Englishtown City Zoning Code
§ 620-12
R-MD, Residential Medium Density.
The following regulations shall apply in the Medium Density Residential Zone:
A.
Principal uses permitted.
(1)
Any principal use permitted in the R-LD, Residential Low Density Zone.
(2)
Professional office, provided that the subject parcel is located along and fronting on North and South Main Street, Park Avenue or Tennent Avenue, and with the following restrictions:
(a)
The office be constructed in a single principal structure containing a colonial exterior architectural design.
(b)
Parking subject to the provisions of § 518-10A(1)(c) for the floor area devoted to office use. All off-street parking areas shall be limited to the rear of the office building. Off-street parking and access drives shall not be located closer than five feet to any side or rear property line. The perimeter of all off-street parking areas and access drives shall have continuous, cast-in-place concrete curbing or such alternate curb types as approved by the municipal agency. All parking areas and access aisles adjacent to conforming residential uses must be appropriately screened with landscaping and fencing as approved by the Board.
(c)
No more than one professional office shall be located in any building.
(d)
In addition to the professional office, the building may contain one or more apartment(s) or dwelling unit(s), provided that the apartment(s) shall be restricted to the upper floors of the building, each containing a minimum gross floor area of 800 square feet and have an entrance separate from the office use.
(e)
Signs for the office are subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(f)
Any office governed by this subsection shall be treated as a dwelling unit for all purposes of compliance with the Code of the Borough of Englishtown, except as limited by this subsection.
(g)
The maximum permitted lot coverage for any office use permitted by this subsection shall not exceed 60%.
B.
Permitted accessory uses. Any accessory use permitted in the R-LD, Residential Low Density Zone.
E.
Required lot area. Lot area shall not be less than 7,500 square feet and lot width shall not be less than 75 feet.
F.
Yards required. Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards not less than the depth or widths following:
(1)
Front yard setback. Same as the R-LD, Residential Low Density Zone, except in undeveloped blocks of 200 feet or more, the setback line shall be 25 feet from the street right-of-way line.
(2)
Side yard setback.
(a)
Principal building. No building shall be erected nearer than 10 feet to the sideline of any interior lot, and on corner lots, no building shall be erected to project beyond the mean building or setback line observed by dwellings within 200 feet fronting on the same side of the street which is coincident with the side lot line in the same block. If no established building line exists, then not nearer than 15 feet to the side lot line which is coincident with the street right-of-way line.
(b)
Accessory buildings.
[1]
No accessory building or structure with a height less than 16 feet shall be erected nearer than 10 feet to the sideline of any interior lot or to the sideline which is coincident with a street right-of-way line.
[2]
No accessory building or structure with a height ranging from 16 feet to 24 feet shall be erected nearer than 20 feet to a sideline of any interior lot or to a sideline which is coincident with a street right-of-way line.
[3]
No shed shall be erected nearer than three feet to a sideline of any interior lot or to a sideline which is coincident with a street right-of-way line.
G.
Maximum lot coverage permitted: 45%.