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Fair Haven City Zoning Code

§ 30-5.2

Description of Districts.

[2002 Code § 16.20.020; Ord. No. B-417 § 512; Ord. No. 483]
a. 
The Borough is organized into zone districts as follows:
Residential Zones
R-5
Single-family
R-7.5
Single-family
R-10
Single-family
R-10A
Single-family
R-10B
Single-family
R-15
Single-family
R-20
Single-family
R-30
Single-family
R-40
Single-family
Business Zones
B-1
Business
B-2
Business
Public Zones
PB
Public Use
Zone Overlay Areas
Flood hazard area
AHO-1
River Road Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Overlay
[Added 9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08]
AHO-2
Downtown Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Overlay
[Added 9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08]
AHO-3
Block 27, Lots 56, 57 and 58 Affordable Housing Overlay
[Added 9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08]
AHO-4
Block 28, Lots 18, 19, 23.1, 25, and 26 Affordable Housing Overlay
[Added 9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08]
AHO-5
Methodist Church Affordable Housing Overlay
[Added 9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08]
Affordable Housing Zone
[Added 10-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-04]
AH
Affordable Housing Zone
b. 
The regulations set forth in this section for each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class of structure or land within the district.
c. 
No building or structure shall hereafter be erected and no existing building or structure shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building or portion of a building or structure to be used, designed, or arranged to be used for any purpose unless in conformity with the Schedule of Permitted Uses and the Schedule of Area, Yard and Building Requirements and with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
d. 
Every principal building shall be located on a lot as defined in this section. Except for nonresidential development, not more than one principal building and its accessory buildings shall hereafter be erected on any one lot.
e. 
Yards or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet the minimum requirements established by this chapter as set forth in this section and in the Schedule of Area, Yard, and Building Requirements.
f. 
In any zone, all yard requirements, open space, off-street parking and landscaping must be contained within that zone.
g. 
In each zone district, each use shall provide off-street parking as specified in subsection 30-9.2, Off-Street Parking.
h. 
In each zone district, each use shall provide off-street loading and unloading as specified in subsection 30-9.2c., Off-Street Loading.
i. 
In each zone district, sign size, type and number shall be limited by subsection 30-7.24, Signs.
j. 
Standards for conditional uses are set forth in Section 30-6 of this chapter.
k. 
Additional direction regarding the administration and application of development requirements and restrictions within the Borough's zone districts is provided in Section 30-7, General Zoning Provisions.
l. 
Notwithstanding any provision of the ordinances of the Borough of Fair Haven to the contrary, a building occupied as a residential dwelling may continue to be so occupied during the construction of a second dwelling on the same lot for a period of more than one year from the commencement of construction of the new dwelling or until 30 days after the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the newly constructed dwelling, whichever shall first occur, provided that the newly constructed dwelling will conform in all respects with the ordinances of the Borough of Fair Haven, or all appropriate variances have been obtained, and that the owner posts with the Borough Clerk a surety bond in a form and amount satisfactory to the Borough Attorney, which shall guarantee that the owner shall vacate and shall satisfactorily demolish the dwelling within 30 days of the issuance of certificate of occupancy for the newly-constructed dwelling.