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Bridgeton City Zoning Code

SECTION 410

120 Residential Districts.

[Ord. No. 70-25 §12, 3-18-1970; Ord. No. 97-62, 9-17-1997; Ord. No. 70-25, 3-18-1970; Ord. No. 74-113, 10-2-1974; Ord. No. 83-30, 6-1-1983; Ord. No. 89-74, 8-16-1989; Ord. No. 89-108, 12-6-1989; Ord. No. 90-57, 6-6-1990; Ord. No. 92-02, 2-5-1992; Ord. No. 00-07, 2-2-2000; Ord. No. 00-35, 4-19-2000; Ord. No. 01-08, 1-17-2001; Ord. No. 01-21, 4-18-2001; Ord. No. 04-16 §1, 3-3-2004; Ord. No. 06-03 §1, 2-1-2006]
A. 
Purpose. The residential districts set forth herein are established in order to protect public health and promote public safety, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity and welfare. These general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:
1. 
To protect residential areas against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, offensive noise, smoke, vibrations, dust, odors, heat, glare, and other objectionable factors.
2. 
To protect residential areas to the extent possible and appropriate in each area against unduly heavy motor vehicle traffic, especially through traffic, and to alleviate congestion by promoting off-street parking.
3. 
To protect residential areas against undue congestion of public streets and other public facilities by controlling the density of population through regulation of the bulk of buildings.
4. 
To protect and promote the public health and comfort by providing for ample light and air to buildings and the windows thereof.
5. 
To promote public comfort and welfare by providing for usable open space on the same lot with residential development.
6. 
To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations to meet the probable need for future residential expansion and to meet the needs for necessary and desirable services in the vicinity of residences, which increase safety and amenity for residents and which do not exert objectionable influences.
7. 
To promote the best use and development of residential land in accordance with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, to promote stability of residential development and protect the character and desirable development, and to protect the value of land and improvements and so strengthen the economic base of the City.
B. 
The following tables represent the requirements and uses permitted in the residential districts.
[Ord. No. 15-29 §4, 11-4-2015; Ord. No. 20-18, 9-2-2020]
RESIDENTIAL USES
P -- Permitted
PS -- Permitted w/special use permit
NP -- Not permitted
ZONING DISTRICT
USE
R1
R1A
R2
R3
R4
R4A
R5
R6
Accessory building, as defined herein, and as regulated by this Chapter
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Accessory uses including park and open space facilities
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
P
Adult boarding facility, residential care facility
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Adult day care facility
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Cemeteries, crematories or mausoleums
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Child care, as defined in this Chapter
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Children's home
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
NP
Churches
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Convents, monasteries, rectories or parish houses to be occupied by not more than 15 persons
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Day care center
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
PS
PS
Day care center, religious institution
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Day care center, when operated on the same premises as a public or private educational institution
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Day care, home
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Golf courses, including customary accessory buildings, uses and activities
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Group home, provided that it is not located within 1,250 feet of an existing group home, as set forth in Section 410.050(Q).
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Heliports associated with hospitals
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Home occupations as defined in this Chapter
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Hospitals or sanitariums, public or private
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Intermediate care facility, skilled nursing facility
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
PS
PS
Multi-family dwellings
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
P
Municipal or privately-owned recreation building or community center, including Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A.
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Off-street public parking areas and garages, provided there is a need for this facility, and that no appropriate site is available in nearby business or manufacturing districts
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Planned developments, subject to all provisions of this Chapter relating to Planned Developments
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Public buildings, including art gallery, library, museum or similar structures
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Public park or playground operated by a governmental jurisdiction
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Public utility line poles or towers, for electricity or communication, when they exceed the height limitation of the district. The entire transmission line route may be treated as one application
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Schools, elementary and high, and colleges, public or private, including nursery schools and other schools
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Sewage treatment plants and sewage lagoons
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
Short-term rentals
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
Signs as regulated by the Sign Ordinance of the City (Ch. 515)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Single-family detached dwellings
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Skilled nursing facility, provided that the facility contains no more than 240 beds and that the facility is located on a tract of land not less than 4.5 acres
NP
NP
NP
PS
NP
NP
PS
PS
Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes for a period not to exceed one year
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Truck gardening and other horticultural uses where no building is involved and when no sales of products is conducted
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Two-family dwellings
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
Water storage tank
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS
RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
ZONING DISTRICT
R1
R1A
R2
R3
R4
R4A
R5
R6
Maximum height of structures (1)
In feet
35
35
35
35
35
55
35
45
In stories
2½
2½
2½
2½
2½
3
2½
3
Minimum lot area per dwelling unit (in acres or square feet)
Single-family
1 ac.
1 ac.
20,000
9,000
7,200
7,200
7,200
7,200
Two-family
9,000
9,000
Per unit/multiple-family
2,500 (3)
Minimum single lot width (feet)
100
100
100
75
60
60
60
60
Two-family
75
75
Multi-family
None
Minimum front yard setback
50
50
40
30
30
30
30
30
Minimum single side yard setback
15
15
10
7
6
6
6
6
Two-family
6
6
Multi-family
10
Minimum rear yard setback
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
Minimum floor area of structures (2) (square feet)
One story dwelling
900
900
900
820
820
820
720/ unit (3)
720/ unit
Two or more stories dwelling
1200
1200
1200
1150
1150
1150
1150/ unit (3)
1150/ unit
Provisions
(4)
Footnotes To Residential Requirements:
(1)
The total height of any structure shall not exceed the stated amount of feet or stories above finished ground elevation, except as provided in Section 410.050(A).
(2)
Minimum floor area of structures, excluding cellars, basements, porches, garages, utility rooms and other areas not normally used for living, eating or sleeping purposes.
(3)
Ord. No. 92-02, 2-5-1992.
(4)
(A)
That any transfer or sale of property or buildings through subdivision, condominium, or transfer of the unsubdivided fee underlying the development shall contain provisions for the maintenance of common elements and facilities.
(B)
That all roads and streets in the development shall be dedicated in accordance with the standards applicable to at least the minimum standards of construction of public streets of the City of Bridgeton with adequate provisions for bond or escrowed funds conditioned upon the completion of said streets.
(C)
Provision for bond or escrow of funds conditioned upon the completion as planned of common element facilities.