No building structure or any part thereof, no fence or other
structure shall be constructed, altered, located, or placed nearer
the center line of any drainage canal, brook, or stream than as hereinafter
specified:
A. Overpeck Drainage Canal. For that section of the Overpeck Drainage
Canal from Flat Rock Brook to First Street, 50 feet; for that section
of the Overpeck Drainage Canal from First Street to Slocum Avenue,
40 feet; for that section of the Overpeck Drainage Canal from Slocum
Avenue to Engle Street, 35 feet; for that section of the Overpeck
Drainage Canal from Engle Street to Hudson Avenue vicinity, 30 feet.
B. Metzler's Brook. For that section of Metzler's Brook from
Ivy Lane to Washington Place, 35 feet; for that section of Metzler's
Brook from Mattlage Place to First Street, 40 feet.
C. Flat Rock Brook. For that section of Flat Rock Brook from Overpeck
Drainage Canal to Grand Avenue, 50 feet; for that section of Flat
Rock Brook from Grand Avenue to Middlesex Avenue, 40 feet; for that
section of Flat Rock Brook from Middlesex Avenue to Englewood Cliffs-Englewood
boundary line, 30 feet.
D. All other tributary brooks. For all other tributary brooks not mentioned above in Subsection
A,
B, or
C, a minimum distance of 30 feet.
Any property owner owning lands in any of the above described
areas may apply to the Planning Board of the City for a specific exception
from the provisions of this article.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize any
construction in, over, or close to any watercourse without first obtaining
any state, federal, or county approval which may be required therefore.