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West Wildwood City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

T-C Town Commercial Zone

§ 340-29 Permitted uses.

The following principal uses shall be permitted in this district:
All permitted uses and associated building and area regulations as identified in the R-1 Zone.
Stores and shops for the conduct of any retail business.
Personal service establishments, including, but not limited to, tailor, barbershop or beauty salon and any similar types of establishments.
Offices, including real estate and insurance, and any professional occupations, travel agency or other similar type uses.
Civic, social and fraternal associations meeting places.
Restaurants, taverns and luncheonettes.

§ 340-30 Accessory uses.

The following accessory uses shall be permitted in this district:
Fences and walls.
Signs.
Parking lots and parking garages.
Accessory uses and buildings incidental to the above uses.
Private residential swimming pools.
Vending and video machines (maximum three machines).
Swimming pools.
Home occupations.

§ 340-31 Conditional uses.

The following conditional uses shall be permitted in this district:
Arcade.
Public and private day schools licensed by the State of New Jersey.

§ 340-32 Bulk and area requirements.

Minimum lot area shall be 3,200 square feet.
Minimum lot frontage and width shall be 40 feet.
Minimum lot depth shall be 80 feet.
Minimum floor area shall be 800 square feet.
Minimum lot yards for buildings shall be as follows:
Front: 10 feet.
Side. Each side yard shall be a minimum of one foot for each 10 feet of lot frontage, but in no event shall any side yard be less than five feet.
[Amended 3-5-2004 by Ord. No. 430[1]; 5-3-2024 by Ord. No. 619]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 430 was amended 5-3-2013 by Ord. No. 521 to express the Board of Commissioner's desire to restate the Land Development Ordinance to incorporate the proposed advisory base flood elevation (ABFE) maps in order to maintain its community rating discount under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Ordinance No. 521 did not contain any specific text amendments to the Land Development Ordinance.
Rear: 10 feet.
Bulkhead: 10 feet.
Maximum building coverage shall be 55%.
Maximum lot coverage shall be 65%.
Maximum building height shall be three habitable stories and shall not exceed 40 feet in height to the topmost point of the roof from the base flood elevation.
[Amended 7-2-2004 by Ord. No. 433; 4-2-2008 by Ord. No. 480; 2-24-2016 by Ord. No. 550]
Parking requirements shall be as follows:
Residential dwelling units: two spaces per unit.
Retail establishments: one space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Restaurants, taverns, etc.: one space per four seats.
Offices and office space: one space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Density: 2,400 square feet of lot area is required for each dwelling unit.
Decks and stairs may be permitted to encroach into required setbacks, provided that they are no closer to any property line than four feet and, also, provided that they are not roofed over and limited to the first habitable floor.