Surf City City Zoning Code
§ 30-8.2 Bay Front Lots
RA and RAA Residential Zones.
[Ord. No. 72-7 § 8B]
a.
Definition. A bay front lot or plot is one having one or more property lines, excluding the boundaries of a riparian grant, extending to or coinciding with an existing bulkhead, an established bulkhead line or the high water line on the shores of Manahawkin Bay.
b.
Regulations. All buildings constructed on a bay front lot in the RA or RAA Residential Zones shall comply with the following regulations and conditions.
1.
In the RA Residential Zone only, a bay front lot is deemed to front upon the bay, and no front yard is required except as outlined in Subsection b4 below.
2.
In the RAA Residential Zone only, a bay front lot adjoining a street is deemed to front upon the street and shall have a front yard 20 feet in depth.
3.
In the RA Residential Zone, when the rear of a bay front lot abuts a street, a public or private right of way, access road or easement, a rear yard 10 feet in depth not including the width of the street, right of way, access road or easement, shall be provided.
4.
In any zone, no building shall be erected within 20 feet of an existing bulkhead. Those structures that were in existence prior to August 11, 1972, shall be permitted to be altered, repaired or replaced but not enlarged so that the building enlargement would come any closer to the bulkhead than existed prior to the enlargement.
5.
In all other respects, the regulations, requirements and conditions of the zone in which the plot is located shall apply.