Freehold City Zoning Code

The following regulations shall apply to all A districts.

(Prior code § 19-8 (part))

A.

Any residential use permitted in the R-10 district;

B.

Garden and mid-rise apartments.

(Prior code § 19-8.1)

A.

For one-family dwellings, all accessory uses and buildings permitted in the R-10 district;

B.

For apartments:

1.

Private garages to serve the residents of the apartments,

2.

Custodial, utility, laundry or other similar and customary apartment building accessory facilities, provided that their service is restricted to the residents of the apartments,

3.

Swimming pool, provided that its use is primarily restricted to residents of the apartments, and that its operation and sanitation methods meet the standards established by the department of health and the state of New Jersey, and any pertinent ordinances which may be in effect or be subsequently adopted or amended by the borough. In addition, all pool areas shall be screened from any public street by a solid fence of not less than four or more than seven feet in height.

(Prior code § 19-8.2)

A.

For single-family dwellings, as specified for the R-5 district in Schedule I;

B.

For all apartments, as specified for the A district in Schedule I, set out at the end of this title, subject to the following provisions and requirements:

1.

The size of individual dwelling units shall be limited as follows:

a.

No unit shall have more than four and one-half rooms or more than two bedrooms.

b.

At least eighty (80) percent of the units shall have no more than three and one-half rooms or more than one bedroom.

2.

No part of any building on any apartment site shall be located less than fifteen (15) feet from any other building on the site.

3.

No driveway providing access to an apartment site shall be located less than one hundred twenty (120) feet from a major arterial street or a heavily traveled intersection, or so as to create any other hazardous condition.

4.

The entire area shall be attractively landscaped and seeded. In addition, landscape screens may be required along property lines of adjacent residential properties to protect the value and convenience of use of such properties.

5.

In an apartment site of more than two acres, a recreation area or areas shall be provided at the rate of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet per ten (10) dwelling units, and shall include the installation of outdoor play equipment of an amount and variety sufficient to serve the occupants of the apartment site.

6.

Adequate provision shall be made for the installation by the owner or developer of water mains of not less than six inches in size to connect with existing water mains of the borough and likewise of sewer mains to connect with existing sewer mains of the borough. All water used in connection with the project is to be metered, the meters to be furnished by the borough, paid for by the developer, with the installation to be subject to the approval of the borough engineer or other agency of the borough having jurisdiction thereof, and that necessary fire hydrants as may be required by the fire chief and the borough engineer to likewise be furnished and installed, such fire hydrants to be of the type normally used by the borough. All costs in connection with the laying and installation of the mains, installation of meters and fire hydrants shall be paid for by the owner or developer and the work shall be done with the approval and under the supervision of the borough engineer or other supervisory agency having jurisdiction thereof in the borough.

7.

All structures or buildings in the apartment district may be required by the borough to the constructed in traditional colonial design or other architecture harmonious to the area, and site and building plans may be further referred for further review to such municipal committee for design review that may be in existence in the borough at the time of application. The site shall be suitably landscaped. Plans and specifications for planting, top soiling, lawn making and other landscape work shall be prepared by a competent landscape architect and be a part of the plans submitted for approval. All planting shall be in place and in a satisfactory condition at the time of issuance of a certificate of occupancy or an adequate bond shall be posted therefor. All exterior wall surfaces shall be of brick or stone.

8.

All garden apartment buildings shall provide not less than two exterior exposures for each family unit, the same properly pierced by windows or other openings so as to provide through ventilation or cross-ventilation for the unit.

9.

A mid-rise apartment shall not exceed a height of seventy five (75) feet.

(Prior code § 19-8.3)

Where there is conflict between the standards for construction or occupancy under the terms of this title and standards for construction or occupancy of the Federal Housing Authority, a division of the government of the United States, in relation to any of the zoned area specifically set forth in Section 1 of Ord. No. 580, dated October 5, 1970, the standards of construction or occupancy as set forth by the Federal Housing Authority shall apply.

(Prior code § 19-8.4)

A.

Community residences for the developmentally disabled (as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2(a)) housing more than six, but less than sixteen (16) persons, exclusive of resident staff.

B.

Community shelters for victims of domestic violence (as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2(b)) housing more than six, but less than sixteen (16) persons, exclusive of resident staff.

(Prior code § 19-8.5)