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Toms River City Zoning Code

§ 348-9.5

Churches and places of worship.

[Amended 8-14-1991 by Ord. No. 2848-91; 12-9-2003 by Ord. No. 3843-03; 10-10-2017 by Ord. No. 4558-17; 7-13-2021 by Ord. No. 4700-21]
Churches and places of worship are permitted as a conditional use in those zones specified, subject to the following standards:
A. 
The minimum lot area shall be two acres.
B. 
The minimum lot width shall be 300 feet on lots of more than four acres and 200 feet for lots of four acres or less.
C. 
No principal building shall be located closer than 50 feet to any side or rear property line.
D. 
No accessory building shall be located closer than 30 feet to any side or rear residential property line.
E. 
Maximum lot building coverage shall be 15%.
F. 
On lots of more than four acres, maximum impervious coverage shall be 40%. On lots of four acres or less with fewer than 50 parking spaces and more than 150 feet from beaches, dunes or the mean high-water line of tidal waters, maximum impervious coverage shall be 50%, unless the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines, in writing, that a permit is required under the Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA)[1] for impervious coverage limits at or below these thresholds.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:19-1 et seq.
G. 
The height of structures to be constructed may exceed the maximum height requirements of this chapter; provided, however, that the front, rear and side yard requirements set forth above shall be increased by two feet for each foot by which the height of the structure exceeds the maximum height which would otherwise be permitted by the chapter, and further provided that in no case shall any proposed structure exceed 50 feet in height.
H. 
Churches and houses of worship with a lot size greater than 2.5 acres must front on a street classified as a major collector, minor arterial, or principal arterial roadway. Churches and houses of worship with a lot size of not less than two and not more than 2.5 acres must front on a minor collector, major collector, minor arterial, or principal arterial roadway. Churches and houses of worship, regardless of lot size, may not locate on a roadway classified as a local collector or local street. For the purposes of this exclusion, Maine Street, Shenandoah Boulevard, and Indian Hill Road are regarded as local streets.