Nutley City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Garden Apartments
§ 700-49 Computation of lot area.
For the purpose of computing the lot area, there will be disregarded bays or strips of land which would not be deemed to form a natural or material part of the lot upon which a garden apartment is erected, it being the purpose of these regulations to provide adequate light, air and access to such building.
§ 700-49.1 Permitted zoning districts.
[Added 2-19-2019 by Ord. No. 3414]
Garden apartments shall not be permitted in any district except as presently exists in the R-3 and M-1 Districts. For the purposes of zoning, apartments in existence as of the year 2018 shall be considered a permitted use.
§ 700-50 Location of principal buildings.
A.
Each principal building shall have uninterrupted frontage upon a street or upon a court which in its least dimension shall be not less than twice the average height of the opposite bounding walls of the building fronting upon the court.
B.
If the rear of any principal building shall be opposite any other principal building, it shall be distant therefrom not less than the width of a court, twice the average height of the opposite bounding walls.
C.
The side of a principal building, if opposite the side of another principal building, shall be separated therefrom by a distance not less than the average height of the opposite walls, except that where two principal buildings front on a public street, the distance between them shall be not less than the width of a court, twice the average height of the opposite bounding walls.
D.
An offset to a court or yard may be considered as a part of such court or yard, provided that the offset is not deeper in any part than it is wide on the open side and that such open side in no case shall be less than six feet wide.
§ 700-51 Maximum length of principal buildings.
No principal building shall exceed 160 feet in length in its longest dimension. No wall of a principal building nor the combined walls of two attached principal buildings running approximately parallel to a street shall exceed 100 feet in length.
§ 700-52 Prohibited front yard uses.
No front yard shall be used for service to the family dwelling units, such as clothes drying, automobile parking, storage, etc.
§ 700-53 Usable open space requirements.
There shall be provided on the garden apartment site usable open space at the rate of 400 square feet per dwelling unit in garden apartment buildings. For every dwelling unit containing three or more rooms, there shall be provided usable open space for outdoor play area for children at the rate of 50 square feet per dwelling unit. Such outdoor play area for children shall be not less than 25 feet in its least dimension and shall be reserved and maintained by the owner and may be suitably fenced or screen-planted. Such outdoor play area for children may be counted as part of the required usable open space per dwelling unit.
§ 700-54 Gross floor area.
A.
The minimum amount of square feet of gross floor area per dwelling unit for a dwelling unit in a garden apartment shall conform to the following table:
Dwelling Unit Size | Minimum Gross Floor Area (square feet) |
|---|---|
One-room or studio apartment | 500 |
One-bedroom apartment | 650 |
Two-or-more-bedroom apartment | 650, plus 250 for each bedroom over 1 |
B.
In each dwelling unit, every room over 69 square feet in area, except one kitchen and one living room, shall be considered a bedroom regardless of the designation of such room on the building plans.
C.
For the purposes of this section, "gross floor area" shall be interpreted to mean all floor area within a dwelling unit, including interior and exterior walls and closets.