Carlstadt City Zoning Code
21-6 Residential
Zone.
21-6.1.
Permitted Uses. Within a residential zone, no buildings or lands shall be used in whole or in part for any industrial, manufacturing, trade or commercial purpose or for any other than the following specified purposes:
a.
Dwellings.
1.
In a residential zone, no dwelling shall be erected, altered or used for housing of more than two families. No lot used for dwelling use shall have a floor area ratio in excess of .65. A two-family dwelling use shall be a conditional use, permitted only upon a demonstration of compliance with the following standards:
(a)
No two-family dwelling may be situated on a lot less than 50 feet in width and 100 feet in depth.
(b)
No two-family dwelling may have a building area in excess of 30% of the lot area.
(c)
All two-family structures must be built on a slab at street level. No cellars or basements shall be permitted in two-family structures.
(d)
Only one dwelling unit in a two-family structure may exceed 1,050 square feet in total living area.
(e)
All two-family structures shall have a full masonry facade and must be of unique architecture, color and styling from adjoining structures on either side of it. No identical or mirror image structures shall be permitted side by side.
(f)
All two-family residential structures must have a fully enclosed garage, which shall be prohibited from having access doors located in the front (or side if on a corner lot) of a principal structure facing the street. The minimum square footage shall not be less than 625 square feet.
2.
No construction permit shall be issued for a two-family use until conditional use approval for such two-family use has been granted by the Planning Board after public hearing. Public notice of a hearing on an application for conditional use approval shall be given in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as are required in the case of variance applications.
3.
The Planning Board shall, by resolution, adopt and from time to time may amend the form of application for such conditional use approval.
4.
Each application for conditional use approval shall provide the following:
(a)
A completed application form with all required data and attachments;
(b)
A topographic survey print of the lot showing the existing contours of the lot and all existing structures on the lot;
(c)
A plot plan showing the proposed dwelling and all other buildings to be placed on the lot, together with the proposed postconstruction contours of the lot;
(d)
A drawing of the proposed facades of the proposed dwelling and all other buildings to be placed on the lot;
(e)
Floor plans of the proposed dwelling and all other buildings to be placed on the lot;
(f)
Proof of service and publication of the notice of public hearing as required by law.
5.
All surveys and plot plans submitted in support of the application shall meet the standards established in Sections 35 and 36 of the Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review Ordinance.
b.
Schools, public libraries, public museums, churches and church buildings.
c.
Parks and playgrounds.
21-6.2.
Accessory Uses. Accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses shall be permitted. The term "accessory use" shall not include a business or any building or use not located on the same lot with the building to which it is accessory. Accessory uses may, however, include an office for a professional person, dressmaker, artist, teacher or musician when situated in the same dwelling used by such person as his/her dwelling. A garage or group of garages for more than four motor vehicles shall not be permitted as an accessory use. Permitted garages need not, however, be occupied by motor vehicles owned by the occupant of the premises to be considered an accessory garage.
21-6.4.
Off-Street Parking, Commercial Vehicles. In the residential district, off-street parking of commercial vehicles shall be provided as follows:
a.
Not more than one commercial vehicle, as herein defined, shall be permitted on any residential property in the Borough of Carlstadt.
b.
The term "commercial vehicle" shall include any open truck or closed van type of vehicle owned or operated by a resident for commercial purposes, irrespective of license registration, with a gross vehicle weight of not more than 9,200 pounds, with a height not exceeding seven feet and/or a length not in excess of 22 feet. The term "van" shall apply to a van type vehicle used for recreation, travel or as a passenger vehicle.
c.
A commercial vehicle shall not be permitted to have exposed construction materials while parked on residential property, but rather shall be covered at all times.
d.
The owner or operator of a commercial vehicle who intends to park the same on residential property shall register the vehicle with the Borough police.
21-6.5.
Accessory Apartments. Accessory apartments are permitted in accordance with Section 21-23, subject to the following requirements:
a.
The apartment shall be created by the partitioning of, or extension of space within, the existing dwelling. No apartment shall be constructed or established within any accessory use structure such as a garage.
b.
No more than one accessory apartment shall be created in a dwelling.
c.
The "Schedule Limiting Height and Bulk of Buildings" for two families per building in the Residential Zone shall apply.