[Amended 1-15-2008 by Ord. No. MC 3366; 6-14-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3576; 1-27-2025 by Ord. No. MC 3894]
A. No yard or other open space provided about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be considered to provide a yard or open space for any other building.
B. An accessory building attached to a principal building shall comply in all respects with the yard requirements of this chapter for the principal building. Detached accessory buildings shall be located to the rear of the front building line of the principal building and, if located in the side yard area, shall conform to side yard requirements of the schedule. In rear yards, common accessory buildings may be constructed to straddle the side lot between any two contiguous residential lots, in which case the remaining side yard dimension shall not be less than the total required for both accessory building side yards in that zone.
C. Every principal building shall be built upon a lot with frontage upon an approved public street.
D. At the intersection of two or more streets, no hedge, fence or wall (other than a single post or tree) which is higher than three feet above the curb level, nor any obstruction to vision, shall be permitted in the triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a line joining each street line 10 feet distant from said intersection.
E. All yards facing on a public street shall be considered front yards. Corner lots shall meet the minimum front yard requirements for the respective zone for both streets for both principal and accessory buildings.
F. Where a building lot fronts on a street which is proposed for right-of-way widening, the required front yard area shall be measured from such proposed right-of-way line.
G. No front yard shall be used for open storage or parking. All open storage areas shall be screened from view of residential districts by appropriate landscaping, which shall be maintained.
H. Business structures or uses shall not display goods for sale or place coin-operated vending machines of any type on the sidewalk or in the entranceway in the front of the structure in which business activity is conducted.
I. Off-street parking shall be provided with all new construction in accordance with Article
VIII of this chapter. In the event of enlargement or extensive alteration of any building, off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Article
VIII to the extent possible.
J. Essential services and utilities shall be permitted as authorized and regulated by law and other ordinances of the Township in any district. It is the intent of this chapter to exempt such erection, construction, alterations and maintenance from the application of this chapter.
K. Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by the Municipal Council, the zone district shall be extended automatically to the center of such vacated way.
L. For the purpose of regulating the locations of accessory buildings on corner lots, all portions of a corner lot or a through lot which fronts on a public street shall be subject to the front yard requirements of the zone district in which said corner lot or through lot is located. No accessory building shall be permitted in any required front yard.
M. No residential lot shall be less than 75 feet in depth.
N. Any use not specifically permitted in a zoning district established by this chapter is hereby specifically prohibited in that district. The following uses and activities shall be specifically prohibited in the Township of Irvington:
(1) The keeping or raising of any animals other than domestic pets.
(2) Trailer courts, trailer coaches, campers, vans, mobile homes and house trailers used as a dwelling and commercial activities related to the outdoor storage or display of trailer coaches; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the placement on a lot of one trailer coach for the sole purpose of providing temporary living accommodations for persons whose dwelling unit located on said lot has been damaged by fire. Placement of said trailer coach shall be by permit of the Township Engineer, valid for 60 days and renewable for not more than two additional thirty-day periods.
(3) The use of a building or premises in such a manner as to endanger the health, morals, safety or welfare of the community.
(4) Any use which emits excessive and objectionable amounts of dust, fumes, noise, odor, smoke, vibration, glare or waste products.
(5) Junkyards, hazardous or toxic waste disposal or treatment facilities, solid waste transfer stations and liquid gas or gasoline storage tanks.
O. All exterior lighting shall be shielded, directed or buffered so that glare or direct lighting or reflection will not be a nuisance to surrounding properties.
P. No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such form or manner that they may be transferred off the lot by natural causes or forces, nor shall any substance be deposited which can contaminate an underground aquifer or otherwise render such underground aquifer undesirable as a source of water supply or recreation or which will destroy aquatic life. All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible or otherwise attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored indoors or enclosed in appropriate containers adequate to eliminate such hazards. Containers shall not be stored or placed in any front yard.
Q. The storage or manufacture of liquefied petroleum gases, hydrogen gas or other material, whether in liquid or gaseous phase, which is flammable or explosive when mixed with air in sufficient proportions or which may be toxic or poisonous if inhaled by any person is prohibited in all zoning districts; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the use as fuel for domestic purposes of liquefied petroleum gases when stored in cylinders constructed in accordance with regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission and located on the exterior of the building supplied; and provided, further, that the systems in connection with said cylinders are listed by the Underwriters Laboratories. The existing storage and use of anhydrous ammonia as of the effective date of this chapter may continue.
R. Upon the effective date of this subsection, new miscellaneous business licenses and tobacco licenses within the boundaries of the Township of Irvington are hereby limited within a one-thousand-five-hundred-foot radius of any existing miscellaneous businesses and/or tobacco shop.