[Added 11-13-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
Principal permitted uses on the land and in
buildings shall be as follows:
A.
Detached single-family dwelling units.
B.
Churches.
C.
Professional, business and contractors offices, provided
there is no outside storage.
D.
Shops and stores for the retail sales of antiques,
books, confections, drugs, dry goods, flowers, gifts, notions, stationery
and other similar goods. Food stuffs and beverages also are included,
provided that no distribution activities or fast-food convenience
stores shall be permitted.
E.
Food service establishments, including sit-down restaurants
with table service. Coffee shops, bakery, pastry, candy, confectionery
or ice cream shops, provided that no wholesale distribution activities,
fast-food restaurants or drive-through window facilities or services
shall be permitted.
F.
Personal service shops dealing directly with customers,
including beauty shops, barbershops, shoe repair and other similar
uses.
Conditional uses and permitted accessory uses
shall be as follows:
A.
Private residential swimming pools (see § 215-134 for standards) and other usual recreational facilities, customarily associated with residential dwelling units.
I.
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67; see § 215-132 for standards.
J.
Cellular antennas and other public utility uses as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67; see § 215-132 for applicable standards.
K.
Residential flats as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67; see § 215-132 for applicable standards. A total of 10 accessory apartments and residential flats are included in the Township’s fair share housing plan. Accessory apartments and residential flats are permitted as conditional uses to implement that plan. Upon the grant of approval by the Planning Board for the 10th accessory apartment or residential flat, as the case may be, this subsection shall be repealed and of no further force or effect.
M.
Temporary construction trailers and one temporary
sign not exceeding 32 square feet, advertising the prime contractor,
subcontractor(s), architect, financing institution and similar data
for the period of construction beginning with the issuance of a construction
permit and concluding with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy
or one year, whichever is less, provided that said trailer(s) and
sign are on the site where the construction is taking place, are not
on any existing or proposed street or easement and are set back at
least 30 feet from all street and lot lines.
No principal building shall exceed 35 feet in
height and 2.5 stories, and no accessory building shall exceed 20
feet in height and 1.5 stories.
Area and yard requirements shall be as follows:
A.
Principal buildings, minimum in feet.
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Detached Single-Family Dwellings
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Professional and Retail Uses
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Churches
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Lot area
(acres)
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31
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3
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3
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Lot frontage
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200
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150
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200
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Lot width
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200
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150
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200
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Lot depth
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200
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150
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200
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Side yards, each
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20
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25
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40
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Front yard
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30
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30
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30
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Rear yard
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35
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35
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35
|
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NOTES:
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1At least one acre
shall be contiguous noncritical acreage, be appropriately situated
for the location and construction of the detached single-family dwelling
and its appurtenances, including the septic system serving the lot.
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B.
Accessory buildings, minimum in feet. [Note: Where
a nonresidential use abuts a residential use or district, the minimum
setbacks for accessory buildings shall apply to any accessory structures,
off-street parking, driveways, aisles, loading or other accessory
uses.]
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Distance to side line
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15
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20
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30
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Distance to rear line
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15
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20
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30
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Distance to other building
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20
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20
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30
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C.
Coverage.
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Maximum impervious surface ratio
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0.25
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0.60
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0.20
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Floor area ratio
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0.10
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0.20
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0.15
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D.
The rear and side yard setback requirements for both
principal and accessory buildings on preexisting undersized lots in
this zone shall be modified as follows: The minimum rear and side
yard requirements shall decrease in proportion to the lot’s
decrease below the minimum dimensions established herein. For example,
a new home on a preexisting one-hundred-foot-wide lot would be required
to be set back 10 feet from each side lot line and 17.5 feet from
the rear lot line. The minimum rear and side yard setbacks for a detached
garage on the same lot would be 7.5 feet and the garage could be no
closer than 10 feet from the principal building. Maximum building
and lot coverages would not be altered.
A.
One building may contain more than one use, provided
that the total building and lot coverage of the combined uses does
not exceed the maximums specified for the district, and provided further
that each use occupies a minimum gross floor area of 750 square feet.
B.
Display or storage.
(1)
Unless otherwise specifically approved by the Board
as part of a site plan application, no merchandise, product, equipment
or similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
(2)
Where merchandise, products, equipment or similar
material or objects are approved by the Board to be displayed or stored
outside, the materials shall be suitably screened to be obscured from
view from adjacent residential uses and must be situated within the
property lines of the principal use.
C.
All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading,
access aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably
landscaped with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or plantings and maintained
in good condition.
D.
All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether
constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. All
building walls facing any street or residential use or district shall
be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes and shall be compatible
in design and scale to the surrounding residential areas. No commercial
or office building facade shall be repeated/duplicated for a distance
of 400 feet. All commercial and office buildings shall have a gable,
hip or gambrel (or other dual-pitched, single-ridge roof). No such
roofline shall be repeated/duplicated for a distance of 400 feet.
E.
The minimum setback area shall include a planted buffer
of at least 10 feet in width along any common property line with a
residential district or use.
A.
Each individual use shall provide parking spaces according
to the following minimum provisions. Where a permitted use of land
includes different specific activities with different specific parking
requirements, the total number of required parking spaces shall be
obtained by computing individually the parking requirements for each
different activity and adding the resulting numbers together. No parking
area shall be located within 10 feet of any property line.
(1)
Dwelling units shall provide two spaces per unit.
(2)
Churches shall provide one space per every three permanent
seats.
(3)
Professional offices shall provide one space per every
200 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(4)
Retail and service activities shall provide one space
per 200 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
A.
Permitted signs shall be as follows:
(2)
Churches: one freestanding sign not exceeding 15 square
feet in area, 10 feet in height and set back at least 10 feet from
all street lines and at least 50 feet from all property lines, plus
one attached sign not exceeding eight square feet in area.
(3)
Professional offices, retail and service activities:
one attached sign, not exceeding 10% of the front facade of the building
or 12 square feet in area, whichever is less. Where a principal use
occupying at least 500 square feet of segregated area has direct access
from the outside, a sign not exceeding four square feet in area, identifying
the name of the activity, may also be attached to the building at
the entrance.
A.
Definition: same as in AR zone.
B.
Requirements:
(1)
Such occupation may be pursued in the principal dwelling
unit structure or in one or more secondary buildings which are accessory
to such principal structure.
(2)
The use of the property for the home occupation shall
be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes
by its occupants, and not more than 20% of the gross floor area of
all buildings shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
(3)
No person other than members of the household residing
on the premises plus one outside employee or other assistant shall
be engaged in the occupation on the premises.
(4)
The residential character of the lot and building
shall not be changed, no occupational sounds shall be audible outside
the building and no equipment shall be used which will cause interference
with radio or television reception in neighboring residences. No display
of products shall be visible from the street, nor shall any materials
be stored outside.
(5)
The home occupation shall not include the breeding,
raising, care, boarding or maintenance of animals.
(6)
The home occupation shall not create the need to park
more than two vehicles at any time in addition to those ordinarily
used by the residents of the home. Said vehicles shall be limited
to passenger automobiles, that is, no commercial or construction vehicles,
and must be parked off-street. The home occupation shall not reduce
the parking or yard requirements of the dwelling. There may be parked
on the premises not more than one vehicle owned or operated in conjunction
with the home occupation. No other vehicle(s) owned or operated in
conjunction with the home occupation shall be parked overnight, stored
or repaired, either on- or off-premises, within a residential zone,
and no such vehicle(s) shall be parked overnight or stored on a street.
A.
Definition: same as in the AR zone.
B.
Requirements:
(1)
The office area shall not occupy more than 300 square
feet or 12.5% of the gross floor area of the detached dwelling, whichever
is greater, and excluding the area of garages, basements and attics
in the calculation of gross floor area.
(2)
The office area shall not have direct access to the
outside via a door, but shall be an existing room or area within the
detached dwelling unit which is integrated within the overall floor
plan of the dwelling.
C.
The office area shall not contain any kitchen or bathroom
facilities which are separate from the remainder of the detached dwelling
unit.
D.
No supplies or furnishings shall be permitted other
than typical office supplies and furnishings.
E.
No evidence of the office area shall be visible from
the outside of the detached dwelling unit.
