Englewood Cliffs City Zoning Code
§ 30-3
DIVISION OF BOROUGH INTO ZONES.
[Ord. #9306, A III; Ord. #9608, § 2; Ord. #9909, § 9; Ord. #9910; Ord. No. 2012-20, §§ 1, 5]
In order to regulate and restrict the location of buildings intended for residential and nonresidential purposes; to regulate and limit the size and height of buildings; to regulate the use and limit the intensity of the use of the land and the density of population; and to regulate and determine the size of yards and other open spaces surrounding buildings, the Borough is hereby divided into districts, of which there shall be 10 in number, known as:
R-A | Residential, Single-Family |
R-B | Residential, Single-Family |
R-B1 | Residential, Single-Family |
B-1 | Office |
B-2 | Limited Business |
B-2A | Limited Business Southeast Overlay |
B-3 | Special Retail |
B-4 | Restricted Commercial |
I | Institutional |
The aforesaid districts are hereby established by the designations, locations and boundaries thereof set forth and indicated on a map entitled "Zoning Map, Borough of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey" and dated 10 January 1979, as revised to April 11, 1996, which map is hereby adopted as part of this chapter insofar as it indicates said designations, locations and boundaries.[1]
Editor's Note: Overlay zones may be found in Section 30-5.
a.
In construing the said map the following rules shall apply:
1.
Zone lines follow existing lot lines, municipal boundaries and street center lines, or are straight-line extensions thereof. Zone line setback dimensions are indicated where zone depth exceeds one lot or is less than one lot.
2.
The Zoning Officer or in his absence the Administrative Officer shall interpret the Zoning Map and in case of doubt, the district boundary lines shall be determined by the Board of Adjustment.
3.
Questions arising from the application or interpretation of this section shall be decided by appeal to the Board of Adjustment in accordance with Chapter 291, Laws of New Jersey 1975 in such case made and provided.
b.
Zoning Map Amendments.
1.
Amend map to create B-2A Limited Business Southeast Overlay at the following parcels:
Block 207 Lot 5 |
Block 207 Lot 6 |
Block 207 Lot 7 |
Block 412 Lot 1 |
Block 412 Lot 2 |
Block 412 Lot 3 |
Block 412 Lot 4 |
Block 412 Lot 5 |
Block 412 Lot 6 |
Block 412 Lot 7 |
Block 412 Lot 8 |
Block 412 Lot 9 |
Block 412 Lot 10 |
Block 412 Lot 11 |
Block 515 Lot 3 |
2.
The lands known as Block 910, Lot 1 as shown on the Borough Tax Maps, also known as 800 Sylvan Avenue (Sylvan Property), are hereby designated as the B-2B/AH Limited Business/Affordable Housing District.
[Pursuant to a settlement agreement entered into between the Borough and the Fair Share Housing Center dated October 8, 2020 and conditioned upon approval from the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey. Borough document labeled Ord. No. 20-16.]
3.
Amends the existing zoning map to remove the B-2A Limited Business Southeast Overlay Zone from overlaying the North Woods of the New LG Corporate Campus Inclusionary Housing 1 (IH-1) Zone.
[Pursuant to a settlement agreement entered into between the Borough and the Fair Share Housing Center dated October 8, 2020 and conditioned upon approval from the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey. Borough document labeled Ord. No. 20-21.]
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Editor's Note: The map referred to herein may be found on file in the office of the Borough Clerk.