[Amended 12-27-1984]
This zone district is intended for single-family
and limited agricultural use. The following uses are permitted:
A. Single-family residences.
B. No more than two roomers or boarders permitted in a principal dwelling. Roomers or boarders are prohibited in any accessory structure and under Subsection
F herein.
[Amended 2-14-2002]
C. As part of a dwelling, the office or studio of a physician,
surgeon, dentist, teacher, artist, musician, lawyer, architect, engineer
or like professional person residing on the premises, provided that
not more than one person not residing in said dwelling is employed
in such office and said office does not occupy more than 1/2 of the
first floor area.
D. All public buildings and uses for schools, churches
and other quasi-public buildings for use by nonprofit organizations.
Application for any such use, except uses for municipal purposes,
shall be made to the appropriate board in accordance with the applicable
provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. and the Land Use Procedures
Ordinance of the Borough of Allendale and as provided in §
270-12.
E. The raising or growing for sale of annual and perennial
plants, of fruits and of vegetable crops and such buildings and equipment
as are required for the use.
F. Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above
uses, provided that they shall not include any activity commonly conducted
for gain.
G. Private garages, in accordance with §
270-18.
I. The keeping of domestic animals or fowl for personal
use, provided that they are kept at least 50 feet from any existing
or later constructed dwelling and enclosed by a suitable fence or
other enclosure and are on a lot at least two acres in area.
J. Home occupation conducted by an individual other than a professional as set forth in Subsection
C hereinabove; provided, however, that such home occupation shall be subject to the following regulations:
[Added 12-22-2005]
(1) The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within
the dwelling unit which is the bona fide residence of the practitioner.
(2) Only family members who reside in the dwelling and
not more than one person who does not reside in said dwelling shall
participate in the home occupation on the premises.
(3) The residential character of the lot and the dwelling
unit shall be maintained. Neither the interior nor the exterior of
the dwelling will be structurally altered so as to require compliance
with nonresidential construction codes to accommodate the home occupation.
No additional buildings shall be added on the property to accommodate
the home occupation.
(4) The home occupation shall not generate customer-related
vehicular traffic.
(5) No direct selling of merchandise is permitted to occur
on the premises.
(6) No equipment or materials associated with the home
occupation shall be displayed or stored where visible from anywhere
outside the premises.
(7) The occupation shall not produce external noise, vibration,
smoke, dust, odor, heat, glare, fumes, electrical interference or
waste runoff outside the dwelling unit or in the property surrounding
the dwelling unit.
(8) No vehicle used in connection with the home occupation
which requires a commercial driver’s license to operate is allowed
to be parked on the premises or on any street adjacent to the residentially
zoned property.
(9) Notwithstanding the provisions of §
270-20D, no home occupation is permitted to be advertised by any signs on the premises, nor shall the street address of the home occupations be advertised through signs, billboards, television, radio or newspapers.
(10)
No animal hospitals, animal breeding, clinics,
hospitals, contractors’ yards, dancing schools, junkyards, lodging
house residential uses, massage parlors, restaurants, rental outlets
or vehicle repair shops are permitted as home occupations.
K. Lighting of athletic field areas in accordance with §
270-32.1.
[Added 3-2-2017]
Any use other than those listed in §
270-49 is prohibited.