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Borough of River Edge, NJ
Bergen County
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The controls and restrictions designed to regulate development within each zoning district are set forth in the attached Schedule at the end of this chapter and are supplemented by other sections of this chapter.
Except as hereinafter otherwise provided:
A. 
No building or structure shall be erected and no existing building or structure shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building or structure be designed, used or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than specified among the uses hereinafter listed as permitted in the zoning district in which such building, structure or land is situated.
B. 
No building or structure shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally modified to exceed in height the limit hereinafter designated for the zoning district in which such building or structure is situated.
C. 
No building or structure shall be erected, no existing building or structure shall be modified, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any open space surrounding any building be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, lot area and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the zoning district in which such building or open space is situated.
D. 
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, except as otherwise provided herein.
E. 
No minimum off-street parking, loading or unloading areas shall be considered as providing off-street parking, loading or unloading for a use, building or structure on any other lot or parcel than the principal use to which it is ancillary, except as provided herein.
A. 
Any use not specifically designated as a principal permitted use, an accessory use or a conditional use is specifically prohibited from all zoning districts in the Borough of River Edge.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]
B. 
The storage and/or sale of goods outside the confines of a building or structure is prohibited except for the following:
(1) 
The sale of automobiles by new automobile sales dealerships.
(2) 
The sale of gasoline and related automobile engine fluids at fuel, repair and automotive service facilities. The requirements of § 416-21 shall also apply.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]
(3) 
Accessory sales of newspapers, magazines and flowers or garden supplies.
(4) 
The sale of pine and other trees commonly known as Christmas Trees, from November 1 to December 31 of each year.
(5) 
Garage sales at residential dwellings, subject to issuance of a special permit by the Borough Clerk.
(6) 
Sales of goods by nonprofit and/or philanthropic organizations, subject to issuance of a special permit by the Borough Clerk.
C. 
Sale of retail goods outdoors of a building or structure may be permitted on a temporary basis upon application to the Mayor and Council, subject to issuance of a special permit and further subject to any terms, conditions and fees which may be established by the governing body on a case-by-case basis.
[Added 9-15-2003 by Ord. No. 1445]
D. 
All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16, are prohibited from operating anywhere in the Borough of River Edge, but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service.
[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 21-15]