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Beach Haven council discusses making single‑family conversions in business district a conditional use
Summary
Draft zoning revisions would keep lot size/height/setbacks unchanged but change single‑family homes in the business district from a permitted to a conditional use, requiring land-use-board review; council framed the change as a compromise to protect the commercial district.
Council members reviewed a proposed reorganization of Chapter 212 (general zoning) at the Sept. 8 meeting, describing the rewrite as a clean-up that creates a consolidated schedule of permitted uses across zones while keeping dimensional standards (lot area, lot width, setback, height) unchanged.
A central, substantive change under discussion would reclassify single‑family dwellings in the business district as a conditional use rather than a permitted use. A committee…
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