Buffer areas are required along lot and street
lines of all nonresidential lots where said property lines or the
center line of adjacent streets abut residential uses or residential
zoning district lines. Each permitted use shall provide and maintain
attractively landscaped grounds and suitable screening in order to
safeguard the character of adjacent districts. The width of the buffer
area for each particular zoning district shall be as prescribed in
the district regulations. Buffer areas shall be measured horizontally
and be either perpendicular to straight lot and street lines or radial
to curved lot and street lines. Buffer areas shall be maintained and
kept clear of all debris, rubbish, weeds and tall grass. No structure,
activity, storage of materials or parking of vehicles shall be permitted
in the buffer area, and all buffer areas shall consist of dense planting,
bushes, trees, earthen berms, grass, ground cover or fences or any
combination thereof deemed sufficient to screen the view of a particular
use. All buffer areas shall meet the following requirements:
A. Plant materials used in screen planting shall be at
least six feet in height when planted and be of such density that
all the glare of automobile headlights emitted from the premises are
obscured throughout the full course of the year. The plant materials
shall be of a species common to the area, be of nursery stock and
shall be free of insects and disease.
B. Buffer areas shall be permanently maintained, and
plant material which does not live shall be replaced within one year
or one growing season.
C. The screen planting shall be so placed that at maturity
the plant material will be no closer than three feet from any street
or property line.
D. The buffer area shall not be broken unless specifically
approved by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment.
[Amended 12-19-2006 by Ord. No. 3127-06; 3-14-2016 by Ord. No. 3391-16]
Any structure, with the exception of a fence as provided for in §
131-11, located on a corner lot in any district other than B-3 shall be set back from both streets at least the required front yard distances, except as provided in §§
131-20 and
131-22. No structure, fence, planting or wall over three feet in height shall be maintained within 20 feet of any street intersection to maintain the intersection sight triangle. The rear yard of any single-family or two-family residential structure located on a corner lot shall be permitted to have a minimum setback of 15 feet to the rear property line.
[Amended 3-14-2016 by Ord. No. 3391-16]
A. No fence shall be erected of barbed wire, wire mesh, expanded metal,
chipped glass, topped with metal spikes, electrically charged, temporary
expandable and collapsible or in any manner which may be dangerous
to persons or animals.
B. No fence or wall for an interior lot shall exceed the following heights
in the listed zone, and all front yard fences shall be open fences:
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All Other Zones
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B-2, HC, ORD Zones
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Front yard (feet)
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3
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6
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Side yard (feet)
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4
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8
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Rear yard (feet)
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6
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8
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(See attached Figure A)
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Subject, however, to the following:
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(1) A dog run may have fencing of a maximum of six feet in height, provided
that such area is located in rear yard areas only and is set back
from any lot line at least 10 feet. In no case may a dog run be closer
to a neighboring building than it is to the principal building on
the lot.
(2) A private residential swimming pool area must be surrounded by a fence as set forth in §
131-20.
(3) A tennis court area, located in rear yard areas only, may be surrounded
by an open fence of a maximum of 15 feet in height, said fence to
be set back from any lot line the distances required for accessory
buildings in the individual zoning districts.
(4) Off-street parking, loading and driveway areas shall meet the requirements specified in §
131-14.
(5) With respect to all residential corner lot properties, and only as
it applies to fences, the following terms, definitions, and heights
shall apply:
YARD, FRONT
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the frontage street line and the closest point of
any building on the lot, with the front yard being determined by the
street address. The depth of the front yard shall be measured horizontally
and at right angles to either a straight front lot line or the point
of tangent of a curved front lot line.
YARD, REAR
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the rear lot line and the closest point of the principal
building on the lot.
YARD, SIDE
An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard
and lying between the side lot line opposite the nonfrontage street
and the closest point of the principal building on the lot.
YARD, STREET SIDE
An open space extending from the front yard, as determined
by the street address, to the rear yard and lying between the nonfrontage
street line and the closest point of the principal building on the
lot.
(6) No fence shall exceed the following heights listed or as determined
by the Borough Code Official in reasonable exercise of discretion
in order to protect the health and safety of the public in accordance
with the Borough Code, and all front yard fences shall be open fences:
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All Other Zones
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Front yard (feet)
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3
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Street side yard (feet)
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4
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Side yard (feet)
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4
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Rear yard (feet)
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6
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(See attached Figure B)
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C. Fences in residential zones shall be installed so that the finished
side of the fence faces the street or the neighboring property.
All parking areas and walkways thereto and appurtenant
passageways and driveways serving commercial, public, office, industrial,
apartment or other similar uses having common off-street parking and/or
loading areas and building complexes requiring area lighting shall
be adequately illuminated for security and safety purposes. The lighting
plan in and around the parking areas shall provide for nonglare, color-corrected
lights focused downward. The light intensity provided at ground level
shall be a minimum of 0.3 footcandle anywhere in the areas to be illuminated,
shall average a minimum of 0.5 footcandle over the entire area and
shall be provided by fixtures with a mounting height not more than
25 feet or the height of the building, whichever is less, measured
from the ground level to the center line of the light source spaced
a distance not to exceed five times the mounting height. Wherever
practical, bollard-style lighting shall be used. Any other outdoor
lighting, such as building and sidewalk illumination, driveways with
no adjacent parking, the lighting of signs and ornamental lighting,
shall be shown on the lighting plan in sufficient detail to allow
determination of the effects to adjacent properties, traffic safety
and overhead sky glow. The objective of these specifications is to
minimize undesirable off-premises effects. No direct lighting shall
be permitted. Additionally, no light shall shine into windows or onto
streets and driveways in such manner as to interfere with or distract
driver vision. To achieve these requirements, the intensity of such
light sources, the light shielding and similar characteristics shall
be subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board or Board of
Adjustment.