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Union Beach City Zoning Code

§ 13-9.10

Motor Vehicle Repair Garages.

Motor vehicle repair garages may be permitted as a conditional use in those zones specified provided that the use and/or structures shall adhere to the minimum standards of the particular zone and the following:
a. 
Motor vehicle repair garages shall have a lot area of not less than 20,000 square feet with a minimum frontage of 125 feet on one street. If the lot requirements for the zone are greater, they shall take precedent.
b. 
No outdoor oil drainage pits or hydraulic lifts shall be permitted.
c. 
Any repair of motor vehicles shall be performed in a fully enclosed building.
d. 
All motor vehicles awaiting repair or under repair which are stored out-of-doors shall be screened from public by a solid fence and/or evergreen plantings as required by the planning board.
e. 
No motor vehicle awaiting repair or under repair may be stored out-of-doors within the required front yard area; within 20 feet of any side or rear lot line; or within 50 feet of any adjoining lot within a residential zone.
f. 
No motor vehicle repair garage shall be located within 500 feet of any public entrance to a church, school, library, hospital, fire station, park, playground, charitable institution, or place of public assemblage. The distance shall be measured in a straight line along the centerline of streets forming the shortest route from a point opposite the nearest boundary from said public entrance to a point opposite the nearest boundary of the repair garage lot.
g. 
If gas pumps are proposed, subsection 13-9.9a,d, and f, referring to "Motor Vehicle Service Stations," shall also be applicable to "Motor Vehicle Repair Garages."
h. 
The maximum lot coverage shall be 20% of the lot area.
i. 
The minimum unoccupied open space shall be 30% of the lot area.