City of Rahway, NJ
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2023-12-11
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Land Use Legislation
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Chapter 421 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Ch 13 Cable Television Advisory Committee
- Ch 15 City Funds, Deposit of
- Ch 19 Court, Municipal
- Ch 23 Defense Council
- Ch 27 Downtown Business Improvement Zone
- Ch 31 Environmental Commission
- Ch 35 Municipal Ethics Board
- Ch 39 Flag
- Ch 43 Funds
- Ch 47 Housing Authority
- Ch 57 Library Board
- Ch 67 Parking Utility, Division of
- Ch 73 Personnel Policies
- Ch 81 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 82 Land Bank
- Ch 85 Residency Requirements
- Ch 89 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 93 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 95 Social Justice Commission
- Ch 97 Special Improvement Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 98 Affordable Housing
- Ch 109 Accommodations: Registration of Guests
- Ch 110 Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 113 Advertising
- Ch 117 Aircraft
- Ch 121 Air Pollution
- Ch 125 Alarm Systems
- Ch 129 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 133 Amusement Devices, Coin-Operated; Picture Arcades
- Ch 137 Amusements, Exhibitions and Performances
- Ch 141 Animals
- Ch 147 Bicycles
- Ch 149 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 151 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 157 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 163 Businesses
- Ch 173 Condominium Conversion
- Ch 177 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 178 Builders and Contractors Licensing
- Ch 181 Curfew
- Ch 189 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 193 Drunk-Driving-Free School Zones
- Ch 199 Fees
- Ch 203 Filming
- Ch 205 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 209 Fire Prevention
- Ch 217 Food Establishments and Vendors, Retail
- Ch 221 Food Service Personnel
- Ch 225 Fuel Deliveries
- Ch 229 Fund-Raising, Political
- Ch 233 Games of Chance
- Ch 237 Garage Sales
- Ch 241 Golf Courses
- Ch 245 (Reserved)
- Ch 249 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 253 Headphones
- Ch 257 Dwellings and Structures, Unfit
- Ch 261 Iceboxes and Refrigerators
- Ch 265 Junkyards, Junk Shops and Junk Dealers
- Ch 269 Labor Disputes: Recruitment
- Ch 271 Lead-Based Paint Inspections
- Ch 273 Limousines
- Ch 277 Littering
- Ch 281 Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Establishments
- Ch 283 Native Vegetation
- Ch 287 Noise
- Ch 291 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 297 Parking: City-Owned Properties
- Ch 303 Pay Telephones
- Ch 307 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 311 Peddling, Soliciting and Vending
- Ch 315 Pool and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 319 Precious Metals, Dealers in
- Ch 319A Property, Abandoned
- Ch 320 Property Maintenance
- Ch 323 Publications, Obscene and Violent
- Ch 327 Recreational Areas
- Ch 331 Roller Skates, Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 337 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 341 Shopping Carts
- Ch 344 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 345 Sidewalk Sales, Street Fairs and Block Parties
- Ch 353 Smoking
- Ch 357 Solid Waste
- Ch 361 Stormwater Runoff
- Ch 362 Stormwater Control for Nonresidential Major Development
- Ch 363 Storm Drains
- Ch 365 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 373 Swimming Pools, Public Recreational Bathing Facilities
- Ch 377 Taxation
- Ch 381 Taxicabs
- Ch 385 Tobacco Products
- Ch 389 Tow Trucks; Wreckers
- Ch 393 Trees
- Ch 395 Vacant and Foreclosing Property
- Ch 397 Vehicles, Abandoned or Inoperable
- Ch 401 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 407 Vending Machines, Food and Beverage
- Ch 411 Water
- Ch 415 Weapons
- Ch 416 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 419 Yard Waste Collection
- Ch 420 Cannabis Transfer and User Tax
- Ch 422 Cannabis Licensing and Business Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A427 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A431 Communications Facilities
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Land Use Legislation
- Ch 53 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 213 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 349 Site Plan Review
- Ch 369 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 421 Zoning
- Ch 421 Art I Purposes
- § 421-1 Purpose.
- § 421-2 Scope; minimum standards.
- Ch 421 Art II Definitions
- § 421-3 Word usage.
- § 421-4 Terms defined.
- Ch 421 Art III Establishment of Zones
- § 421-5 List of zones.
- § 421-6 Official Zoning Map; penalties for unauthorized changes.
- § 421-7 Historic districts, streetscapes and structures.
- § 421-8 Interpretation of zone boundaries.
- § 421-9 Effect of establishment of zones.
- § 421-10 Schedule of Lot, Height and Yard Requirements.
- § 421-11 Map amendments; penalties for unauthorized changes.
- Ch 421 Art IV Zone Regulations
- § 421-12 Exclusions.
- § 421-13 R-1 Low-Density Single-Family Residential Zone.
- § 421-14 R-2 Medium-Density Single-Family Residential Zone.
- § 421-15 R-3 Low-Rise Multifamily Residential Zone.
- § 421-16 R-4 High-Rise Multifamily Residential Zone.
- § 421-17 B-1 Neighborhood Business Zone.
- § 421-18 B-2 Regional Business Zone.
- § 421-19 B-3 Highway Business Zone.
- § 421-20 B-4 Service Business Zone.
- § 421-21 B-5 Central Business Zone.
- § 421-22 M-X Mixed-Use Zone.
- § 421-23 O-R Office-Research Zone.
- § 421-24 I-L Light Industrial Zone.
- § 421-25 I-H Heavy Industrial Zone.
- § 421-26 O Open Space Zone.
- § 421-27 H Hospital Zone.
- § 421-28 (Reserved)
- § 421-28.1 HPO Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.
- § 421-28.2 FPO Flood Prevention Overlay Zone.
- § 421-28.3 West Grand Avenue Overlay Zone.
- § 421-29 (Reserved)
- Ch 421 Art V Supplementary Use Regulations
- § 421-30 Applicability.
- § 421-31 Regulations applying to all residential zones.
- § 421-32 Regulations applying to all nonresidential zones.
- § 421-33 Regulations governing certain uses.
- § 421-34 Townhouses or row houses.
- § 421-35 Low-rise apartments.
- § 421-36 High-rise apartments.
- § 421-37 Drive-through restaurants.
- § 421-38 Drive-in or drive-through banks.
- § 421-39 Automotive supply stores.
- § 421-40 Shopping centers.
- § 421-41 Hotels and motels.
- § 421-42 Live/work units.
- § 421-43 Apartments above the ground floor.
- § 421-44 Mixed-use developments.
- § 421-45 Office-research developments.
- § 421-46 Site plan review exemption.
- § 421-47 Hospitals.
- § 421-48 Regulations applying to certain accessory uses and structures.
- § 421-49 Signs.
- § 421-50 Regulations applying to all structures in HPO Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.
- § 421-50.1 Towers and antennas.
- Ch 421 Art VI Supplementary Lot, Height and Yard Regulations
- § 421-51 Conformity of all buildings and structures.
- § 421-52 Regulations applying to yards and frontage.
- § 421-53 Permitted exceptions to lot, height and yard regulations.
- Ch 421 Art VII Conditional Uses
- § 421-54 Requirements for conditional uses.
- § 421-55 Community residences for more than six but not more than 15 persons.
- § 421-56 Utility installations.
- § 421-57 Two- and three-family uses and accessory apartments on lots fronting on West Grand Avenue between St. George's Avenue and Elizabeth Avenue.
- § 421-58 Home professional offices.
- § 421-59 Residential health care facility.
- § 421-60 Automotive uses.
- § 421-61 Building supply or lumberyards and establishments storing noncontainerized combustible materials.
- § 421-62 Garden supply centers.
- § 421-63 Trailer and outdoor recreational equipment sales.
- § 421-64 Adult entertainment uses.
- § 421-64.1 Cannabis-oriented uses.
- Ch 421 Art VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 421-65 Off-street parking and loading spaces required.
- § 421-66 Off-street parking and loading requirement exemptions in the B-5 Central Business District.
- Ch 421 Art IX Performance Standards and Design Criteria
- § 421-67 Compliance required.
- § 421-68 General regulations.
- § 421-69 Liquid wastes.
- § 421-70 Industrial wastes.
- § 421-71 Solid wastes.
- § 421-72 Storage and waste disposal.
- § 421-73 Noise and vibrations.
- § 421-74 Heat.
- § 421-75 Glare.
- § 421-76 Additional standards and references.
- § 421-77 Design criteria.
- Ch 421 Art X Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 421-78 Purpose.
- § 421-79 Nonconforming structures and uses.
- § 421-80 Repairs and maintenance.
- § 421-81 Signs.
- § 421-82 Nonapplicability for structures previously begun.
- Ch 421 Art XI Administration and Enforcement
- § 421-83 Zoning permits; fee.
- § 421-84 Enforcing officer; compliance required.
- § 421-85 Building permits.
- § 421-86 Filing of applications.
- § 421-87 Certificate of occupancy.
- Ch 421 Art XII Adoption; Conflicts; Violations
- § 421-88 Interpretation.
- § 421-89 Adoption and amendments.
- § 421-90 Pending applications.
- § 421-91 Conflicts with other laws.
- § 421-92 Violations and penalties.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Rahway 12-8-1997 by Ord. No. O-77-97. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Land use procedures — See Ch. 53.
Air pollution — See Ch. 121.
Numbering of buildings — See Ch. 157.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 177.
Drug-free zones — See Ch. 189.
Drunk-driving-free zones — See Ch. 193.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 213.
Housing and property maintenance — See Ch. 257.
Junkyards, junk shops and junk dealers — See Ch. 265.
Massage, bodyworks and somatic therapy establishments — See Ch. 281.
Noise — See Ch. 287.
Pool and billiard rooms — See Ch. 315.
Sewers and sewage disposal — See Ch. 337.
Site plan review — See Ch. 349.
Stormwater runoff — See Ch. 361.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 365.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 365.
Trees — See Ch. 393.
