East Brunswick, NJ Zoning Ordinance

The following regulations shall apply to all uses in Town Green.

[Amended 10-19-98 by Ord. No. 98-26]

Permitted uses shall be:

Single-family detached residential structures.

Single-family attached residential structures, including and encouraging a variety of housing types and styles such as single family attached, patio houses, atrium houses, townhouses and other dwelling unit types.

Apartments and multiple dwelling units.

[Added 3-6-17 by Ord. No. 17-13]

Any retail shopping facility, service establishment or mixed use development which supplies commodities or performs a service primarily for residents of the surrounding neighborhood, such as grocery store, delicatessen, meat market, drugstore, confectionery store, restaurant (including outdoor eating areas), bakery, barbershop, beauty parlor, clothes cleaning and laundry pickup establishments, bank, real estate office, business or professional offices and any other uses that are determined by the Planning Board to be of the same character as the above permitted uses, but in no event shall any one retail establishment be larger than 20,000 square feet in area, subject to the standards set forth in the P.U.R.D. regulations.

[Amended 9-14-87 by Ord. No. 87-863; 10-19-98 by Ord. No. 98-26]

Accessory uses and structures customarily auxiliary thereto and as further restricted by the prohibited uses in this zone.

[Amended 8-11-80 by Ord. No. 80-275; 5-26-81 by Ord. No. 81-352]

Public buildings, including public schools and Township facilities.

Quasi public buildings, including medical centers and places of worship.

Parks, playgrounds and other public recreational and open space uses.

Fast-food restaurants as part of a mixed use development or retail shopping facility

[Added 5-22-78 by Ord. No. 78-29; amended 10-19-98 by Ord. No. 98-26]

Housing for senior citizens (elderly). Housing for senior citizen occupants through the use of a state or federal housing subsidy program shall be permitted uses in this zone. Such housing shall meet all the area and yard requirements as set forth under Chapter 132, Land Use Procedures, of the Code of the Township of East Brunswick.

[Added 4-9-79 by Ord. No. 79-129]

[10-19-98 by Ord. No. 98-26]

[Amended 6-25-79 by Ord. No. 79-146; 8-11-80 by Ord. No. 80-275; 5-26-81 by Ord. No. 81-352; 12-13-82 by Ord. No. 82-480; 12-11-89 by Ord. No. 81-82; 2-27-84 by Ord. No. 84-560; 8-28-89 by Ord. No. 89-51; 10-27-97 by Ord. No. 97-22; 6-23-2025 by Ord. No. 25-24; 8-11-2025 by Ord. No. 25-28]

All uses not specifically listed above as permitted are hereby prohibited.

The following uses shall also be prohibited:

Mechanical amusement devices and mechanical amusement facilities.

All accessory structures except in accordance with standards established at time of P.U.R.D. preliminary approval pursuant to § 228-118.7.

Sex clubs and massage parlors.

Newspaper Vending Machines.

Limousine or livery service.

Storage yard for wreckers and damaged or disabled vehicles associated with a wrecker operation.

[Amended 12-11-89 by Ord. No. 89-82]

Height limits shall be as provided for in § 228-118.1, planned unit residential development.

[Amended 12-11-89 by Ord. No. 89-82]

Area and yard requirements shall be as provided for in § 228-118.1, planned unit residential development.

[Added 12-12-16 by Ord. 16-25]

A Landscape/vegetative buffer shall be established of 150 feet along the rear and side property lines where the property lines abut an existing residence or residential development. The buffer shall be established within a dedicated conservation easement. Where the property lines abut a non-residential use the buffer shall be a minimum of 50' along rear and side property lines.