A building or land shall be used only for the
following purposes:
A. Principal uses and buildings.
(1) Retail stores and service establishments.
(2) Fully enclosed restaurants and drinking establishments.
(3) General business and professional offices.
(5) Personal service and establishments, including, but
not limited to, barber- and beauty shops, tailors and similar facilities.
(6) Minor repair operations for televisions, radios, watches,
shoes and appliances.
(7) Public buildings operated by the City of Somers Point.
(8) Quasi-public establishments.
(9) Service stations, including gasoline service stations, provided that:
[Amended 8-24-2017 by Ord. No. 13-2017]
(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.
(10)
Methadone clinic.
[Added 3-22-2001 by Ord. No. 1-2001]
B. Accessory uses. Any accessory 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.
C. Conditional uses. Fast-food restaurants subject to the same requirements for fast-food restaurants established by §
114-35C(3).
[Added 7-9-1992 by Ord. No. 20-1992;
amended 4-8-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999]
Area and bulk requirements shall be as follows:
A. Lot size: 15,000 square feet minimum; drive-in restaurants:
30,000 square feet minimum.
B. Lot width: 100 feet minimum; drive-in restaurants:
200 feet minimum.
C. Lot depth, all uses: 100 feet minimum.
D. Lot coverage, all uses: 30% maximum.
E. Front yard setback, all uses: 50 feet minimum.
F. Side yard setback: 30 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, all uses: 30 feet minimum.
H. Height.
[Amended 7-9-1992 by Ord. No. 20-1992]
(1) Gasoline service stations: not to exceed 25 feet maximum.
(2) All other uses: two stories, but not to exceed 35
feet maximum.
I. Distance between two or more buildings on the same
lot: 35 feet minimum.
J. Structure size: 1,400 square feet minimum for principal
and accessory uses.
Parking requirements shall be as follows:
A. For retail and service establishments, public and
quasi-public buildings, personal service establishments, banks, minor
repair operations, general business and professional offices: one
off-street on-site parking space for every 200 square feet of floor
area in the building, minimum.
B. For restaurants: one on-site off-street parking space
for each five seats devoted to service.
[Amended 6-22-2023 by Ord. No. 10-2023]
C. For gasoline service stations: a minimum of four on-site
off-street parking spaces.
D. Ten percent of all required parking shall be constructed
for and reserved for the handicapped.
E. No parking space shall be located closer than 10 feet
to any building.
The following signs shall be permitted:
A. Official highway route number signs, street name signs
and official directional signs.
B. Signs advertising the sale or rental of premises,
provided that:
(1) Such signs shall not exceed six square feet.
(2) Such signs shall be erected only on the premises to
which they relate.
(3) Signs bearing the words "sold" or "rented" shall be
removed 30 days after being posted.
C. Individual identification signs, provided that:
(1) Not more than one sign shall be permitted for each
tenant on the premises on each wall fronting on a street.
(2) The total gross advertising area shall not exceed
3% of the area of the building face fronting the street or a maximum
of 50 square feet and shall relate only to the use conducted on the
premises.
(3) No sign shall exceed two feet in height.
(4) Signs attached to a principal building may not be
located or may not project above the roofline or more than six inches
beyond the front wall of any structure.
(5) They have no moving parts or flashing effect and have
an external light source properly focused upon the sign itself so
as to prevent glare.
D. Freestanding signs shall be permitted. The provisions of Article
IX, §
114-60A, are the regulations governing said signs in this district.
[Added 7-24-1986 by Ord. No. 13-1986]
E. All signs within this district are subject to Planning
Board review as part of the site plan process.