A.
It is the intent of this article to permit a residential
development of unique character within one of the last remaining vacant
sites in the City of Ventnor.
[Amended 7-19-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2]
A building or land shall be used only for the
following purposes:
A.
Principal uses.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
(1)
Detached single-family dwellings.
(2)
Townhouses. A townhouse is a dwelling unit forming
one of a group of not less than three nor more than eight attached
dwellings, separated from one another by an approved vertical masonry
party wall or walls without doors, windows or other provisions or
passage or visibility through such walls from foundation to roof or
as otherwise required by the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code
and having roofs which may extend from one such dwelling unit to another.
Each unit shall have front and rear access, and no unit shall be located
over another unit.
(3)
Condominium apartments. A condominium apartment
is an efficiency or one-bedroom dwelling unit forming one of a group
of attached dwellings in which one dwelling unit may be located over
another unit, separated from one another by an approved vertical and
horizontal masonry party wall or walls without doors, windows or other
provisions or passage or visibility through such walls from foundation
to roof or as otherwise required by the New Jersey Uniform Construction
Code and having roofs which may extend from one dwelling unit to another.
B.
Townhouses and residential condominiums existing as
of the date of adoption of this chapter.
A.
The following bulk and area requirements for existing
townhouses and residential condominiums shall apply:
[Amended 7-19-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2]
(1)
The minimum lot size shall be five acres.
(2)
The minimum perimeter setbacks for the entire site shall be an average of 20 feet and not less than 10 feet, of which a minimum of 10 feet shall be maintained as a landscaped perimeter buffer. Said buffer may include pedestrian walkways, bicycle paths and privacy walls or fences permitted pursuant to Article XVIII.
(3)
Building setbacks shall be a minimum of 10 feet
for front and rear yards. Front yards shall vary a minimum of two
feet and not more than 10 feet for each dwelling unit so as to avoid
an unbroken facade in a row of dwelling units.
(4)
The maximum building coverage shall not exceed
35%.
(5)
The maximum lot coverage shall not exceed 60%.
(6)
The maximum principal building height shall be as determined in § 102-118. The maximum accessory building height shall be 12 feet.
[Amended 6-7-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-5]
(7)
The building length for a group of attached
dwelling units (townhouses and condominiums) shall be a maximum of
160 feet. This may be varied, subject to Planning Board review and
approval, for varied widths of dwelling units, provided that the variation
in building length does not exceed 10% of this requirement.
(8)
Distance between buildings. No more than 10
dwelling units may be contained in a building without a break. Breaks
between buildings shall be an average of 20 feet at their closest
point, except that said distance may be reduced, subject to approval
of the Planning Board, to a minimum of 15 feet, provided that no window
on any dwelling unit may be located closer than 20 feet to a window
on any other dwelling unit.
(9)
The maximum density shall be 10 dwelling units
per gross acre.
(10)
Common open space. A minimum of 200 square feet
of common open space per dwelling unit shall be provided. Said space
may include playgrounds, recreation areas and landscaped areas, but
shall not include parking areas, balconies and porches.
[Added 1-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-01]
A.
The maximum width for a driveway access to a single-family
dwelling unit shall not exceed 24 feet along the existing curbline.
No curb radii will be permitted, and all driveway accesses shall be
created through the construction of depressed concrete curbing in
accordance with City standards. Only one twenty-four-foot-wide driveway
access per residential lot will be permitted.
B.
However, due to the uniqueness of this Zoning District
and in order to create creative building styles while maintaining
on-street parking, two driveway accesses per lot may be permitted,
providing all of the following requirements can be met. For single-family
lots having at least 58 feet of frontage along the road right-of-way,
two driveway accesses (curb cuts), not exceeding nine feet each in
depressed width, may be permitted. In such case, the two driveways
must be positioned so that there is at least 20 feet of vertical curbing
between the two driveway depressions and there must be at least 10
feet from the edge of each driveway depression to the property line.
No driveway depression shall be permitted within 25 feet of the established
curbline of an intersecting street. For corner properties, the two
driveway accesses must be along the same street.
[Amended 7-19-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2]
The following additional regulations shall apply
for existing townhouses and residential condominiums:
A.
Appropriate facilities for the placing of trash and
garbage and collection and removal thereof shall be constructed separate
and apart from structures. Such facilities shall:
(1)
Be completely enclosed and so constructed that
the trash and garbage shall not be visible to the general public.
(2)
Be compatible with building materials and landscaping
treatment for the overall project.
(3)
Be buffered from principal structures, parking
facilities and pedestrian and vehicular roadways.
(4)
Be designed so as to be readily accessible to
users.
(5)
Meet the approval of the City Construction Official
and the County Board of Health.
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Editor's Note: Former § 102-83.23,
Design standards, was repealed 7-19-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2.
