Ventnor City, NJ Article XIIIA City Commercial District

§ 102-84 Purpose; applicable regulations.

A. The purpose of the City Commercial District is to permit business uses which are centrally located for the convenience of the City residents and which are retail or service-oriented and consistent with the residential areas of which they are a part.

B. The use, height and area regulations of §§ 102-84 to 102-86, inclusive, or those regulations set forth elsewhere in this chapter, where applicable to these sections, and the general regulations of Article XVIII are the regulations in the CC Commercial District.

§ 102-85 Permitted uses.

A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

A. Principal uses. The following principal uses are permitted:

[Amended 11-20-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-30]

(1) One-family detached dwellings.

(2) Retail stores and shops. Facilities devoted exclusively to retail sales and services, including, but not limited to, performing arts and/or moving picture theaters, galleries and art studios, food markets, specialty retail stores and pharmacy/drug stores, painting and decorating shops and floral shops.

(3) Fully enclosed restaurants and tearooms; coffeehouses and cafes, except that fast food restaurants shall not be permitted.

(4) Professional services, including but not limited to legal services, accounting services, planning and design services, professional offices, real estate services, travel services, computer and information technology services, care-giving services for adults, barbershops and beauty parlors, funeral parlors.

(5) Banking and fiduciary establishments.

(6) Single-level parking facilities intended exclusively for the use of City Commercial District patrons.

(7) Automobile service stations existing prior to the adoption of this chapter.

(8) Public buildings, public utility service substations and educational uses permitted in the Residential 1 District, Article IV, § 102-13, subject to conditions listed therein.

(9) Dry-cleaning and laundry (on- or off-premises) dropoff and pickup facilities, but not including on-site dry-cleaning or washing/drying machines for public use (laundromats).

(10) Fitness centers, martial arts studios, and yoga studios.

B. Conditional uses. The following conditional uses are permitted:

(1) All conditional uses permitted in the Residential 1 District, Article IV, § 102-13B, subject to conditions listed therein.

(2) Drive-in banks, subject to site plan review.

C. Accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted:

(1) Any accessory use and building reasonably and customarily incident to any of the principal uses permitted, provided that they do not create conditions detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare of the community.

(2) Permitted accessory uses for restaurants, tearooms, coffee houses, cafes, fitness centers, martial arts studios, yoga studios and the like shall be accessory entertainment as defined in § 102-11, Definitions. Accessory entertainment shall be enclosed within the building and there shall be no outdoor accessory entertainment without a permit being obtained.

[Added 11-20-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-30]

(3) Electric vehicle supply equipment, subject to conditions set forth in § 102-118.3P.

[Added 4-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-14]

(4) Solar energy systems, subject to conditions set forth in § 102-118.9.

[Added 4-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-15]

(5) Arcades shall be permitted as an accessory use, subject to the following requirements:

[Added 4-23-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-07]

(a) Arcades shall be permitted accessory uses in commercial buildings located in the district with a minimum occupancy load of 200 persons.

(b) Any arcade must have maximum floor area of 700 square feet.

(c) No arcade may contain therein amusement games as defined in N.J.S.A. 5:8-79 et seq., including any game which allows the participant to win a ticket, token or other item redeemable for a prize.

(d) A mercantile license shall be required for each arcade that is considered an accessory use.

(e) An arcade shall be defined as any building, room, suite, structure, area, premises or other place where three or more automatic games such as pinball machines, video screen games or other devices are made available for play.

(f) Any arcade used as an accessory use shall only be open during the same days and hours that the primary use of the property is open for business to the general public.

§ 102-86 Area and bulk requirements.

The following standards apply, except for those uses permitted by reference to other articles in this chapter, in which case the more stringent standards shall apply.

A. The minimum lot size shall be 3,000 square feet for all uses.

B. The minimum lot width shall be 40 feet for all uses.

C. The minimum lot depth shall be 75 feet for all uses.

D. The maximum lot coverage shall be 60% for all uses.

E. Front yards.

(1) Where 40% or more of the frontage on one side of the street within the same block is improved with buildings, no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established.

(2) Where a City commercial use is within the same block as a residential district and where the commercial use adjoins one or more sides of a residential use, the front yard shall be the same as that required of the residence.

F. Side yards shall be a minimum of four feet, except where more than two dwelling units are accessory to the business use, in which case the minimum will be increased to six feet.

G. The rear yards shall be a minimum of three feet clear.

H. The maximum height shall be 35 feet.

§ 102-87 through § 102-92. (Reserved)