Chapter 17.12 ZONE REGULATIONS | |||||||
17.12.010 Schedule of zone regulations.
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The restrictions and controls intended to regulate development in each zone are as set forth below and as supplemented by special restrictions and controls in other sections of this title. (Ord. 820 § 4.100, 1963) | |||||||
17.12.020 R-1 zone.
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A. Principal Permitted Uses.
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1. Single-family detached dwellings; or
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2. Churches; or
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3. Private country clubs subject to the special restrictions in Chapter 17.20; or 4. Public and private day schools, not operated for a profit of elementary or high school grade.
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B. Accessory 'Uses. (Subject to special restrictions in Chapter 17.20)
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1. Signs.
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2. Private garages and private parking areas.
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3. Other uses customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal permitted uses, the term accessory use, however, not including a business or a driveway or a walk for access to a business or commercial use, or any building or use, not located on the same lot as the building or use to which it is accessory.
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C. Building Height-Except Churches and Schools (Maximum).
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1. Principal building: thirty-five. feet;
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2. Accessory building: fifteen feet.
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D. Lot Area (Minimum). Eight thousand five hundred square feet measured within the first one hundred feet back from the street lot line.
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E. Lot Width (Minimum). Eighty-five feet.
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F. Lot Depth (Minimum). One hundred twenty-five feet.
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G. Yards (Minimum).
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1. Front Yard Depth. Forty feet except that where there are existing buildings on the same side of the street within the block, then not less than the average of the depths of the front yards of the buildings on the same side of the street and facing said street.
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2. Side Yard Width. Two side yards shall be required: One, six feet: other, tan feet and more if necessary so that no point in any wall or roof shall be closer to the side lot lint than two-thirds of the height of said point above the average finished grade. along the nearest side wall of the building.
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3. Rear Yard Depth. Twenty-five percent of the depth of the lot, but need not exceed twenty-five feet.
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H. Building Area (Maximum). Twenty percent of lot area. (Ord. 929 § 1, 1971; Ord. 919 § 2, 1.970; Ord. 869 H 1, 2, 1967; Ord. 820 §§ 4.110--4.118, 1963)
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17.12.030 R-2 zone and R-3 zone.
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A. Principal Permitted Uses.
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1. Same as R-1, but excluding private country clubs.
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2. In R-3 zones only, hospitals, subject to the special restrictions in Chapter 17.20, and municipally owned and controlled service yard and buildings.
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B. Accessory Uses. Same as R-1.
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C. Building Height (Maximum). Same as R-1.
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D. Lot Area (Minimum).
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1. For R-2 zone: six thousand two hundred square feet, measured within the first one hundred feet back from the street lot line.
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2. For R-3 zone: four thousand eight hundred square feet measured within the first one hundred feet back from the street lot line.
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E. Lot Width (Minimum).
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1. For R-2 zone: sixty-two feet.
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2. For R-3 zone: forty-eight feet.
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F. Lot Depth (Minimum). One hundred feet.
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G. Yards (Minimum).
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1. Front Yard Depth. Twenty-five feet, except that where there are existing buildings on the same side of the street within the block, then not less than the average of the depths of the front yards of the buildings on the same side of the street and facing said street.
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2. Side Yard Width. Two side yards are required: One, four feet; and the other eight feet and more if necessary so that no point in any building shall be close to the larger side lot line than one-third the height of said point above the average finished grade Long the nearest side wall of the building; provided, however, that no building shall be erected closer than twelve feet to another building.
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3. Rear Yard Depth. Same as R-1.
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H. Building Area (Maximum). Thirty percent of lot area. (Ord. 1030 § 1, 1979; Ord. 893 § 2, 1969, Ord. 820 §§ 4,1204.128, 1963)
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17.12.040 R-4 zone.
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A. Principal Permitted Uses.
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1. One-family detached dwellings.
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2. Two-family detached dwellings.
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B. Accessory Uses. Same as R-1.
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C. Building Height (Maximum). Same as R-1.
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D. Lot Area (Minimum). Three thousand three hundred square feet measured within the first one hundred feet back from the street lot line.
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E. Lot Width (Minimum). Thirty-three feet.
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F. Lot Depth (Minimum). One hundred feet.
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G. Yards (Minimum).
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1. Front Yard Depth, Fifteen feet except that where there are existing buildings on the same side of the street within the block, then not less than the average of the depths of the front Yards of the buildings on the same side of the street and facing said street.
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2. Side Yard Width. Two side yards are required. One, ten feet. Total of both, twelve feet.
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3. Combined Side Yard Width. Combined adjoining side yards for adjoining lots in the R-4 zone shall be no less than twelve feet. notwithstanding other side yard requirements.
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4. Rear Yard Depth. Twenty percent of lot depth, but need not exceed twenty feet.
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H. Building Area (Maximum). Fifty-five percent of lot area at curb level. Forty percent of lot area, fifteen feet and more above curb level. (Ord. 820 §§ 4.130-4.138, 1963)
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17.12.050 R-5 zone.
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A. Principal Permitted Uses.
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1. Existing single-family residential structures subject to the area yard and bulk regulations of the R-3 zone and Sections 17.24020 and 17.24.030 relating to nonconforming buildings and lots.
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2. Townhouses.
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3. Public parking lots and structures.
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B. Conditional Use. Professional offices which meet the following conditions: 1. Access must be provided onto either Clark Street or Bloomfield Avenue;
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2. All parking areas abutting or facing, a residential zone or residential use shall provide a twelve-foot wide buffer area between any parking or loading areas and the residential zone or residential use. Said buffer shall provide a close woven wood fence, wood or hedge at least six feet in height so as to create an effective screen. In addition, adequate landscaping shall be provided within the buffer area;
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3. No building shall be closer than thirty feet to the side or rear line of any adjacent property;
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4. Adequate on-site parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with Section 17.12.060(A) so that no parking related to the office shall occur on the street;
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5. Maximum impervious coverage: sixty percent.
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C. Accessory Uses (Subject to special restrictions of Chapter 17.20).
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1. Private garages and private parking areas.
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2. Loading areas.
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3. Signs.
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4. Other uses customarily incidental and sub-ordinate to the principal permitted use.
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D. Maximum Permitted Density for Townhouses.
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1. Two thousand five hundred square feet or more (excluding garages): eight units per acre.
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2. One thousand five hundred to two thousand four hundred ninety-nine square feet (excluding garages): nine units per acre. 3. Under one thousand five hundred square feet (excluding garages): ten units per acre.
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E. Maximum Building Height.
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1. Principal building: two and one-half stories. and thirty-five feet
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2. Accessory building: fifteen feet.
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F. 1. Minimum Lot Area. Forty thousand square feet to be measured within two hundred fifty feet from the ROW line.
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2. Minimum Lot Width. One hundred sixty feet.
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3. Minimum Lot Depth. One hundred fifty feet.
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4. Minimum Setbacks. No principal structure shall be located closer than twenty-five feet to any abutting public street or property line.
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G. Maximum Building Area. Thirty percent.
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H. Minimum Off-Street Parking.
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1. Townhouses: 2.3 parking spaces for each unit (of which one space must be in an attached enclosed garage).
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2. Professional buildings: One parking, space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area.
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3. Medical offices: On., parking space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area.
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4. No motor vehicle shall be parked closer than twenty-five feet to any public street line or closer than eight feet to any lot line.
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5. A driveway shall not be less than five feet from any adjoining lot line.
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I. Design and Building Layout townhouses.
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1. A maximum of six units in a single row is permitted. A minimum offset of four feet for every fifty feet is required.
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2. Minimum distance between townhouse buildings shall be as follows:
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a Windowless wall to windowless wall: twenty feet | |||||||
b. Window wall to windowless wall.. thirty feet.
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c. Window wall to window wall.
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i. Front to front: seventy-five feet.
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ii. Rear to rear- fifty feet. | |||||||
iii. End to end: thirty feet. | |||||||
The planning board may reduce the above distances by not more than twenty percent if there is an angle of twenty degrees or more between buildings and if extensive landscaping and buffers, which provide necessary screening and shielding are placed between buildings. | |||||||
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3. Minimum common open space: twenty-five percent. (Ord. 1173 (part), 1990)
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