Milltown City Zoning Code
§ 34-20.2
R-4 Single Family Residential Zone.
[Ord. No. 919 Art. XV, A; Ord. No. 13-1378; Ord. No. 13-1382 § 2]
The following regulations shall apply in the R-4 Residential Zone:
b.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
1.
Private garage space for the storage of motor vehicles.
2.
Greenhouses, toolsheds, and other similar structures.
3.
Private recreational facilities such as, but not limited to swimming pools and tennis courts, provided these uses shall be noncommercial and that all lighting shall be directed away from all adjacent lots.
4.
Fences, walls and hedges.
c.
Conditional Uses.
1.
Churches, synagogues and other similar places of worship, parish houses, and convents.
2.
Public utility facilities required to provide the direct service of the utility to the consumers such as transformers and pumping stations but excluding warehouses, service or storage and treatment facilities, yards and offices.
3.
Public parks and playgrounds.
4.
Satellite dish antennas.
5.
Public and private institutions for education not operated for profit.
6.
Home occupations. Customary home occupations, such as but not limited to dressmaking, millinery and home cooking, provided that such occupations shall be conducted solely by resident occupants of the building and that not more than the equivalent of 1/3 of the area of one floor shall be used for such purposes and that no display of products or advertising of any kind shall be visible from the street. No equipment shall be used in such an occupation which is not usually found in the home. Structural or architectural changes shall not be permitted to accommodate the occupation.
d.
Bulk Regulations.
1.
The requirements for this district of lot area and width, yard dimensions, building coverage, and height shall be as listed in the Bulk Schedule for the R-4 Zone.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 34-29, Bulk Schedule, included as an attachment to this Chapter..
e.
Prohibited Uses.
1.
All nonresidential uses, such as but not limited to: professional offices, home professional offices, institutional, commercial, industrial and educational uses, including signs.
2.
All residential uses not specifically permitted in this zone.
3.
Hookah lounges.
4.
Tattoo/piercing parlors.
5.
All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16, but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service.
[Added 7-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1500]
6.
Alternative Treatment Centers as defined in P.L. 2009, c. 307 (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-3) and the regulations implementing P.L. 2009, c. 307 (N.J.A.C. 8:64-2).
[Added 7-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1500]
7.
Smoke shops.
[Added 9-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1502]
8.
Vape shops.
[Added 9-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1502]
f.
g.
Permitted Signs.
1.
One illuminated, residential nameplate sign situated within the property line and not exceeding one square foot on any surface.
2.
One nonflashing, nonilluminated temporary sign pertaining to the lease or sale of the same lot or building upon which it is placed, situated within the property lines and the premises to which it relates and not exceeding six square feet in area on any one side. The sign must be removed from the premises within two days after the property has been leased or sold.
3.
One nonflashing, nonilluminated temporary sign pertaining to a particular event, purpose or occasion including electoral campaign signs. The sign must be removed within one day after the occurrence of the event and within 30 days of the posting of the sign, whichever comes first.
4.
No free-standing sign shall be located closer to any front lot line than 10 feet nor to any side lot line than six feet.
5.
Unless a particular sign is expressly permitted in this zone, it shall be deemed prohibited.