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Ventnor City, NJ
Atlantic County
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A. 
The purpose of the Residential 3 District is to permit residential development of medium density with sufficient controls and to permit the continuation of developmental patterns now existing within the community.
B. 
The use, height and area regulations of §§ 102-28 to 102-30, inclusive, or those regulations set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in these sections, and the general regulations of Article XVIII are the regulations in the Residential 3 District.
A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:
A. 
Principal uses. The following principal uses are permitted:
(1) 
2.5 story single-family detached dwellings.
[Amended 10-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-21]
(2) 
All other principal uses permitted in the Residential 1 District, Article IV, subject to conditions listed therein.
B. 
Conditional uses. The following conditional uses are permitted:
(1) 
All conditional uses permitted in the Residential 1 District, Article IV, subject to conditions listed therein.
C. 
Accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted:
(1) 
All accessory uses permitted in the Residential 1 District, Article IV, subject to conditions listed therein.
The following area and bulk requirements shall apply:
A. 
The minimum lot size shall be 3,000 square feet. The land outside (seaward) of a bulkhead or seawall may be used in calculations for lot areas if it is part of the same lot and not a separate riparian lot.
[Amended 10-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-21]
B. 
The minimum lot width shall be 50 feet.
C. 
The minimum lot depth shall be 60 feet. One lot line may be less than 60 feet, provided that the lot contains not less than 3,000 square feet.
D. 
Coverage.
(1) 
The maximum building coverage shall be 50%.
(2) 
The maximum lot coverage shall be 75%.
E. 
The front yard shall be a minimum of 12 feet for principal and accessory buildings. In the case of corner lots, all yards fronting on a street will be considered front yards, and one side yard will be considered a rear yard. The boardwalk shall be considered a public right-of-way and street. No proposed or new seawall or ocean front bulkhead shall be closer than five feet from any boardwalk edge. All setbacks shall be measured from the existing or proposed bulkhead or seawall location instead of the riparian property line. No decks or structures higher than three feet above the existing boardwalk deck shall be permitted within the fifteen-foot setback to the seawall or bulkhead.
[Amended 10-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-21]
F. 
The side yards shall be a minimum of five feet each for principal and accessory buildings. The side yard setback for both principal and accessory structures along oceanfront bulkheads and seawalls shall be 12 feet.
[Amended 9-17-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-8]
G. 
The rear yards shall be a minimum of 10 feet for principal uses. Accessory buildings and uses may be located not closer than three feet to the rear property lines.
H. 
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]