Animal hospitals shall be located no closer
than 200 feet to any residential zone line. Such facilities shall
be maintained in an enclosed structure and shall be of soundproof
construction and so operated as to produce no objectionable odors
at the property line. Open kennels, exercise pens or runways shall
not be located closer than 400 feet to any property line and shall
be subject to noise and odor controls established for an enclosed
building. Open kennels, pens or runways shall not be located within
a wetland area, wetland buffer, flood hazard area or recharge area.
Apartments and townhouses shall be required
to obtain site plan approval, including approved water and sewer service.
A.
Each overall development shall have a compatible architectural
and landscaping theme with variations in design to provide attractiveness
to the development. Each project shall specify how each of the following
considerations has been incorporated into the overall plans: landscaping
techniques, building orientation to the site and to other structures,
topography, natural features such as wooded areas, drainagecourses,
soil conditions and topographic relief, and building design features
such as varying unit widths, staggering unit setbacks, providing different
exterior materials, changing rooflines and roof designs, altering
building heights and changing types of windows, shutters, doors, porches,
colors and vertical or horizontal orientation of the facades, singularly
or in combination.
B.
Configuration of structures.
(1)
The configuration of apartment structures may be any
alignment that meets the yard and other bulk requirements of this
chapter and does not exceed the following overall or component building
lengths:
(2)
Any passageway between two structures which has a
roof attached to both structures shall be included in calculating
these lengths. Townhouse structures shall have not less than three
nor more than eight units in one townhouse building group, except
that, in any event, no overall structure shall have a length of less
than 72 feet nor a length greater 200 feet.
C.
No apartment building shall be located closer to a
one- or two-family dwelling than 50 feet in an R-4 District and 40
feet in an R-3 District.
D.
All required open space and recreation areas shall be improved for the purpose intended as shown on the plan. For any development in excess of 10 dwelling units, a minimum of 15% of the total land area shall be set aside and developed for usable recreation area or landscaped area with benches. Such area shall be in one usable tract not exceeding 5% in slope in any direction. The requirement for such area to be in one tract may be varied, subject to showing that there would be a greater benefit in having separate sections for outdoor living or to provide a more desirable building setting. Regulations governing swimming pools shall be in accordance with § 96-7.9.
E.
The maximum development density for apartments and
townhouses shall be 12 dwelling units per acre or part thereof.
F.
The location of recreational facilities shall consider
the proximity of structures, type of recreational facility, noise
level and evening illumination which may create nuisances for residents,
and pedestrian and bicycle traffic across major interior roads or
driveways. The periphery of any recreation area shall be no closer
to a residential structure than the minimum yard setback for that
structure.
For all buildings in the C-1(H) Central Business
Historic Zone:
A.
Establishment of historic district. The C-1(H) Central Business Historic District as delineated on the Zoning Map of the Village of Ridgefield Park, is hereby designated as a historic district, as provided under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65.1. This is in recognition of the description of the district in the Master Plan as described in the preceding subsection, and also in recognition of studies of the history of the Village of Ridgefield Park describing its development by the year 1910 as the second largest railroad commuting community on any of the New York City rail lines and reflecting the extensive survival of the original architecture of the Central Business District.
B.
For the purposes of administering and enforcing the
required design guidelines hereunder, a Historic Preservation Commission
is established as provided under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-107. The Historic
Preservation Commission shall include a member of the Planning Board
and a member owning or operating a business in the C-1(H) Zone and
at least one member of each of the following classes:
C.
The Historic Preservation Commission shall consist
of five regular members and not more than two alternate members. Of
the regular members, a total of at least one less than a majority
shall be of Classes A and B.
(1)
Those regular members who are not designated as Class
A or B shall be designated as Class C. Class C members shall be citizens
of the municipality who hold no other municipal office, position or
employment except for membership on the Planning Board or Board of
Adjustment.
(2)
Alternate members shall meet the qualifications of
Class C members. The Mayor shall appoint all members of the Commission
and shall designate at the time of appointment the regular members
by class and the alternate members as "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate
No. 2." The terms of the members first appointed shall be so determined
that, to the greatest practicable extent, the expiration of the terms
shall be distributed, in the case of regular members, evenly over
the first four years after their appointment and, in the case of alternate
members, evenly over the first two years after the appointment, provided
that the initial term of no regular member shall exceed four years
and that the initial term of no alternate member shall exceed two
years. Thereafter, the term of a regular member shall be four years,
and the term of an alternate member shall be two years. A vacancy
occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled for
the unexpired term only. Notwithstanding any other provision herein,
the term of any member common to the Historic Preservation Commission
and the Planning Board shall be for the term of membership on the
Planning Board, and the term of any member common to the Historic
Preservation Commission and the Board of Adjustment shall be for the
term of membership on the Board of Adjustment.
(3)
The Historic Preservation Commission shall elect a
Chairman and Vice Chairman from its members and select a Secretary,
who may or may not be a member of the Historic Preservation Commission
or a municipal employee.
(4)
Alternate members may participate in discussions of
the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification
of a regular member. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular
member may vote instead of an alternate member. In the event that
a choice must be made as to which alternate member is to vote, Alternate
No. 1 shall vote.
D.
No member of the Historic Preservation Commission
shall be permitted to act on any matter in which he has, either directly
or indirectly, any personal or financial interest.
E.
The Mayor and Commissioners shall make provision in
the budget and appropriate funds for the expenses of the Historic
Preservation Commission.
F.
The Historic Preservation Commission may employ, contract
for and fix the compensation of experts and other staff and services
as it shall deem necessary. The Commission shall obtain its legal
counsel from the Municipal Attorney at the rate of compensation determined
by the Mayor and Commissioners. Expenditures pursuant to this subsection
shall not exceed, exclusive of gifts or grants, the amount appropriated
by the Mayor and Commissioners for the Commission's use.
G.
The Historic Preservation Commission shall have the
responsibility to:
(1)
Prepare a survey of historic sites of the municipality
pursuant to criteria identified in the survey report.
(2)
Make recommendations to the Planning Board on the
historic preservation plan element of the Master Plan and on the implications
for preservation of historic sites on any other Master Plan elements.
(3)
Advise the Planning Board on the inclusion of historic
sites in the recommended capital improvement program.
(4)
Advise the Planning Board and Board of Adjustment
on applications for development as provided herein.
(5)
Provide written reports as provided herein on the
application of this chapter's provisions concerning historic preservation.
(6)
Carry out such other advisory, educational and informational
functions as will promote historic preservation in the municipality.
H.
The Planning Board and Board of Adjustment shall make
available to the Historic Preservation Commission an informational
copy of every application submitted to either Board for development
of buildings with nonresidential uses in the C-1(H) Zone. Failure
to make the informational copy available shall not invalidate any
hearing or proceeding. The Historic Preservation Commission may provide
its advice, which shall be conveyed through its delegation of one
of its members or staff to testify orally at the hearing on the application
and to explain any written report which may have been submitted.
I.
All applications for building permits involving the
exteriors of buildings with commercial uses in the C-1(H) Zone visible
from a public street and, even where not requiring a building permit,
exterior alterations, including painting and signs, shall be referred
by the Construction Official to the Historic Preservation Commission
for a written report, which shall be made within 45 days. The Chairman
of the Historic Preservation Commission may act in the place of the
full Commission for purposes of this section.
J.
If, within the forty-five-day period, the Historic
Preservation Commission or the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment,
as the case may be, recommends to the Construction Official against
the proposed building change or recommends conditions, the Administrative
Officer shall deny issuance of the permit or other approval or include
the conditions, as the case may be. Failure to report within the forty-five-day
period shall be deemed to constitute a report in favor of the issuance
of the permit or approval and without the recommendation of conditions
in the permit or approval.
K.
The review criteria shall be the "Building Design
Guidelines for the Ridgefield Park Central Business Historic District,"
which shall be maintained in the office of the Village Construction
Code Official. Said criteria shall be made part of this chapter.
L.
Destruction of historic and architecturally significant
buildings and structures shall be discouraged. Demolition or removal
may be forbidden or postponed for a period of six months, after a
public hearing granted to the applicant, if requested, and the Historic
Preservation Commission shall consult civic groups and public agencies
to ascertain how the Village may preserve the building or structure.
The Historic Preservation Commission is empowered to work out with
the owner feasible plans for the preservation of buildings and structures.
Moving of such buildings and structures shall be encouraged as an
alternative to destruction. If no feasible alternative is reached,
demolition or removal shall be permitted.
M.
When it is necessary to move a historic or architecturally
significant building or structure to another site within the Village
of Ridgefield Park in order to preserve it, upon approval of relocation
plans by the Historic Preservation Commission, said building or structure
may be relocated, provided that it fulfills the area regulations of
said zone as to lot size, setback and yard area. If, however, relocation
is within or adjacent to the C-1(H) Central Business Historic District
Zone, it may be in the public interest to grant a variance from normal
yard requirements, and where it is deemed by the Historic Preservation
Commission that such a variance will not adversely affect neighboring
properties and will maintain the historic appearance of the site,
the Historic Preservation Commission may recommend to the Board of
Adjustment or the Planning Board that such variance from normal yard
requirements be made.
N.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the repair
or rebuilding of any historic building or structure in order to maintain
or return said building or structure to its original condition prior
to its deterioration or destruction nor to prevent the alteration,
repair or demolition of any recent building, structure or addition
out of keeping with the architectural character of said area. Nothing
in this section shall be construed to prevent ordinary maintenance
or repair of an exterior architectural feature now or hereafter in
the C-1(H) Central Business Historic District Zone which involves
no change in design, material, color or outward appearance thereof,
nor shall anything in this section be construed to prevent the construction,
reconstruction, alteration or destruction of any such feature which
the Construction Official shall determine is required by public health,
safety and general welfare because of an unsafe or dangerous condition.
A.
A motel or hotel shall be a principal permitted use
within the OP-1 Zone District.
[Amended 10-25-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-12]
B.
Such uses shall have a minimum area for each unit
of occupancy of 200 square feet and shall include a minimum of one
bedroom and a shower or bath, sink and a water closet.
C.
Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be
in accordance with the requirements herein. Off-street parking shall
not be permitted within 30 feet of any street right-of-way line.
A.
Area, bulk and yard regulations.
(1)
Minimum lot area: 80,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum lot area per patient bed: 1,000 square feet.
(3)
Minimum lot width: 200 feet.
(4)
Minimum lot depth: 300 feet.
(5)
Maximum lot coverage: 30%.
(6)
Maximum building height: 35 feet/three stories.
(7)
Minimum yard requirements:
|
Yard
|
Principal Building
(feet)
|
Accessory Building
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Front
|
50
|
50
| |
|
Side, one
|
30
|
20
| |
|
Side, both
|
60
|
40
| |
|
Rear
|
50
|
20
|
B.
Courts. Where a court is provided, it shall have dimensions
the minimum of which shall be 40 feet.
C.
Recreational space. There shall be provided on the
site of such development an area or areas of not less than 5,000 square
feet plus 50 square feet per patient bed which shall be utilized for
the recreational use of the patients therein.
Private homes, businesses and industries established
along navigable waters shall be permitted to construct piers and bulkheads
for the purpose of docking boats and filling land so long as they
do not interfere with the navigation of craft within the channel into
which they abut, and provided further that said piers and bulkheads
shall have the necessary approval of the New Jersey Bureau of Navigation
and state and federal agencies having jurisdiction thereover and site
plan approval from the Village.
Two-family dwellings shall be a permitted use in the R-2 residential zone subject to the submission of a plot plan to the Planning Board as defined under § 96-2.2 herein. All two-family buildings that are to be constructed as a new building, an expansion of a one-family residence to a two-family dwelling; or a modification in an existing two-family dwelling, whether or not the application requires one or more "c" variances shall be required to submit a plot plan to the Planning Board.
