A.
Intent. The purpose of Residential District R2 is to permit residential
development of moderate density. This district represents a continuation
of developmental patterns now existing extensively within Absecon
City, with sufficient controls.
[1997 Code § 224-14]
A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:
B.
Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may be authorized
by the Planning Board, provided that applications conform to the following
specifications and standards:
(2)
Home professional offices for a single member of the family residing
in the residential structure practicing the professional use in question,
subject to the following conditions and controls:
(a)
The following offices or uses are specifically excluded from
consideration as a home professional office: veterinary medicine,
barber-and/or beauty shops and insurance and/or real estate offices.
(b)
The professional use shall be clearly incidental to the residential
use of the dwelling unit, which shall be the primary residence of
the professional, and shall not change the essential residential character
of the dwelling.
(c)
The professional use shall not constitute more than 30% of the
building's floor area or a maximum of 800 square feet.
(d)
The office shall be for the exclusive use of the professional
that resides on the premises and not more than one employee.
(e)
No external alteration inconsistent with the residential use
of the dwelling unit shall be permitted.
(f)
No storage of materials or products shall be permitted outside
the dwelling unit, and no display of products shall be visible from
outside the building.
(g)
There shall be off-street parking spaces for the professional
and employee, plus one space for each 200 square feet of professional
office space floor area. The Planning Board may require a maximum
of four spaces for clients, if deemed appropriate, during site plan
review. The parking areas shall be a minimum of six feet from all
property lines and be adequately screened, landscaped or buffered
from adjacent properties. Stalls and driveways shall be delineated
in such a manner to implement the full use of parking spaces.
(h)
Planning Board site plan review is required for all professional
office conditional use applications, and the plan shall conform to
all applicable regulations expressed in this chapter and in the R2
Zone.
(i)
The professional offices shall not be permitted on any lot fronting
on a cul-de-sac street, dead-end street or street with less than a
thirty-foot-wide cartway.
C.
Accessory uses and buildings. Accessory uses and buildings shall
be uses and buildings customarily incidental to the principal uses
listed as permitted. They shall be understood to include:
[1997 Code § 224-15; Ord. No. 05-2004; Ord. No. 14-2005]
Area and bulk requirements shall be as follows:
A.
Lot size: 10,000 square feet minimum.
B.
Lot width: 75 feet minimum.
C.
Lot depth: 100 feet minimum.
D.
Lot coverage: 40% maximum, principal and accessory buildings.
E.
Front yard setback: 25 feet minimum, 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. A porch or deck may protrude into a setback of maximum of eight
feet.
[Ord. No. 05-2004]
F.
Side yard setback: 10 feet minimum each for principal and accessory
buildings, except storage sheds, which must have a four-foot minimum
setback. A porch or deck may protrude into a setback of maximum of
four feet.
[Ord. No. 05-2004]
G.
Rear yard setback: 15 feet minimum for principal buildings: 10 feet
minimum for accessory buildings, except for storage sheds, which must
have a three-foot minimum setback. A porch or deck may protrude into
a setback of maximum of five feet.
[Ord. No. 05-2004]
[1997 Code § 224-16]
B.
Lot areas shall not be less than the 10,000 square feet with the
minimum setbacks prescribed, except that if a lot of record prior
to adoption of this chapter has less area, frontage, depth or width
than herein required, such lot may be used for a detached single-family
residence and for such accessory uses permitted in Residential District
R2, provided that:
[1997 Code § 224-17]
A.
All uses within this district shall be required to submit an impact statement as part of the plan review process, but subject to waiver if the applicant requests the same and the waiver is approved by the Planning and/or Zoning Board. The statement will include information called for in Article XX, Section 224-120R and additionally shall include the following for all uses:
[1997 Code § 224-18]
