No building, structure or premises shall be
used, and no building or structure shall be erected or structurally
altered, except for the following uses:
A.
Single-family detached house.
B.
A building used for horticultural, agricultural or
dairying purposes, poultry or domestic animal-raising, provided that
no building for the housing of cows, calves, bulls, horses, sheep,
goats and birds or any building for the housing of hogs, hog pen,
hog run or enclosure shall be within 100 feet of any side or rear
lot line nor within 200 feet of any front lot line; that no fertilizer
or manure shall be heaped, piled or stored within 100 feet of any
side or rear lot line nor within 400 feet of any front lot line; that
no building of more than two stories in height, run or enclosure for
the housing or keeping of fowl, having 60 square feet of floor space
or less, shall be within 15 feet of any side or rear lot line nor
within 100 feet of any front lot line, which side and rear yard requirements
shall be increased one foot and front yard requirements five feet,
respectively, for each additional 60 square feet of floor space or
fraction thereof, together with an additional fifty-foot setback for
each story that the building housing fowl is over two feet in height
(separate buildings to be cumulative as to the number of square feet
for rear, side and front yard requirements); provided, however, that
the maximum side and rear yard requirements shall be 200 feet and
maximum front yard requirements 400 feet, plus 50 feet for each story
above two stories as hereinabove set forth, provided that no animals
or poultry may be kept or maintained unless adequate shelter is provided,
and provided further that any structure erected for any of the foregoing
purposes shall be accessory to a residential dwelling. Any uses permitted
in this subsection shall be limited to an area of not less than five
acres.
E.
Public community center building, auditorium, public
library, public museum, public art gallery, public park or playground
or other like place of public assembly not conducted for gain or profit.
[Added 9-28-1988 by Ord. No. 88:47; amended 9-17-2013 by Ord. No. 2013:30]
Accessory uses usually incidental to the above
uses shall be permitted, including but not limited to those specified
below. The term "accessory" shall not include a business, nor any
building or unit not located on the same lot with the principal building
to which it is accessory.
A.
Private garages and carports.
B.
Private swimming pools, erected in accordance with
applicable Township ordinances, and tennis courts.
C.
Outdoor barbecue structures and storage sheds.
D.
Domestic pet animal enclosures or structures for use
to shelter the pets of properties' residents.
[Amended 11-27-2012 by Ord. No. 2012:40]
E.
Private stables, provided that the plot or lot contains
an area of not less than five acres.
The following conditional uses shall be permitted:
A.
Customary home occupations as an accessory use, provided
that:
(1)
No display of goods is visible from the street.
(3)
The occupation is conducted in the main building by
a person residing therein and does not occupy more than 30% of the
first floor, excluding space used for a private garage. In computing
the space in a split-level structure, space shall be limited to 30%
of the first two levels.
B.
The operation of a public or private nonprofit school
or child-care center, provided that:
[Added 12-12-1989 by Ord. No. 89:72]
(1)
The premises on which such facility is located fronts
on and has access to a street classified as other than a local street
pursuant to the adopted Master Plan of the Township of Parsippany-Troy
Hills.
(2)
The premises on which such facility is located contains
a minimum of three acres of land.
(3)
One off-street parking space is provided for every
five children attending such facility. Parking areas are located in
side and rear yards only, at least 30 feet from the property lines,
and are effectively screened from adjoining residential property by
appropriate landscaping.
(4)
Unless specifically exempted by the Planning Board
of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, such facility includes an
outdoor play area which is located in a side or rear yard only, at
least 30 feet from the property line, is enclosed by a fence at least
four feet in height and is effectively screened from adjoining residential
properties by appropriate landscaping. In accordance with the existing
edition of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Office
of Licensing, Chapter 122, the play area must minimally contain no
less than 150 square feet of outdoor play area for up to five children
using the play area at any one time. In those instances when the play
area is to be used by more than five children at any one time, an
additional 30 feet of play area for each child over the five-child
threshold shall be minimally required.
[Amended 11-27-2012 by Ord. No. 2012:40]
(5)
Pickup and delivery of children takes place on the
premises on which such facility is located and provides for a safe
means of ingress and egress as approved by the Planning Board of the
Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills.
(7)
All licenses or other approvals required by the State
of New Jersey or any department or agency thereof for the operation
of such a facility have first been obtained.
(8)
A license for the operation of such a facility has
first been obtained from the Division of Health of the Township of
Parsippany-Troy Hills.
(9)
The Planning Board of the Township of Parsippany-Troy
Hills may impose such additional conditions and safeguards as it deems
appropriate and may require such studies and investigation as it deems
necessary in order to guarantee maximum protection of children attending
such facility and maximum protection of adjoining properties.
C.
Church, synagogue or other place of worship.
[Added 3-14-2000 by Ord. No. 2000:7]
(1)
Church, synagogue or other places of worship, including
parish house and other ancillary buildings, provided that the following
conditions shall be met:
(a)
Minimum lot area: two acres.
(b)
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
(c)
Minimum front yard: 50 feet.
(d)
Minimum side yard: 35 feet.
(e)
Minimum rear yard: 35 feet.
(f)
A minimum twenty-foot buffer around the perimeter
of the site (excluding the front yard).
(g)
Maximum building coverage: 35%.
(h)
Maximum impervious coverage: 65%.
(2)
Any church, synagogue and place of worship existing
at the time of the adoption of this subsection shall be permitted
to continue as a principal permitted use in the district in which
it is located for the purposes of regulating these facilities and
shall be subject to the bulk and yard requirements for the district
as set forth in this chapter.
Height, area and yard requirements shall be as specified in the schedule of regulations in Article VI, except as hereinafter provided.
B.
Variable lot size provision. In a major subdivision application, variable lot sizes may be approved by the Planning Board. The lot sizes may be varied to the extent that not more than 35% of the lots may have areas of not less than 40,000 square feet each and a width of not less than 150 feet if sufficient of the remainder of the lots are increased in area so that the average lot size will not be less than 80,000 square feet. The Planning Board, in passing on such plats, shall consider the physical and structural characteristics, including topography of the land comprised in the subdivision, and determine that such variation in lot size will provide a better layout of the subdivision and a better use of the land for building sites than would a uniform lot size. The subdivider shall submit a plat map showing the development according to the requirements of the R-R District as shown in the schedule in Article VI and another plat map showing the development as modified in accordance with this section. In no event shall the density of development throughout the subdivision exceed the exact number of lots that would have been permitted to be built if such development had proceeded on the basis of 80,000 square feet per lot with a width of not less than 200 feet.
C.
Open space density modification. In order to preserve
and protect natural woodlands and waterways, and further to provide
that open space area is available to future residents, concurrent
with residential development in a major subdivision, the lot size
of any one or more lots may be less than 80,000 square feet and have
a width of less than 175 feet, but in no event shall any lot be less
than 40,000 square feet in area and have a width of less than 200
feet if the following conditions and regulations are met:
[Added 3-14-2000 by Ord. No. 2000:7]
(1)
Plat map. The subdivider shall submit a plat map showing the development according to the requirements of the R-R Schedule in Article VI and another plat map showing the development as modified in accordance with this section.
(2)
Approval. If lands are proposed to be dedicated to
the Township or homeowners' association, the Planning Board shall
condition final approval upon acceptance of such land by the Township
Council or establishment of a homeowners' association, as the case
may be.
(3)
Dedication. All open space areas of the tract being
subdivided shall be dedicated and conveyed by the owner, in fee simple
absolute, by a good and sufficient deed.
(4)
Application requirement. All approvals for such major subdivisions as permitted hereunder, together with the standards of dedication and sanitary approval, shall be in accordance with Chapter 225, Land Use, Subdivisions and Site Plans.
(5)
Density regulations. In no event shall the density
of development throughout the subdivision exceed the exact number
of dwelling units that would have been permitted to be built if such
development had proceeded on the basis of 80,000 square feet per lot
with a width of not less than 200 feet.
(6)
Area, yard and building requirements. Development
on lots created pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
subject to the area, yard and building requirements of the district
as modified pursuant to the approved open space density modification
as permitted herein.
Off-street parking space, together with appropriate access thereto, shall be provided on the same lot as the building it is intended to serve in accordance with the standards of Article XXXVII.
Signs shall be permitted in conformance to Article XXXVIII.
