[Added 12-9-2010 by Ord. No. 15-2010]
The following uses, general regulations and area, design and
bulk requirements shall apply in the PMC Zoning District.
Permitted uses, as defined in § 114-9:
A.
Health-care-related uses such as hospitals, clinics and medical practitioner's
offices;
B.
Health care services;
C.
Health planning services;
D.
Medical office buildings;
E.
Professional offices;
F.
Public buildings operated or occupied by the City of Somers Point;
G.
Methadone clinics;
H.
Retail service establishments;
I.
Retail shops;
J.
Fully enclosed restaurants (but not including service of alcoholic
beverages);
K.
Business services;
L.
Banks;
M.
Personal service establishments; and
N.
Minor repair operations.
A.
Any accessory use and building reasonably and customarily incidental
to any of the principal uses permitted, provided that it does not
create conditions detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare
of the community.
B.
Parking lots and/or parking structures shall be permitted as an accessory
use within this zoning district and may be permitted to be used as
shared parking for the hospital (including the hospital facilities
situated in the SOSH Zoning District). If such parking lots/parking
structures are constructed within this zoning district for the use
of or by the hospital (in this zoning district or the SHOS zoning
district) there shall be a pedestrian and traffic circulation plan
provided in addition to other design requirements. The pedestrian
and traffic plan, at a minimum, shall address the following:
(1)
Analysis of traffic signals and traffic movements along Shore
Road and intersections closest to any proposed parking lot/structure.
(2)
Crosswalks and traffic signals shall conform to industry standards,
including all state-of-the-art safety features and in compliance with
NJDOT-approved mechanisms and markings (e.g., pedestrian countdowns
or lighted indicators) as approved by the Atlantic County Engineer
for those pedestrian or other crossings at Shore Road.
(3)
Roadway improvements and alternative means of crossing Shore
Road shall be included within the design proposal where pedestrian
or vehicular traffic will be increased substantially. A fair share
cost analysis shall be determined by the Planning Board Engineer for
improvements to City-owned roads being affected by such traffic; and
a similar analysis shall be made in consultation with the Atlantic
County Engineer for those impacts of pedestrian and other crossings
at Shore Road.
A.
(1)
Parking requirements.
(a)
One space per 200 square feet of building area for clinical
space, medical office/health care service space, professional office
space, retail service establishments, retail shops, business services,
banks, personal service establishments and minor repair operations.
(b)
Two spaces for every bed in hospital facilities.
(c)
One space for each three seats for fully enclosed restaurants
not serving alcoholic beverages.
(d)
Handicap parking shall conform to state requirements.
(e)
No parking space shall be located closer than eight feet to
any building.
(f)
Each use shall have one on-site loading area, 14 feet wide by
30 feet long, unless waived by the Planning Board.
(g)
Driveway widths shall be a minimum of 25 feet wide for two-way
and 18 feet wide for one-way.
B.
Design and area requirements.
(1)
Buildings shall be designed with a minimum of three separate
facade materials and various projections such as porches, decks, dormers,
porticos and the like. There shall also be breaks along the facades
to add visual interest. The overall architectural concept shall be
generally consistent with the predominant vernacular of the existing
community. There shall be no monolithic wall for building structures.
Offsets of building facade shall be incorporated into the architecture
at a minimum of every 15 feet or other distance which shall be determined
by the Planning Board.
(2)
Parking structures shall be architecturally designed to have
at least two different types of materials used on the exterior facade,
projections and other architectural treatments/finishes designed to
break up the otherwise monolithic appearance of the exterior facade.
The parking structure shall provide for a tier or "stepping" design
along the First Street side. The upper two floors shall have a minimum
fifty-foot stepping appearance from each other to de-emphasize the
size of the structure by lending it a low profile with minimal visual
impact. The architectural design of the structure shall be reviewed
by the Planning Board to ensure the intent of this article is being
met.
(3)
Lot width: 100 feet minimum.
(4)
Lot size: 10,000 square feet minimum.
(5)
Maximum building height: 45 feet (may be increased by the Planning
Board to 10% without necessity of obtaining a use variance approval).
Building height shall mean the vertical dimension measured from the
average elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building
to the highest point of ceiling of the top story in the case of a
flat roof, to the deck line of the mansard roof and to the average
height between the plate and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.
Exempt from this definition shall be chimneys, steeples, elevator
sheds and mechanical equipment, except that additional height for
such facilities shall not exceed 10 feet from the ridgeline, except
decorative steeples which shall not exceed twice the ridge height
to the highest measured point of the steeple.
(7)
Minimum distance between structures shall be in accordance with
International Building Code (IBC), current edition.
(8)
Maximum parking structure height: 50 feet (excluding mechanical
equipment height).
(11)
Impervious coverage: CAFRA standards shall apply.
(14)
All proposed utility connections to existing utilities shall
provide a design analysis to ensure adequate capacity is available
for such proposed uses. This shall be reviewed by the proper jurisdictional
agency, and a letter from such agency shall accompany the proposed
application for review by the Board.
