[1997 Code § 224-67]
A.
Intent. The purpose of the Highway Commercial District is to encourage
major commercial concentration with easy highway access, with sufficient
controls.
[1997 Code § 224-67; Ord. No. 13-97]
A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:
A.
Principal uses and buildings.
(1)
Retail stores and service establishments.
(2)
Restaurants and bars.
(3)
General business and professional offices.
(4)
Banks.
(5)
Motels.
(6)
Gasoline service stations and auto repair garages, provided that:
(a)
Excepting for gasoline and oil sales, changing of tires or other
minor services, all repair work shall be carried on in fully enclosed
structures.
(b)
Equipment or parts, including junk vehicles, shall not be stored
outdoors.
(c)
All gasoline and similar substances shall be stored underground
at least 25 feet from any property line other than a street line.
No gasoline pump shall be erected within 20 feet of any street or
property line.
(7)
Golf and tennis recreational uses.
(8)
Places containing games. Any land or building or portion thereof containing any amusement games, pinball machines or electronic entertainment machines, computers or devices of any kind are considered to be potentially in conflict with Article I, Section 224-1 hereof wherein they might increase congestion in the streets and impede traffic circulation, interfere with the protection of public safety regarding fire, panic and other dangers and interfere with the health and general welfare of the community by providing an environment for the frequent gathering of unsupervised young people in crowded quarters and an attractive nuisance for the youth of the community. For these reasons, such uses are not compatible with all geographical areas within the HC Highway Commercial District. It is the intent of this section, therefor, to permit uses as described in this subsection only when they are in compliance with the following regulations:
(a)
No land or building or portion thereof containing any amusement
games, pinball machines or electronic entertainment machines, computers
or devices of any kind shall be established in the HC Highway Commercial
District or any zone within 500 feet of any public or private school,
playground, religious school, community center, recreational facility
or place of worship.
(b)
No such use shall be established in the HC Highway Commercial
District or any zone within 500 feet of any premises or business licensed
for the purpose of plenary distribution of alcoholic beverages. The
purpose and intent of this provision is to prevent or curtail the
illegal provision of alcoholic beverages to minors congregating in
the game establishment by persons of age to purchase alcoholic beverages
in nearby bars, etc.
(c)
In any place where such games of amusement are installed, there
shall be at least 50 square feet of gross floor space for each machine,
game or device. Every such establishment shall have clearly marked
two exits for the purpose of ingress and egress, which shall be kept
opened and clear of obstruction at all times.
(d)
No person, firm or corporation operating such establishments
shall permit anyone under the age of 18 to frequent said establishments
on the days and during the hours on which regular academic classes
are being held in the public and/or private school systems, including
but not limited to the high school system in which Absecon City students
are enrolled.
(e)
There shall be present on the premises of all such establishments
during all hours of operation of the business one adult for each 10
machines and/or games and/or devices (or portion thereof) operating
within the establishment. The purpose herein is to require the provision
of adult supervision for the expected congregation of minors within
the establishment.
(f)
The provisions of this paragraph A(8) shall not apply to businesses
licensed for the purpose of retail plenary distribution of alcoholic
beverages.
B.
Accessory uses. Any use and building reasonably and customarily incidental
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.
[1997 Code § 224-69; Ord. No. 13-97]
A.
Lot size.
C.
Lot depth, all uses: 100 feet minimum.
D.
Lot coverage, all uses: 65% maximum impervious coverage.
E.
Front yard setback, all uses: 35 feet minimum.
F.
Side yard setback: 35 feet minimum, except where the property adjoins
another used for the same purpose, in which case the setback of that
side may be reduced to 15 feet.
G.
Rear yard. Retail stores and service establishments, restaurants
and bars, general business and professional offices, gas service stations
and automobile repair garages, banks and motels and drive-in restaurants
all must have a thirty-foot minimum setback.
H.
Height.
(1)
Gasoline service stations and auto repair garages (on northern side
of U.S. 30): one story; 25 feet maximum. All other uses: 50 feet height
maximum from western City line bordering Galloway Township to Illinois
Avenue on the southern side of U.S. 30. All other uses in remainder
of zone: 2 1/2 stories; 35 feet.
(2)
From Illinois Avenue easterly to the conservation and recreation
zone of the southerly side of U.S. 30 a sixty-foot height is permitted.
Gasoline service stations and auto repair garages in this area: maximum
one story; 25 feet in height. All other uses in remainder of zone:
2 1/2 stories; 35 feet.
I.
Building length: 100 feet maximum.
J.
Distance between two or more buildings on the same lot: 35 feet minimum.
K.
Structural size: 1,400 square feet minimum for principal and accessory
use.
[1997 Code § 224-70]
All uses, principal and accessory, within this district are
subject to Planning Board review.
[1997 Code § 224-71]
A.
All areas not covered by roadways and parking areas or sidewalks shall be landscaped. A complete site plan showing all proposed planting shall be required for review and approval conforming to Article XX, Section 224-129 of this chapter. Additional standards shall be as follows:
(1)
Two trees consisting of eight feet of minimum height at planting
for each 1,000 square feet of floor area in accordance with the planting
schedule, tree specifications and tree species as approved by the
Planning Board shall be provided.
(2)
All perimeter setbacks shall have a buffer strip eight feet wide
consisting of trees, evergreens and deciduous plant material. The
only exception to this requirement shall be roadway frontage, where
the buffer strip will be eight feet wide in areas not used for driveways
or sight triangles.
(3)
All irregular spaces in parking areas not used for parking shall
be landscaped and bordered with natural materials.
(4)
All planting required shall be maintained and replaced regularly.
B.
Fences shall be permitted, provided that:
