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Borough of Cresskill, NJ
Bergen County
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New Laws (1) Index Notes (1)
The Borough is hereby divided into the classes of zones listed below:
R-40
One-Family Residence Zone
R-15
One-Family Residence Zone
R-10
One-Family Residence Zone
P
Professional Office Zone
DAHO
Downtown Affordable Housing Overlay Zone
[Added 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 17-13-1507]
DU
Dual Use, Professional Office and Residential Apartment Zone
C
Commercial Zone[1]
P and L
Professional Office and Research, Design and Development Laboratories Zone
PURD
Planned Unit Residential Development Zone
[Added 7-21-1999 by Ord. No. 99-6-1207]
RA
Residential Apartment Zone
TR
Townhouse Residence Zone
[Added 9-15-1981 by Ord. No. 81-17-798]
TR2
Townhouse Residence Zone 2
[Added 10-23-2013 by Ord. No. 13-09-1452]
MU
Municipal Use Zone
[Added 3-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-7-897; amended 4-16-1985 by Ord. No. 85-12-902]
R-SC
Senior Citizens Residence Zone
[Added 8-1-1989 by Ord. No. 89-15-1018]
AHCZ
Affordable Housing Contributing Zone
[Added 6-11-1997 by Ord. No. 97-14-1171; amended 6-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16-1173]
AHSZ
Affordable Housing Site Zone
[Added 6-11-1997 by Ord. No. 97-14-1171; amended 6-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16-1173]
Affordable Housing Site II Zone
[Added 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 17-17-1511]
PUD
Planned Unit Development Zone[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: The M-80 Light Manufacturing Zone, which immediately followed this district, was repealed 7-21-1999 by Ord. No. 99-6-1207.
[2]
Editor's Note: The Planned Unit Development Zone was added pursuant to Ord. No. 06-22-1324, adopted 9-20-2006.
[Added 6-16-2021 by Ord. No. 21-23-1573]
Every zone noted in § 275-4, Zones established, shall unequivocally preclude the operation of medicinal and retail marijuana establishments, which includes retail marijuana and/or marijuana paraphernalia stores, marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana products manufacturing facilities, and marijuana testing facilities, and the operation of retail marijuana social clubs are prohibited within the Borough of Cresskill and, therefore, all activities related to the above-mentioned retail uses such as, but not limited to, cultivation, extraction, manufacturing, processing, storing, laboratory testing, labeling, transporting, delivering, dispensing, transferring and distributing are expressly prohibited in any zone within the Borough of Cresskill.
[Amended 9-15-1981 by Ord. No. 81-17-798; 3-17-1987 by Ord. No. 87-7-963]
A. 
The Zoning Map of the Borough of Cresskill, a copy of which is attached to this chapter and made a part hereof and delineating the new Affordable Housing Site Zone for Tax Lots 108 and 109 in Block 83 of the Cresskill Tax Map, which property is owned by the Borough of Cresskill, as designated by § 275-4, and the schedule of requirements summarizing the required conditions for each district printed thereon, are hereby declared to be a part of this chapter. Such map, indicating the latest amendment, shall be kept up-to-date in the office of the Borough Clerk for the use and benefit of the public.
[Amended 6-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16-1173]
B. 
The Zoning Map of the Borough of Cresskill, a copy of which is attached to this chapter and made a part hereof, and delineating the new Affordable Housing Contributing Zone District as designated by § 275-4 and the schedule of requirements summarizing the required conditions for each district printed thereon are hereby declared to be a part of this chapter. Such Map, indicating the latest amendment, shall be kept up-to-date in the office of the Borough Clerk for the use and benefit of the public.
[Amended 6-11-1997 by Ord. No. 97-14-1171]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included in a pocket at the end of this volume.
In determining the boundaries of zones shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
Unless otherwise shown, the zone boundaries shall be construed to coincide with the center lines of streets, alleys, parkways, waterways, railroad rights-of-way or such lines extended.
B. 
Where such boundaries are indicated as approximately following the property lines of parks or other publicly owned lands, such lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
C. 
Unless otherwise shown, all zone boundaries running parallel to streets shall be construed to be 100 feet back therefrom.
D. 
In all cases where a zone boundary line is located not farther than 15 feet away from a lot line of record, such boundary line shall be construed to coincide with such lot line.
E. 
In all other cases where dimensions are not shown on the map, the location of boundaries shown on the map shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing thereon.
Following the effective date of this chapter:
A. 
No building shall be erected, moved, altered, rebuilt or enlarged, nor shall any land or building be used, designed or arranged to be used, for any purpose or in any manner except in conformity with all regulations, requirements and restrictions specified in this chapter for the zone in which such building or land is located and only after securing a permit as set forth in Article XVIII of this chapter.
B. 
No yard or open space required in connection with any building or use shall be considered as providing a required open space for any other building on the same or any other lot.
C. 
No lot shall be formed from part of a lot already occupied by a building unless such building, all yards and open spaces connected therewith and the remaining lot comply with all requirements prescribed by this chapter for the zone in which such lot is located. No permit shall be issued for the erection of a building on any new lot thus created unless such building and lot comply with all the provisions of this chapter.
D. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any change in the plans, construction or designated use of a building complying with existing law, a permit for which shall have been duly issued and the construction of which shall have been started before the date of first publication or notice of the public hearing on this chapter and the ground story framework of which, including the second tier of beams, shall have been completed within six months of the date of the permit, and which entire building shall have been completed in accordance with such filed plans within one year from the date of passage of this chapter.
E. 
Every new development that creates or generates five or more residential units shall deed-restrict at least 20% of the total number of housing units in a for-sale development as housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households as these terms are defined in N.J.A.C. 5:93. The affordable housing rental set-aside is hereby established at 15% of the total number of housing units. This requirement is unwaivable. Any effort on the part of a developer to produce less than a twenty-percent affordable housing set-aside for future developments not in the settlement agreement or fair share plan is contrary to the public good and is a prima facie basis for the reviewing board to deny the development application in full. All such affordable housing generated pursuant to this provision shall fully comply with Cresskill's Affordable Housing Ordinance and the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls rules (N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.) with the understanding that 13% of all affordable units must be offered to households earning 30% or less of regional median income. This provision does not give any developer the right to any rezoning, variance or other relief, or establish any obligation on the part of Cresskill or its boards or agencies to grant such rezoning, variance or other relief to a developer.
[Added 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 17-16-1510]