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Milltown City Zoning Code

§ 34-20.4

R-6A Two Family Residential Zone.

[Ord. No. 919 Art. XV, C; Ord. No. 13-1378 § 2; Ord. No. 13-1382 § 2]
The following regulations shall apply in the R-6A Residential Zone:
a. 
Permitted Principal Uses.
1. 
Single family detached residential dwelling units.
2. 
Two family residential dwelling units.
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 and private institutions for education not operated for profit.
3. 
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.
4. 
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 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.
5. 
Public parks and playgrounds.
6. 
Satellite dish antennas.
d. 
Bulk Regulations.
1. 
The requirements for this district of lot area and width, yard dimensions, building coverage, and height shall be listed in the Bulk Schedule attached and part of this chapter for the R-6A Zone.
e. 
Prohibited Uses.
1. 
All nonresidential uses, such as but not limited to: professional offices, professional home offices, institutional, commercial, and industrial uses.
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. 
Parking.
1. 
Off-street parking space with appropriate access thereto shall be provided on the same lot it is intended to serve, in accordance with the following minimum standards:
(a) 
Single family detached dwelling: two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
(b) 
Two family dwellings: two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
(c) 
For Conditional Uses see Design Standards and Details.
g. 
Permitted Signs.
1. 
Sign control in the R-6A zone shall be the same as designated for the R-4 Zone.
2. 
Unless a particular sign is expressly permitted in this zone, it shall be deemed prohibited.
h. 
Conversions from Single Family to Two Family Dwellings.
1. 
All stairways leading to a second or higher floor shall be completely enclosed within the converted building or located in such a manner as to be nonvisible from the street, except outside fire escapes.
2. 
Each dwelling unit shall have at least one bathroom consisting of at least one wash basin, one water closet and bath or shower and at least one kitchen consisting of at least one sink and one cooking stove.
3. 
Each room shall be provided with at least one window or a forced draft direct to the outside and each unit shall have a separate means of ingress and egress.
4. 
All rooms within a dwelling unit shall be accessible from within the limits of the dwelling.