[Amended 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452]
For the purpose of this Part 1, the Borough is hereby divided into the following classes and zones:
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Single-Family Residence Zone - District A
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Two-Family Zone - District B
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Multiple-Family Zone - District C
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R-TH Townhouse Residential Zone
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R-SR and TH Senior Citizens Housing and Townhouse
Residential Zone
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O-TH Office and Townhouse Zone
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Retail Business, Commercial or Office Zone -
District D
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O-LR Office Low-Rise Zone
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O-C Office Commercial Zone
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C Commercial Zone
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O-5-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone
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O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone
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C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone
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OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone
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NB Neighborhood Business Zone
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MF Medium Density Multifamily Zone
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Light Manufacturing Zone - District E
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Heavy Manufacturing Zone - District F
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Public Use Zone - District G
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Marshland Zone - District H
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Public Utility Zone - District I
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A.
District A is designed for low-density residential
development of one-family attached dwellings.
B.
In District A, the following uses are permitted by
right:
(1)
One-family detached dwellings.
[Amended 2-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1300]
(2)
Churches and similar places of worship.
(3)
Public schools.
(4)
Parks and playgrounds.
(5)
Public buildings.
(6)
Public libraries.
(7)
Accessory uses, including customary home occupations
and private garages for storage of one or two motorcars.
C.
In District A, the following uses are permitted, subject
to additional requirements. These uses are commonly known as "special
exceptions:"
D.
The following regulations apply to District A:
(1)
Minimum lot size: 5,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
[Amended 2-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1300]
(3)
Minimum front yard setback: 25 feet.
[Amended 10-22-1984 by Ord. No. 1269; 10-23-1989 by Ord. No.
1384]
(4)
Minimum total width of side yard: 15 feet. Corner
lots shall be permitted a minimum total side yard width of seven feet,
so long as a minimum thirteen-foot setback is maintained on any side
yard facing a street.
[Amended 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384]
(5)
Minimum width of one side yard: seven feet.
(6)
Maximum coverage of buildings shall be in accordance
with the following schedule:
[Amended 2-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1300; 10-23-1989 by Ord. No.
1384; 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 1696; 11-22-2004 by Ord. No. 1903]
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Area
(square feet)
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Coverage
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5,000 to 5,999
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30%
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6,000 to 6,999
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28%
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7,000 to 7,999
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26%
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8,000 to 8,999
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24%
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9,000 to 9,999
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22%
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10,000 to 10,999
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20%
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11,000 to 11,999
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18%
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12,000 and over
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18%
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(7)
Maximum height of buildings: two and one-half (2 1/2)
stories, but not to exceed 32 feet.
[Amended 10-22-1984 by Ord. No. 1269; 5-29-1990 by Ord. No.
1406]
(8)
Maximum height of accessory buildings: 15 feet.
(9)
The maximum height of basements shall be seven feet
four inches. The purpose of this definition is to prevent the use
of rooms in the basement for sleeping quarters.
[Added 11-26-1984 by Ord. No. 1271]
(10)
Maximum coverage of any rear yard shall not
exceed 40% of the rear yard.
[Added 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384]
(11)
No one- or two-family house constructed shall
have the same color or style of any other house within 500 feet thereof.
[Added 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 1696]
(12)
The height of basements in new one-family homes
shall be maintained, but the height of the roof may go 10 feet from
the finished ceiling to the ridge.
[Added 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 1696]
(13)
Maximum impervious coverage: 25% of the total
lot area.
[Added 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857]
(14)
Maximum impervious coverage of the front yard
area shall not exceed 40% for properties that have garage openings
of one car width and 50% for properties that have garage openings
for a two car width.
[Added 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857]
(15)
Maximum floor area ratio: 0.60.
[Added 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857; amended 6-26-2006 by Ord. No.
1995]
(16)
Minimum rear yard depth: 16 feet.
[Added 11-22-2004 by Ord. No. 1903]
F.
The following regulations shall apply to corner lots,
which are those lots which have two sides which front on two intersecting
streets:
[Added 5-24-2004 by Ord. No. 1874]
(1)
The front entrance door on residences on corner lots
shall be located on the narrower lot side; provided, however, that
the front entrance door may be located on the longer lot side if that
entrance door is recessed at least four feet from the building line
and is approached by a platform that extends into the side yard no
more than 18 inches and is no more than 12 inches in height.
(2)
Side yards for corner lots shall be a minimum of 13
feet on the side fronting the street and seven feet on the other side.
(3)
Central air-conditioning units are to be located in
the backyard on any corner lot.
(4)
For those buildings where the front entrance door
is located on the narrower side, the second or side entrance door
shall be located on the inside lot side, meaning the side not fronting
on the street.
B.
Uses permitted in District B subject to additional
requirements, special exceptions, are the same as all special exceptions
as permitted in District A.
C.
The following regulations apply to District B:
(1)
Minimum lot size: 5,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
[Amended 2-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1300]
(3)
Minimum front yard depth: 25 feet.
[Amended 10-22-1984 by Ord. No. 1269; 10-23-1989 by Ord. No.
1384]
(4)
Minimum rear yard depth: 16 feet.
(5)
Total width of side yard: 15 feet.
(6)
Total minimum width of one side yard: seven feet.
Corner lots shall be permitted a minimum total side yard width of
seven feet so long as a minimum thirteen-foot setback is maintained
on any side yard facing a street.
[Amended 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384]
(7)
Maximum coverage of buildings shall be in accordance
with the following schedule:
[Amended 10-22-1984 by Ord. No. 1269; 2-11-1986 by Ord. No.
1300; 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384; 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 1696; 11-22-2004 by Ord. No. 1903]
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Area
(square feet)
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Coverage
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5,000 to 5,999
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30%
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6,000 to 6,999
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28%
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7,000 to 7,999
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26%
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8,000 to 8,999
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24%
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9,000 to 9,999
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22%
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10,000 to 10,999
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20%
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11,000 to 11,999
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18%
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12,000 and over
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18%
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(8)
Maximum height of buildings: two and one-half (2 1/2)
stories, but not to exceed 32 feet.
[Amended 10-22-1984 by Ord. No. 1269; 5-29-1990 by Ord. No.
1406]
(9)
The maximum height of basements shall be seven feet
four inches. The purpose of this definition is to prevent the use
of rooms in the basement for sleeping quarters.
[Added 11-26-1984 by Ord. No. 1271]
(10)
Duplexes, which are hereby defined as two separate
one-family dwelling units, vertically divided, side by side with a
sidewall separation, having a separate access from the exterior to
the interior of the structure and sharing no interior facilities,
including but not limited to hallways, vestibules, stairs, walls and
similar facilities, with any other dwelling unit, shall not be permitted
in District B.
[Added 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384;
amended 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. 1737]
(11)
Maximum coverage of any rear yard shall not
exceed 40% of the rear yard.
[Added 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384]
(12)
No one- or two-family house constructed shall
have the same color or style of any other house within 500 feet thereof.
[Added 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 1696]
(13)
Maximum impervious coverage: 25% of the total
lot area.
[Added 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857]
(14)
Maximum impervious coverage of the front yard
area shall not exceed 40% for properties that have garage openings
of one car width and 50% for properties that have garage openings
for a two car width.
[Added 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857]
(15)
Maximum floor area ratio: 0.65.
[Added 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857; amended 6-26-2006 by Ord. No.
1995]
D.
Notwithstanding any of the above, the following uses
shall not be permitted in District B:
[Added 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384]
(1)
Three-family homes.
E.
The following regulations shall apply to corner lots,
which are those lots which have two sides which front on two intersecting
streets:
[Added 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857]
(1)
The front entrance door on residences on corner lots
shall be located on the narrower lot side; provided, however, that
the front entrance door may be located on the longer lot side if that
entrance door is recessed at least 4 feet from the building line and
is approached by a platform that extends into the side yard no more
than 18 inches and is no more than 12 inches in height.
(2)
Side yards for corner lots shall be a minimum of 13
feet on the side fronting the street and seven feet on the other side.
(3)
Central air-conditioning units are to be located in
the backyard on any corner lot.
(4)
For those buildings where the front entrance door
is located on the narrower side, the second or side entrance door
shall be located on the inside lot side, meaning the side not fronting
on the street.
C.
The following regulations shall apply to District
C, except for one- and two-family detached residential dwellings,
which are subject to requirements outlined under regulations for District
A and District B:
[Amended 9-9-1985 by Ord. No. 1294; 2-11-1986 by Ord. No.
1300; 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384; 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1406; 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857]
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord No. 1452; amended 11-29-1994 by Ord. No. 1519; 12-14-2020 by Ord. No.
2394]
A.
Objectives.
(1)
Objectives. It is the purpose of the R-TH Townhouse Residential
Zone District to provide for the customary needs of one-person households
and larger families, as well as senior citizens residing in medium
density multifamily housing, and to provide for and encourage the
construction of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households
by permitting townhouse development conditioned upon the agreement
to set aside 20% of the units built for low- and moderate-income households.
B.
Uses.
(1)
Permitted uses. In the R-TH Townhouse Residential Zone, no building
or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall
be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended
or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
(3)
Prohibited uses. Any uses other than those uses permitted by Subsection B(1) through (2) of this section shall be prohibited. Without in any way limiting the generality and prohibition of this subsection, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to permit any of the following uses in any R-TH Townhouse Residential Zone District:
C.
Affordable housing requirements.
(1)
All developments are subject to the Borough's Affordable Housing Ordinance, § 115-1, et. seq. regarding affirmative marketing, bedroom distribution, accessibility requirements, maximum rents and sales prices, occupancy standards, deed restrictions, and phasing.
(2)
To the greatest extent possible, affordable housing units being
provided within inclusionary developments shall be disbursed throughout
inclusionary developments and shall be located within building designed
to be architecturally indistinguishable from the market-rate units
otherwise being constructed within the development. To that end, the
scale, massing, roof pitch and architectural detailing (such as the
selection of exterior materials, doors, windows, etc.) of the buildings
containing the affordable housing units shall be similar to and compatible
with that of the market-rate units.
D.
Bulk regulations.
(1)
Townhouses.
(a)
Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
(c)
Minimum lot depth: 150 feet.
(d)
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
(e)
Minimum side yard - one: 15 feet.
(f)
Minimum side yard when abutting another R-TH use: 25 feet.
(g)
Minimum side yard, other: 30 feet.
(h)
Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
(i)
Maximum building coverage: 50%.
(j)
Maximum impervious coverage: 70%.
(k)
Maximum building height: three residential stories/30 feet.
(l)
Density: 25 du/ac.
(m)
Required buffer. A plated buffer strip, 20 feet in width, creating
an effective visual screen, consisting of two rows of staggered evergreen
trees, minimum six feet high, planted 15 feet on center, planted 15
feet on center, shall be required whenever an R-TH Zone use abuts
other than a townhouse or apartment use.
(2)
Multifamily apartments.
(a)
Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum front yard: 30 feet.
(c)
Minimum side yard - one: 20 feet.
(d)
Minimum side yard when abutting another R-TH use: 25 feet.
(e)
Minimum side yard, other: 35 feet.
(f)
Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
(g)
Maximum building coverage: 60%.
(h)
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
(i)
Maximum building height: three residential stories/35 feet.
(j)
Density: 25 du/ac.
(k)
Minimum landscaped area: 15%.
(l)
Required buffer. A plated buffer strip, 20 feet in width, creating
an effective visual screen, consisting of two rows of staggered evergreen
trees, minimum six feet high, planted 15 feet on center, planted 15
feet on center, shall be required whenever a MF Medium Density Multifamily
Zone use abuts other than a townhouse or garden apartment use.
E.
Supplemental regulations.
(1)
Multifamily building requirements. In an R-TH Townhouse Residential
Zone, the following miscellaneous regulations shall apply.
(a)
Townhouses.
[1]
Maximum of eight units in a single row. Minimum
width of unit, 18 feet. Offset of four feet between every two units.
[2]
Townhouses should be grouped in clusters, with
a maximum of 30 per cluster. Private parking areas should be located
near the entrances and outdoor living areas or patios adjoining open
space or paths leading to open space.
[3]
End units should have at least a ten-foot side
yard.
[4]
Townhouses in each cluster should be consistent
in terms of architectural style and major design elements such as
materials, windows, rooflines, roof designs, etc. Design approval
shall rest with the Planning Board.
[5]
All townhouse units in a building shall be completely
separated from all other dwelling units in the same building by a
fire wall subject to the requirements of the BOCA Code.
[6]
Adequate safe and sanitary provisions shall be
made for the recycling and storage of solid waste and garbage in compliance
with all applicable ordinance requirements of the Borough of Ridgefield.
[7]
All townhouse buildings within a project shall
be designed and constructed with a soundproofing barrier between adjoining
units.
[8]
Guest parking of one space for every six units
shall be required, at a minimum, nine-by-sixteen-foot stall sizes.
(b)
Multifamily residential.
[1]
The maximum length of structures shall be 200 feet.
Maximum density shall be 25 dwelling units per acre.
[2]
Recreation facilities, such as swimming pools and
tennis courts, should be encouraged but carefully located to avoid
problems of noise, light and similar nuisance elements affecting residential
units. They shall be located not less than 50 feet from any boundary.
[3]
No front yard shall be used for service such as
clothes drying and/or outdoor storage.
[4]
Where a lot in an R-TH Townhouse Residential Zone
used for townhouses or garden apartments abuts a residential zone,
there shall be provided along such abutting lot line in the R-TH Zone
a landscaped strip not less than 15 feet in width or depth, which
strip shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and which shall
be so planted as to form an effective visual screen.
[5]
All utilities and their service lines, including
electric and telephone, shall be installed underground and subject
to approval of the appropriate utility. Wherever the utility is not
installed in a public right-of-way, an appropriate utility easement
shall be provided.
[6]
All streetlights and all lighting along pedestrian
walks and in parking areas shall be shaded and installed on ornamental
standards of the appropriate utility. They shall be of a style and
design compatible with the nature and design of the project and shall
be approved by the Planning Board and the utility company.
[7]
Adequate provision shall be made for the storage,
recycling and removal of garbage, which shall be at the sole cost
and expense of the owner.
[8]
Adequate provision shall be made for snow removal
on all sidewalks, streets, roads, driveways and parking areas within
the project, which shall be at the sole cost and expense of the owner.
[9]
Each dwelling unit in the R-TH Townhouse Residential
Zone shall be air conditioned by an air-conditioning system with separate
thermostats in each unit or, in the alternative, at least two window
air conditioners shall be installed in each dwelling unit, which shall
not project outward more than one inch beyond the face of the wall
of the building in which they are installed.
[10]
Provision shall be made for a master television
antenna, and no individual antenna shall be permitted on the exterior
of any building.
[11]
All residential buildings within the project shall
be designed and constructed with a soundproofing barrier between adjoining
units, both horizontally and vertically.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452; amended 11-29-1994 by Ord. No. 1519; 12-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2401]
A.
Objectives.
(1)
Objectives. It is the purpose of the R-SR Senior Citizens Housing
and Townhouse Residential Zone District to provide for the customary
needs of senior citizens, as well as one-person households and larger
families, as well as senior citizens residing in medium density multifamily
housing, and to provide for and encourage the construction of housing
affordable to low- and moderate-income households by permitting development
conditioned upon the agreement to set aside 20% of the units built
for low- and moderate-income households.
B.
Uses.
(1)
Permitted uses. In the R-SR Townhouse Residential Zone, no building
or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall
be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended
or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
(3)
Prohibited uses. Any uses other than those uses permitted by Subsection B(1) through (2) of this section shall be prohibited. Without in any way limiting the generality and prohibition of this subsection, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to permit any of the following uses in any R-TH Townhouse Residential Zone District:
C.
Affordable housing requirements.
(1)
All developments are subject to the Borough's Affordable Housing Ordinance, § 115-1, et. seq. regarding affirmative marketing, bedroom distribution, accessibility requirements, maximum rents and sales prices, occupancy standards, deed restrictions, and phasing.
(2)
To the greatest extent possible, affordable housing units being
provided within inclusionary developments shall be disbursed throughout
inclusionary developments and shall be located within building designed
to be architecturally indistinguishable from the market-rate units
otherwise being constructed within the development. To that end, the
scale, massing, roof pitch and architectural detailing (such as the
selection of exterior materials, doors, windows, etc.) of the buildings
containing the affordable housing units shall be similar to and compatible
with that of the market-rate units.
D.
Bulk regulations:
(1)
Townhouses.
(a)
Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum lot width: 1,500 feet.
(c)
Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
(d)
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
(e)
Minimum side yard - one: 20 feet.
(f)
Minimum side yard, other: 25 feet.
(g)
Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
(h)
Maximum building coverage: 50%.
(i)
Maximum impervious coverage: 70%.
(j)
Maximum building height: three residential stories/35 feet.
(k)
Density: 35 du/ac.
(l)
Minimum landscaped area: 25%.
(m)
Required buffer. A plated buffer strip, 20 feet in width, creating
an effective visual screen, consisting of two rows of staggered evergreen
trees, minimum six feet high, planted 15 feet on center, planted 15
feet on center, shall be required whenever an R-TH Zone use abuts
other than a townhouse or apartment use.
(2)
Multifamily apartments.
(a)
Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum front yard: 30 feet.
(c)
Minimum side yard - one: 20 feet.
(d)
Minimum side yard, other: 25 feet.
(e)
Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
(f)
Maximum building coverage: 60%.
(g)
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
(h)
Maximum building height: three residential stories/35 feet.
(i)
Density: 35 du/ac.
(j)
Minimum landscaped area: 15%.
(k)
Required buffer. A plated buffer strip, 20 feet in width, creating
an effective visual screen, consisting of two rows of staggered evergreen
trees, minimum six feet high, planted 15 feet on center, planted 15
feet on center, shall be required whenever a MF Medium Density Multifamily
Zone use abuts other than a townhouse or garden apartment use.
E.
Supplemental regulations.
(1)
Multifamily building requirements.
(a)
Townhouses.
[1]
Maximum of eight units in a single row. Minimum
width of unit, 18 feet. Offset of four feet between every two units.
[2]
Townhouses should be grouped in clusters, with
a maximum of 30 per cluster. Private parking areas should be located
near the entrances and outdoor living areas or patios adjoining open
space or paths leading to open space.
[3]
End units should have at least a ten-foot side
yard.
[4]
Townhouses in each cluster should be consistent
in terms of architectural style and major design elements such as
materials, windows, rooflines, roof designs, etc. Design approval
shall rest with the Planning Board.
[5]
All townhouse units in a building shall be completely
separated from all other dwelling units in the same building by a
fire wall subject to the requirements of the BOCA Code.
[6]
Adequate safe and sanitary provisions shall be
made for the recycling and storage of solid waste and garbage in compliance
with all applicable ordinance requirements of the Borough of Ridgefield.
[7]
All townhouse buildings within a project shall
be designed and constructed with a soundproofing barrier between adjoining
units.
[8]
Guest parking of one space for every six units
shall be required, at a minimum, nine-by-sixteen-foot stall sizes.
(b)
Multifamily residential.
[1]
The maximum length of structures shall be 200 feet.
[2]
Recreation facilities, such as swimming pools and
tennis courts, should be encouraged but carefully located to avoid
problems of noise, light and similar nuisance elements affecting residential
units. They shall be located not less than 50 feet from any boundary.
[3]
No front yard shall be used for service such as
clothes drying and/or outdoor storage.
[4]
Where a lot in an R-TH Townhouse Residential Zone
used for townhouses or garden apartments abuts a residential zone,
there shall be provided along such abutting lot line in the R-TH Zone
a landscaped strip not less than 15 feet in width or depth, which
strip shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and which shall
be so planted as to form an effective visual screen.
[5]
All utilities and their service lines, including
electric and telephone, shall be installed underground and subject
to approval of the appropriate utility. Wherever the utility is not
installed in a public right-of-way, an appropriate utility easement
shall be provided.
[6]
All streetlights and all lighting along pedestrian
walks and in parking areas shall be shaded and installed on ornamental
standards of the appropriate utility. They shall be of a style and
design compatible with the nature and design of the project and shall
be approved by the Planning Board and the utility company.
[7]
Adequate provision shall be made for the storage,
recycling and removal of garbage, which shall be at the sole cost
and expense of the owner.
[8]
Adequate provision shall be made for snow removal
on all sidewalks, streets, roads, driveways and parking areas within
the project, which shall be at the sole cost and expense of the owner.
[9]
Each dwelling unit in the R-TH Townhouse Residential
Zone shall be air conditioned by an air conditioning system with separate
thermostats in each unit or, in the alternative, at least two window
air conditioners shall be installed in each dwelling unit, which shall
not project outward more than one inch beyond the face of the wall
of the building in which they are installed.
[10]
Provision shall be made for a master television
antenna, and no individual antenna shall be permitted on the exterior
of any building.
[11]
All residential buildings within the project shall
be designed and constructed with a soundproofing barrier between adjoining
units, both horizontally and vertically.
G.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452]
A.
Objectives. It is the purpose of the O-TH Office and
Townhouse Zone District to provide for the redevelopment needs and
potentials of a well accessible older industrial area for the customary
needs of office uses, including governmental, professional, general
office, communications, utilities and highway oriented office uses,
as well as for medium-density townhouse uses.
B.
Permitted uses. In the O-TH Office and Townhouse Zone
District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or
part of a building shall be erected, constructed or altered which
shall be arranged, intended or designed to be used for any purpose
other than the following uses:
C.
Conditionally permitted uses.
(1)
Garden apartment dwellings.
(2)
Coin-operated laundries for use of the residents
only.
(3)
Buildings to serve as meeting halls or club
rooms for nonprofit veterans' or fraternal associations fully and
legally chartered or organized under the law of the State of New Jersey
or of the United States of America.
F.
Area and yard requirements: permitted uses.
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Lot
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Professional, Business and Government
Offices
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Banks; Savings And Loans
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Minimum area
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25,000 square feet
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20,000 square feet
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Maximum lot coverage, building and pavement
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70%
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70%
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Maximum lot coverage by building
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30%
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30%
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Width
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200 feet
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150 feet
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Depth
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100 feet
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100 feet
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Front yard setback
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25 feet
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25 feet
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1 side yard
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20 feet
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20 feet
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Both side yards
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40 feet
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35 feet
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Rear yard
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30 feet
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30 feet
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Off-street parking
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1 space for each 300 square feet of office space or part thereof, except as specified under § 390-38.3K
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1 space for each employee, plus 1 space for
200 square feet of office space or part thereof
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Minimum landscaped area
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30%
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30%
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Structure
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Professional, Business and Government
Offices
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Banks; Savings And Loans
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Height
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Stories
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3
|
3
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|
Feet
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35
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35
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G.
Area and yard requirements: townhouses and townhouse dwellings. Townhouse dwellings shall be subject to the requirements of § 390-38.1 except for the following provisions:
|
Conventional Market
Units
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Including 20% Low- and Moderate-Income
Units
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|---|---|---|---|
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Front yard setback
|
40 feet
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35 feet
|
H.
Area and yard requirements: conditionally permitted uses. Garden apartment dwellings shall be subject to the requirements of § 390-38.1 except for the following provisions:
|
Conventional Market
Units
|
Including 20% Low- and Moderate-Income
Units
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Front yard setback
|
40 feet
|
35 feet
|
I.
Off-street parking requirements.
(1)
Front yard parking in the O-TH Office and Townhouse
Zone shall be prohibited.
(2)
Business and governmental offices shall have
one space for each 300 square feet of net office space.
(3)
Medical or dental practitioner's office. Each
office shall provide at least five spaces for each professional person
occupying or using each office, plus an additional space for each
employee.
(4)
Other professional offices shall have one space
for each employee, plus one space for each 250 square feet of net
office space or part thereof.
(5)
Publicly owned or operated buildings and uses,
such as a library, museum or post office, shall have at least one
space for each 100 square feet of gross floor space.
(6)
Private clubs shall have at least one space
for 100 square feet of gross floor space.
(7)
For uses not listed above, required parking
spaces shall be according to the category which most nearly approximates
each particular use as determined by the Planning Board.
(8)
The parking requirements for professional or
other office uses shall be met within 200 feet of the site. The Planning
Board shall review all off-street parking plans as provided in the
Site Plan Review Ordinance,[2] but in no case shall off-street parking be provided off
site without Planning Board approval, nor shall parking standards
be less than those specified in the off-street parking requirements
of the Borough of Ridgefield.
J.
Off-street loading requirements. For any building
erected hereafter in the O-TH Office and Townhouse Zone, off-street
loading space shall be provided in such amount and manner that all
loading and unloading operations will be conducted entirely within
the boundaries of the lot concerned, and no vehicle or conveyance
shall in any manner use public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way
for loading or unloading operations, other than for ingress and egress
to the lot. Every office structure in excess of 20,000 square feet
of gross floor area shall provide, at the side or rear of the structure,
a minimum of one off-street loading space, 15 feet by 30 feet, subject
to Planning Board approval. There shall be no loading or unloading
from the street in the O-TH Office and Townhouse Zone District.
K.
Screening of parking and loading areas. In the O-TH
Office and Townhouse Zone, all parking areas and loading and unloading
areas in conjunction with an office or business use shall be screened
from adjacent residential districts and parks by a hedge, fence or
wall at least six feet in height or other protective device as approved
by the Planning Board.
L.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the O-TH Office and Townhouse Zone District shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18, this section and all other sign ordinances of the Borough of Ridgefield; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and the requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall
be prohibited in the O-TH Office and Townhouse Zone. For purposes
of this section, a "billboard" shall be defined as a commercial advertising
sign or structure which advertises a business, product or service
not on or offered on the premises on which the subject sign is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting
billboard is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Where an office building is set back from the
street line a distance of 25 feet or more, not more than one freestanding
ground sign containing a total surface display area of not more than
30 square feet may be erected. Such ground signs shall not be more
than 12 feet above the center-line grade elevation of the nearest
street and shall not be located in any required yard.
M.
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for
much needed pervious areas for drainage purposes in the O-TH Office
and Townhouse Zone, a minimum of 30% of total lot areas shall be maintained
in lawns, gardens, buffer strips and woodlands, subject to site plan
approval.
N.
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in an O-TH Office
and Townhouse Zone District abuts a lot in any residential district,
there shall be provided along such lot lines on such business lot
a planted buffer strip at least equal to the width or depth of that
required in the residential district, but in no case shall such yard
be smaller than that required for the district in which such lot is
located, and in said yard a strip of 20 feet abutting the residential
district shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and shall be
landscaped and planted so as to create an effective evergreen visual
screen.
O.
Sight rights.
(1)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot
in any O-TH Office and Townhouse Zone District, nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially
impede vision between a height of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above
the center-line grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded
by the street lines of such corner lots and a line joining points
along said line 30 feet from the point of intersection, nor shall
a principal structure be located less than 20 feet from the side street
line. All sight rights, where applicable, shall be subject to County
of Bergen and/or Department of Transportation approvals.
P.
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
A.
The following uses are permitted by right in District
D:
(1)
All uses permitted in District C, except multiple-family
dwellings.
(2)
Retail businesses and services dealing directly with
consumers on the premises, provided that all operators and materials
are enclosed within a building.
(3)
Offices for commercial, professional, financial or
executive purposes.
(4)
Places of recreation conducted entirely indoors, including
theaters, bowling alleys, places of assembly, except poolrooms, billiard
rooms or parlors as defined in Ordinance No. 723, adopted on May 21,
1963,[1] and so-called "teenage" lounges, dance halls, establishments
and/or clubs for minors, operated for commercial gain or profit.
(5)
Restaurants or clubs operated for profit except that
diners and lunch wagons shall not be permitted.
(6)
Public utilities and public services, including but
not limited to railway or bus stations, telegraph offices, express
offices and post offices.
(7)
Accessory uses and structures customarily incident
to and on the same lot with a permitted use.
B.
The following uses are permitted in District D subject
to additional requirements; special exceptions are as follows:
(1)
Limited manufacturing, treatment, converting, altering,
baking, cooking, processing, finishing and assembling, provided that:
C.
The following regulations shall apply to District
D, except for one- and two-family detached residential dwellings,
which are subject to requirements outlined under regulations for District
A and District B:
[Amended 4-23-1984 by Ord. No. 1256; 9-9-1985 by Ord. No.
1294; 2-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1300; 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1857]
(1)
Minimum lot size: 5,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
(3)
Minimum front yard depth: 20 feet.
(5)
Minimum width of one side yard: seven feet.
(6)
Minimum width of two side yards: 15 feet.
(8)
Maximum height of principal building: 30 feet, not
to exceed two stories.
(9)
Maximum height of accessory buildings: 15 feet.
D.
Notwithstanding any of the above, the following uses
shall not be permitted in District D:
E.
Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted,
but only upon a showing that such use will comply with the conditions
and standards for the location or operation of such use as provided
below and upon the issuance of an authorization by the Planning Board:
[Added 5-28-2002 by Ord. No. 1784]
(1)
Gun shops. Businesses which offer for sale or rental
guns, rifles, ammunition for guns and rifles and other weaponry must
meet the following conditions and standards:
(a)
Said businesses may not be located within 100
feet of the property of any public or private school.
(b)
Such businesses may not be located within 100
feet of the property of any church, synagogue or other house of worship.
(c)
If the business is located within 1,000 feet
of a public or private school, church, synagogue or other house of
worship, or within 1,000 feet of residential zone, then said business
may not display pictures or other depictions of guns, rifles, ammunition
or other weaponry so as to be visible to pedestrians or passersby
from the street, sidewalk or other public way adjacent to the premises.
(d)
The guns, rifles, ammunition and other weaponry
are stored and maintained in cases, containers, or display cases that
are locked and secure by devices that are suitable for same.
(e)
Site plan approval is received from the Planning
Board.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452]
A.
Objectives.
(1)
It is the purpose of the O-LR Office Low-Rise
Zone District to provide for the development and redevelopment needs
of an area already mostly occupied by small office buildings, in a
well accessible and fairly central location.
(2)
It is also the purpose of this zone to provide
certain development bonuses in consideration of the developer's agreement
to contribute to the production of lower-income housing in satisfaction
of Ridgefield Borough's affordable housing obligation under N.J.S.A.
52:27D-301 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:92.
B.
Applicability of E Light Manufacturing and D Retail
Business, Commercial or Office Zones.
(1)
This zone shall be subject to all of the provisions applicable to the E and D zones (§§ 390-40 and 390-39) as of September 23, 1991, except insofar as those provisions are modified by Subsection C of this section through § 390-39.2. In the event of any inconsistencies between §§ 390-40, 390-39 and this section, the provisions of this section shall control. Any amendments to the E and D zones after September 23, 1991, shall be inapplicable to this zone.
C.
Maximum square footage. Notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary, the maximum total square footage of gross floor area
in this zone shall equal the amount of existing square footage of
gross floor area as of the date of adoption of this section, plus
any additional square feet of gross floor area as may be permitted
only under this section.
D.
Permitted and additionally permitted uses. In the OLR Office Low-Rise Zone District, in addition to the existing permitted uses as specified in §§ 390-39 and 390-40, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
(1)
Professional, business and governmental offices.
(2)
Banks, savings-and-loan institutions, mortgage
company offices, brokerage houses and other investment-related offices.
(3)
Stores, shops, department stores and similar
commercial uses for retail merchandising.
(4)
Restaurants. Restaurants and other eating and
drinking establishments wherein food and drink are consumed within
the principal building. Such uses shall not be interpreted to include
and are hereby defined to exclude drive-in restaurants or refreshment
stands, commonly called "fast-food" establishments, including but
not limited to snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger stands or hot dog
stands or other similar uses where customers and patrons are served
food, soft drinks or ice cream primarily for their immediate consumption
outside the confines of the building or structure in which the business
is conducted.
(5)
Barbershops, beauty parlors and similar service
establishments.
E.
Conditionally permitted uses.
(1)
Indoor places of recreation, including theaters,
bowling alleys, auditoriums and buildings to serve as meeting halls
or club rooms for nonprofit veterans' or fraternal associations, including
college fraternities fully and legally chartered or organized under
the law of the State of New Jersey or of the United States of America.
(2)
Mortuary or funeral homes.
(3)
Public utilities and public services, including
but not limited to railway or bus stations, telegraph offices and
express offices.
(4)
Hotels.
[Added 3-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2125; amended 12-21-2010 by Ord. No.
2152]
(5)
Assisted living.
[Added 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2152]
G.
Prohibited uses.
(1)
Structures exceeding three stories or 35 feet
in height.
(2)
Residential uses.
(3)
Fabricating, assembling or manufacturing.
(4)
Wholesaling or warehousing.
(6)
Fast-food establishments, including but not
limited to drive-in restaurants; snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger,
hot dog, root beer or ice cream stands; and diners and lunch wagons.
(7)
Used or new car dealerships.
(8)
Car wash establishments.
H.
Area and yard requirements: permitted uses.
|
Lot
|
Professional, Business and Government
Offices
|
Banks; Savings And Loans
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Minimum area
|
25,000 square feet
|
20,000 square feet
| |
|
Maximum lot coverage, building, pavement and
parking structures
|
70%
|
70%
| |
|
Maximum lot coverage by building
|
30%
|
30%
| |
|
Width
|
200 feet
|
200 feet
| |
|
Depth
|
100 feet
|
100 feet
| |
|
Front yard setback
|
25 feet
|
25 feet
| |
|
One side yard
|
20 feet
|
20 feet
| |
|
Both side yards
|
40 feet
|
35 feet
| |
|
Rear yard
|
30 feet
|
30 feet
| |
|
Off-street parking
|
1 space for each 300 square feet of net office
space or part thereof, except as specified hereunder
|
1 space for each employee, plus 1 space for
each 200 square feet of net office space or part thereof
| |
|
Minimum landscaped area
|
30%
|
30%
|
|
Structure
|
Professional, Business and Government
Offices
|
Banks; Savings And Loans
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Height
| ||||
|
Stories*
|
3
|
3
| ||
|
Feet
|
35
|
35
| ||
|
Notes:
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
*Parking levels used exclusively for the storage
of motor vehicles shall not be counted as part of the number of stories
permitted.
| |||
I.
Area and yard requirements: conditionally permitted
uses.
(1)
Theaters, auditoriums and places of assembly.
(3)
Hotel area and bulk requirements.
[Amended 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2152]
(a)
Minimum lot area: 45,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum lot width: 300 feet.
(c)
Minimum lot depth: 200 feet.
(d)
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
(e)
Minimum building height: 65 feet or six stories on Grand Avenue frontage,
and 40 feet or three stories on Broad Avenue frontage.
(f)
Minimum building coverage: 50%.
(g)
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
(h)
Minimum landscaped area: 20%.
(i)
Minimum parking stall size: nine feet by 18 feet.
(4)
Assisted living area and bulk requirements.
[Amended 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2152]
(a)
Minimum lot area: 45,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum lot width: 300 feet.
(c)
Minimum lot depth: 200 feet.
(d)
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
(e)
Minimum building height: 50 feet or four stories on Grand Avenue
frontage, and 35 feet or two stories on Broad Avenue frontage.
(f)
Minimum building coverage: 40%.
(g)
Maximum impervious coverage: 70%.
(h)
Minimum landscaped area: 30%.
(i)
Minimum parking stall size: nine feet by 18 feet.
J.
Off-street parking requirements.
(1)
Bowling establishments shall have at least four
spaces for each bowling lane. If additional facilities such as bar
or restaurant are provided, additional parking spaces shall be provided
in accordance with the requirement for similar uses set forth in this
section.
(2)
Churches, synagogues or other places of worship
shall have at least one space for each three seats.
(3)
Commercial or personal service establishments.
(a)
Food markets and supermarkets shall have one
space per 150 square feet of gross floor area.
(b)
Delicatessens and bakeries shall have one space
per 250 square feet of gross floor area.
(c)
Barbershops and beauty shops shall have three
spaces for each beautician or barber or one space for each 150 square
feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
(d)
Other commercial or personal service uses not
specifically listed elsewhere in this section shall have one space
for each 200 square feet of gross first-floor area, plus one space
for each 300 square feet of additional gross floor area.
(4)
Mortuaries or funeral homes shall have at least
one parking space for each five seats in the chapel, one additional
space for each residential family residing on premises and one additional
space for each funeral vehicle.
(5)
Offices.
(a)
Business and governmental offices shall have
one space for each 300 square feet of net office space.
(b)
Medical or dental practitioner's office. Each
office shall provide at least five spaces for each professional person
occupying or using each office, plus an additional space for each
employee, on site.
(c)
Other professional offices shall have one space
for each employee, plus one space for each 250 square feet of net
office space or part thereof.
(6)
Private clubs shall have at least one space
for 100 square feet of gross floor space or one space for each three
seats, whichever is greater.
(7)
Publicly owned or operated buildings and uses,
such as a library, museum or post office, shall have at least one
space for each 100 square feet of gross floor space.
(8)
Restaurants, taverns and inns shall have one
space for each 100 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use,
plus one space for each two employees.
(9)
Theaters, auditoriums and other similar places
of public assembly shall have at least one space for each three seats
or similar vantage accommodation provided.
(10)
For uses not listed above, required parking
spaces shall be according to the category which most nearly approximates
each particular use as determined by the Planning Board.
(11)
The parking requirements for professional or
other office uses shall be met within 200 feet of the site. The Planning
Board shall review all off-street parking plans as provided in the
Site Plan Review Ordinance,[3] but in no case shall off-street parking be provided off
site without Planning Board approval, nor shall parking standards
be less than those specified in the off-street parking requirements
of the Borough of Ridgefield.
K.
Off-street loading requirements. For any building
erected hereafter in the O-LR Office Low-Rise Zone, off-street loading
space shall be provided in such amount and manner that all loading
and unloading operations will be conducted entirely within the boundaries
of the lot concerned, and no vehicle or conveyance shall in any manner
use public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way for loading or unloading
operations, other than for ingress and egress to the lot. Every office
structure in excess of 20,000 square feet of gross floor area shall
provide, at the side or rear of the structure, a minimum of one off-street
loading space, 15 feet by 30 feet, subject to Planning Board approval.
There shall be no loading or unloading from the street in the O-LR
Office Low-Rise Zone District.
L.
Screening of parking and loading areas. In the O-LR
Office Low-Rise Zone, all parking areas and loading and unloading
areas in conjunction with an office or business use shall be screened
from adjacent residential districts and parks by a hedge, fence or
wall at least six feet in height or other protective device as approved
by the Planning Board.
M.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the O-LR Office Low-Rise Zone district shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18, this section and all other sign ordinances of the Borough of Ridgefield; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and these requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall
be prohibited in the O-LR Office Low-Rise Zone. For purposes of this
section, a "billboard" shall be defined as a commercial advertising
sign or structure which advertises a business, product or service
not on or offered on the premises on which the subject sign is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting
billboard is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Where a building is set back from the street
line a distance of 25 feet or more, not more than one freestanding
ground sign containing a total surface display area of not more than
18 square feet may be erected. Such ground signs shall not be more
than 12 feet above the center-line grade elevation of the nearest
street and shall only be located in the front yard.
N.
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for
much needed pervious areas for drainage purposes in the O-LR Office
Low-Rise Zone District, a minimum of 30% of total lot areas shall
be maintained in lawns, gardens or buffer strips, subject to site
plan approval.
O.
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in an O-LR Office
Low-Rise Zone District abuts a lot in any residential district, there
shall be provided along such lot lines on such business lot a planted
buffer strip at least 10 feet abutting the residential district which
shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and shall be landscaped
and planted so as to create an effective evergreen visual screen.
P.
Sight rights.
(1)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot
in any O-LR Office Low-Rise Zone District, nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially
impede vision between a height of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above
the center-line grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded
by the street lines of such corner lots and a line joining points
along said line 30 feet from the point of intersection, nor shall
a principal structure be located less than 20 feet from the side street
line. All sight rights, where applicable, shall be subject to County
of Bergen and/or Department of Transportation approvals.
Q.
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
R.
Other restrictions. All habitable hotel guest bedrooms and assisted-living
residences shall be on separate floors from structured parking.
[Added 3-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2125]
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452]
A.
Objectives.
(1)
It is the purpose of the O-C Office Commercial
Zone District to provide for the development and redevelopment needs
and potentials of areas of mixed industrial, office and commercial
uses for modernized new office and commercial uses, especially when
a greater lot depth will permit proper off-street parking.
(2)
It is also the purpose of this zone to provide
certain development bonuses in consideration of the developer's agreement
to contribute to the production of lower-income housing in satisfaction
of Ridgefield Borough's affordable housing obligation under N.J.S.A.
52:27D-301 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:92.
B.
Applicability of E Light Manufacturing and D Retail Business, Commercial or Office Zones. This zone shall be subject to all of the provisions applicable to the E and D Zones (§§ 390-40 and 390-39) as of September 23, 1991, except insofar as those provisions are modified by Subsection C of this section to § 390-39.3. In the event of any inconsistencies between §§ 390-40, 390-39 and this section, the provisions of this section shall control. Any amendments to the E and D Zones after September 23, 1991, shall be inapplicable to this zone.
C.
Maximum square footage. Notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary, the maximum total square footage of gross floor area
in this zone shall equal the amount of existing square footage of
gross floor area as of the date of adoption of this section, plus
any additional square feet of gross floor area as may be permitted
only under this section.
D.
Additional permitted uses. In the O-C Office Commercial Zone District, in addition to the existing permitted uses as specified in §§ 390-40 and 390-39, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
(1)
Professional, business and governmental offices.
(2)
Banks, savings-and-loan institutions, mortgage
company offices, brokerage houses and other investment-related offices.
(3)
Stores, shops, department stores and similar
commercial uses for retail merchandising.
(4)
Restaurants. Restaurants and other eating and
drinking establishments wherein food and drink are consumed within
the principal building. Such uses shall not be interpreted to include
and are hereby defined to exclude drive-in restaurants or refreshment
stands, commonly called "fast-food" establishments, including but
not limited to snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger stands or hot dog
stands or similar uses where customers and patrons are served food,
soft drinks or ice cream primarily for their immediate consumption
outside the confines of the building or structure in which the business
is conducted.
(5)
Barbershops, beauty parlors and similar service
establishments.
E.
Conditionally permitted uses.
(1)
Indoor places of recreation, including theaters,
bowling alleys, auditoriums and buildings to serve as meeting halls
or club rooms for nonprofit veterans' or fraternal associations fully
and legally chartered or organized under the law of the State of New
Jersey or of the United States of America.
(2)
Mortuary or funeral homes.
(3)
Public utilities and public services, including
but not limited to railway or bus stations, telegraph offices, express
offices and post offices.
G.
Prohibited uses.
(1)
Residential uses.
(2)
Fabricating, assembling or manufacturing.
(3)
Wholesaling or warehousing.
(5)
Fast-food establishments, including but not
limited to drive-in restaurants; snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger,
hot dog, root beer or ice cream stands; and diners and lunch wagons.
(6)
Used or new car dealerships.
H.
Area and yard requirements: permitted uses.
|
Lot
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Minimum area
|
25,000 square feet
| |
|
Maximum lot coverage, building and pavement
|
80%
| |
|
Maximum lot coverage by building
|
80%
| |
|
Width
|
200 feet
| |
|
Depth
|
100 feet
| |
|
Front yard setback
|
25 feet
| |
|
Side yard abutting a residential zone
|
20 feet
| |
|
Side yard abutting a nonresidential zone
|
25 feet
| |
|
Rear yard abutting a residential zone
|
30 feet
| |
|
Rear yard abutting a nonresidential zone
|
5 feet
| |
|
Off-street parking
|
1 space for each 300 square feet of office space or part thereof, except as specified under Subsection K of this section
| |
|
Minimum landscaped area
|
20%
|
|
Structure
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Height
| ||
|
Stories*
|
3
| |
|
Feet
|
35
|
|
Notes:
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
*Parking levels used exclusively for the storage
of motor vehicles shall not be counted as part of the number of stories
permitted.
| ||
I.
(Reserved)
J.
Area and yard requirements: conditionally permitted
uses.
K.
Off-street parking requirements. Front yard parking
in the O-C Office Commercial Zone shall be prohibited.
(1)
Bowling establishments shall have at least four
spaces for each bowling lane. If additional facilities such as bar
or restaurant are provided, additional parking spaces shall be provided
in accordance with the requirement for similar uses set forth in this
section.
(2)
Churches, synagogues or other places of worship
shall have at least one space for each three seats.
(3)
Commercial or personal service establishments:
(a)
Food markets and supermarkets shall have one
space per 150 square feet of gross floor area.
(b)
Delicatessens and bakeries shall have one space
per 250 square feet of gross floor area.
(c)
Barbershops and beauty shops shall have three
spaces for each beautician and barber or one space for each 150 square
feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
(d)
Other commercial or personal service uses not
specifically listed elsewhere in this section shall have one space
for each 200 square feet of gross first-floor area, plus one space
for each 300 square feet of additional gross floor area.
(4)
Mortuaries or funeral homes shall have at least
one parking space for each five seats in the chapel, one additional
space for each residential family residing on premises and one additional
space for each funeral vehicle.
(5)
Offices.
(a)
Business and governmental offices shall have
one space for each 300 square feet of net office space.
(b)
Medical or dental practitioner's office. Each
office shall provide at least five spaces for each professional person
occupying or using each office, plus an additional space for each
employee.
(c)
Other professional offices shall have one space
for each employee, plus one one space for each 250 square feet of
net office space or part thereof.
(6)
Private clubs shall have at least one space
for 100 square feet of gross floor space or one space for each three
seats, whichever is greater.
(7)
Publicly owned or operated buildings and uses,
such as a library, museum or post office, shall have at least one
space for each 100 square feet of gross floor space.
(8)
Restaurants, taverns and inns shall have one
space for each three seats, plus one space for each two employees.
(9)
Theaters, auditoriums and other similar places
of public assembly shall have at least one space for each three seats
or similar vantage accommodation provided.
(10)
For uses not listed above, required parking
spaces shall be according to the category which most nearly approximates
each particular use as determined by the Planning Board.
(11)
The parking requirements for professional or
other office uses shall be met within 200 feet of the site. The Planning
Board shall review all off-street parking plans as provided in the
Site Plan Review Ordinance,[3] but in no case shall off-street parking be provided off
site without Planning Board approval, nor shall parking standards
be less than those specified in the off-street parking requirements
of the Borough of Ridgefield.
L.
Off-street loading requirements. For any building
erected hereafter in the O-C Office Commercial Zone, off-street loading
space shall be provided in such amount and manner that all loading
and unloading operations will be conducted entirely within the boundaries
of the lot concerned, and no vehicle or conveyance shall in any manner
use public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way for loading or unloading
operations, other than for ingress and egress to the lot. Every office
structure in excess of 20,000 square feet of gross floor area shall
provide, at the side or rear of the structure, a minimum of one off-street
loading space, 15 feet by 30 feet, subject to Planning Board approval.
There shall be no loading or unloading from the street in the O-C
Office Commercial Zone District.
M.
Screening of parking and loading areas. In the O-C
Office Commercial Zone, all parking areas and loading and unloading
areas in conjunction with an office or business use shall be screened
from adjacent residential districts and parks by a hedge, fence or
wall at least six feet in height or other protective device as approved
by the Planning Board.
N.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the O-C Office Commercial Zone District shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18, this section and all other sign ordinances of the Borough of Ridgefield; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and these requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall
be prohibited in the O-C Office Commercial Zone. For purposes of this
section, a "billboard" shall be defined as a commercial advertising
sign or structure which advertises a business, product or service
not on or offered on the premises on which the subject sign is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting
billboard is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Where a building is set back from the street
line a distance of 25 feet or more, not more than one freestanding
ground sign containing a total surface display area of not more than
18 square feet may be erected. Such ground signs shall not be more
than 12 feet above the center-line grade elevation of the nearest
street and shall only be located in the front yard.
O.
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for
much needed pervious areas for drainage purposes in the O-C Office
Commercial Zone District, a minimum of 20% of total lot areas shall
be maintained in lawns, gardens or buffer strips, subject to site
plan approval.
P.
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in an O-C Office
Commercial Zone District abuts a lot in any residential district,
there shall be provided along such lot lines on such business lot
a planted buffer strip at least equal to the width or depth of that
required in the residential district, but in no case shall such yard
be smaller than that required for the district in which such lot is
located, and in said yard a strip of 20 feet abutting the residential
district shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and shall be
landscaped and planted so as to create an effective evergreen visual
screen.
Q.
Sight rights.
(1)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot
in any O-C Office Commercial Zone District, nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially
impede vision between a height of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above
the center-line grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded
by the street lines of such corner lots and a line joining points
along said line 30 feet from the point of intersection, nor shall
a principal structure be located less than 20 feet from the side street
line. All sight rights, where applicable, shall be subject to County
of Bergen and/or Department of Transportation approvals.
R.
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452; amended 11-29-1994 by Ord. No. 1519; 5-28-2002 by Ord. No. 1784; 2-22-2021 by Ord. No. 2403]
A.
Objectives. It is the purpose of the C Commercial Zone to provide
for the development and redevelopment needs of the one-lot-deep strip
commercial areas so zoned in such a manner as to encourage containment
and curb the further extension of strip commercial uses and to facilitate
the construction of affordable housing.
B.
Applicability.
(1)
This zoning amendment is applicable to all the lots zoned as
C Commercial District in the Borough of Ridgefield.
(2)
All developments with a residential component are subject to the Borough's Affordable Housing Ordinance, § 115-1 et seq., regarding affirmative marketing, bedroom distribution, accessibility requirements, maximum rents and sales prices, occupancy standards, deed restrictions, and phasing.
(3)
To the greatest extent possible, affordable housing units being
provided within inclusionary developments shall be disbursed throughout
inclusionary developments and shall be located within buildings designed
to be architecturally indistinguishable from the market-rate units
otherwise being constructed within the development. To that end, the
scale, massing, roof pitch and architectural detailing (such as the
selection of exterior materials, doors, windows, etc.) of the buildings
containing the affordable housing units shall be similar to and compatible
with that of the market-rate units.
C.
Uses.
(1)
Permitted uses. In the C Commercial Zone District, no building
or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall
be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended
or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
(a)
Professional, business and governmental offices.
(b)
Banks, savings-and-loan institutions, mortgage company offices,
brokerage houses and other investment-related offices.
(c)
Stores, shops, and similar commercial uses for retail merchandising.
(d)
Restaurants. Restaurants and other eating and drinking establishments
wherein food and drink are consumed within the principal building.
Such uses shall not be interpreted to include and are hereby defined
to exclude drive-in restaurants or refreshment stands, commonly called
"fast-food" establishments, including but not limited to snack bars,
dairy bars, hamburger stands or hot dog stands or similar uses where
customers and patrons are served food, soft drinks or ice cream primarily
for their immediate consumption outside the confines of the building
or structure in which the business is conducted.
(e)
Barbershops, beauty parlors and similar service establishments.
(f)
Multistory garage structures.
(g)
Multifamily residential uses above the first story with a minimum
20% affordable housing set-aside.
(2)
Conditionally permitted uses: none.
(4)
Prohibited uses.
(a)
Fabricating, assembling or manufacturing.
(b)
Wholesaling or warehousing.
(c)
Residential uses.
(e)
Fast-food establishments, including but not limited to drive-in
restaurants, snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger, hot dog, root beer
or ice cream stands; and diners and lunch wagons.
(f)
Used or new car dealerships.
D.
Bulk regulations:
(1)
Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
(3)
Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
(4)
Minimum front yard: 20 feet.
(5)
Minimum side yard abutting single- or two-family: 20 feet.
(6)
Minimum side yard, other: 10 feet.
(7)
Minimum rear yard abutting single- or two-family: 20 feet.
(8)
Minimum rear yard, other: five feet.
(9)
Maximum building coverage: 80%.
(10)
Maximum impervious coverage: 90%.
(11)
Maximum building height: three residential stories/35 feet.
(a)
Parking levels used exclusively for the storage of motor vehicles
shall not be counted as part of the number of stories permitted, not
to exceed one story of parking.
(13)
Minimum landscaped area: 10%.
E.
Parking requirements.
(1)
Off-street parking requirements.
(a)
Commercial or personal service establishments.
[1]
Food markets and supermarkets shall have one space
per 150 square feet of gross floor area.
[2]
Delicatessens and bakeries shall have one space
per 250 square feet of gross floor area.
[3]
Barbershops and beauty shops shall have three spaces
for each beautician and barber or one space for each 150 square feet
of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
[4]
Other commercial or personal service uses not specifically
listed elsewhere in this section shall have one space for each 200
square feet of gross first-floor area, plus one space for each 300
square feet of additional gross floor area.
(b)
Mortuary or funeral home. At least one parking space for each
five seats in the chapel, one additional space for each residential
family residing on premises and one additional space for each funeral
vehicle.
(c)
Offices.
[1]
Business and governmental offices shall have one
space for each 300 square feet of net office space.
[2]
Medical or dental practitioner's office. Each office
shall provide at least five spaces for each professional person occupying
or using each office, plus an additional space for each employee on
site.
[3]
Other professional offices shall have one space
for each employee, plus one space for each 250 square feet of net
office space or part thereof.
(d)
Restaurants, taverns and inns shall have one space for each
three seats, plus one space for each two employees.
(e)
Private clubs shall have at least one space for 100 square feet
of gross floor space.
(f)
Publicly owned or operated buildings and uses, such as a library,
museum or post office, shall have at least one space for each 100
square feet of gross floor space for each three seats whichever is
greater.
(g)
Residential uses: RSIS standards.
(h)
For uses not listed above, required parking spaces shall be
according to the category which most nearly approximates each particular
use as determined by the Planning Board.
(i)
The parking requirements for professional or other office uses
shall be met within 100 feet of the site. The Planning Board shall
review all off-street parking plans as provided in the Site Plan Review
Ordinance,[2] but in no case shall off-street parking be provided off
site without Planning Board approval, nor shall parking standards
be less than those specified in the off-street parking requirements
of the Borough of Ridgefield.
F.
Loading requirements.
(1)
Off-street loading requirements. For any building erected hereafter
in the C Commercial Zone, off-street loading spaces shall be provided
in such amount and manner that all loading and unloading operations
will be conducted entirely within the boundaries of the lot concerned,
and no vehicle or conveyance shall in any manner use public streets,
sidewalks or rights-of-way for loading or unloading operations, other
than for ingress and egress to the lot. Every office structure in
excess of 20,000 square feet of gross floor area shall provide, at
the side or rear of the structure, a minimum of one off-street loading
space, 15 feet by 30 feet, subject to Planning Board approval. There
shall be no loading or unloading from the street in the C Commercial
Zone District.
(2)
Screening of parking and loading areas. In the C Commercial
Zone, all parking areas and loading and unloading areas in conjunction
with an office or business use shall be screened from adjacent residential
districts and parks by a hedge, fence or wall at least six feet in
height or other protective device as approved by the Planning Board.
G.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the C Commercial Zone District shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18, this section and all other sign ordinances of the Borough of Ridgefield; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and the requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall be prohibited
in the C Commercial Zone. For purposes of this section, a "billboard"
shall be defined as a commercial advertising sign or structure which
advertises a business, product or service not on or offered on the
premises on which the subject is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting billboard
is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Where a building is set back from the street line a distance
of 20 feet or more, not more than one freestanding ground sign containing
a total surface display area of not more than 18 square feet may be
erected. Such ground signs shall not be more than 12 feet above the
center-line grade elevation of the nearest street and shall only be
located in the front yard.
H.
Supplemental regulations.
(1)
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for much needed
pervious areas for drainage purposes in the C Commercial Zone District,
a minimum of 10% of total lot areas shall be maintained in lawns,
gardens or buffer strips, subject to site plan approval.
(2)
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in a C Commercial Zone District
abuts a lot in any residential district, there shall be provided along
such lot lines on such business lot a planted buffer strip at least
10 feet wide, and said strip shall not be utilized for roadway or
parking and shall be landscaped and planted so as to create an effective
evergreen visual screen.
(3)
Sight rights.
(a)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot in any C Commercial
Zone District, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed
to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a
height of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above the center-line grades
of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the street lines
of such corner lots and a line joining points along said line 30 feet
from the point of intersection, nor shall a principal structure be
located less than 20 feet from the side street line. All sight rights,
where applicable, shall be subject to County of Bergen and Department
of Transportation approvals.
(4)
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
I.
Regulations regarding certain uses.
(1)
Gun shops. Businesses which offer for sale or rental guns, rifles,
ammunition for guns and rifles and other weaponry must meet the following
conditions and standards:
(a)
Said businesses may not be located within 100 feet of the property
of any public or private school.
(b)
Such businesses may not be located within 100 feet of the property
of any church, synagogue or other house of worship.
(c)
If the business is located within 1,000 feet of a public or
private school, church, synagogue or other house of worship, or within
1,000 feet of residential zone, then said business may not display
pictures or other depictions of guns, rifles, ammunition or other
weaponry so as to be visible to pedestrians or passersby from the
street, sidewalk or other public way adjacent to the premises.
(d)
The guns, rifles, ammunition and other weaponry are stored and
maintained in cases, containers, or display cases that are locked
and secured by devices that are suitable for same.
(e)
Site plan approval is received from the Planning Board.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452]
A.
Objectives. It is the purpose of the O-5-MR Office
Mid-Rise Zone District to provide for the development and redevelopment
needs of an industrial area for modern new office and laboratory uses,
especially when a greater building height will permit proper off-street
parking. It is also the purpose of this zone to provide certain development
bonuses in consideration of the developer's agreement to contribute
to the production of lower-income housing in satisfaction of Ridgefield
Borough's affordable housing obligation under N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301
et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:92.
B.
Applicability of E Light Manufacturing Zone. This zone shall be subject to all of the provisions applicable to the E Zone (§ 390-40) as of September 23, 1991, except insofar as those provisions are modified by Subsection C of this section to § 390-39.5; provided, however, that the uses permitted in the E Light Manufacturing Zone are not to be construed as permitted uses in this zone. In the event of any inconsistencies between § 390-40 and this section, the provisions of this section shall control. Any amendments to the E Zone after September 23, 1991, shall be inapplicable to this zone.
[Amended 2-23-2004 by Ord. No. 1852]
C.
Maximum square footage. Notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary, the maximum total square footage of gross floor area
in this zone shall equal the amount of existing square footage of
gross floor area as of the date of adoption of this section, plus
any additional square feet of gross floor area as may be permitted
only under this section.
D.
Additional permitted uses. In the O-5-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone District, in addition to the existing permitted uses as specified in § 390-40, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
(1)
Professional, business, computer data processing,
finance and governmental offices.
(2)
Banks, savings-and-loan institutions, mortgage
company offices, brokerage houses and other financial institutions.
(3)
Restaurants. Restaurants and other eating and
drinking establishments wherein food and drink are consumed within
the principal building. Such uses shall not be interpreted to include
and are hereby defined to exclude drive-in restaurants or refreshment
stands, commonly called "fast-food" establishments, including but
not limited to snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger stands or hot dog
stands or similar uses where customers and patrons are served food,
soft drinks or ice cream primarily for their immediate consumption
outside the confines of the building or structure in which the business
is conducted.
(4)
Laboratories and related offices engaged in
research or product testing. Product fabrication or assembly may be
conducted in conjunction with research or product testing only and
shall not include the preparation of goods for sale on the premises.
E.
Conditionally permitted uses.
(1)
Indoor places of recreation, including theaters,
bowling alleys, auditoriums and buildings to serve as meeting halls
or club rooms for nonprofit veterans' or fraternal associations fully
and legally chartered or organized under the law of the State of New
Jersey or of the United States of America.
(2)
Public utilities and public services, including
but not limited to railway or bus stations, telegraph offices, express
offices and post offices.
G.
Prohibited uses.
(1)
Structures exceeding five stories or 60 feet
in height.
(2)
Automotive uses.
(3)
Car wash establishments.
(4)
Mixed uses, where there is more than one use
on the premises.
(5)
Residential uses.
(6)
Fabricating, assembling or manufacturing.
(7)
Wholesaling or warehousing.
(9)
Fast-food establishments, including but not
limited to drive-in restaurants; snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger,
hot dog, root beer or ice cream stands; and diners and lunch wagons.
(10)
Truck terminals.
(11)
Used or new car dealerships.
H.
Area and yard requirements: permitted uses.
|
Lot
|
E Light Manufacturing Zone
|
Additional Permitted Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Minimum area
|
7,500 square feet
|
25,000 square feet
| ||
|
Maximum coverage, building and pavement
|
---
|
80%
| ||
|
Maximum lot coverage by building
|
---
|
70%
| ||
|
Minimum lot coverage by building
|
60%
|
---
| ||
|
Width
|
65 feet
|
200 feet
| ||
|
Depth
|
---
|
100 feet
| ||
|
Front yard setback
|
65 feet
|
25 feet
| ||
|
Side yard abutting another zone
|
---
|
20 feet
| ||
|
Side yard width
| ||||
|
1 side yard
|
7 feet
|
---
| ||
|
2 side yards
|
15 feet
|
---
| ||
|
Rear yard
|
10 feet
|
20 feet
| ||
|
Rear yard abutting another zone
|
---
|
30 feet
| ||
|
Off-street parking
|
See § 390-19. 1 space for each 300 square feet of office space or part thereof, except as speci- fied under Sub- section J of this section
| |||
|
Minimum landscaped area
|
---
|
20%
| ||
|
Structure
|
E Light Manufacturing Zone
|
Additional Permitted Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Height, principal structure
| ||||
|
Stories*
|
2
|
5
| ||
|
Feet
|
35 feet
|
60 feet
| ||
|
Accessory buildings
| ||||
|
Height
|
30 feet
|
60 feet
| ||
|
Notes:
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
*Parking levels used exclusively for the storage
of motor vehicles shall not be counted as part of the number of stories
permitted.
| |||
I.
Area and yard requirements: conditionally permitted
uses.
J.
Off-street parking requirements. Front yard parking
in the O-5-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone shall be prohibited.
(1)
Offices.
(a)
Business and governmental offices shall have
one space for each 300 square feet of net office space.
(b)
Medical or dental practitioner's office. Each
office shall provide at least five spaces for each professional person
occupying or using each office, plus an additional space for each
employee, on site.
(c)
Other professional offices shall have one space
for each employee, plus one space for each 250 square feet of net
office space or part thereof.
(2)
Private clubs shall have at least one space
for 100 square feet of gross floor space or one space for each three
seats, whichever is greater.
(3)
Publicly owned or operated buildings and uses,
such as a library, museum or post office, shall have at least one
space for each 100 square feet of gross floor space.
(4)
Restaurants, taverns and inns shall have one
space for each three seats, plus one space for each two employees.
(5)
Theaters, auditoriums and other similar places
of public assembly including houses of worship shall have at least
one space for each three seats or similar accommodations provided.
(6)
For uses not listed above, required parking
spaces shall be according to the category which most nearly approximates
each particular use as determined by the Planning Board.
(7)
The parking requirements for professional or
other office uses shall be met within 200 feet of the site. The Planning
Board shall review all off-street parking plans as provided in the
Site Plan Review Ordinance,[3] but in no case shall off-street parking be provided off
site without Planning Board approval, nor shall parking standards
be less than those specified in the off-street parking requirements
of the Borough of Ridgefield.
K.
Off-street loading requirements. For any building
erected hereafter in the O-5-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone, off-street loading
space shall be provided in such amount and manner that all loading
and unloading operations, which will be conducted entirely within
the boundaries of the lot concerned, and no vehicle or conveyance
shall in any manner use public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way
for loading or unloading operations, other than for ingress and egress
to the lot. Every office structure in excess of 20,000 square feet
of gross floor area shall provide, at the side or rear of the structure,
a minimum of one off-street loading space, fifteen by thirty (15 x
30) feet, subject to Planning Board approval. There shall be no loading
or unloading from the street in the O-5-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone District.
L.
Screening of parking and loading areas. In the O-5-MR
Office Mid-Rise Zone, all parking areas and loading and unloading
areas in conjunction with an office or business use shall be screened
from adjacent residential districts and parks by a hedge, fence or
wall at least six feet in height or other protective device as approved
by the Planning Board.
M.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the O-5 MR Office Mid-Rise Zone District shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18, this section and all other sign ordinances of the Borough of Ridgefield; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and the requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall
be prohibited in the O-5-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone. For purposes of
this section, a "billboard" shall be defined as a commercial advertising
sign or structure which advertises a business, product or service
not on or offered on the premises on which the subject sign is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting
billboard is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Where a building is set back from the street
line a distance of 25 feet or more, not more than one freestanding
ground sign containing a total surface display area of not more than
30 square feet may be erected. Such ground signs shall not be more
than 12 feet above the center-line grade elevation of the nearest
street and shall only be located in the front yard.
N.
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for
much needed pervious areas for drainage purposes in the O-5-MR Office
Mid-Rise Zone District, a minimum of 20% of total lot areas shall
be maintained in lawns, gardens or buffer strips, subject to site
plan approval.
O.
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in an O-5-MR Office
Mid-Rise Zone District abuts a lot in any residential district, there
shall be provided along such lot lines on such business lot a planted
buffer strip at least equal to the width or depth of that required
in the residential district, but in no case shall such yard be smaller
than that required for the district in which such lot is located,
and in said yard a strip of 20 feet abutting the residential district
shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and shall be landscaped
and planted so as to create an effective evergreen visual screen.
P.
Sight rights.
(1)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot
in any O-5-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone District, nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially
impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) feet
and 10 feet above the center-line grades of the intersecting streets
in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots and a
line joining points along said line 30 feet from the point of intersection,
nor shall a principal structure be located less than 20 feet from
the side street line. All sight rights, where applicable, shall be
subject to County of Bergen and/or Department of Transportation approvals.
Q.
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452; 11-29-1994 by Ord. No. 1519; 2-23-2004 by Ord. No. 1852; 6-22-2015 by Ord. No.
2282]
A.
Objectives. It is the purpose of the O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone
District to provide for the development and redevelopment needs of
an industrial area for modern new office, laboratory, and light industrial
uses, especially when a greater building height will permit proper
off-street parking.
B.
Permitted uses. In the O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone District, no building
or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall
be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended
or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
(1)
Professional, business, computer data processing, finance and
governmental offices.
(2)
Banks, savings-and-loan institutions, mortgage company offices,
brokerage houses and other financial institutions.
(3)
Restaurants. Restaurants and other eating and drinking establishments
wherein food and drink are consumed within the principal building.
Such uses shall not be interpreted to include and are hereby defined
to exclude drive-in restaurants or refreshment stands, commonly called
"fast-food" establishments, including but not limited to snack bars,
dairy bars, hamburger stands or hot dog stands or similar uses where
customers and patrons are served food, soft drinks or ice cream primarily
for their immediate consumption outside the confines of the building
or structure in which the business is conducted.
(4)
Laboratories and related offices engaged in research or product
testing. Product fabrication or assembly may be conducted in conjunction
with research or product testing only and shall not include the preparation
of goods for sale on the premises. Any modifications to approved plans
shall be subject to Department of Health and/or Fire Department reviews
and approval.
(5)
Research laboratories or office space which is combined with
a warehouse and for the distribution of products, provided that the
office use or research laboratory counts for a minimum of 50% of the
total floor area. Any modifications to approved plans shall be subject
to Department of Health and/or Fire Department review and approval.
(6)
Multistory garage structures.
(7)
Warehouse distribution centers and storage facilities, which
may include the assembling or other handling and processing of materials
and products.
C.
Conditionally permitted uses.
(1)
Indoor places of recreation, including theaters, bowling alleys,
auditoriums and buildings to serve as meeting halls or club rooms
for nonprofit veterans' or fraternal associations fully and legally
chartered or organized under the law of the State of New Jersey or
of the United States of America.
(2)
Public utilities and public services, including but not limited
to railway or bus stations, telegraph offices, express offices and
post offices.
E.
Prohibited uses.
(1)
Structures exceeding seven stories or 90 feet in height.
(2)
Automotive uses.
(3)
Car wash establishments.
(4)
Mixed uses, where there is more than one use on the premises.
(5)
Residential uses.
(6)
Fabricating, assembling or manufacturing.
(8)
Fast-food establishments including but not limited to drive-in
restaurants; snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger, hot dog, root beer
or ice cream stands; and diners and lunch wagons.
(9)
Truck terminals.
(10)
Used or new car dealerships.
F.
Area and yard requirements:
|
Lot
|
Permitted Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Minimum area
|
40,000 square feet
| ||
|
Maximum coverage, building and pavement
|
75%
| ||
|
Maximum lot coverage by building
|
60%
| ||
|
Minimum lot coverage by building
|
-----
| ||
|
Width
|
200 feet
| ||
|
Depth
|
100 feet
| ||
|
Front yard setback
|
35 feet
| ||
|
Side yard abutting another zone
|
35 feet
| ||
|
Side yard width
| |||
|
1 side yard
|
35 feet
| ||
|
2 side yards
|
35 feet
| ||
|
Rear yard
|
40 feet
| ||
|
Rear yard abutting another zone
|
50 feet
| ||
|
Off-street parking
|
1 space for each 300 square feet of office space or part thereof, except as specified in § 390-39.5H
| ||
|
Minimum landscaped area
|
50 feet
| ||
|
Structure
| |||
|
Height, principal structure
| |||
|
Stories*
|
7
| ||
|
Feet
|
90 feet
| ||
|
Accessory buildings
| |||
|
Height
|
60 feet
| ||
|
NOTES:
| ||
|
*
|
Parking levels used exclusively for the storage of motor vehicles
shall not be counted as part of the number of stories permitted.
| |
G.
Area and yard requirements: conditionally permitted uses.
H.
Front yard parking in the O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone shall be prohibited.
(1)
Offices.
(a)
Business and governmental offices shall have one space for each
300 square feet of net office space.
(b)
Medical or dental practitioner's office. Each office shall provide
at least five spaces for each professional person occupying or using
each office, plus an additional space for each employee, on site.
(c)
Other professional offices shall have one space for each 250
square feet of net office space or part thereof.
(2)
Private clubs shall have at least one space for 100 square feet
of gross floor space or one space for each three seats, whichever
is greater.
(3)
Publicly owned or operated buildings and uses, such as a library,
museum or post office, shall have at least one space for each 100
square feet of gross floor space.
(4)
Restaurants, taverns and inns shall have one space for each
three seats, plus one space for each two employees.
(5)
Theaters, auditoriums and other similar places of public assembly
including houses of worship shall have at least one space for each
three seats or similar accommodation provided.
(6)
For uses not listed above, required parking spaces shall be
according to the category which most nearly approximates each particular
use as determined by the Planning Board.
(7)
The parking requirements for professional or other office uses
shall be met within 200 feet of the site. The Planning Board shall
review all off-street parking plans as provided in the Site Plan Review
Ordinance[2] but in no case shall off-street parking be provided off
site without Planning Board approval, nor shall parking standards
be less than those specified in the off-street parking requirements
of the Borough of Ridgefield.
I.
Off-street loading requirements. For any building erected hereafter
in the O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone, off-street loading space shall
be provided in such amount and manner that all loading and unloading
operations will be conducted entirely within the boundaries of the
lot concerned, and no vehicle or conveyance shall in any manner use
public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way for loading or unloading
operations, other than for ingress and egress to the lot. Every office
structure in excess of 20,000 square feet of gross floor area shall
provide, at the side or rear of the structure, a minimum of one off-street
loading space, 15 feet by 30 feet, subject to Planning Board approval.
There shall be no loading or unloading from the street in the O-7-MR
Office Mid-Rise Zone District.
J.
Screening of parking and loading areas. In the O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise
Zone, all parking areas and loading and unloading areas in conjunction
with an office or business use shall be screened from adjacent residential
districts and parks by a hedge, fence or wall at least six feet in
height or other protective device as approved by the Planning Board.
K.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone District shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and these requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall be prohibited
in the O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone. For purposes of this section,
a "billboard" shall be defined as a commercial advertising sign or
structure which advertises a business, product or service not on or
offered on the premises on which the subject sign is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting billboard
is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Section 390-18E(7) shall apply to facade signs of each building in the O-7 Zone, including those above two stories in height, provided that no such facade sign shall exceed 36 feet in height measured from the finished floor elevation of the applicable building.
L.
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for much needed pervious
areas for drainage purposes in the O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone District,
a minimum of 20% of total lot areas shall be maintained in lawns,
gardens or buffer strips, subject to site plan approval.
M.
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in an O-7-MR Office Mid-Rise Zone
District abuts a lot in any residential district, there shall be provided
along such lot lines on such business lot a planted buffer strip at
least equal to the width or depth of that required in the residential
district, but in no case shall such yard be smaller than that required
for the district in which such lot is located, and in said yard a
strip of 20 feet abutting the residential district shall not be utilized
for roadway or parking and shall be landscaped and planted so as to
create an effective evergreen and visual screen.
N.
Sight rights.
(1)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot in any O-7-MR Office
Mid-Rise Zone District, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted
or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision
between a height of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above the center-line
grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the street
lines of such corner lots and a line joining points along said line
30 feet from the point of intersection, nor shall a principal structure
be located less than 20 feet from the side street line. All sight
rights, where applicable, shall be subject to County of Bergen and/or
Department of Transportation approvals.
O.
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452]
A.
Objectives. It is the purpose of the C-H Commercial
and Hotel Zone District to provide for the development and redevelopment
needs and potentials of the area which is near the bridgehead on the
north side of Route 46 and is bounded by Overpeck Creek and Palisades
Park. This area is effectively separated from the rest of the body
of the Borough by the heavy traffic volumes of Route 46. Further,
this area, because of its geographic location in relationship to the
intersection of regional highways, is deemed to be in a good location
for commercial/high-rise hotel-motel, conference center and office
uses. It is also the purpose of this zone to provide certain development
bonuses in consideration of the developer's agreement to contribute
to the production of lower-income housing in satisfaction of Ridgefield
Borough's affordable housing obligation under N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301
et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:92, and as may be subsequently amended.
B.
Applicability of E Light Manufacturing Zone. This zone shall be subject to all of the provisions applicable to the E Zone (§ 390-40) as of September 23, 1991, except insofar as those provisions are modified by Subsections C through R and § 390-39.9. In the event of any inconsistencies between § 390-40 and this section, the provisions of this section shall control. Any amendments to the E Zone after September 23, 1991, shall be inapplicable to this zone.
C.
Maximum square footage. Notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary, the maximum total square footage of gross floor area
in this zone shall equal the amount of existing square footage of
gross floor area as of the date of adoption of this section, plus
any additional square feet of gross floor area as may be permitted
only under this section.
D.
Additional permitted uses. In the C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone District, in addition to the existing permitted uses as specified in § 390-40, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
E.
Conditionally permitted uses. Indoor places of recreation,
including theaters, bowling alleys, auditoriums, meeting halls or
club rooms for nonprofit veterans' or fraternal associations fully
and legally chartered or organized under the law of the State of New
Jersey or of the United States of America.
H.
Area and yard requirements: permitted uses.
|
Lot
|
E Light Manufacturing Zone
|
Additional Permitted Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Minimum area
|
7,500 square feet
|
60,000 square feet
| ||
|
Maximum coverage, building and pavement
|
---
|
70%
| ||
|
Maximum lot coverage by building
|
---
|
40%
| ||
|
Minimum lot coverage by building
|
60%
|
---
| ||
|
Width
|
65 feet
|
200 feet
| ||
|
Depth
|
---
|
100 feet
| ||
|
Front yard setback
|
65 feet
|
40 feet
| ||
|
Side yard abutting another zone
|
---
|
30 feet
| ||
|
Side yard width
| ||||
|
1 side yard
|
7 feet
|
---
| ||
|
2 side yards
|
15 feet
|
---
| ||
|
Rear yard
|
10 feet
|
30 feet
| ||
|
Off-street parking
|
See § 390-19
| |||
|
Minimum landscaped area
|
---
|
30%
| ||
|
Structure
|
E Light Manufacturing Zone
|
Additional Permitted Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Height principal structure
| ||||
|
Stories*
|
2
|
12
| ||
|
Feet
|
35 feet
|
130 feet
| ||
|
Accessory buildings
| ||||
|
Height
|
30 feet
|
60 feet
| ||
|
Notes:
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
*Parking levels used exclusively for the storage
of motor vehicles shall not be counted as part of the number of stories
permitted.
| |||
J.
Off-street parking requirements. Front yard parking
in the C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone shall be prohibited.
(1)
Offices.
(a)
Business and governmental offices shall have
one space for each 300 square feet of net office space.
(b)
Medical or dental practitioner's office. Each
office shall provide at least five spaces for each professional person
occupying or using each office, plus an additional space for each
employee, on site.
(c)
Other professional offices shall have one space
for each employee, plus one space for each 250 square feet of net
office space or part thereof.
(2)
Restaurants, taverns and inns shall have one
space for each three seats, plus one space for each two employees.
(3)
Conference centers, auditoriums, theaters and
other similar places of public assembly shall have at least one space
for each three seats or similar vantage accommodation provided.
(4)
For uses not listed above, required parking
spaces shall be according to the category which most nearly approximates
each particular use as determined by the Planning Board.
(5)
In the C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone, all off-street
parking requirements shall be accommodated on site.
K.
Off-street loading requirements. For any building
erected hereafter in the C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone, off-street
loading space shall be provided in such amount and manner that all
loading and unloading operations will be conducted entirely within
the boundaries of the lot concerned, and no vehicle or conveyance
shall in any manner use public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way
for loading or unloading operations, other than for ingress and egress
to the lot. Every hotel, motel or office structure in excess of 20,000
square feet of gross floor area shall provide, at the side or rear
of the structure, a minimum of one off-street loading space, fifteen
by thirty (15 x 30) feet, subject to Planning Board approval.
L.
Screening of parking and loading areas. In the C-H
Commercial and Hotel Zone all parking areas and loading and unloading
areas in conjunction with a hotel, motel or office use shall be screened
from adjacent residential districts and parks by a hedge, fence or
wall at least six feet in height or other protective device as approved
by the Planning Board.
M.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone District shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18, this section and all other sign ordinances of the Borough of Ridgefield; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and these requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall
be prohibited in the C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone. For purposes of
this section, a "billboard" shall be defined as a commercial advertising
sign or structure which advertises a business, product or service
not on or offered on the premises on which the subject sign is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting
billboard is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Where a hotel, motel or office building is set
back from the street line a distance of 40 feet or more, not more
than one freestanding ground sign containing a total surface display
area of not more than 30 square feet may be erected. Such ground signs
shall not be more than 12 feet above the center-line grade elevation
of the nearest street and shall only be located in the front yard.
N.
Conditionally permitted signs.
(1)
Objective. It is the purpose of the conditionally permitted signs to provide reasonably adequate and equitable visibility for identification signs where, because of unusual height or other unique site characteristics, the literal interpretation of § 390-18 or other sign control provisions of the Ridgefield Borough ordinances would create undue hardship.
(2)
Where permitted. Conditionally permitted signs
shall be permitted only in the C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone, and
in the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone Districts whenever the permitted
height of buildings exceeds a height of 80 feet.
O.
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for
much needed pervious areas for drainage purposes in the C-H Commercial
and Hotel Zone District, a minimum of 30% of total lot areas shall
be maintained in lawns, gardens or buffer strips, subject to site
plan approval and Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (HMDC)
approval, if required.
P.
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in a C-H Commercial
and Hotel Zone District abuts a lot in any residential district, there
shall be provided along such lot lines on such business lot a planted
buffer strip at least equal to the width or depth of that required
in the residential district, but in no case shall such yard be smaller
than that required for the district in which such lot is located,
and in said yard a strip of 20 feet abutting the residential district
shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and shall be landscaped
and planted so as to create an effective evergreen visual screen.
Q.
Sight rights.
(1)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot
in any C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone District, nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially
impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) feet
and 10 feet above the center-line grades of the intersecting streets
in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots and a
line joining points along said line 30 feet from the point of intersection,
nor shall a principal structure be located less than 40 feet from
the side street line. All sight rights, where applicable, shall be
subject to County of Bergen and/or Department of Transportation approvals.
R.
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452]
A.
Objectives. It is the purpose of the OMH Office/Mid-Rise
Hotel Zone District to provide for the development and redevelopment
needs of an industrial area for modern new office, laboratory and
hotel uses, especially when a greater building height will permit
proper off-street parking.
[Amended 10-15-2013 by Ord. No. 2237]
B.
Applicability of E Light Manufacturing Zone. This zone shall be subject to all of the provisions applicable to the E Zone (§ 390-40) as of September 23, 1991, except insofar as those provisions are modified by Subsections C through Q of this section and § 390-39.6. The uses permitted in the E Light Manufacturing Zone shall be permitted uses in this zone. In the event of any inconsistencies between § 390-40 and this section, the provision of this section shall control. Any amendments to the E Zone after September 23, 1991, shall be inapplicable to this zone.
[Amended 2-23-2004 by Ord. No. 1852; 10-15-2013 by Ord. No. 2237]
C.
Maximum square footage. Notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary, the maximum total square footage of gross floor area
in this zone shall equal the amount of existing square footage of
gross floor area as of the date of adoption of this section, plus
any additional square feet of gross floor area as may be permitted
only under this section.
D.
Additional permitted uses. In the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone District, in addition to the existing permitted uses as specified in § 390-40, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected, constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended or designed to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
(1)
Mid-rise hotels, motels and conference centers,
not to exceed seven stories in height.
(2)
Mid-rise professional, business, computer data
processing, finance and governmental office buildings, not to exceed
seven stories in height.
(3)
Banks, savings-and-loan institutions, mortgage
company offices, brokerage houses and other financial institutions.
(4)
Restaurants. Restaurants and other eating and
drinking establishments wherein food and drink are consumed within
the principal building. Such uses shall not be interpreted to include
and are hereby defined to exclude drive-in restaurants or refreshment
stands, commonly called "fast-food" establishments, including, but
not limited to snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger stands or hot dog
stands or similar uses where customers and patrons are served food,
soft drinks or ice cream primarily for their immediate consumption
outside the confines of the building or structure in which the business
is conducted.
(5)
Laboratories and related offices engaged in
research or product testing. Product fabrication or assembly may be
conducted in conjunction with research or product testing only and
shall not include the preparation of goods for sale on the premises.
Any modifications to approved plans shall be subject to Department
of Health and/or Fire Department review and approval.
(6)
Research laboratories or office space which
is combined with a warehouse and/or the distribution of products,
provided that the office use or research laboratory counts for a minimum
of 50% of the total floor area. Any modifications to approved plans
shall be subject to Department of Health and/or Fire Department review
and approval.
E.
Conditionally permitted uses.
(1)
Indoor places of recreation, including theaters,
bowling alleys, auditoriums and buildings to serve as meeting halls
or club rooms for nonprofit veterans' or fraternal associations fully
and legally chartered or organized under the law of the State of New
Jersey or of the United States of America.
(2)
Public utilities and public services, including
but not limited to railway or bus stations, telegraph offices, express
offices and post offices.
G.
Prohibited uses.
[Amended 10-15-2013 by Ord. No. 2237]
(1)
Structures exceeding seven stories or 90 feet
in height.
(2)
Automotive uses.
(3)
Car wash establishments.
(4)
Residential uses.
(6)
Fast-food establishments, including but not
limited to drive-in restaurants; snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger,
hot dog, root beer or ice cream stands; and diners and lunch wagons.
(7)
Truck terminals.
(8)
Used and new car dealerships.
H.
Area and yard requirements: permitted uses.
|
Lot
|
E Light Manufacturing Zone
|
Additional Permitted Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Minimum area
|
7,500 square feet
|
40,000 square feet
| ||
|
Maximum coverage, building and pavement
|
---
|
75%
| ||
|
Maximum lot coverage by building
|
---
|
60%
| ||
|
Minimum lot coverage by building
|
60%
|
---
| ||
|
Width
|
65 feet
|
200 feet
| ||
|
Depth
|
---
|
100 feet
| ||
|
Front yard setback
|
25 feet
|
35 feet
| ||
|
Side yard abutting another zone
|
---
|
35 feet
| ||
|
Side yard width
| ||||
|
1 side yard
|
7 feet
|
---
| ||
|
2 side yards
|
15 feet
|
---
| ||
|
Rear yard
|
10 feet
|
40 feet
| ||
|
Rear yard abutting another zone
|
---
|
50 feet
| ||
|
Off-street parking
|
See § 390-19
|
Hotels and motels, 1 space per guest bedroom, plus 1 space for each 2 employees; 1 space for each 300 square feet of office space or part thereof, except as specified under Subsection J of this section
| ||
|
Minimum landscaped area
|
---
|
25%
| ||
|
Structure
|
E Light Manufacturing Zone
|
Additional Permitted Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Height, principal structure
| ||||
|
Stories*
|
2
|
7
| ||
|
Feet
|
35 feet
|
90 feet
| ||
|
Accessory buildings
| ||||
|
Height
|
30 feet
|
60 feet
| ||
|
Notes:
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
*Parking levels used exclusively for the storage
of motor vehicles shall not be counted as part of the number of stories
permitted.
| ||||
I.
Area and yard requirements: conditionally permitted
uses.
J.
Off-street parking requirements. Front yard parking
in the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone shall be prohibited.
(1)
Offices.
(a)
Business and governmental offices shall have
one space for each 300 square feet of net office space.
(b)
Medical or dental practitioner's office. Each
office shall provide at least five spaces for each professional person
occupying or using each office, plus an additional space for each
employee, on site.
(c)
Other professional offices shall have one space
for each employee, plus one space for each 250 square feet of net
office space or part thereof.
(2)
Private clubs shall have at least one space
for 100 square feet of gross floor space or one space for each three
seats, whichever is greater.
(3)
Publicly owned or operated buildings and uses,
such as a library, museum or post office, shall have at least one
space for each 100 square feet of gross floor space.
(4)
Restaurants, taverns and inns shall have one
space for each three seats, plus one space for each two employees.
(5)
Theaters, auditoriums and other similar places
of public assembly shall have at least one space for each three seats
or similar vantage accommodation provided.
(6)
For uses not listed above, required parking
spaces shall be according to the category which most nearly approximates
each particular use as determined by the Planning Board.
(7)
In the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone, all off-street
parking requirements shall be accommodated on site.
K.
Off-street loading requirements. For any building
erected hereafter in the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone, off-street
loading space shall be provided in such amount and manner that all
loading and unloading operations will be conducted entirely within
the boundaries of the lot concerned, and no vehicle or conveyance
shall in any manner use public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way
for loading or unloading operations, other than for ingress and egress
to the lot. Every office structure in excess of 20,000 square feet
of gross floor area shall provide, at the side or rear of the structure,
a minimum of one off-street loading space, fifteen by thirty (15 x
30) feet, subject to Planning Board Approval. There shall be no loading
or unloading from the street in the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone
District.
L.
In the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone, all parking
areas and loading and unloading areas in conjunction with an office
or business use shall be screened from adjacent residential districts
and parks by a hedge, fence or wall at least six feet in height or
other protective device as approved by the Planning Board.
M.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone district shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18, this section and all other sign ordinances of the Borough of Ridgefield; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and these requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall
be prohibited in the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone. For purposes
of this section, a "billboard" shall be defined as a commercial advertising
sign or structure which advertises a business, product or service
not on or offered on the premises on which the subject sign is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting
billboard is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Where a building, hotel or motel is set back
from the street line a distance of 25 feet or more, not more than
one freestanding ground sign containing a total surface display area
of not more than 30 square feet may be erected. Such ground signs
shall not be more than 12 feet above the center-line grade elevation
of the nearest street and shall only be located in the front yard.
N.
Conditionally permitted signs.
(1)
Objective. It is the purpose of the conditionally permitted signs to provide reasonably adequate and equitable visibility for identification signs where, because of unusual height or other unique site characteristics, the literal interpretation of § 390-18 or other sign control provisions of the Ridgefield Borough ordinances would create undue hardship.
(2)
Where permitted. Conditionally permitted signs
shall be permitted only in the C-H Commercial and Hotel Zone, and
in the OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone districts whenever the permitted
height of buildings exceeds a height of 80 feet.
O.
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for
much needed pervious areas for drainage purposes in the OMH Office/Mid-Rise
Hotel Zone District, a minimum of 20% of total lot areas shall be
maintained in lawns, gardens or buffer strips, subject to site plan
approval and Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (HMDC)
approval, if required.
P.
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in an OMH Office/Mid-Rise
Hotel Zone District abuts a lot in any residential district, there
shall be provided along such lot lines on such business lot a planted
buffer strip at least equal to the width or depth of that required
in the residential district, but in no case shall such yard be smaller
than that required for the district in which such lot is located,
and in said yard a strip of 20 feet abutting the residential district
shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and shall be landscaped
and planted so as to create an effective evergreen visual screen.
Q.
Sight rights.
(1)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot
in any OMH Office/Mid-Rise Hotel Zone District, nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially
impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) feet
and 10 feet above the center-line grades of the intersecting streets
in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots and a
line joining points along said line 30 feet from the point of intersection,
nor shall a principal structure be located less than 20 feet from
the side street line. All sight rights, where applicable, shall be
subject to County of Bergen and/or Department of Transportation approvals.
R.
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452]
A.
Objectives. It is the purpose of the NB Neighborhood
Business Zone District to provide for the development and redevelopment
needs of the generally one-lot-deep commercial cluster areas so zoned
in such a manner as to encourage containment and curb the further
extension of commercial uses into abutting and nearby residential
areas and to provide for the customary convenient shopping needs of
the Ridgefield Borough residential neighborhoods.
B.
Permitted uses. In the NB Neighborhood Business Zone
District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or
part of a building shall be erected, constructed or altered which
shall be arranged, intended or designed to be used for any purpose
other than the following uses:
(1)
Local business activities which may include
shops or stores for retail merchandising, provided that there is no
fabricating, manufacturing, converting, altering or assembling of
articles except as incidental to the particular retail trade to be
conducted, such as bakeries and butcher stores; bookstores and magazine
stores; delicatessens; drugstores; grocery stores; and restaurants.
(2)
Local service activities shall include personal
service establishments such as barbershops and beauty parlors; tailors;
dressmakers; coin-operated laundries; dry cleaners; shoe repairs;
television and radio repairs; taverns; music and dancing schools;
art galleries; and art studios.
(3)
Office buildings, including banks; savings-and-loan
institutions; professional, business and government offices; offices
of physicians, dentists, lawyers, architects, engineers, accountants
and real estate and insurance brokers; and post office.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(4), dealing
with permitted uses at the time of rezoning, which immediately followed
this subsection, was repealed 11-29-1994 by Ord. No. 1519.
C.
Conditionally permitted uses: none.
E.
Prohibited uses. Any uses other than those uses permitted by Subsections A through D of this section shall be prohibited. Without in any way limiting the generality and prohibition of this subsection, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to permit any of the following uses in any NB Neighborhood Business District:
(1)
All multifamily residential uses.
(2)
Community shopping centers.
(3)
Regional shopping centers.
(4)
Drive-in restaurants or refreshment stands,
commonly called "fast-food" establishments, including but not limited
to snack bars, dairy bars, hamburger stands or hot dog stands or similar
uses where customers and patrons are served food, soft drinks or ice
cream primarily for their immediate consumption outside the confines
of the building or structure in which the business is conducted.
F.
Area and yard requirements: permitted uses.
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Lot
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Minimum area
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5,000 square feet
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Maximum lot coverage, building and pavement
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65%
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Maximum lot coverage by building
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40%
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Width
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50 feet
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Depth
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100 feet
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Front yard setback
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20 feet
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Side yard abutting a residential zone
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20 feet
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All other side yards
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10 feet
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Rear yard abutting a residential zone
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20 feet
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All other rear yards
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5 feet
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Off-street parking
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1 space for each 250 square feet of office space or part thereof, except as specified under Subsection H
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Minimum landscaped area
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20%
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Structure
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Height, principal structure
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Stories
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30
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15
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G.
Area and yard requirements, conditionally permitted
uses: none.
H.
Off-street parking requirements.
(1)
Commercial or personal service establishments.
(a)
Drugstores, grocery stores and food markets
shall have one space per 150 square feet of gross floor area.
(b)
Delicatessens and bakeries shall have one space
per 250 square feet of gross floor area.
(c)
Barbershops and beauty shops shall have three
spaces for each beautician and barber or one space for each 150 square
feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
(d)
Other commercial or personal service uses not
specifically listed elsewhere in this section shall have one space
for each 200 square feet of gross first-floor area, plus one space
for each 300 square feet of additional gross floor area.
(2)
Taverns and inns shall have one space for each
three seats, plus one space for each two employees.
(3)
Private clubs shall have at least one space
for 100 square feet of gross floor space and one space for each three
seats.
(4)
For uses not listed above, required parking
spaces shall be according to the category which most nearly approximates
each particular use as determined by the Planning Board.
I.
Off-street loading requirements. For any building
erected hereafter in the NB Neighborhood Business Zone, off-street
loading space shall be provided in such amount and manner that all
loading and unloading operations will be conducted entirely within
the boundaries of the lot concerned. Every structure in excess of
20,000 square feet of gross floor area shall provide, at the side
or rear of the structure, a minimum of one off-street loading space,
fifteen by thirty (15 x 30) feet, subject to Planning Board approval.
J.
Screening of parking and loading areas. In the NB
Neighborhood Business Zone, all parking areas and loading and unloading
areas in conjunction with an office or business use shall be screened
from adjacent residential districts and parks by a hedge, fence or
wall at least six feet in height or other protective device as approved
by the Planning Board.
K.
Signs.
(1)
All signs in the NB Neighborhood Business Zone district shall be in full compliance with the requirements of § 390-18, this section and all other sign ordinances of the Borough of Ridgefield; however, the sign requirements shall be read together and these requirements shall be construed in the most restrictive manner.
(2)
Billboards or off-site advertising signs shall
be prohibited in the NB Neighborhood Business Zone. For purposes of
this section, a "billboard" shall be defined as a commercial advertising
sign or structure which advertises a business, product or service
not on or offered on the premises on which subject sign is located.
(3)
No site plan shall be approved where a preexisting
billboard is to remain after redevelopment.
(4)
Where a building is set back from the street
line a distance of 20 feet or more, not more than one freestanding
ground sign containing a total surface display area of not more than
18 square feet may be erected. Such ground signs shall not be more
than 12 feet above the center-line grade elevation of the nearest
street and shall only be located in the front yard.
L.
Landscaped open space area. In order to provide for
much needed pervious areas for drainage purposes in the NB Neighborhood
Business Zone District, a minimum of 10% of total lot areas shall
be maintained in lawns, gardens or buffer strips, subject to site
plan approval.
M.
Planted buffer strip. Where a lot in an NB Neighborhood
Business Zone District abuts a lot in any residential district, there
shall be provided along such lot lines on such business lot a planted
buffer strip at least 10 feet wide, and said strip shall not be utilized
for roadway or parking and shall be landscaped and planted so as to
create an effective evergreen visual screen.
N.
Sight rights.
(1)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot
in any NB Neighborhood Business Zone District, nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially
impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) feet
and 10 feet above the center-line grades of the intersecting streets
in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots and a
line joining points along said line 30 feet from the point of intersection,
nor shall a principal structure be located less than 20 feet from
the side street line. All sight rights, where applicable, shall be
subject to County of Bergen and/or Department of Transportation approvals.
O.
Site plan approval. Site development plan approval in accordance with Part 4, Site Plan Review, of this chapter shall be required prior to the issuance of building permits for the erection of all permitted and conditionally permitted uses and structures. Such approval shall also be required prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a change of use of a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
[Added 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1452; amended 11-29-1994 by Ord. No. 1519; 12-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2397]
A.
Objectives.
(1)
Objectives. It is the purpose of the MF Medium Density Multifamily
Zone District to provide for the construction of moderate- and low-income
housing in satisfaction of Ridgefield Borough's affordable housing
obligation under N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:92, and
as hereinafter may be amended.
B.
Applicability.
(1)
The following parcels, identified by block and lot, shall be
zoned as indicated, and the Borough of Ridgefield Zoning Map shall
be amended as necessary in accordance therewith:
Block 1601, Lot 2
Block 1801, Lot 1
(2)
All developments are subject to the Borough's Affordable Housing Ordinance, § 115-1, et seq., regarding affirmative marketing, bedroom distribution, accessibility requirements, maximum rents and sale prices, occupancy standards, deed restrictions, and phasing.
(3)
To the greatest extent possible, affordable housing units being
provided within inclusionary developments shall be disbursed throughout
inclusionary developments and shall be located within buildings designed
to be architecturally indistinguishable from the market-rate units
otherwise being constructed within the development. To that end, the
scale, massing, roof pitch and architectural detailing (such as the
selection of exterior materials, doors, windows, etc.) of the buildings
containing the affordable housing units shall be similar to and compatible
with that of the market-rate units.
C.
Uses.
(2)
Conditionally permitted uses.
(a)
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE
Townhouse clusters with a minimum of a 15% set-aside for rental
affordable housing and 20% set-aside for for-sale housing. For purposes
of this section, a "townhouse dwelling" shall be defined as follows:
A one-family dwelling in a row of at least three such units in which no unit is located over another unit, and which is designed for or occupied by no more than one family or household and attached to other similar buildings or structures by not more than two party walls extending from the foundation to the roof and providing two direct means of access from the outside. Furthermore, each such dwelling unit shall be provided with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the use of each family or household of the townhouse. For the purpose of this Part 1, a "townhouse" may include a building or structure in a fee simple, condominium, cooperative or leasehold ownership or any combination thereof.
D.
Bulk regulations.
(1)
Multifamily apartments.
(a)
Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum front yard: 20 feet.
(c)
Minimum side yard-one/both: 20 feet/35 feet.
(d)
Minimum rear yard: 35 feet.
(e)
Maximum building coverage: 60%.
(f)
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
(g)
Maximum building height: three residential stories/35 feet.
(h)
Density - Block 1801, Lot 1: 30 du/ac.
(i)
Minimum landscaped area: 15%.
(j)
Required buffer: A plated buffer strip, 20 feet in width, creating
an effective visual screen, consisting of two rows of staggered evergreen
trees, minimum six feet high, planted 15 feet on center, planted 15
feet on center, shall be required wherever an MF Medium Density Multifamily
Zone use abuts other than a townhouse or garden apartment use.
(2)
Townhouses.
(a)
Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
(c)
Minimum side yard-one/both: 15 feet/25 feet.
(d)
Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
(e)
Maximum building coverage: 38%.
(f)
Maximum imprervious coverage: 45%.
(g)
Maximum building height: three residential stories/35 feet.
(i)
Minimum landscaped area: 25%.
(j)
Required buffer. A plated buffer strip, 20 feet in width, creating
an effective visual screen, consisting of two rows of staggered evergreen
trees, minimum six feet high, planted 15 feet on center, planted 15
feet on center, shall be required wherever an MF Medium Density Multifamily
Zone use abuts other than a townhouse or garden apartment use.
E.
Supplemental regulations.
(1)
Multifamily building requirements. In an MF Medium Density Multifamily
Zone, the following miscellaneous regulations shall apply.
(a)
Apartments.
[1]
The maximum length of structures shall be 200 feet.
[2]
Garden apartment structures should be grouped in
clusters, with architectural design consistent in each cluster.
[3]
Recreation facilities, such as swimming pools and
tennis courts, should be encouraged but carefully located to avoid
problems of noise, light and similar nuisance elements affecting residential
units. They shall be located not less than 50 feet from any boundary.
[4]
No front yard shall be used for service such as
clothes drying and/or outdoor storage.
[5]
Where a lot in an MF Medium Density Multifamily
Zone used for townhouses or garden apartments abuts a residential
zone, there shall be provided along such abutting lot line in the
MF Zone a landscaped strip not less than 15 feet in width or depth,
which strip shall not be utilized for roadway or parking and which
shall be so planted as to form an effective visual screen.
[6]
All utilities and their service lines, including
electric and telephone, shall be installed underground and subject
to approval of the appropriate utility. Wherever the utility is not
installed in a public right-of-way, an appropriate utility easement
shall be provided.
[7]
All streetlights and all lighting along pedestrian
walks and in parking areas shall be shaded and installed on ornamental
standards of the appropriate utility. They shall be of a style and
design compatible with the nature and design of the project and shall
be approved by the Planning Board and the utility company.
[8]
Adequate provision shall be made for the storage,
recycling and removal of garbage, which shall be at the sole cost
and expense of the owner.
[9]
Adequate provision shall be made for snow removal
on all sidewalks, streets, roads, driveways and parking areas within
the project, which shall be at the sole cost and expense of the owner.
[10]
Each dwelling unit in the MF Medium Density Multifamily
Zone shall be air conditioned by an air-conditioning system with separate
thermostats in each unit or, in the alternative, at least two window
air conditioners shall be installed in each dwelling unit, which shall
not project outward more than one inch beyond the face of the wall
of the building in which they are installed.
[11]
Provision shall be made for a master television
antenna, and no individual antenna shall be permitted on the exterior
of any building.
[12]
All residential buildings within the project shall
be designed and constructed with a soundproofing barrier between adjoining
units, both horizontally and vertically.
(b)
Townhouses.
[1]
Maximum of eight units in a single row. Minimum
width of unit, 18 feet. Offset of four feet between every two units.
[2]
Townhouses should be grouped in clusters, with
a maximum of 30 per cluster. Private parking areas should be located
near the entrances and outdoor living areas or patios adjoining open
space or paths leading to open space.
[3]
End units should have at least a ten-foot side
yard.
[4]
Townhouses in each cluster should be consistent
in terms of architectural style and major design elements such as
materials, windows, rooflines, roof designs, etc. Design approval
shall rest with the Planning Board.
[5]
All townhouse units in a building shall be completely
separated from all other dwelling units in the same building by a
fire wall subject to the requirements of the BOCA Code.
[6]
Adequate safe and sanitary provisions shall be
made for the recycling and storage of solid waste and garbage in compliance
with all applicable ordinance requirements of the Borough of Ridgefield.
[7]
All townhouse buildings within a project shall
be designed and constructed with a soundproofing barrier between adjoining
units.
[8]
Guest parking of one space for every six units
shall be required, at a minimum, nine-by-sixteen-foot stall sizes.
(c)
Off-street parking.
[1]
Each off-street parking space shall be nine feet
by 18 feet.
[2]
All parking areas shall be designed for 90°
parking, with aisles having a minimum width of 24 feet.
[3]
Front yard parking shall be prohibited.
[4]
The minimum distance from any off-street parking
space to the exterior wall of the nearest multifamily structure shall
be six feet.
[5]
1% of the total number of parking spaces, but in
no event fewer than one space at a location in the parking area, must
accommodate the physically handicapped. Such spaces shall be provided
between such parking spaces and the building to permit access to the
building by handicapped persons. Whenever there are more than one
handicapped person residing in the residential complex, the respective
owners may petition the Planning Board for a modification to the original
site plan, thus permitting additional handicapped parking facilities.
[6]
Each space or group of parking spaces shall be
identified with a clearly visible sign displaying the international
symbol of access and the following wording: "Reserved for physically
handicapped," in accordance with State of New Jersey statutes controlling
handicapped parking areas.
[7]
Such parking spaces shall be located, whenever
possible, so that handicapped persons shall not be compelled to walk
behind parked cars. Curb ramps shall be provided between the parking
area and adjoining sidewalks.
G.
Parking and loading.
(1)
Parking: subject to applicable Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) and § 390-19 of this chapter. RSIS standards shall superseded any residential parking standards.
(3)
Structured parking is permitted. The number of parking stories
shall not be counted towards the number of stories permitted, as long
as the number of above-ground parking stories does not exceed two
stories.
[Added 12-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2396]
B.
Applicability.
(1)
The following parcels, identified by block and lot, shall be
zoned as indicated, and the Borough of Ridgefield Zoning Map shall
be amended as necessary in accordance therewith:
Block 503, Lot 1.
(2)
Affordable housing units being constructed on site shall meet
the requirements of Ridgefield's Affordable Housing Ordinance and
shall be in conformance with COAH's third round rules at N.J.A.C.
5:94-1 et seq., and the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls at
N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq., including, but not limited to requirements
regarding phasing schedule, controls on affordability, low-/moderate-income
split, heating source, maximum rent and/or sales price, affordability
average, bedroom distribution and affirmative marketing.
(3)
To the greatest extent possible, affordable housing units being
provided within inclusionary developments shall be disbursed throughout
inclusionary developments and shall be located within buildings designed
to be architecturally indistinguishable from the market-rate units
otherwise being constructed within the development. To that end, the
scale, massing, roof pitch and architectural detailing (such as the
selection of exterior materials, doors, windows, etc.) of the buildings
containing the affordable housing units shall be similar to and compatible
with that of the market-rate units.
D.
Bulk regulations.
(1)
Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum front yard: 15 feet.
(3)
Minimum side yard: 15 feet.
(4)
Minimum rear yard: 15 feet.
(5)
Maximum building coverage: 70%.
(6)
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
(7)
Maximum building height: seven residential stories/80 feet.
(8)
Density: 35 du/ac.
(9)
Minimum landscaped area: 20%.
F.
Parking and loading.
(1)
Parking: subject to applicable Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) and § 390-19 of this chapter. RSIS standards shall superseded any residential parking standards.
(3)
Structured parking is permitted. The number of parking stories
shall not be counted towards the number of stories permitted, as long
as the number of aboveground parking stories does not exceed two stories.
A.
The following uses are permitted in District E:
(1)
All nonresidential uses permitted in District D.
(2)
Fabrication, assembling or other processing of materials,
including but not limited to:
(a)
Light machinery, such as cash registers, typewriters
and other office machines:
(b)
Metal products, such as baby carriages, toys,
bicycles and metal furniture.
(c)
Paper products, such as boxes, cabinets, furniture
and toys.
(d)
Food and related industries, such as bakeries,
food processing, packaging and bottling, food manufacturing, including
ice cream and nonalcoholic beverages.
(3)
Laboratories, such as biological, chemical, dental,
electronic and pharmaceutical.
(4)
Other industrial uses, including but not limited to
the manufacture of thread and yarn, sporting goods, jewelry, cosmetics
and leather goods, except curing, tanning and finishing of hides.
(5)
Warehousing, storage or other handling of materials
within a completely enclosed building.
(6)
Accessory uses and structures customarily incident
to and on the same lot with a permitted use.
(7)
Cannabis
Establishments Permitted. The Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 of the
six marketplace classes of licensed businesses established by the
Act[1], including Class 1, cannabis cultivation, Class 2, cannabis
manufacturing, and Class 3, cannabis wholesaling, shall be permitted
uses by and within the E Light Manufacturing Zoning District by and
within the Borough of Ridgefield.
[Added 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2425]
(a)
Number of licenses. No more than two of each class of license shall
be permitted within the E Light Manufacturing Zoning District and
within the Borough of Ridgefield.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq.
B.
The following uses are permitted in District E, subject
to additional requirements; special exceptions are as follows:
C.
The following regulations apply to District E:
(1)
Minimum lot size: 7,500 square feet.
(2)
Minimum lot width: 65 feet.
[Amended 2-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1300]
(3)
Minimum front yard depth: 25 feet.
[Amended 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384]
(4)
Minimum rear yard depth: 10 feet.
(5)
Minimum width of one side yard: seven feet.
(6)
Minimum width of two side yards: 15 feet.
(7)
Minimum coverage by all buildings: 60%.
(8)
Maximum height of principal building: 35 feet, not
to exceed two stories.
[Amended 9-9-1985 by Ord. No. 1294]
(9)
Maximum height of accessory building: 30 feet.
A.
The following uses are permitted in District F:
(1)
Offices for executive or administrative purposes.
(2)
Scientific or research laboratories, including incidental
pilot plants in connection therewith.
(3)
The manufacture, fabrication, assembling or other
processing of equipment or the storage and handling of materials or
equipment within a completely enclosed building.
(4)
Post offices; financial institutions.
(5)
Public utilities and public services, including but
not limited to railway or bus stations, telegraph offices, express
offices, pumping stations, metering stations and electrical generating
plants.
B.
The following uses are permitted in District F subject
to additional requirements; special exceptions are as follows:
C.
The following regulations apply to District F:
(1)
Minimum front yard depth: 25 feet.
(2)
Minimum rear yard depth: 10 feet.
(3)
Minimum width of one side yard: two feet for five
feet in height of the structure, but in no case less than 30 feet.
(4)
Minimum width of two side yards: four feet for each
five feet in height of the structure, but in no case less than 30
feet.
(5)
Maximum coverage by all buildings: 50%, except that
65% is permitted where all required off-street parking is provided
within structures or on roofs of structures.
(6)
Maximum height of principal buildings: 35 feet, not
to exceed two stories.
[Amended 9-9-1985 by Ord. No. 1294]
(7)
Maximum height of accessory buildings: 30 feet.
E.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, a public utility
and public service shall not be construed to embrace railroad sidings,
terminals or delivery points or any part of the operation of a common
carrier where freight is received or shipped. The presence of motor
vehicles, whether new or secondhand, on a platform, ramp, switching
yard, carrier, trailer-truck, assembly yard or other area awaiting
transshipment or pickup and delivery for a period exceeding 12 hours
shall constitute storage and shall not be deemed an accessory use.
[Amended 2-27-2006 by Ord. No. 1977]
District G presently encompasses lands solely
owned by the municipality which are used for public and/or governmental
purposes.
A.
In the event that the municipality shall determine
that there is no further public need for said lands and shall divest
itself of ownership, any residential use permitted in District A,
B or C shall be permitted as of right in accordance with the regulations
of the use so proposed as if located in District A, B or C.
B.
In the event that the municipality shall determine
that there is no further public need for said lands and shall divest
itself of ownership, senior citizens housing may be permitted as a
conditional use in accordance with the following regulations set forth
below specifically pertaining to senior citizens housing located in
District G.
C.
Senior Citizens Housing located in District G. As
used in this section "senior citizens housing" means residential development
principally consisting of dwelling units intended and operated for
permanent occupancy of persons with a minimum age of at least 55 years,
where occupancy shall be restricted by covenant so that at least 80%
of the total number of dwelling units are permanently occupied by
at least one person who is 55 years of age or older and no permanent
resident shall be under the age of 18, in accordance with applicable
provisions specified for housing for older persons by the Federal
Fair Housing Act, as may be amended from time to time.
(1)
Purpose. The purpose of permitting senior citizens
housing in District G as a conditionally permitted use is to provide
for the customary needs of senior citizens residing in moderate-density
multifamily housing and to provide for and encourage the construction
of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households by requiring
on-site construction of affordable housing in compliance with growth
share requirements implemented by the New Jersey Council on Affordable
Housing permitting (COAH) and by also permitting a density bonus conditioned
upon the agreement to set aside at least 20% of the units built for
low- and moderate-income households.
(2)
Conditional use standards. Senior citizens housing
shall comply with all of the following conditional use standards (standards
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67):
(3)
Area and yard regulations. Senior citizens housing
shall comply with all of the regulations set forth in the following
table of area and yard regulations (pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65):
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Table of Area and Yard Regulations
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Regulation
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Required
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Lot
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Minimum lot width
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350 feet
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Minimum lot depth
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250 feet
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Minimum Front yard setback, principal or accessory
structures
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20 feet
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All other yards, minimum principal structure
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50 feet
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All other yards, minimum accessory structure
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20 feet
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Maximum building coverage
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35%
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Minimum landscaped area
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35%
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Maximum residential density
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26 dwelling units per acre, including affordable
housing set-aside
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Principal dwelling structure
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Maximum height*
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Stories
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3
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Height
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55 feet
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Accessory structure
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Maximum height
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20 feet
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*Where a covered parking deck/garage is provided
in either a basement or at or near grade, such level shall not be
included in the maximum number of stories, provided no dwellings are
situated at such level. The height of such a parking deck/garage shall
be included in the calculation of building height.
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(4)
Supplementary bulk/zoning regulations. Senior citizens
housing shall comply with all of the following bulk zoning regulations
(pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65):
(a)
Required buffer. Where a senior citizens housing
development directly abuts a lot devoted to a use other than a senior
citizens housing development, there shall be provided on site along
such abutting lot line a naturalized landscaped buffer strip not less
than 20 feet in width, which strip shall not be utilized for roadways,
driveways, parking or accessory structures and which shall be vegetated
with a naturalized planting to be approved as part of the site plan
review process.
(b)
Off-street parking spaces. The minimum number
of parking spaces shall be required as specified by New Jersey Residential
Site Improvement Standards (RSIS). Alternative parking standards may
be accepted if the applicant demonstrates that the proposed parking
standard better reflects local conditions and household characteristics.
(c)
Parking space location. Front yard parking shall
be prohibited. No parking space shall be permitted within the minimum
required front yard setback area.
(5)
Design standards. Subdivision and site plan applications
submitted in furtherance of an active-adult multifamily residential
community shall comply with all of the following design standards:
(a)
Required community facilities. Senior citizens
housing developments shall be required to provide an indoor community
room and outdoor community facilities (passive and/or active) such
as but not limited to shuffleboard, croquet, bocce court, formal plaza,
outdoor benches, chess tables and/or other similar recreational facilities
as approved by the reviewing board of jurisdiction, subject to the
following requirements:
[1]
The minimum floor area of an indoor community
room shall be at least 50 square feet per one dwelling unit proposed.
[2]
The minimum lot area of common outdoor facilities,
contiguous or noncontiguous shall be at least 50 square feet per one
dwelling unit proposed.
[3]
Except for outdoor seating, no land area devoted
to a common outdoor community facility shall be closer than 20 feet
to any lot line.
(b)
Vehicular circulation shall comply with RSIS.
Parking space dimensions, parking angles, driveway, street and aisle
widths, etc. shall be in accordance with RSIS. Pavement details shall
also be in accordance with RSIS.
(c)
Parking garage. A parking garage is permitted
as an accessory use, either as a detached structure or as an integral
component of the principal structure. The facade of a parking garage
structure shall primarily consist of the same exterior building materials
that are used as the veneer of the principal residential structure.
(d)
Facilities for pedestrians and vehicles. Pedestrian
sidewalks and amenities shall be provided in such locations, including
entrances, exits and activity nodes where normal pedestrian traffic
will occur. At a minimum, sidewalks shall be required along the same
side of an improved public street that is adjacent to the senior citizens
housing and from the public street to the main entrance of the principal
structure. Construction details shall be in accordance with the RSIS.
(e)
Outdoor storage. No outdoor storage shall be
permitted except for solid waste containers, which shall be suitably
fenced and landscaped.
(f)
Storm sewers and other utilities. No stormwater
runoff shall be diverted so as to overload existing drainage systems
(natural or man-made) or create the need for additional drainage structures
on other private properties or public lands without adequate provision
for off-tract improvements to accommodate the condition(s).
(g)
Due consideration shall be given in planning
walks, ramps and driveways to prevent slipping or stumbling; and handrails
and ample places for rest shall be provided. Gradients of walks shall
not exceed 5%. Outdoor areas available to the residents shall permit
older persons to move about without danger and with minimum effort.
The project design shall be functional and provide for the safety,
health and general welfare of occupants of this age group.
(h)
Individually secured storage space for the occupants'
use and storage space for equipment and supplies for the project operation
and maintenance shall be provided in suitable locations within the
project.
(i)
Adequate facilities shall be provided for the
storage and removal of trash, garbage and recycling materials, the
removal of snow, and for general maintenance of the project.
(6)
Mandatory set-asides. It is the explicit intention
of this section that the provisions concerning mandatory set-asides
shall be irrevocable for all developments. None of the requirements
of the mandatory set-asides shall be waived, modified, altered or
diminished by any municipal body having jurisdiction over subdivision
site plan and other similar reviews and approvals. All such boards
shall require strict compliance.
(a)
Definition. A "mandatory set-aside" is a requirement
that developers include a minimum amount of low-income housing in
their projects. [So. Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Mount Laurel
Twp. 92 N.J. 158 (1983).]
(b)
Minimum mandatory set-aside. The developer shall
be required to provide affordable housing at the ratio of at least
one affordable unit for every eight new market-rate residential units
proposed in accordance with growth share obligation methodologies
implemented by COAH.
[1]
The affordable housing requirement shall be
rounded to the hundredth decimal place.
[2]
For any fractional unit of an affordable housing
obligation, the developer may be allowed to satisfy that fractional
obligation of less than one unit or fractional obligation falling
between whole numbers through the payment in lieu of construction.
The dollar amount of a payment in lieu of construction for satisfaction
of a fractional obligation shall be pro-rata in accordance with the
cost specified in the Borough's growth share ordinance, or only in
the event that the Borough has not adopted a growth share ordinance,
the pro-rata cost shall be negotiated between the Borough and the
developer.
[3]
Except for a fractional unit of obligation,
the provision of the required number of affordable units shall be
met only through on-site construction. With approval by the Borough,
a builder or developer may round up a fractional obligation to provide
solely on-site construction.
(c)
Residential density bonus for 20% set-aside.
If a developer elects to provide a twenty-percent or greater inclusionary
affordable housing set-aside entirely on site then the developer shall
be entitled to a residential density bonus in accordance with the
following bonus provisions:
[1]
This bonus density provision shall only be permitted
for on-site construction of the affordable housing units.
[2]
The maximum residential density specified in
the Table of Area and Yard Regulations may be increased to no greater
than 36 dwelling units per acre, including the affordable housing
set-aside.
[3]
The maximum number of stories specified in the
Table of Area and Yard Regulations may be increased to no greater
than four stories.
[4]
The maximum dwelling structure height specified
in the Table of Area and Yard Regulations may be increased to no greater
than 65 feet.
(d)
Incomplete application. Development applications
deficient in the above-described mandatory set-asides shall be deemed
incomplete and shall not be considered by any review board of the
Borough of Ridgefield.
(e)
Required information. Every development applicant
shall be required to submit a proposed Affordable Housing Production
Plan (AHPP) at the time the application is made. The AHPP shall be
a condition of the "completeness" determination.
[1]
Architectural floor plans and elevations of
typical set-aside units signed and sealed by an architect duly registered
in the State of New Jersey.
[2]
Proposed rental or sales data, affordability
average, bedroom distribution, occupancy standards and/or other pertinent
data required to reasonably assure that the proposal will comply with
all applicable rules including but not limited to Uniform Housing
Affordability Controls (N.J.A.C. 5:80-26) and COAH's Procedural and
Substantive Rules.
[3]
Staging and scheduling. The application for
development shall contain appropriate staging and development schedules
of construction which will assure the contemporaneous development
and construction of the set-aside units along with the market units
in accordance with COAH's rules.
(f)
Miscellaneous.
[1]
The affordable housing set-aside shall conform
to all of COAH's Procedural and Substantive Rules and all such other
rules and regulations as may be applicable.
[2]
The Board shall require that the applicant or
successor-in-interest shall comply with the terms of this section.
The manner and method of compliance with the section shall be set
forth in the Board's resolution of approval or shall be set forth
in a written developer's agreement between the applicant and the Borough
of Ridgefield, which developer's agreement must be approved and executed
before any building permit is issued.
[3]
It shall be the developer's responsibility,
at its sole cost and expense, to contract with a COAH-approved and
Borough-designated experienced entity for the initial and ongoing
administration of the controls on affordability so as to ensure full
COAH compliance. The designated administrative entity shall, by February
1 of each year and as needed throughout the year, file with the Borough
Clerk of the Borough of Ridgefield such certifications, reports and/or
monitoring forms as may be required by COAH to verify the continuing
compliance of each affordable unit with COAH's Rules.
The uses, regulations and provisions of District
H shall be the same as those presently promulgated by the Hackensack
Meadowlands Development Agency.
The uses, regulations and provisions of District
I shall be the same as those presently promulgated by the Hackensack
Meadowlands Development Agency.
A.
In Districts A, B, C and D, a three-foot side and
rear yard shall be required for accessory buildings. In Districts
E and F, a five-foot side and rear yard shall be required for accessory
buildings.
B.
The minimum side yard provision shall not apply to
the buildings or structures necessary or incidental to governmental
functions of the Borough, of the Board of Education, county or state
or United States or buildings used for religious worship. However,
in such cases, a minimum side yard of two feet shall be required.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, which
immediately followed this subsection and provided for distance requirements
of buildings from waterways, was deleted 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1384.
