In the MW-1 Mixed Waterfront Zone, no building, structure or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected or structurally altered, except for the following permitted uses:
A. 
Townhouse (attached/row) dwellings.
B. 
Multifamily dwellings.
C. 
Bus terminals.
D. 
Business services.
E. 
Convenience stores.
F. 
Banks, financial and insurance offices.
G. 
Offices, office building and office complex.
H. 
Personal services, including but not limited to barbershops, hairdressers, dry-cleaning establishments, photographers, funeral homes, shoe repairs, tailors, laundromats and travel agencies.
I. 
Professional and private offices, including but not limited to real estate, accounting, insurance, architects, psychologists and lawyers.
J. 
Restaurants, not including carry-out and drive-through.
K. 
Retail food establishments.
L. 
Retail sales, outdoor.
M. 
Shopping centers.
N. 
Sports arenas, complex, stadiums and grandstands.
O. 
Commercial recreation facility.
P. 
Railroad passenger stations and railroad facilities and uses.
Q. 
Hotel or motel, or extended family stay facility.
R. 
Theaters, museums, art galleries and concert halls.
S. 
Aquariums.
T. 
Visitor information centers.
U. 
Buildings, structures, and other uses owned and operated by the City of Camden for municipal purposes.
V. 
Parks, playgrounds or recreation areas, community center buildings, and libraries.
W. 
Marinas, docks, wharfs, piers, and bait and tackle shops.
Any use not listed above shall be prohibited in the MW-1 Mixed Waterfront Zone, and specifically the following:
A. 
Signs in any form except as permitted in this chapter.
B. 
Lodging houses, boardinghouses, rooming houses, or any combination thereof.
C. 
Auto body shop.
D. 
Junkyards and automobile graveyards.
E. 
Lumber and building supply sales and storage.
F. 
Wholesale, storage, and warehouse facilities.
G. 
Car wash.
H. 
Automobile service stations, gasoline stations, or motor vehicle services stations.
The following conditional uses shall be permitted in this zone:
A. 
Parabolic dish antennas, subject to the requirements of § 870-210.
B. 
Public utility facilities, subject to the requirements of § 870-191.
C. 
Wireless telecommunications facilities, subject to the requirements of §§ 870-210 and 870-211.
D. 
Child-care centers, subject to the requirements of § 870-203.
E. 
Community residences for persons with head injuries and for the developmentally disabled and/or community shelters for victims of domestic violence, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1, subject to the standards and requirements for townhouse dwellings located within this zone and to the requirements of § 870-204.
F. 
Family day-care homes, subject to the requirements of § 870-202.
G. 
Home occupation and home professional offices, subject to the requirements of § 870-201.
Table 16
Area Regulations for the MW-1 Mixed Waterfront Zone
Bulk Standards
Type of Development
Requirements
Townhouse1
Multifamily8
Nonresidential6, 7
Minimum lot area per dwelling unit or site area (square feet)
2,000
20,000
N/A
Maximum lot area per dwelling unit or site area (square feet)
3,000
N/A
N/A
Minimum lot width (feet)
20
100
50
Minimum lot depth (feet)
100
100
N/A
Maximum height4
3 stories or 35 feet
10 stories or 145 feet
15 stories or 235 feet
Minimum depth of front yard5 (feet)
10
20
N/A
Minimum aggregate width of side yards (feet)
N/A2
50
N/A
Minimum width of each side yard (feet)
See Note 3
20
N/A
Minimum depth of rear yard (feet)
20
30
N/A
Maximum lot building coverage
60%
60%
80%
Maximum lot impervious coverage
80%
80%
90%
Table 16 Notes:
1.
One of a series of three or more dwellings attached side-by-side in a row.
2.
N/A — not applicable.
3.
Interior lots at zero feet; end of corner lots at 15 feet.
4.
A structure shall not have a height less than two stories or 30 feet measured from the average grade line perimetering the building to the top of the main roof cornice line, excluding necessary utility-type roof structure.
5.
A front yard setback shall be provided to be not less than 10 feet. Where there is an existing building on each of two lots adjacent to a lot on which a proposed building is to be erected and both buildings have an alignment nearer to the street than the required front yard and where both buildings are within 100 feet of the proposed building, the average of the existing front yard depths of each adjacent lot shall be the minimum required front yard depth of the lot on which the proposed building is to be erected.
6.
Residential is allowed to mix with nonresidential uses but only if located above the first floor.
7.
A mixed-use building shall comply with the nonresidential bulk standards.
8.
A building designed for and occupied by three or more families living independent of each other.
9.
Maximum height for a mixed-use building shall be 12 stories or 175 feet.
10.
Maximum residential gross density is 150 dwelling units per acre.