The regulations established by this Part 1 within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, and particularly, except as hereinafter provided:
A. 
No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered, unless in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
B. 
No building or structure shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed the height, accommodate or house a greater number of families, occupy a greater percentage of lot area or have narrower or smaller front yards, rear yards, side yards or other open spaces than herein required or in any manner contrary to the provisions of this Part 1.
C. 
No part of a yard or other open space or off-street parking or loading space required about or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this Part 1 shall be included as part of a yard, open space or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.
D. 
No lot or yard existing at the time of passage of this Part 1 shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Lots or yards of record after the effective date of this Part 1 shall meet the requirements of this Part 1.
[Added 11-29-1994 by Ord. No. 1519; amended 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2445]
A. 
All uses not specifically permitted in a zoning district are prohibited.
B. 
All classes of adult use recreational cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in Section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16,[1] which includes retail marijuana stores, retail marijuana cultivation facilities, retail marijuana products manufacturing facilities, and retail marijuana testing facilities; and the operation of retail marijuana social clubs and, therefore, all activities related to the above-mentioned retail uses such as, but not limited to, cultivation, possession, extraction, manufacturing, processing, storing, laboratory testing, transporting, delivering, dispensing, transferring and distributing are expressly prohibited within the Borough of Ridgefield, but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service, except as permitted in the Light Manufacturing Zone, District E.
[Added 8-16-2021 by Ord. No. 2418;[2] amended 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2425]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: Section 3 of this ordinance provided it shall not be construed to limit any privileges or rights of a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, registered or otherwise, or registered dispensary pursuant to the New Jersey Cannabis Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, N.J.S.A. 26:6I-1 et seq.