East Brunswick City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
Regulations for the R-3 Single Family Residence District
§ 228-25 Applicability of provisions of Article.
The following regulations shall apply to all R-3 Districts.
§ 228-26 Permitted uses.
[Amended 9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
Principal uses and buildings permitted shall be:
A.
Single family dwellings.
B.
Places of assembly and parsonages.
C.
Public and parochial schools and colleges and private schools and colleges for academic instruction.
D.
Public recreational and community center buildings and grounds.
E.
Public libraries and museums.
F.
Parks and playgrounds.
G.
Buildings used exclusively by the federal, state, county or local municipal government for public purposes, but not including workshops, warehouses or storage yards.
H.
Nursery schools.
I.
Private, non profit recreational and community buildings, clubs, swimming pools and activities of a quasi public, social, fraternal or recreational character, such as golf and tennis clubs, camps, veteran or fraternal organizations which are not of a commercial character.
[Amended 4-14-80 by Ord. No. 80-242]
J.
Family Day Care Home.
[Added 9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
§ 228-26.1 Conditional uses.
[Amended 9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
Principal uses and buildings permitted subject to a conditional use permit by the Planning Board:
A.
Planned Residential Cluster Development.
1.
Minimum Tract Area: fifteen (15) acres.
2.
Maximum density: one dwelling unit per fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. Maximum density shall be the same as in a conventional R-3 subdivision. The applicant shall submit a sketch of a feasible conventional subdivision to establish the allowable number of developable lots within the cluster subdivision.
[Amended 12-13-93 by Ord. No. 93-76]
3.
Developable lots shall be located to minimize impact of adjacent nuisances, such as highway noise or glare. The applicant shall demonstrate that adjacent nuisances are mitigated.
4.
Common Open Space: Twenty-five (25) percent of the site with a minimum of three contiguous acres.
5.
Minimum lot size: 6,000 square feet, except that in no case may the area of lots which adjoin either existing residential lots or open spaces that adjoins existing residential lots be reduced in area to less than 90 percent of the average area of the adjoining existing residential lots.
6.
Minimum lot width: sixty (60) feet.
7.
Minimum front setback: 25 feet for principal buildings.
8.
Minimum rear yard setback: 20 feet for principal buildings.
9.
Minimum side yard setback: 20 feet between structures on adjacent lots.
10.
Notwithstanding anything otherwise depicted on the subdivision or site plan approved for any clustered development, the front and side setbacks for each lot in such a development shall be established by the location of the structures approved on the preliminary subdivision or site plan for each particular development. Such setbacks shall coincide with the approved locations of the principal structures in the development, and no development shall take place within the front yard, or side yard setbacks as defined herein.
11.
Accessory structures: shall not be permitted in the front yard area and shall be setback a minimum of 5' from the rear and side lot lines.
12.
Lot areas may be reduced as indicated provided that the land which would otherwise be required for house lots, but which is not so used under the permitted lot size reduction provisions of this section, shall be devoted instead to open space, and further provided that the average lot area shall not be less than the minimum lot area otherwise required in the Zoning District referred to in this section.
§ 228-27 Permitted accessory uses.
[Amended 9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
Accessory uses, structures and buildings permitted shall be:
A.
Home occupations ad defined in § 228-3A of this chapter.
§ 228-28 Prohibited uses.
[Amended 2-5-68 by Ord. No. 68-8-M; 2-26-68 by Ord. No. 68-8-N; 5-24-71 by Ord. No. 71-8-BB; 6-25-79 by Ord. No. 79-146; 12-13-82 by Ord. No. 82-480; 2-27-84 by Ord. No. 84-560; 8-28-89 by Ord. No. 89-51; 1-8-90 by Ord. No. 89-94; 10-27-97 by Ord. No. 97-22; 9-21-15 Ord. 15-16; 6-23-2025 by Ord. No. 25-24; 8-11-2025 by Ord. No. 25-28]
Prohibited uses and buildings shall be:
B.
Professional occupations.
D.
Mechanical amusement devices and mechanical amusement facilities.
E.
Sex clubs and massage parlors.
F.
Newspaper Vending Machines.
G.
Limousine or livery service.
H.
Storage yard for wreckers and damaged or disabled vehicles associated with a wrecker operation.
I.
Second kitchens in single-family dwellings.
§ 228-29 Removed.
[9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
§ 228-30 Density, area and yard requirements.
[Amended 6-12-89 by Ord. No. 89-36; 12-13-93 by Ord. No. 93-76]
Every lot in an R-3 District shall comply with the following requirements:
A.
Density: one dwelling unit per fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.
[Amended 12-13-93 by Ord. No. 93-76]
D.
Minimum Front Yard Setback: No principal or accessory building shall be closer than thirty five (35) feet to the street line, including both streets of a corner lot.
E.
Minimum Side Yard Setback: one side: 10 feet; two sides: twenty-five (25) feet.
F.
Minimum Rear Yard Setback: 20 feet.
G.
Minimum Accessory Building Side or Rear Setback: 10 feet.
H.
Maximum Height: thirty-five (35) feet.
[Added 9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
I.
Building Coverage: twenty-five (25% percent.
[Added 9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
§ 228-32 Removed.
[9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
§ 228-33 Deleted.
[4-20-09 by Ord. No. 09-11]