Borough of Essex Fells, NJ
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2023-11-21
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 170 Land Development
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Part 3 Zoning
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Article XXII Nonconforming Uses
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 10 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 11 Checks, Signing of
- Ch 16 Claims Approval
- Ch 22 Court, Municipal
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 38 Officers and Employees
- Ch 44 Personnel Policies
- Ch 49 Police Department
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 66 Alarm Systems
- Ch 72 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 78 Animals
- Ch 89 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 94 Burning, Open
- Ch 102 Certificates of Continuing Occupancy
- Ch 103 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 105 Deer Hunting
- Ch 109 Disorderly Persons
- Ch 115 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 118 Dumpsters
- Ch 125 Fees
- Ch 127 Fertilizer
- Ch 129 Filming
- Ch 130 Firearm and Bow and Arrow Discharges
- Ch 135 Fire Prevention
- Ch 141 (Reserved)
- Ch 142 Floodplain Management
- Ch 152 Food Establishments
- Ch 154 Garage Sales
- Ch 155 Generators
- Ch 156 Grading
- Ch 158 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 163 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Land Development
- Ch 170 Pt 3 Art XXII Nonconforming Uses
- § 170-143 Regulations.
- § 170-144 Restoration to safe or lawful condition.
- § 170-145 Time limit on nonuse.
- Ch 172 Landscaping and Tree Removal Registration
- Ch 176 Littering
- Ch 178 Lot Surface Drainage
- Ch 185 Noise
- Ch 194 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 200 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 204 Portable Storage Units
- Ch 205 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 206 Property Maintenance
- Ch 209 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 215 Sanitation
- Ch 221 Sewer Charges
- Ch 223 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 225 Smoking
- Ch 228 Soil Removal and Relocation
- Ch 232 Solid Waste
- Ch 237 Stormwater Control
- Ch 241 Stormwater Management
- Ch 247 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 250 Street Vacations
- Ch 252 Swimming Pools
- Ch 257 Taxation
- Ch 264 Trailers, Campers and Boats
- Ch 269 Trees
- Ch 281 Water Emergencies
- Ch 286 Water System
- Appendix
- Ch A295 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
No existing building or premises devoted to
a nonconforming use shall be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, substituted
or structurally altered except when changed to a conforming use or
as follows:
A.
Restoration. Except as in subsection B of this section, any nonconforming use or structure damaged by fire, casualty or act of God may be repaired, restored, reconstructed or used as before, provided that the area of such use or structure shall not exceed the area which existed prior to the damage. All repairs shall be commenced within one year after damage occurs and shall be completed within two years of such date, or such use shall not be rebuilt except as a conforming use.
B.
Destruction. If, in the opinion of the Construction
Official, a structure is damaged beyond repair, any new structure
and the use thereof shall be in compliance with this chapter.
C.
Repairs. Normal maintenance and repair of a structure
containing nonconforming use is permitted, provided that it does not
extend the area or volume of space occupied by the nonconforming use
and does not increase the number of dwelling units.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the strengthening
or restoring to a safe or lawful condition any part of any building
or structure declared unsafe or unlawful by the Construction Official
or other authorized state or Borough official.
Any nonconforming use not used for a period
of 12 consecutive months shall not be reopened except as a conforming
use.
