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Allenhurst City Zoning Code

§ 26-4.4

Regulations Applying to All Residential Districts.

[Ord. 6/26/79 § 404; Ord. No. 2005-09 § 2; Ord. No. 2006-06 § 1; Ord. No. 2008-02; Ord. No. 2010-14; Ord. No. 2017-12 § 3]
a. 
In each residential district, building height shall not exceed 2 1/2 stories in height or 35 feet in height, except that the provision of this subsection regarding height shall not apply to chimneys or flagpoles. No residential dwelling shall have habitable floor area on more than three stories, which shall include any portion or all of any 1/2 story permitted by the Borough’s development regulations.
[Amended 1-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-02; 3-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-04]
b. 
Front Yards; Front Setback. In all residential districts a front yard is required. No story of a building shall be nearer to the street line of any street on which it faces than the average alignment of the corresponding stories of existing buildings within the same block, excepting that no building shall be required to be set back more than fifty (50) feet from the front property line. Every front yard shall have an established landscaped green space (such as lawn, vegetative ground cover, bushes, trees, etc., but not any hardscape or impervious surface) of not less than eighty (80%) percent of the total front yard area remaining after deducting that portion of the front yard area that contains a front porch and any stairs leading to the front porch.
c. 
Any structure located on a corner lot shall be set back from both streets at least the required front yard distance.
d. 
General Rear and Side Yards. Along and within fifteen (15) feet of any boundary line, between two (2) different kinds of districts, yards required in the less restricted area shall be at least equal in depth or width respectively at any level to the depth or width required for yards in the more restrictive district.
e. 
Rear Yards. In all residential districts a rear yard is required. Its depth at the ground story shall be not less than twenty (20%) percent of the depth of the lot. No portion of a principal dwelling shall be located any closer to a rear lot line than one hundred twenty (120%) percent of the building height at that point.
f. 
Side Yards. In all residential districts, a side yard shall be at least ten (10%) percent of the lot width but not less than five (5) feet from the side lot line to any dwelling or building, with the exception of the set back requirements for private, detached garages. Combined side yards shall be at least thirty (30%) percent of the width of the lot, and all new construction shall be so arranged to provide the greatest distance between adjacent buildings. No building shall be nearer to any side lot line than five (5) feet except as provided in paragraph g3 of this subsection. No accessory building shall be permitted in the side yard of a corner lot.
In addition:
1. 
For lots that are not wider than sixty (60) feet, no portion of a principal dwelling shall be located closer to a side lot line than forty (40%) percent of its height at that point;
2. 
For lots that are greater than sixty (60) feet, but not wider than one hundred (100) feet, no portion of a principal dwelling shall be located closer to a side lot line than fifty (50%) percent of its height at that point; and
3. 
For lots that are wider than one hundred (100) feet, no portion of a principal dwelling shall be located closer to a side lot line than sixty (60%) percent of its height at that point.
g. 
Private Garages.
1. 
A completely enclosed private garage shall be located on every property on which a dwelling is newly constructed or a dwelling rebuilt. Detached garages are required within the Historic District.
2. 
No garage shall have a capacity greater than required for the storage of three (3) passenger automobiles and accessory items ancillary to occupancy of the dwelling.
3. 
Garage area shall not exceed thirty-five (35%) percent of the required rear yard area. Detached garages shall be located at least three and one-half (3 1/2) feet from each side and rear lot line. Attached garages must comply with the setback requirements for dwellings and buildings.
4. 
The minimum width of any private garage shall be twelve (12) feet measured at the exterior, and the minimum depth of any private garage shall be twenty (20) feet measured at the exterior. The minimum width of the primary garage door to provide vehicular access shall be eight (8) feet. A private garage shall also have an unobstructed interior space of not less than eleven (11) feet in width and not less than nineteen (19) feet in depth, with sufficient height for vehicular storage of at least one (1) standard size passenger vehicle that can enter and exit the garage from a primary garage door. No garage door shall be wider than ten (10) feet.
5. 
Facilities for cooking, such as stoves and ovens, shall not be permitted in a private garage, although portable equipment such as barbeque grills are not prohibited as long as the owner complies with all fire codes and equipment recommendations for the use of such portable equipment outside of the garage and dwelling when in use.
6. 
All private garages shall have a driveway that leads to at least one (1) primary garage door and the unobstructed interior space that meets the minimum requirements for vehicular storage as required by paragraph 4. herein, and in the Borough's Development Regulations.
h. 
Projection into Yards.
1. 
Chimneys or flues may be erected within a required rear yard or a required side yard provided they do not project into the yard more than two (2) feet and do not exceed ten (10) square feet in aggregate external area measured at ground level.
2. 
Required yards shall be open to the sky, unobstructed, except for the ordinary projection of parapets, skylights, windowsills, door posts, rain water leaders, and ornamental fixtures which may not project more than six (6) inches into the yard.
3. 
An open porch may project into any required front yard in any residential district a maximum of ten (10) feet. Porches may be screened with wire mesh, or equivalent, but not enclosed either partially or fully, in plastic or in glass, or in any other manner whatsoever. A temporary glass or plastic enclosed vestibule may be erected on any front porch during the winter against the main front wall at the front door entrance, providing it does not exceed thirty (30) square feet in the floor area.
i. 
Maximum Building Coverage. In all residential districts, building coverage which applies to the principal building only, may not exceed twenty (20%) percent of the total lot area.
j. 
Maximum Impervious Surface Coverage. In all residential districts, the maximum impervious surface coverage may not exceed forty (40%) percent of the total lot area.
k. 
On-Site Parking. Each residential dwelling shall accommodate on-site parking within a driveway according to the following requirements, and for purposes of calculating the number of spaces, the distance between the street and the front of the dwelling shall not be used for calculating the number of off-street parking spaces.
Off-Street Parking Requirements, Borough of Allenhurst
Number of Bedrooms
Number of Parking Spaces
3 or less
2
4
3
5
3
6
4
7
5
8
6
9
6
10 or more
As required by the Residential Site Improvement Standards, but not less than six (6)
In the event of any conflict between the Allenhurst Land Use and Development Ordinance and the Residential Site Improvement Standards ("RSIS"), the provision of RSIS shall control the off-street parking requirements for residential dwellings within the municipality.