features to the contours of the land.
(d)
The proper maintenance of natural features, trees and foliage.
(e)
The proper development of buffer strips as required by paragraph 8 above.
(f)
Such matters as relate to the planning and physical development of the Borough of Sea Girt.