New Bloomfield City Zoning Code
PART 7
R-2 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
§ 26-71 Intended purpose.
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The R-2 Residential Districts are composed of certain medium-density residential areas of the Borough representing a compatible mingling of one- and two-family dwellings, plus certain open areas where similar residential development appears likely to occur. The regulations for these districts are designed to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of the districts and promote and encourage a suitable environmental for family life. To these ends, development is limited to medium-density concentration, permitting primarily single- and two-family dwellings.
§ 26-72 Permitted uses (subject to the issuance of a permit by the Zoning Officer).
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(NOTE: See § 26-166B of this chapter.)
A.
Single-family detached dwellings.
B.
Single-family attached dwellings (duplexes, town/row houses, patio homes, cluster homes).
C.
Customary accessory uses and buildings, excluding outdoor storage, incidental to any of the above permitted uses, including those specified in the R-1 Residential Districts. (NOTE: See § 26-62M of this chapter.)
E.
Professional offices, conducted in a residential district, but not as a home occupation, subject to the definition in Part 2, and providing there is limited external evidence of such use, including signs as allowed in a residential district and necessary off-street parking.
F.
Rooming houses and tourist homes.
G.
Hospitals, clinics and care homes, providing that care of persons requiring isolation, restraint, or curtailed freedom of movement are not included.
H.
Uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are of the same general character as those listed as permitted uses and which will not be detrimental to the intended purpose of this district.
I.
The following special exception (NOTE: See § 26-167B of this chapter.) uses, after approval by the Zoning Hearing Board:
(1)
Conversion dwellings, subject to the limitations of minimum lot and habitable floor requirements, with no greater than four dwelling units (see § 26-129 of this chapter).
(2)
Two-family (attached and detached) and multiple-family dwellings, subject to the limitations of minimum lot and habitable floor requirements of this Part, with no greater than four dwelling units.
(3)
Other business activities conducted from a residential property that exceed the standards for a no-impact home-based business or professional office as permitted above, but are otherwise suitable within this district.
§ 26-73 Lot area, building height and yard requirements.
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A.
Lot regulations. A lot width, lot area and setback of not less than the dimensions shown on the following table shall be provided for every dwelling unit and/or principal nonresidential building hereafter erected or altered for any use permitted in the districts, per Table 73.A:
Table 73.A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lot Requirements | Building setback requirements1, 2 | ||||||
Type of Use | Minimum Lot Area (square feet) | Minimum Lot Width (feet) | Maximum Coverage | Front (feet) | One Side (feet) | Total Sides (feet) | Rear (feet) |
Single- and two-family units | 6,000 | 60 | 35% | 25 | 8 | 20 | 20 |
Multiple-family units | 10,000 | 100 | 40% | 25 | 20 | 40 | 25 |
Non-dwelling use | 20,000 | 200 | 40% | 25 | 20 | 40 | 25 |
(1)
The minimum lot area per dwelling unit shall be not less than indicated below:
No. of Dwelling Units Permitted | Lot Area per Dwelling Unit (square feet) |
|---|---|
1 | 6,000 |
2 | 3,000 (= 6,000 total minimum) |
3 to 4 | 2,000 (incremental per unit) |
B.
Building height. No principal building shall exceed 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet in height; and no accessory building shall exceed one story or 18 feet in height.
§ 26-74 Off-street parking requirements.
§ 26-75 Habitable floor area.
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A.
The minimum habitable floor area of any new or converted dwelling unit hereafter utilized shall be 700 square feet except as noted below.
Floor Area (square feet) | No. of Bedrooms per Dwelling Unit |
|---|---|
700 | 0 to 1 |
800 | 2 |
1,000 | 3 |
B.
Multiple-family and apartment dwelling units in buildings containing two or more dwelling units shall have a floor area of not less than that listed above, and in no case shall the floor area ratio (total floor area divided by the lot area) exceed 1.0; providing, further, that there shall be not less than the land area per dwelling unit specified in § 26-73.
C.
No newly constructed, expanded, or converted multiple-family dwellings may exceed four units.
D.
To limit the appearance of building mass, no multiple-family dwelling in the R-2 District may exceed 6,000 square feet habitable floor area in total, unless granted a variance by the Zoning Hearing Board, or if approved by the governing body as a conditional use at the outset or amendment of a PRD.
§ 26-76 Limitations on signs.
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Only those signs referring or relating to uses conducted on the premises or in accordance with limitations and maintenance specified in § 26-128 of this chapter shall be permitted.