[Amended 5-16-1983 by Ord. No. 964; 5-13-1985 by Ord. No. 1008; 5-13-1986 by Ord. No. 1008; 12-15-1997 by Ord. No. 17-97; 12-22-1998 by Ord. No. 22-98; 9-27-1999 by Ord. No. 13-99; 5-1-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-05]
In Districts A, only the following uses are permitted:
A. 
Single-family, detached dwelling, used as a residence by not more than one family and not to exceed one such dwelling unit on each lot. Further, this use shall not be deemed to include any accommodation used, in whole or in part, for transient occupancy.
B. 
Public schools of the school district, private schools not operated for profit of elementary and high school grade and public parks and playgrounds, and including their accessory buildings and structures.
C. 
(Reserved)
D. 
A home professional office of a practitioner of a recognized profession of a resident who resides on Broad Avenue, Grand Avenue or Fort Lee Road, provided that not more than two persons are employed upon the premises, and that such office shall be part of the dwelling in which the practitioner resides and shall not occupy more than 1/2 of the area of one floor of said building. A home professional office shall not include the office of any person professionally engaged in the purchase or sale of goods kept or displayed on the premises. A home professional office shall not include a biological or other medical testing laboratory except those that are incidental to and used in conjunction with a resident or physician or dentist.
E. 
Home occupations, in any dwelling unit, a resident may conduct a business activity, subject to the following:
(1) 
No person other than members of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such occupation;
(2) 
The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants, and not more than 10% of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation;
(3) 
There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises, or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation;
(4) 
No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building;
(5) 
There shall be no more than one sale or other client visit per hour in connection with such home occupation;
(6) 
The home occupation shall only be conducted as follows: weekdays 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturdays 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sundays - not permitted.
(7) 
No traffic or parking shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood;
(8) 
No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot, if the occupation is conducted in a single-family residence, or outside the dwelling unit if conducted in other than single-family residence, nor shall any equipment cause electrical or audible interference in any radiom television receivers, telephone, computer or other electronic devises off the premises, or cause fluctuations in the line voltage off the premises; and
(9) 
No nuisance factors shall be permitted.
F. 
Places of worship subject to the following requirements:
(1) 
Such use shall be subject to site plan review and approval in accordance with Chapter 236 of the Code of the Borough of Leonia.
(2) 
The minimum lot area shall be one acre.
(3) 
The minimum lot frontage shall be 150 feet.
(4) 
The minimum lot depth shall be 200 feet.
(5) 
The minimum front yard shall be 50 feet.
(6) 
The minimum side yard shall be 25 feet.
(7) 
The minimum rear yard shall be 50 feet.
(8) 
No building shall exceed a height of more than 35 feet.
(9) 
No more than 65% of the lot shall be covered with impervious materials.
(10) 
The total area of all buildings shall not exceed 25% of the total lot area.
(11) 
Adequate screening, as required by the Planning Board, shall be installed and maintained in good condition for a depth of at least 10 feet along the property line of any abutting single-family residential district or use.
(12) 
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Article XVIII of this chapter.
(13) 
No parking shall be permitted within the required front yard.
In Districts A, the following conditions shall be met:
A. 
Height. No principal building shall exceed a height of two stories and attic nor more than 35 feet.
B. 
Front yard. Every building shall have a front yard conforming to the following restrictions:
(1) 
Where the building line of a lot shall have been established by or pursuant to ordinance, including a plot map duly approved and filed, no building on such lot shall extend nearer to the street line than such building line.
(2) 
Where no building line shall have been established for a lot, no building thereon shall extend nearer to the street line than 25 feet nor nearer than the mean distance of setback of the nearest building or buildings, other than accessory buildings, within 100 feet on each side of and fronting on the same side of the street as the aforesaid building, except that no building shall be required to set back from the street line more than 50 feet.
(3) 
Where no other building fronts on the same side of the street within 100 feet of a proposed building, or where a new street is accepted by the Borough Council, the building line for a lot or lots may be established by ordinance, except in cases where a building line shall have been established by the plot map approved by the Borough Planning Board.
(4) 
In the case of a corner lot, the frontage calculation shall be the frontage exposure with street address as listed in the Borough's tax records. Buildings on corner lots shall meet the front yard setback requirements for each street.
[Amended 12-4-1991 by Ord. No. 1134]
C. 
Rear yard.
[Amended 9-9-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-06]
(1) 
There shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet. A building on a lot extended through from street to street shall, in lieu of a rear yard, conform to the front yard requirement on each street. On corner lots, the rear yard shall be determined to be opposite the street address listed in the Borough tax records.
(2) 
On corner lots, the frontage calculation shall be the frontage which street address is listed in the Borough's tax records. Buildings on corner lots shall meet the front yard setback requirements of each street, a rear yard and one side yard.
D. 
Side yards. There shall be two side yards of not less than required in the following schedule:
[Amended 12-4-1991 by Ord. No. 1134]
District
Minimum Width of Any Side Yard
(feet)
Width of Side Yards Combined
(Percentage of Lot Width at the Building Line)
A-1
18
40
A-2
14
40
A-3 (parcels having a width of 50 feet or less)
8
30 (minimum of 18 feet)
A-3 (parcels having a width of more than 50 feet)
10
40
A-4 [Amended 10-2-1989 by Ord. No. 1089]
10
40
E. 
Minimum lot area and frontage. There shall be a minimum lot area measured within a distance of 100 feet of the front street line. The lot area and the lot width at the street line shall not be less than the following:
[Amended 10-2-1989 by Ord. No. 1089; 12-4-1991 by Ord. No. 1134; 9-9-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-06]
District
Minimum Lot Area
(square feet)
Minimum Lot Width at Street Line
(feet)
A-1
10,000
100
A-2
8,000
80
A-3
5,000
50
A-4
7,500
50
F. 
Maximum coverage.
[Amended 5-16-1983 by Ord. No. 964; 5-13-1985 by Ord. No. 1008; 9-9-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-06]
(1) 
The total building coverage shall not exceed 25% of the lot area. Lot coverage shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.
(2) 
For undersized lots that are 6,000 square feet in area or less and have a detached garage in the rear yard, only 50% of the driveway located behind the front facade of the dwelling shall be counted towards lot coverage.
G. 
Minimum living floor area. Every single-family dwelling shall have a minimum living floor area in accordance with the following schedule:
Minimum Living Floor Area
District
One-Story
(square feet)
Two-Story
(square feet)
A-1
1,500
2,000
A-2
1,250
1,800
A-3
1,100
1,600
A-4 [Amended 10-2-1989 by Ord. No. 1089]
1,500
2,000
H. 
Lot Depth. In A-1, A-2 and both A-3 Districts, there shall be a lot depth of not less than 100 feet. In A-4 District, there shall be a lot depth of not less than 150 feet.
[Amended 10-2-1989 by Ord. No. 1089; 12-4-1991 by Ord. No. 1148]
A. 
No parcel or tract of land under single ownership fronting on an accepted street shall be subdivided into two or more lots, unless said lots conform to the provisions of this section as hereinafter set forth.
B. 
The width of any proposed lot shall not be less than set forth in the limiting schedule contained in § 290-8E or the average width of the lots in the neighborhood of the tract to be subdivided or 75 feet, whichever is greater. When computing the average width of the lots in the neighborhood, the following lots shall be excluded from the computation: the large lot to be subdivided, tracts or lots which have been vacant more than five years and lots containing conforming nonresidential or multifamily uses.
[Amended 5-13-1985 by Ord. No. 1008; 6-19-2006 by Ord. No. 04-06]
In Districts A, the following conditions shall be met:
A. 
No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected, constructed, placed, altered or enlarged in any residential zone which shall be substantially like any neighboring buildings, as herein defined, then in existence or for which a building permit has been duly issued, unless such building shall vary in a reasonably substantial manner. In determining whether the building varies reasonably as required herein, the Planning Board shall consider the following features:
(1) 
Floor plans.
(2) 
Exterior elevations with respect to, but not limited to, fenestration, entrances, porches, garages, stairs, landings and prominent ornamentation and facade treatment.
(3) 
Roof height, slope, orientation of main ridge line, proportion or roof elements or materials.
(4) 
Type and pattern of exterior surface materials.
B. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, nothing herein shall be deemed to require an owner or an applicant for a building permit to remove or alter an existing structure, or any part thereof, or replace existing structural features or materials, which replacement, removal or alteration the owner or applicant has not included in the plans submitted as part of the application for a building permit. The requirements of this section shall only apply to such portions of the dwelling house the owner or applicant desires to repair, alter or add, and then only to the extent that the same are applicable and can reasonably be required without impairing the architectural integrity of the existing dwelling houses and/or adding substantially to the cost of the intended repair, alteration or addition.
C. 
This section shall not apply to parcels of land upon which only one dwelling house may exist under this chapter:
(1) 
If the owner does not own any contiguous parcel or lot upon which a dwelling house may lawfully be constructed; and
(2) 
If no predecessor in title to the owner of the parcel or lot, owned any such contiguous parcel or lot as of the effective date of this chapter.
D. 
Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the Building Inspector shall require the applicant to submit floor plans and elevations, including descriptions of materials to be used thereon, drawn to a scale of 1/4 inch equals one foot for review and approval by the Leonia Planning Board.