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Borough of Paramus, NJ
Bergen County
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[§§ 429-137—429-141 adopted 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08]
A. 
Within the LB Zone, no building, structure or area or lot or land shall be used in whole or in part for other than one or more of the permitted or conditional uses expressly set forth herein, accessory uses and subordinate to the permitted uses and conditional uses expressly set forth herein.
B. 
All uses not expressly permitted by this chapter in the LB Zone District are prohibited.
C. 
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
(1) 
Office, office building;
(2) 
Library, museum, art gallery; house of worship, public school, private school (having a curriculum similar to that of a public school);
(3) 
Bank;
(4) 
Telephone exchange;
(5) 
Computer center;
(6) 
Building used by Federal, State, or County or municipal government for offices or meeting rooms;
(7) 
Restaurant;
(8) 
Professional offices; and
(9) 
Medical and dental clinics (but not hospitals or health care facilities campus pursuant to Section 429-128).
There shall be no accessory buildings within the LB Zone District, but the following accessory uses are permitted:
A. 
Parking area.
B. 
Planted area and planted buffer area.
C. 
Business signs and real estate signs only as permitted, regulated and limited by ordinance, and only if a permit has been lawfully issued for the sign.
D. 
Other accessory uses within the building customarily incident and subordinate to the permitted use.
Lots and structures in the LB Zone shall conform to the requirements listed below.
A. 
Maximum height of buildings shall be as follows:
(1) 
Flat roof: 25 feet.
(2) 
Pitched roof: 35 feet.
(3) 
Flagstaffs, chimney flues, radio and television antennas and screened mechanical equipment designed to service the building may exceed the height limitation by not more than 12 feet, provided that such structures do not exceed 10% of the ground area covered by the building and are not used for any other purpose. Structures to provide for the safe access to roof areas are, however, exempt from the above requirements. The screening provided shall be of a material similar to the building facing or as approved by the Land Use Board as compatible and durable.
B. 
Minimum lot area shall be 43,560 square feet.
C. 
Minimum width of a lot shall be 150 feet.
D. 
Minimum frontage of a lot shall be 150 feet.
E. 
Maximum coverage of a lot shall be as follows:
(1) 
By buildings: 20%.
(2) 
By impervious surfaces: 80%.
F. 
Front yard setback shall be 50 feet.
(1) 
With parking in front yard: 60 feet.
(2) 
Contiguous to a State highway: 80 feet.
G. 
Minimum side yards shall be as follows:
(1) 
Total of both side yards shall be the greater of 50 feet or 1/3 of the width of the lot.
(2) 
Minimum for any one side yard shall be 25 feet.
H. 
Rear yard:
(1) 
Minimum rear yard shall be 100 feet.
(2) 
The minimum open space in the rear yard shall be not less than 100 feet. However, the open space in the rear yard need only be 75 feet if there is no paving, parking, egress or ingress in the rear yard and it is all in planted area, whether or not the same is required planted area. However, no reduction is permitted in the width of any required buffer area.
I. 
Minimum distance of building from every residential zone line shall be 100 feet.
The minimum parking requirements set forth in the HCC Zone shall be applicable to all uses in the LB Zone.
A. 
In addition to any fee, charge or cost provided elsewhere in the Paramus Code, there shall be a one-time sewer connection fee for each non-residential building to be serviced by any new connection or any anticipated increase in flow from an existing building to the public sewer in the LB Zone.
B. 
The purpose of the sewer connection charge is to provide for a fair payment toward the capital cost of the public sewer system pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11.
C. 
The fee shall be paid in full to the Borough prior to the issuance of a construction permit issued in accordance with the Uniform Construction Code. In the event a connection is made without prior payment thereof for any reason, the sewer connection fee shall constitute a first lien upon the benefited property and shall bear interest as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-12 and as otherwise provided by law. This shall be in addition to any violations, penalties or other remedies otherwise provided by law.
D. 
The following schedule of fees is hereby established pursuant to this Article:
Sewer connection for non-residential/commercial for every 5,000 square feet of development or portion thereof: $2,000.00