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Borough of Haddon Heights, NJ
Camden County
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In the R-2 Residential District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used except for one of the following uses:
A. 
A single detached one-family dwelling house, in connection with which there may be a detached garage if consistent with § 450-26D. There shall not be more than one single detached one-family dwelling on a single lot. An attached garage is not permitted.
[Amended 9-1-2009 by Ord. No. 1313]
B. 
Accessory uses incidental or subordinate to a single detached one-family dwelling.
C. 
Public parks, playgrounds and gardens and private parks, gardens and greenhouses not larger than 240 square feet and outdoor storage buildings not exceeding 100 square feet.
D. 
Public recreation and community center buildings and grounds.
The following accessory uses shall be permitted in this district:
A. 
Private residential swimming pools. (See § 450-94.)
B. 
Fences and walls. (See § 450-96.)
C. 
Signs. (See § 450-135.)
D. 
A detached garage of not more than a two-car capacity, used solely by the persons living in the dwelling house, and a building for housing garden tools, provided that such garage or building is on the same lot as the dwelling house or on a lot contiguous thereto. No such accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot until the construction of the dwelling house has been commenced, nor shall an accessory building be used unless the dwelling house has been completed and put into use. No such accessory building shall exceed 450 square feet, and it will be a maximum height of not more than 16 feet to the peak of the roof.
The following conditional uses shall be permitted in this district:
A. 
Public and private day schools of elementary and/or high school grade licensed by the State of New Jersey.
B. 
Family day-care homes. (See § 450-92.)
C. 
Public utility installations, subject to the following special requirements:
(1) 
There shall be no storage of materials and trucks and no repair facilities or staging of repair crews except within completely enclosed buildings.
(2) 
The exterior of any structure shall be in keeping with the other structures in the immediate neighborhood.
A. 
Lot area and width. A lot area of not less than 12,000 square feet shall be provided for every single detached one-family dwelling hereafter erected. Each lot on which a single detached one-family dwelling is or shall be erected shall have a width of not less than 60 feet at the building line.
B. 
Lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage, including all structures, shall not be greater than 30% of the gross lot area.
[Amended 11-5-2003 by Ord. No. 1157]
C. 
Front yard. A front yard shall be provided. The front setback shall be not less than those setbacks established by the buildings on either side of the lot in question, whichever of those is the greater, and in any event not less than 30 feet. In the case of a corner lot or any other lot abutting two streets, for purposes of determining setback, each yard abutting a street shall be considered a front yard.
D. 
Side yards. Each dwelling shall have a yard on each side, which shall be not less than 25 feet wide in the aggregate and neither of which shall be less than 10 feet wide. No dwelling or accessory building shall obstruct access to the rear yard by an automobile.
E. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 50 feet, measured from the rearmost portion of the main building to the rear property line, including all decks, patios and additions attached to the main building.
[Amended 9-1-2009 by Ord. No. 1313]
F. 
Outbuildings. Outbuildings shall not be considered in connection with the rear yard. They shall be constructed so as to not protrude into the front yard and shall not be constructed closer than five feet to any property line.
G. 
Height. A dwelling shall not have a greater height than 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet, measured from the average grade line perimetering the building to the top of the main roof cornice line, excluding necessary utility-type roof structures.