[Amended 7-12-2005 by Ord. No. 05-07; 12-13-2005 by Ord. No.
05-12]
The restrictions that regulate coverage, height and yard requirements in the R-1, R-2, R-3, C-2 and C-3 Zones for single-family, two-family and four-family houses are hereby amended, as set forth in the amended Schedule 4 attached hereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule 4 is included as an attachment to 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 be designed, used or intended to be
used for any purpose or in any manner other than as specified among
the uses hereinafter listed as permitted in the district in which
such building or land is located.
B.
No building or structure shall be erected, reconstructed
or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit hereinafter
designated for the district in which such building is located.
C.
No building or structure shall be erected, no existing
buildings shall be altered, 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 district in which such
building or open space is located.
D.
No yard or other open space provided around any building
for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall
be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building,
and no yard or other open space on one lot shall be considered as
providing a yard or open space for a building on any other lot.
E.
No minimum off-street parking area or loading or unloading
area shall be considered as providing off-street parking, loading
or unloading for a use or structure on any other lot or parcel than
the principal use to which it is ancillary, except as provided herein.
F.
The 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 products for garden supply and building
material establishments.
(3)
Outdoor sales of the merchants in the C-1(H) Zone,
subject to a special permit by the Village Board of Commissioners.
(4)
The sale of gasoline and related automobile parts
at automobile service stations.
(5)
Outdoor sales for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations,
subject to the issuance of a special permit by the Village Board of
Commissioners, on public or quasi-public lands as provided by law.
(6)
Outdoor sales of winter holiday season trees and wreaths,
subject to the issuance of a special permit by the Village Board of
Commissioners.
G.
No commercial trailers, recreation vehicles, trailers
or vehicles used or intended for conveyance upon public highways,
either under their own power or by attachment to a motor vehicle or
through other means of transportation, shall be used for premises
in any zoning district within the Village. Any commercial trailers
or vehicles described in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to
be used for storage purposes if the trailer or vehicles remains on
the premises in excess of seven days.
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10; 6-22-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-08]
Any use not specifically designated as a principal permitted
use, an accessory use or a conditional use is specifically prohibited
from any zone district in the Village.
[Added 7-12-2005 by Ord. No. 05-07]
All applicants for the construction of any new
buildings or additions to new buildings, whether they be residential,
commercial or industrial, shall be required to comply with the applicable
regulations promulgated by the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing,
N.J.A.C. 5:94-1 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:95-1 et seq., as well as any
provisions contained in the Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301
et seq., at the time the application is approved by the Ridgefield
Park Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Any applicant
may be required to contribute to the affordable housing trust fund
maintained by the Village of Ridgefield Park and/or construct affordable
housing units within the Village of Ridgefield Park, in accordance
with the above rules and regulations and in accordance with the Code
of the Village of Ridgefield Park.
[Added 6-22-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-08]
A.
CANNABIS
CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT
CANNABIS PARAPHERNALIA
HEMP
Wherever used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All or parts of the plant genus cannabis, whether growing
or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant or its seeds (except
those containing only resin extracted from the plant). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this definition shall not be deemed to include hemp,
as such term is defined herein.
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, but not the delivery of cannabis items and
related supplies by a delivery service. This definition shall also
include businesses where the sale and/or distribution of cannabis
paraphernalia takes place. This definition shall not include legally
authorized medical care, pharmaceutical research or clinical trials
performed or conducted by or under the direction and supervision of
a licensed physician, medical research facility, hospital or pharmaceutical
company.
Any equipment, products, or materials of any kind which are
used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating,
cultivating, growing, harvesting, composting, manufacturing, compounding,
converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing,
packaging, repackaging, storing, vaporizing, or containing cannabis,
or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis into
the human body.
A cannabis plant containing less than 0.3% THC, whether growing
or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant or its seeds. This
definition shall include cannabinoids (CBDs) derived from hemp.
B.
In all zoning districts in the Village of Ridgefield Park, the following
uses shall be prohibited:
(1)
Cannabis establishments. This prohibition shall not include premises
regularly in the business of selling and/or dispensing medical marijuana
under a license issued by the State of New Jersey, and having been
prescribed by a licensed physician and dispensed in accordance with
applicable law.
(2)
Signs, billboards or other similar structures or devices that advertise
or promote cannabis or cannabis establishments.
