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South Toms River City Zoning Code

§ 26-23.3

General Controls.

[Ord. No. 8-13 § 7.0]
The following additional general controls shall apply to townhouse condominium developments:
a. 
Off-Street Parking. Marked off-street parking shall be required as follows:
1. 
All drives, turning areas and parking spaces shall be hard surfaced.
2. 
A parking space shall be as defined in subsection 26-10.3.
b. 
Walks. Walks shall be required as follows:
1. 
Entry walks or service walks shall be masonry construction.
2. 
Entry walks or service walks shall be in addition to and not part of any driveway.
3. 
Primary entry walks shall be a minimum of four feet in width.
4. 
Secondary walks (service walks or individual unit walks) shall be a minimum of three feet in width.
5. 
Walks may encroach five feet into any required side yard and 25 feet into any required rear yard. Primary or secondary entry walks shall cross the front yard between the limit lines of the required side yards if extended to the front property line.
6. 
Any walk forming a part of the parking or turning area or crossing a driveway may be of the same material as the parking or turning area or driveway.
7. 
Paths forming a part of any garden or recreation area are not considered walks for the purpose of this chapter.
c. 
Recreational Facilities. Recreational facilities shall be permitted subject to the conditions contained in this chapter and the following additional restrictions:
1. 
Recreational facilities including marinas and swimming or wading pools shall be permitted as an accessory use for the unit.
2. 
Recreational facilities are for the use of occupants of the development and their guests and friends or relations of guests. No public use or offering of use shall be permitted except as otherwise provided herein.
d. 
Patio or Sunbathing Areas.
1. 
Patio or sunbathing areas including barbecue or outdoor eating facilities may be permitted as an accessory use.
2. 
These facilities shall be for the use of occupants of the development and their guests and friends or relations of guests. No public use or offering of use shall be permitted.
3. 
These facilities may encroach into any required yard (except for buildings pertaining thereto) as is permitted under the subsection limiting and controlling walks.
e. 
Trash and Garbage Collection; Storage and Removal.
1. 
An adequate enclosed and covered area shall be provided for the collection and storage of trash and garbage.
2. 
At least one such area shall be provided for each building.
f. 
Television and/or Radio Antenna. Only one master antenna shall be permitted for television and/or radio reception for each building.
g. 
Soundproofing. All buildings shall conform to the minimum standard of 45 decibel reduction value for all property walls and floors, except where another ordinance or law shall provide a higher minimum standard in which case it shall apply.
h. 
Screening.
1. 
All trash and garbage collection locations and parking and turning area shall be screened by natural or artificial means as to reduce to a minimum their effect on the desired harmoniously pleasing aesthetics of the site within the Borough.
2. 
Perimeter screening shall be required for natural or artificial means to maintain a harmoniously pleasing aesthetic value and effectively obstruct the view from adjacent premises to a height not to exceed six feet.
3. 
The Construction Official and/or Zoning Officer of the Borough shall make an annual inspection and report to the Borough Council as a maintenance of required screening.
i. 
Exterior Lighting.
1. 
All parking and turning areas, drives, entries, and walkways shall be lighted for safety from dusk to dawn with lighting shielded from adjoining properties.
2. 
All recreational and/or patio or similar areas may be lighted with lighting shielded from adjoining properties.
3. 
All general project or building lighting shall be permitted provided lighting is soft white light shielded from adjoining and opposite properties.
j. 
Exterior Sound. Exterior sound facilities shall be permitted for any recreational, patio or similar area until 12:00 midnight providing the facility does not violate any provision of any other ordinance concerning the peace and general welfare of the Borough.
k. 
Storage Areas. Each building may provide general storage area for service for the building and project.
l. 
Mail Receptacles. Each dwelling unit shall be required to have mail receptacles in accordance with the specifications of the Post Office Department.
m. 
Required Heating and Utilities.
1. 
No dwelling unit shall be constructed without a central heating system or systems sufficient to permit each dwelling unit to be maintained at a temperature of 72° when the outside temperature is at 0°. The temperature for each dwelling unit shall be regulated by a control located therein.
2. 
Central or individual air-conditioning units shall be provided so as to permit each dwelling unit to maintain a temperature of 72° when the outside temperature is 90°. Where central air conditioning systems are installed, the temperature for each dwelling unit shall be controlled by a control located therein.
3. 
Any plans submitted for the construction of any townhouse condominium type building or buildings set forth herein shall provide for adequate water service and shall in addition provide the storm sewer facilities. The plans shall also provide for sewerage disposal service in accordance with the standards and requirements set forth by the County sewerage authority.