Union Beach City Zoning Code
§ 13-10.4
R-8 Residential Zone.
[Ord. #324, S10.4; Ord. #657; Ord. #96-748; Ord. #2001-831; Ord. #2005-55; Ord. #2006-81; Ord. #2009-150, S3; Ord. #2010-162, S3; Ord. #2014-200, S3; Ord. No. 2016-234 § 2; Ord. No. 2016-244 § 15]
a.
Permitted Uses.
1.
Single family dwellings.
2.
Federal, state, county and municipal buildings and grounds including schools, parks and playgrounds, but not workshops, warehouses, garages and storage yards.
3.
Private and parochial schools not operated for profit.
4.
Essential services.
5.
Community residences pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1 of the Municipal Land Use Law for the developmentally disabled, community shelters for victims of domestic violence, community residences for the terminally ill, community residences for persons with head injuries, and adult family care homes for elderly persons and physically disabled adults pursuant to the same standards as apply to single family dwellings.
6.
All of the standards and requirements of subsection 13-10.18, Brook Avenue Redevelopment District, shall be permitted, on an optional basis as overlay zoning for the following tax parcels as an integrated part of a redevelopment in the Brook Avenue Redevelopment District: Block 223 Lots 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10. The identified parcels adjoin the Brook Avenue Redevelopment District and have been specifically noted in the adopted Brook Avenue Redevelopment Plan to be allowed to utilize either the underlying R-8 Zone requirements or opt for the redevelopment district standards.
b.
Required Accessory Uses.
1.
Off-street parking subject to the provisions of subsection 13-8.20.
c.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
1.
Fences subject to the provisions of subsection 13-8.13.
2.
Private swimming pools subject to the provisions of subsection 13-8.21.
3.
Signs subject to the provisions of subsection 13-8.26.
4.
Other customary accessory uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to the principal use and building and do not include any activity commonly conducted as a business.
5.
Family day care homes pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.5b of the Municipal Land Use Law which are conducted in the private residence of a family day care provider which is registered as a family day care home pursuant to the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act," N.J.S.A. 30:5B-16, et seq.
d.
Conditional Uses: Subject to the provisions of section 13-9 of this chapter.
1.
Semi-divided dwellings, commonly known as "mother-daughter" dwellings (subsection 13-9.15).
2.
Churches and places of worship (subsection 13-9.2).
3.
Public utilities (subsection 13-9.3).
4.
Marinas, but excluding boat yards (subsection 13-9.5).
5.
Home professional officers (subsection 13-9.4).
6.
Quasi-public and private club recreation areas (subsection 13-9.11).
7.
Townhouse dwellings (subsection 13-9.13) limited to properties having frontage on the south side of Front Street, subject to the following regulations.
The regulations in this subsection shall apply in addition to those in subsection 13-8.18. Where there is a conflict between the regulations in this subsection and the regulations in subsection 13-8.18, the regulation in this subsection shall control.
(a)
Maximum density:10 dwelling units per acre.
(b)
Minimum lot area: One acre.
(c)
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
(d)
Minimum front setback line.
(1)
Principal and accessory buildings: 25 feet.
(2)
Parking areas: Five feet.
(e)
Minimum side and rear setback lines.
(1)
Principal and accessory buildings: twenty-foot rear setback and ten-foot side setback.
(2)
Swimming pool: Eight feet.
(3)
Parking areas: Five feet (unless greater setback required for buffer and screening strips).
(f)
Minimum unoccupied open space: 20%.
8.
Personal wireless telecommunication facilities and equipment subject to the specifications, standards and regulations established in subsection 13-10.14.
The regulations in this subsection shall apply in addition to those in subsection 13-8.18. Where there is a conflict between the regulations in this subsection and the regulations in subsection 13-8.18, the regulations in this subject shall control.
(a)
Maximum density: 14 dwelling units per acre.
(b)
Minimum lot area: Two acres.
(c)
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
(d)
Minimum front setback line.
(1)
Principal and accessory buildings: 35 feet.
(2)
Parking areas: Five feet.
(e)
Minimum side and rear setback lines.
(1)
Principal and accessory buildings: 20 feet.
(2)
Swimming Pool: Eight feet.
(3)
Parking areas: Five feet (unless greater setback required for buffer and screening strips).
(f)
Minimum unoccupied open space: 15%.
9.
Temporary Uses and Structures: (subsection 13-9.16)
(a)
Trailers, quonsets, campers and other temporary structures may be placed on a lot, for a period not exceeding six months, after the dwelling on the lot has been rendered uninhabitable by wind, storm, fire, explosion or other destructive occurrence, or while a new single family dwelling is being constructed on the lot after the removal of a prior dwelling, for use as shelter or storage during which the main dwelling on the lot is being repaired, restored or constructed. This section shall not apply to the storage of recreational boats, trailers and campers which is regulated by subsection 13-5.21.
(b)
Two single family residences may be permitted on one lot, and relief granted from the provisions of subsection 13-5.9 of this chapter, for a period not exceeding six months to permit an applicant to reside in an existing single family dwelling while a new single family dwelling is being constructed on the lot, or upon a contiguous lot under the same ownership when either lot is nonconforming in any aspect, but at no time may both structures be used simultaneously or alternately as a dwelling, and upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the new dwelling the old dwelling must be demolished and removed within one week of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy.
(c)
Upon the expiration of the six month duration of the variance the applicant may apply for one extension not to exceed three months in order to complete the repair or construction of the single family dwelling.
(d)
If upon the expiration of the six month duration of the conditional use and any extension the owner of the property has not removed the temporary structure or the old dwelling the borough may remove it and the cost of such removal shall become a lien against the property.
10.
Residential adult community single-family dwellings located on an area greater than one acre and subject to the requirements for such dwellings in the R-AC Zone.
11.
Wind energy systems or facilities subject to the specifications, standards and regulations established in subsection 13-10.15 of this chapter.
e.
Prohibited Uses and Structures.
1.
Quonsets and tent-like structures except as temporary conditional uses and structures as provided in subsection 13-10.4d,9.
2.
Trailers except as temporary conditional uses and structures as provided in subsection 13-10.4d,9.
f.
Single-Family Dwellings - Area, Yard and Building Requirements.
1.
Minimum lot area:
(a)
Interior lot: 7,500 square feet.
(b)
Corner lot: 10,000 square feet.
2.
Minimum lot width:
(a)
Interior lot: 75 feet.
(b)
Corner lot: 100 feet.
3.
Minimum lot frontage:
(a)
Interior lot: 75 feet.
(b)
Corner lot: 100 feet on both streets.
4.
Minimum lot depth:
(a)
Interior lot: 100 feet.
(b)
Corner lot: 100 feet.
5.
Minimum front setback line: 20 feet.
6.
Minimum rear yard setback line:
(a)
Principal building: 30 feet.
(b)
Accessory building: five feet.
(c)
Private swimming pool: six feet.
(d)
Storage sheds containing less than 100 square feet of floor area (subsection 13-5.8a): three feet.
7.
Minimum side yard setback line:
(a)
Principal building: Eight feet, with two combined side yards of not less than 20 feet.
(b)
Accessory building: five feet.
(c)
Private swimming pool: six feet.
(d)
Storage sheds containing less than 100 square feet of floor area (subsection 13-5.8a): three feet.
8.
Maximum building height: 30 feet to the collar tie subject to the provisions of subsection 13-5.12. In any event, the building shall contain not more than two usable floor levels counted vertically at any point in the building above the grade as determined by the average grade elevations on the corners of the building. Building height for all structures located in the area of special flood hazard as set forth on the National Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and/or Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (PFIRM) shall be measured from the base flood elevation, the advisory base flood elevations or preliminary base flood elevation, whichever is greater. Attic space shall be for storage only and shall not have stairs other than pull down staircases.
9.
Minimum gross habitable floor area:
(a)
One bedroom house: 960 square feet.
(b)
Two bedroom house: 1,060 square feet.
(c)
Three bedroom house: 1,160 square feet.
(d)
Four or more bedroom house: 1,260 square feet.
