Greenwich Township Gloucester County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
R-1 Residence Districts
§ 700-11 Applicability of provisions.
In R-1 Residence Districts, the use and area regulations contained in this article shall apply.
§ 700-12 Use regulations.
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, and no other:
A.
Single-family detached dwellings.
B.
Agricultural uses, including nurseries, tilling of the soil and the keeping or raising of poultry or livestock, other than pigs, on a farm of five or more acres, provided that any building used for keeping or raising livestock or poultry shall be situated at least 50 feet from any street or property line.
C.
Public or parochial schools, churches, municipal buildings or uses, public parks, playgrounds or recreational areas or buildings.
D.
Utility uses, including railway or bus passenger stations, telephone central offices, electric substations and utility lines and structures.
E.
Conditional uses. The following uses, when authorized as a conditional use by the Planning Board in accordance with the standards of § 700-61 hereof, upon a finding that adequate lot area, yards and parking space are provided and that the building and use are appropriately located and will meet a community need without adversely affecting the neighborhood in which located or adjacent properties:
(1)
Private educational institutions for academic instruction.
(2)
Convalescent homes, nursing homes and hospitals.
(3)
Clubs or lodges organized for fraternal or social purposes, provided that the chief activity shall not be one which is customarily carried on as a business, and provided further that the buildings and services shall be for the use of members and their guests only.
(4)
Private recreational camps or areas, provided that the total area for such uses shall be not less than five acres; private, nonprofit, noncommercial recreational club for such uses as swimming, tennis or golf.
F.
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses, subject to the requirements included herein. The term "accessory use" shall not include a business, but shall include:
(1)
Private garages, private swimming pools.
(2)
Accessory uses:
(a)
The following when authorized as a conditional use:
[1]
The professional office of a physician, dentist or other recognized practitioner of healing arts for humans and office of an attorney, architect or engineer, provided that there shall be not more than one such office in any dwelling and that such office shall be within the dwelling in which the practitioner resides.
[2]
Rooms for home occupations engaged in by members of an immediate family within their own dwelling, provided that no goods shall be publicly displayed on the premises.
(b)
Permitted accessory uses shall not be construed to include a veterinarian, beautician, barber or real estate broker.
(3)
Roadside stands for the sale of farm or nursery products which are produced on the property where they are offered for sale, provided that:
(a)
Such stands shall be situated not less than 20 feet from any street line.
(b)
Such stands shall be removed or kept in good condition during seasons when products are being offered for sale.
(c)
Adequate off-street parking space shall be provided.
(d)
Such stands and all access and exit points shall be properly illuminated when sales are made at night.
§ 700-13 Area regulations.
A.
Lot area and frontage. A lot area of not less than one acre per family shall be provided for every building hereafter erected or used in whole or in part as a dwelling, and each lot shall have a frontage of not less than 150 feet on at least one street, provided that in the case of a lot which is part of a minor subdivision and which fronts on an existing hard-surfaced road, the minimum lot area may be reduced to not less than 20,000 square feet and the lot width may be reduced to not less than 100 feet.
B.
Building area. Not more than 20% of the area of each lot may be covered by buildings.
C.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street on which a lot abuts which shall be not less than 30 feet in depth.
D.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each lot, neither of which shall be less than 20 feet in width, except that on corner lots, one side yard shall be provided perpendicular to the street upon which a unit fronts, which shall not be less than 20 feet in width.
[Amended 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
E.
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard on each lot which shall be not less than 25 feet in depth.
[Amended 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]