Animal hospitals shall be located no closer than two hundred (200) feet to any residential zone line. Such facilities shall be maintained in an enclosed structure and shall be of soundproof construction and so operated as to produce no objectionable odors at the property line. Open kennels, exercise pens or runways shall not be located closer than four hundred (400) feet to any property line and shall be subject to noise and odor controls established for an enclosed building. Open kennels, pens or runway shall not be located within a wetland area, wetland buffer, flood hazard area or recharge area.
Apartments and townhouses shall be required to obtain site plan approval, including approved water and sewer service.
a. Each overall development shall have a compatible architectural and landscaping theme with variations in design to provide attractiveness to the development Each project shall specify how each of the following considerations has been incorporated into the overall plans: landscaping techniques, building orientation to the site and to other structures, topography, natural features such as wooded areas, drainage courses, soil conditions and topographic relief, and building design features such as varying unit widths, staggering unit setbacks, providing different exterior materials, changing roof lines and roof designs, altering building heights and changing types of windows, shutters, doors, porches, colors and vertical or horizontal orientation of the facades, singularly or in combination.
b. Configuration of structures.
(1) The configuration of apartment structures may be any alignment that meets the yard and other bulk requirements of this Ordinance and does not exceed the following overall or component building lengths.
(a) One hundred (100) feet in any one plane.
(b) Two hundred fifty (250) feet on any angle.
(c) Five hundred (500) feet along the center line.
(2) Any passageway between two (2) structures which has a roof attached to both structures shall be included in calculating these lengths. Townhouse structures shall have not less than three (3) nor more than eight (8) units in one (1) townhouse building group, except, in any event, no overall structure shall have a length of less than seventy- two (72) feet, nor a length greater than two hundred (200) feet.
c. No apartment building shall be located closer to a one- or two- family dwelling than fifty (50) feet in an R-4 District and forty (40) feet in an R-3 District.
d. All required open space and recreation areas shall be improved for the purpose intended as shown on the plan. For any development in excess of ten (10) dwelling units, a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the total land area shall be set aside and developed for usable recreation area or landscaped area with benches. Such area shall be in one (1) usable tract not exceeding five percent (5%) in slope in any direction. The requirement for such area to be in one (1) tract may be varied, subject to showing that there would be a greater benefit in having separate sections for outdoor living or to provide a more desirable building setting. Regulations governing swimming pools shall be in accordance with § 96-7.9.
e. The maximum development density for apartments and townhouses shall be twelve (12) dwelling units per acre or part thereof.
f. The location of recreational facilities shall consider the proximity of structures, type of recreational facility, noise level and evening illumination which may create nuisances for residents, and pedestrian and bicycle traffic across major interior roads or driveways. The periphery of any recreation area shall be no closer to a residential structure than the minimum yard setback for that structure.
a. All buildings shall be setback a minimum of twenty (20) feet from any property 1 line, except where greater distances are otherwise required herein.
b. In R Districts, where permitted, there may be included retail sales for members and their guests only.
For all buildings in the C-1(H) Central Business Historic Zone: a. Establishment of Historic District. The C-1(H) Central Business Historic District as delineated on the Zoning Map of the Village of Ridgefield Park is hereby designated as an Historic District, as provided under the Municipal Land Use Law, N J S A.40 55D-651. This is in recognition of the description of the district in the Master Plan as described in the preceding subsection, and also in recognition of studies of the history of the Village of Ridgefield Park describing its development by the year 1910 as the second largest railroad commuting community on any of the New York City rail lines and reflecting the extensive survival of the original architecture of the Central Business District.
b. For the purposes of administering and enforcing the required design guidelines hereunder, a Historic Preservation Commission is established as provider under N.J.S.A. 40:55F-107. The Historic Preservation Commission shall include a member of the Planning Board and a member owning or operating a business in the C-1 (H) Lone and at least one member of each of the following classes:
(1) Class A- A person who is knowledgeable in building design and construction or architectural history and who may reside outside the municipality.
(2) Class B- A person who is knowledgeable or with a demonstrated interest in local history and who may reside outside the community.
c. The Historic Preservation Commission shall consist of five regular members and not more than two alternate members of the regular members, a total of at least one less than a majority shall be of Classes A and B.
(1) Those regular members who are not designated as Class A or B shall be designated as Class C. Class C members shall be citizens of the municipality who hold no other municipal office, position or employment except for membership on the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment.
(2) Alternate members shall meet the qualifications of Class C members. The Mayor shall appoint all members of the Commission and shall designate at the time of appointment the regular members by class and the alternate members as "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2" The terms of the members first appointed shall be so determined that, to the greatest practicable extent, the expiration of the terms shall be distributed, in the case of regular members, evenly over the first four years after their appointment and, in the case of alternate members, evenly over the first two years after the appointment, provided that the initial term of no regular member shall exceed four years and that the initial term of no alternate member shall exceed two years Thereafter, the term of a regular member shall be four years, and the term of an alternate member shall be two years. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of, term shall be filled for the unexpired term only. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the term of any member common to the Historic Preservation Commission and the Planning Board shall be for the term of membership on the Planning Board, and the term of any member common to the Historic Preservation Commission and the Board of Adjustment shall be for the term of membership on the Board of Adjustment.
(3) The Historic Preservation Commission shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman from its members and select a Secretary who may or may not be a member of the Historic Preservation Commission or a municipal employee.
(4) Alternate members may participate in discussions of the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular member. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. In the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate member is to vote, Alternate No. I shall vote.
d. No member of the Historic Preservation Commission shall be permitted to act on any matter in which he has, either directly or indirectly, any personal or financial interest.
e. The Mayor and Commissioners shall make provision in its budget and appropriate funds for the expenses of the Historic Preservation Commission.
f. The Historic Preservation Commission may employ, contract for and fix the compensation of experts and other staff and services as it shall deem necessary. The Commission shall obtain its legal counsel from the Municipal Attorney at the rate of compensation determined by the Mayor and Commissioners Expenditures pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed, exclusive of gifts or grants, the amount appropriated by the Mayor and Commissioners for the Commission's use.
g. The Historic Preservation Commission shall have the responsibility to
(1) Prepare a survey of historic sites o the municipality pursuant to criteria identified in the survey report.
(2) Make recommendations to the Planning Board on the Historic Preservation Plan element of the Master Plan and on the implications for preservation of historic sites of any other Master Plan elements.
(3) Advise the Planning Board on the inclusion of historic sites in the recommended capital improvement program.
(4) Advise the Planning Board and Board of Adjustment on applications for development as provided herein.
(5) Provide written reports as provided herein on the application of the Zoning ordinance provisions concerning historic preservation.
(6) Carry out such other advisory, educational and informational functions as will promote historic preservation in the municipality.
h. The Planning Board and Board of Adjustment shall make available to the Historic Preservation Commission an informational copy of ever; application submitted to either Board for development of buildings with nonresidential uses in the C- 1(H) Zone. Failure to make the informational copy available shall not invalidate any hearing or proceeding. The Historic Preservation Commission may provide its advice which shall be conveyed through its delegation of one of its members or staff to testify orally at the hearing on the application and to explain any written report which may have been submitted.
i. All applications for building permits involving the exteriors of buildings with commercial uses in the C1(H) Zone visible from a public street, and even where not requiring a building permit, exterior alterations, including painting and signs, shall be referred by the Construction Official to the Historic Preservation Commission for a written report which shall be made within 45 days The Chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission may act in the place of the full Commission for purposes of this section.
j. If, within the forty-five day period, the Historic Preservation Commission or the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, recommends to the Construction Official against the proposed building change or recommends conditions, the administrative officer shall deny issuance of the permit or other approval or include the conditions, as the case may be Failure to report within the forty- five day period shall be deemed to constitute a report in favor of the issuance of the permit or approval and without the recommendation of conditions in the permit or approval.
k. The review criteria shall be the Building Design Guidelines for the Ridgefield Park Central Business Historic District, which shall be maintained in the Office of the Village Construction Code Official. Said criteria shall be made part of this Ordinance.
l. Destruction of historic and architecturally significant buildings and structures shall be discouraged. Demolition or removal may be forbidden or postponed for a period of six months, after a public hearing granted to the applicant, if requested, and the Historic Preservation Commission shall consult civic groups and public agencies to ascertain how the village may preserve the building or structure. The Historic Preservation Commission is empowered to work out with the owner feasible plans for the preservation of buildings and structures. Moving of such buildings and structures shall be encouraged as an alternative to destruction. If no feasible alternative is reached, demolition or removal shall be permitted.
m. When it is necessary to move an historic or architecturally significant building or structure to another site within the Village of Ridgefield Park, in order to preserve it, upon approval of relocation plans by the Historic Preservation Commission, said building or structure may be relocated, provided that it fulfills the area regulations of said zone as to lot size, setback and yard area. If, however, relocation is within or to the C-1(H) Central Business Historic District Zone, it may be in the public interest to grant a variance from normal yard requirements, and where it is deemed by the Historic Preservation Commission that such a variance will not adversely affect neighboring properties and will maintain the historic appearance of the site, the Historic Preservation Commission may recommend to the Board of Adjustment or the Planning Board that such variance from normal yard requirements be made.
n. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the repair or rebuilding of any historic building or structure in order to maintain or return said building or structure to its original condition prior to its deterioration or destruction nor to prevent the alteration, repair or demolition of any recent building, structure or addition out of keeping with the architectural character of said area. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent ordinary maintenance or repair of an exterior architectural feature now or hereafter in the C-1(H) Central Business Historic District Zone which involves no change in design, material, color or outward appearance thereof, nor shall anything in this section be construed to prevent the construction, reconstruction, alteration or destruction of any such feature which the Construction Official shall determine is required by public health, safety and general welfare because of an unsafe or dangerous condition.
a. A motel or hotel shall be a principal permitted use within the OP-1 and OP-2 zone districts.
b. Such uses shall have a minimum area for each unit of occupancy of two hundred (200) square feet and shall include a minimum of one (1) bedroom and a shower or bath, sink and a water closet.
e. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be in accordance with the requirements herein. Off-street parking shall not be permitted within thirty (30') feet of any street right-of- way line.
a. Area, Bulk and Yard Regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area: 80,000 square feet.
(2) Minimum lot area per patient bed: 1,000 square feet.
(3) Minimum lot width: 200 feet.
(4) Minimum lot depth: 300 feet.
(5) Maximum lot coverage: 30%
(7) Minimum yard requirements:
b. Courts.
Where a court is provided, it shall have dimensions the minimum of which shall be forty (40') feet.
c. Recreational Space.
There shall be provided on the site of such development an area or areas of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet plus fifty (50) square feet per patient bed which shall be utilized for the recreational use of the patients therein.
Private homes, businesses and industries established along navigable waters shall be permitted to construct piers and bulkheads for the purpose of docking boats and filling land so long as they do not interfere with the navigation of craft within the channel into which they abut, and provided further that said piers and bulkheads shall have the necessary approval of the New Jersey Bureau of Navigation and State and Federal agencies having jurisdiction thereover and site plan approval from the Village.
Two-family dwellings shall be a permitted use in the R-2 residential zone subject to the submission of a plot plan to the Planning Board as defined under n 96-2.2 herein. All two-family buildings that are to be constructed as a new building, an expansion of a one-family residence to a two-family dwelling; or a modification in an existing two-family dwelling, whether or not the application requires one or more "c" variances shall be required to submit a plot plan to the Planning Board.
