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732-842-2400 phone 732-219-0581 fax

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B-1 & B-2 Business

SECTION-10.8     B-l BUSINESS ZONE

A.        Permitted Uses

         1.        The retail sale of goods which may include the following:

                  a.        Grocery Stores and food markets.
                  b.        Drug stores.
                  c.        Dry goods stores.
                        d.        Baked goods stores.
                  e.         Packaged liquor stores.
                  f.        Flower shops.
                  g.        Confectionery stores.
                  h.    Household supplies stores.
                  i.         Stationery supplies, tobacco and periodical stores.
                  j.        Haberdashery, dress goods and notions.
                  k.         Hardware, plumbing supplies and electrical supplies.
                 l.        Boat supplies and automobile supplies.
                  m.        Shops of artisans and craftsmen.
                  n.        Furniture and appliance stores.
                  o.        Gift shops.

         2.        Personal service establishments which may include the following:
                  a.        Barber shops and beauty shops

                  b.        Tailoring and dressmaking shops.

                  c.        Dry cleaning and laundry collection shops

                 d.        Shoe repair shops.

                   e.        Appliance repair shops.

                   f.        Radio and television repair shops.

g.        Art, dancing, music, gymnastics and other similar instructional schools.
                   h.        Nursery schools and day nurseries.

         3.         Private clubs and fraternal organizations.

         4.        Business and professional offices

5.        Restaurants,   lunchrooms,   and  other  eating  and  dining establishments  (except  that  lunch  wagons,  diners, refreshment or eating places where patrons are served outside of the building and restaurants, eating places or refreshment places of the type known as drive-ins or fast  food  restaurants,   whether  patrons are  served outside  or  inside  of  the  building  shall  not  be permitted).

         6.         Federal, State, County and Municipal buildings and grounds.

         7.        Essential services.

B.        Required Accessory Uses

         1.        Off street parking subject to the provisions of Section 8.20.

         2.        Off street loading subject to the provisions of Section 8.19.

C.        Permitted Accessory Uses

         1.         Fences and walls subject to the provisions of Section 8.14.

         2.         Signs subject to the provisions of Section 8.26.

3.      Other customary accessory uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to the principal use and building.

D.        Conditional Uses:  Subject to the provisions of Article IX of This Chapter.

         1.       Public Utilities-Section 9.3.

         2.       Off Tract Parking Lots-Section 9.8.

E.    Prohibited Uses:  Other uses not expressly permitted in this section are prohibited.



F.        Area, Yard and Building Requirements

         1.       Minimum lot area:     5,000 square feet.

         2.       Minimum lot frontage:      50 feet.

3.       Minimum front setback:  25 feet.  No parking areas shall be permitted in front yards.

         4.    Minimum rear yard setback:

                  a.        Principal building-50 feet.

                  b.        Accessory building -8 feet.

         5.       Minimum side yard setback:

                  a.        Principal and accessory building     -     8 feet.

         6.       Maximum building and/or structure height:

                   30 feet and not exceeding 2 1/2 stories.
        16 feet for any free standing accessory building
 
         7.        Minimum unoccupied open space:  Forty percent (40%).

         8.        Minimum floor area of any building: 2,000 square feet.

         9.       Minimum floor area of any use contained in a multi-use building: 1,000 square feet.
         
          10.       Maximum floor area of any use contained in a multi-use building: 3,000 square feet.

          11.       Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAH):      .30   
G.        Additional Regulations and Standards

1.        No  building,  structure,  improvement  and/or  development, which increases the footprint of any existing structure or building or which enlarges the ground area of development currently existing on the subject property or which is new development, shall be permitted in the Coastal Flood Zone, as defined in Chapter     XIX of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough of Little Silver.  For purposes of this paragraph, the following shall not be considered buildings,  structures, improvements and/or development regulated hereby: fences.
                              


SECTION-10.9     B-2 BUSINESS ZONE

A.        Permitted Uses
         1.        The   retail sale of goods which may include the following:

                  a.        Grocery Stores and food markets.
                  b.        Drug stores.
                  c.        Dry goods stores.
                        d.        Baked goods stores.
                  e.         Packaged liquor stores.
                  f.        Flower shops.
                  g.        Confectionery stores.
                  h.        Household supplies stores.
                  i.        Stationery    supplies,    tobacco    and   periodical stores.
                  j.        Haberdashery, dress goods and notions.
                  k.        Hardware, plumbing supplies and electrical supplies.
                  l.        Boat supplies and automobile supplies.
                  m.        Shops of artisans and craftsmen.
                  n.    Furniture and appliance stores.
                  o.     Gift shops.
        2.      Personal service establishments which may include the following:
                  a.        Barber shops and beauty shops.
                  b.        Tailoring and dressmaking shops.
                  c.        Dry cleaning and laundry collection shops.
                  d.        Shoe repair shops.
                        e.        Appliance repair shops.
                   f.        Radio and television repair shops.
g.        Art/dancing, music, gymnastics and other similar instructional schools.
                   h.        Nursery schools and day nurseries.
         3.        Private clubs and fraternal organizations.

         4.        Business and professional offices.

5.        Restaurants, lunchrooms, and other eating and dining establishments (except that  lunch wagons, diners, refreshment or eating places where patrons are served  outside of the building and restaurants, eating places or refreshment places of the type known as drive-ins or fast food restaurants, whether  patron are served outside or inside of the building shall not be permitted).

         6.        Shops of a plumber, carpenter, boat builder, painter, mason or electrician.

         7.        Warehouses.

         8.        Lumber yards.

         9.         Federal, State, County and Municipal buildings and grounds.

         10.       Essential services.

B.        Required Accessory Uses

         1.        Off street parking subject to the provisions of Section 8.20

         2.        Off street loading subject to the provisions of Section 8.19.

C.        Permitted Accessory Uses

         1.         Fences and walls subject to the provisions of Section 8.14.
                              
         2.         Signs subject to the provisions of Section 8.26.

         3.       Bulk storage subject to the provisions of Section 8.6.

         4.        Other customary accessory uses and buildings which are
                  clearly incidental to the principal use and building.

D.        Conditional Uses:  Subject to the provisions of Article IX of This Chapter

         1.         Public Utilities - Section 9.3.

         2.        Motor vehicle service stations - Section 9.4.

         3.        Motor vehicle repair garage - Section 9.5.

E.    Prohibited Uses:  Other uses not expressly permitted in this section are prohibited.

F.        Area, Yard and Building Requirements

         1.        Minimum lot area:  5,000 square feet.
         2.        Minimum lot frontage:   50 feet.
         3.        Minimum front setback:  25   feet.   No parking areas shall be permitted in front             yards.

         4.        Minimum rear yard setback:
                  a.        Principal building   -     50 feet.
                  b.        Accessory building   -     8 feet.

         5.        Minimum side yard setback:

                  a.        Principal and accessory building    -     8 feet.
         6.        Maximum building and/or structure height:
                   30 feet and not exceeding 2 1/2 stories.

         7.        DELETED.

         8.        Minimum unoccupied open space:  Forty percent (40%).

         9.        Minimum floor area of any building: 2,000 square feet.

         10.       DELETED.

11.       Minimum floor area of any use contained in a multi-use building: 1,000 square     feet.

12.       Maximum floor area of any use contained in a multi-use building: 3,000 square     feet.

         13.       Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAH):      .30
                              

G.       Additional Regulations and Standards

1.        No  building,  structure,  improvement  and/or development, which increases the footprint of any existing structure or building or which enlarges the ground area of development currently existing on the subject property or which is new development, shall be permitted in the Coastal Flood Zone, as defined in Chapter XIX of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough of Little Silver.     For purposes of this paragraph, the following shall not be considered buildings,     structures, improvements and/or development regulated hereby: fences.

         
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Borough of Little Silver
480 Prospect Avenue, Little Silver, NJ 07739
732-842-2400 phone      732-219-0581 fax