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Fort Lee City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVIII

R-5A Low-Rise Residential Zone

§ 410-83 District criteria.

A. 
Principal permitted uses:
(1) 
One-family detached dwelling.
(2) 
Two-family detached dwelling.
(3) 
Townhouses or row houses.
(4) 
Multifamily apartments.
B. 
Permitted accessory uses:
(1) 
Private garages and off-street parking, subject to Article X.
(2) 
Private swimming pools, subject to § 410-35A(2).
(3) 
Signs.
(4) 
Professional offices as provided in § 410-35A(3).
(5) 
Greenhouses, subject to § 410-35A.
(6) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted principal use.
C. 
Permitted conditional uses: none.
D. 
Bulk standards:
[Amended 4-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-6]
(1) 
One-family detached dwellings:
(a) 
Minimum lot area: 2,500 square feet.
(b) 
Minimum lot width: 25 feet.
(c) 
Maximum building height: 35 feet/three stories.
(d) 
Maximum lot coverage: 40%.
(e) 
Minimum front yard: zero feet if parking is provided to the rear of the dwelling; 20 feet if parking is provided in front of the dwelling.
(f) 
Minimum side yard: none required. If one is provided, five feet.
(g) 
Minimum rear yard: 25% of lot depth or 25 feet, whichever is less.
(2) 
Two-family detached dwellings and multifamily apartments:
(a) 
Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.
(b) 
Minimum lot width: 40 feet.
(c) 
Maximum building height:
[1] 
Two-family detached dwellings and multifamily residential buildings without ground floor parking: 35 feet/three stories.
[2] 
Multifamily residential buildings with ground floor parking: 40 feet/three residential stories above parking level.
(d) 
Maximum lot coverage: 40%.
(e) 
Minimum front yard: zero feet if parking is provided to the rear of the dwelling; 20 feet if parking is provided in front of the dwelling.
(f) 
Minimum side yard: none required. If one is provided, five feet.
(g) 
Minimum rear yard: 25% of lot depth or 25 feet, whichever is less.
(h) 
Ground floor parking within multifamily residential buildings must be screened from view from the street and from neighboring properties.
(i) 
Maximum curb cuts:
[1] 
Properties with 50 feet or less of lot frontage: one per property.
[2] 
Properties with over 50 feet of lot frontage: one for every 50 feet of lot frontage.
(3) 
Townhouses or row houses:
(a) 
Minimum lot area: 2,500 square feet.
(b) 
Minimum lot area per unit: 2,500 square feet.
(c) 
Minimum lot width: 25 feet.
(d) 
Maximum building height: 35 feet/three stories.
(e) 
Maximum lot coverage: 40%.
(f) 
Minimum front yard: zero feet if parking is provided to the rear of the dwelling; 20 feet if parking is provided in front of the dwelling.
(g) 
Minimum side yard: none required for interior dwelling units within a cluster of townhouses or row houses. For units at the end of a cluster of townhouses or row houses: five feet.
(h) 
Minimum rear yard: 25% of lot depth or 25 feet, whichever is less.