Bound Brook City Zoning Code
21-10.1 Zone
districts; Zoning Map.
[Ord. No. 04-12 § 21-10.1; Ord. No. 2008-05; Ord. No. 2013-14; Ord. No. 2014-06; 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-30; 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-35; 12-30-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-50; 6-27-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-028; 3-25-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-08]
a.
Zone districts. For the purpose of this chapter, the Borough of Bound Brook is hereby divided into zone districts known as:
R-1 | Single-Family Residence District |
R-2 | Single-Family Residence District |
R-3 | Single-Family Residence District |
R-4 | One- and Two-Family Residence District |
R-6 | Multiple Family Residence District |
O-B | Office Building District |
B-1 | General Business District |
B/R | Business/Residential District |
I-P | Industrial Park District |
OS-C | Open Space/Civic District |
MU-3 | Mixed Use Three District |
RR | Railroad District |
R-C | Riverfront Commercial District |
RB/R | Regional Business/Residential District |
RB-1 | Regional Business One District |
— | Redevelopment Overlay District |
ACD | Arts and Cultural District |
b.
Floodplain areas. Portions of certain of the foregoing zone districts are further included in floodplain areas, which floodplain areas shall be shown on certain maps drawn by the Department of Homeland Security – Federal Emergency Management Agency map 34035C, panels 0158E, 0159E, 0166E and 0167E, effective August 18, 2016.
c.
Map and schedule.[1] The Zoning Map dated June 2023 delineating the above districts and the Schedule of Requirements summarizing the required conditions for each district printed thereon are hereby declared to be a part of this chapter by reference. The zone district boundary lines are intended generally to follow street center lines, existing lot lines, center lines of railroad rights-of-way, and the line, as indicated on the zone map. Where a zone district boundary line does not coincide with any such line as above set forth, its location or relation to another boundary line is indicated on the zone map by means of figures expressing distance in feet from a street right-of-way or other boundary line. In cases of uncertainty or disagreement as to the true location of any zone district boundary line, the determination thereof shall lie with the Board of Adjustment.
d.
Zoning map amendments.
1.
Pursuant to Ord. No. 2014-06:
(a)
The following properties known as Block 7, Lots 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 on the official tax map of the Borough of Bound Brook, currently zoned R-4 One and Two-Family Residence District, are hereby rezoned to B/R Business/Residential District and that the Official Zoning Map of the Borough of Bound Brook authorized pursuant to § 21-10.1 is hereby amended to provide that the properties listed herein shall be shown as part of the B/R Business/Residential District.
(b)
The following property known as Block 13, Lot 12.01 on the official tax map of the Borough of Bound Brook, currently zoned R-6 Multiple Family Residence District, is hereby rezoned to B/R Business/Residential District and that the Official Zoning Map of the Borough of Bound Brook authorized pursuant to § 21-10.1 is hereby amended to provide that the properties listed herein shall be shown as part of the B/R Business/Residential District.
(c)
The following properties known as Block 5, Lots 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 26A, currently zoned NB/R Neighborhood Business/Residential District, are hereby rezoned to B/R Business/Residential District and that the Official Zoning Map of the Borough of Bound Brook authorized pursuant to § 21-10.1 is hereby amended to provide that the properties listed herein shall be shown as part of the B/R Business/Residential District.
(d)
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26, on June 12, 2014, the Borough of Bound Brook Planning Board reviewed the Ordinance amending and supplementing § 21-10.15 B/R Business/Residential District of Chapter 21, Land Use of the Revised General Ordinance of the Borough of Bound Brook and the rezoning of the properties identified in Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Ordinance, and identified no inconsistencies with the Borough of Bound Brook Master Plan.
2.
Pursuant to Ord. No. 2019-50:
(a)
All the properties currently shown on the Official Zoning Map of the Borough of Bound Brook as located within the Mixed Use Two (MU-2) District shall be redesignated and shown as located within the General Business (B-1) District and the Official Map of the Borough of Bound Brook authorized pursuant to Section 21-10.1 is hereby amended to provide that those properties shall be shown as part of the General Business (B-1) District.
(b)
Pursuant to N.J.S.A 40-55D-26, on ______, 2019, the Borough of Bound Brook Planning Board reviewed the ordinance amending and supplementing Section 21-10.1 and 21-10.17 of Chapter 21, Land Use, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough of Bound Brook and the rezoning of the properties identified in Section 21-10.1c2(a) of this section and identified no inconsistencies with the Borough of Bound Brook Master Plan.
3.
Pursuant to Ord. No. 2018-35:
(a)
The following properties shown on the official tax map of the Borough of Bound Brook as Tax Block 98.01, Lot 1; Tax Block 102, Lot 31; Tax Block 103, Lot 13; Tax Block 68, Lot 1.03; Tax Block 14, Lots 1, 2 and 3; Tax Block 44, Lot 1; Tax Block 45, Lots 1 and 1.01; Tax Block 76, Lots 6 and 7; Tax Block 79, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; Tax Block 13.02, Lots 5, 50 and 26.01; Tax Block 52, Lot 1; Tax Block 12, Lots 1 and 14; Tax Block 31, Lot 7; Tax Block 19, Lots 2 and 3; and Tax Block 29, Lot 17, in their entirety, and a portion of Tax Block 1, Lot 68.01 are hereby rezoned to OS-C Open Space/Civic and the Official Map of the Borough of Bound Brook authorized pursuant to § 21-10.1 is hereby amended to provide that the properties listed herein shall be shown as part of the OS-C Open Space/Civic District.
(b)
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26, on December 6, 2018, the Borough of Bound Brook Planning Board reviewed the ordinance amending and supplementing Sections 21-10.1 and 21-10.17 of Chapter 21, Land Use, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough of Bound Brook and the rezoning of the properties identified in Subsection 21-10.1d3(a) of this section, and identified no inconsistencies with the Borough of Bound Brook Master Plan.
4.
Pursuant to Ord. No. 2023-028: Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40-55D-26, on June 22, 2023, the Borough of Bound Brook Land Use Board reviewed the ordinance amending and supplementing Sections 21-10.1 and 21-10.11 of Chapter 21, Land Use, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough of Bound Brook and the rezoning of the properties identified in Sections 1 and 2 of this ordinance, and identified no inconsistencies with the Borough of Bound Brook Master Plan.