[Ord. 93-5 § 403,
1993; amended 2000 by Ord. 2000-12 § 1; 4-27-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-05]
A. Intent
and Purpose: The intent and purpose of the P Public District is to:
recognize the importance and value of uses that provide necessary
public services to the community; provide adequate space at appropriate
locations for their development and operation; and, ensure that nonpublic
purpose uses do not encroach upon, replace, or adversely impact these
uses that are critical to the general welfare of the community.
B. Principal Permitted Uses on the Land and in Buildings.
1. Educational and recreational activities, including the operation
of public and private day schools of elementary and/or high school
grades licensed by the state of New Jersey, as well as municipal and
county buildings, public libraries, public open space, public parks,
public recreation and conservation areas, public parking areas, public
restrooms and other "public purpose uses." Public purpose uses shall
include radio and/or cellular antenna systems that may receive and
transmit and re-transmit signals and may be installed on the water
towers located in the Borough of Ship Bottom, subject to the approval
of the land use review board and mayor and council.
C. Accessory Uses Permitted.
1. Usual recreational facilities;
2. Off-street parking (see Subsection
F of this section below and Section
16.52.050);
4. Public garages and storage buildings;
5. Signs (see Subsection
G of this section below and Section
16.52.130);
6. Satellite dish antennae as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67 (see Section
16.56.010 for standards).
D. Prohibited
Uses.
4. Any other principal use not specifically identified Section
16.20.010B;
5. Any other accessory use not specifically identified Section
16.20.010C.
E. Maximum Building Height. No building shall exceed 32 feet in height and 2 1/2 stories except as allowed in Section
16.60.010 of this title.
F. Area and Yard Requirements.
1. No principal permitted use or structure shall be situated within
20 feet of any lot line. No accessory use or structure shall be situated
within five feet of any lot line.
2. The maximum building coverage shall be 35%.
3. The maximum lot coverage shall be 80%.
G. General Requirements.
1. All buildings shall be compatibly designed whether constructed all
at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls
facing any street or residential district line or residential lot
shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes.
2. No merchandise, products, equipment or similar material or objects
shall be displayed or stored outside, and all solid waste not stored
within a building shall be stored within an enclosed container. Adequate
provisions for recycling shall be provided.
3. All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading access aisles
and driveway or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped with
shrubs, ground cover, seeding or plantings and maintained in good
condition.
4. No wall or fence shall be erected or altered so that such wall or fence shall be over four feet in height in front yards and six feet in height in side and rear yards. (See Section
16.52.030 for additional standards.)
H. Minimum Off-Street Parking. Each individual use shall provide parking
spaces according to the following minimum provisions. Where a permitted
use of land includes different specific activities with different
specific parking requirements, the total number of required parking
spaces shall be obtained by individuals computing the parking requirements
for each different activity and adding the resulting numbers together.
1. Libraries shall provide one space per 300 square feet of gross floor
area.
2. Elementary schools (Grades K — 6) shall provide one space per
employee; intermediate schools (Grades 7 — 9) shall provide
1 1/2 spaces per employee; secondary schools (Grades 10 —
12) shall provide 2 1/2 spaces per employee; and in all cases
sufficient space for school bus loading and unloading shall be provided.
3. Community centers shall provide a minimum of 20 spaces plus one space
per every 250 square feet of gross floor area used for office space.
4. Parking for all other uses shall be determined at the time of site
plan review.
I. Permitted Signs. Each individual use in an individual building may
have one sign per street frontage, either freestanding or attached
to the building, not exceeding an area equivalent to 10% of the wall
surface area of the wall on which the sign is attached, or 50 square
feet for freestanding signs. Freestanding signs shall be set back
at least 10 feet from all street and property lines. Where an individual
activity has direct access from the outside, an unlighted sign not
exceeding four square feet identifying the name of the activity also
may be attached to the building at the entrance to the activity.