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Milltown City Zoning Code

§ 34-20.7

R-15 Single Family Residential Zone.

[Ord. No. 919 Art. XV, F; Ord. No. 13-1378 § 2; Ord. No. 13-1382 § 2]
The following regulations shall apply in the R-15 Residential Zone:
a. 
Permitted Principal Uses.
1. 
Single family detached dwellings.
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 listed in the Bulk Schedule attached and part of this chapter for the R-15 Zone.
e. 
Prohibited Uses.
1. 
All nonresidential uses such as but not limited to: professional offices, professional home offices, institutional, commercial, and industrial 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. 
Parking.[1]
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) 
For Conditional Uses see Design Standards and Details.
[1]
Editor's Note: See additional off-street parking regulations in Section 34-25.
g. 
Permitted Signs.
1. 
Sign control in the R-15 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.