North Caldwell City Zoning Code
§ 107-23
R-2 Residence District.
A.
Permitted principal uses are as follows:
(1)
Single-family detached dwellings used as a residence by not more than one family.
(2)
A church or any place of worship, including the parish house and Sunday school building, being used exclusively for religious purposes and not for residential purposes.
(3)
Public or parochial school, including playground and accessory buildings, but not a private school operated for profit.
(4)
Any use permitted in an R-1 Residence District.
B.
Accessory uses are as follows:
(1)
No accessory building shall be built upon any lot on which there is no principal building or structure. No accessory building shall exceed the height of the principal building or structure or 14 feet, whichever results in a lesser height. Accessory buildings shall be located at least 15 feet from any side or rear lot line and shall be at least 10 feet from the rear building line of the principal building. Every accessory building shall be everywhere distant at least 70 feet from the street line. The maximum percentage of lot that may be covered or occupied by accessory buildings, exclusive of a swimming pool and/or tennis court, shall not exceed 5% of the rear yard.
[Ord. No. 3-90]
(3)
Permitted accessory uses are as follows:
(a)
Private swimming pools, subject to the provisions of § 107-22B(2)(a) of this article.
(b)
Private tennis courts, subject to the provisions of § 107-22B(2)(b) of this article.
C.
Height requirements. No building shall exceed 32 feet in height. Cooling towers, water storage towers, light stanchions, air conditioners and other rooftop structures shall be specifically regulated by the Municipal Agency, giving due consideration to the nature and characteristics of the building, the topography of the land on which it is situated and the general characteristics of the land surrounding the area.
[Ord. No. 10-88]
D.
Area, yard and building requirements are as follows:
(1)
Minimum lot size: 15,000 square feet within the first 150 feet.
(2)
Minimum lot width: not less than 100 feet.
(3)
Minimum depth: 125 feet.
(4)
Minimum frontage: not less than 100 feet at the front lot line.
[Amended 4-16-2024 by Ord. No. O-5-2024]
(5)
Maximum lot coverage. The total percentage of a lot that can be covered by impervious surfaces shall be no greater than 30%, including a reserve minimum of 5% of the lot area designated for rear yard amenities and improvements, or in side yards for corner lots. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the repair of existing impervious surfaces, provided the area of impervious coverage being repaired is not expanded.
[Ord. No. 14-05; Ord. No. 21-05; Ord. No. 15-06; amended 4-16-2024 by Ord. No. O-5-2024]
(6)
Maximum building coverage. The total percentage of a lot that can be covered by principal and accessory buildings. including accessory structures such as garages, porches, decks, pergolas, gazebos, sheds and similar features, shall be no greater than 20%.
[Added 4-16-2024 by Ord. No. O-5-2024]
E.
Front yard.
[Ord. No. 19-87]
(1)
A front yard is required on every lot, which shall have a minimum depth of not less than 30 feet from the street right-of-way line.
(2)
Corner lots shall have one front yard of 30 feet and one facing yard of 30 feet.
(3)
Nothing in this subsection shall justify the violation of any existing ordinance, contract or deed which prescribes a building line, although such building line would create a front yard or equivalent open space of a greater depth than that specified in this subsection.
F.
Rear yard. The depth of the rear yard shall be 30 feet.
G.
Side yards. The side yards for each dwelling shall be a minimum of 20 feet along each side lot line. Where any residential zone abuts a nonresidential zone, a buffer shall be provided in the residential zone, which shall be a minimum of 30 feet from any lot lines of the residential zone for the entire length of the abutting zones. Within the 30 feet of the buffer provided herein, the Planning Board shall require appropriate plantings, landscaping and fencing.
[Ord. No. 12-86]
H.
Minimum size. Every one-story dwelling hereafter erected or placed in an R-2 Residence District shall have a minimum living floor space, as herein defined, of not less than fourteen hundred (1,400) square feet. In a one-and-one-half (1 1/2) story dwelling, there shall be a finished minimum living floor space of eleven hundred (1,100) square feet on the first floor and a minimum of 550 square feet on the second floor. The second floor area may be left unfinished; provided, however, that rough facilities shall be extended to the second floor and that a permanent stairway to the second floor is constructed and that a practical, second floor plan for the structure is filed with the Construction Official at the time of the making of the application for the building permit. In a two story dwelling, there shall be a minimum living floor space of 1,000 square feet on the first floor and a minimum living floor space of 800 square feet on the second floor.
I.
Minimum lot depth. There shall be 15,000 square feet within the first 150 feet of depth as measured from the right-of-way.