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Paramus City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXI

Neighborhood Business NB Zone

§ 429-116 Permitted uses.

A. 
Within any NB Zone, no building, structure or area or lot or land shall be used in whole or in part for other than one or more of the permitted or conditional uses expressly set forth herein or the accessory uses accessory and subordinate to the permitted and conditional uses expressly set forth herein.
B. 
Permitted uses are intended to be businesses commonly found at intersections adjacent to residential areas and shall be as follows:
(1) 
Antique shops;
(2) 
Bakery for retail sales only;
(3) 
Bank;
(4) 
Personal health, or beauty and hair care;
(5) 
Book, newspaper and magazine store;
(6) 
Camera shop;
(7) 
Drugstore;
(8) 
Dry-cleaning pickup station for work to be done elsewhere; and provided that such operation is for local service only and no work is received from pickup stations or other dry-cleaning plants. No wholesale or subcontracting in connection with the above uses shall be permitted;
(9) 
Florists;
(10) 
Gift shop;
(11) 
Neighborhood convenience / grocery store;
(12) 
Hardware store;
(13) 
Hobby shop;
(14) 
Household appliance store;
(15) 
Laundromat or launderette;
(16) 
Medical, dental, osteopathic and chiropractic, optometrical and physical therapy clinics and offices;
(17) 
Offices, including professional offices;
(18) 
Restaurants.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(19), regarding automotive repair and filling stations, which immediately followed, was repealed 4-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-15.
C. 
Motor vehicle service stations and motor vehicle repair garages are conditional uses subject to the conditional use standards set forth in § 429-131, hereinbelow.
[Added 4-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-15]

§ 429-117 Accessory uses.

There shall be no accessory buildings within the NB Zone District, but the following accessory uses are permitted:
A. 
Parking area.

§ 429-118 Prohibited uses.

All uses not expressly permitted by this ordinance in the NB Zone District are prohibited.

§ 429-119 Lot area bulk requirements.

Lots and structures in the NB Zone shall conform to the requirements listed below.
A. 
Maximum height of buildings shall be as follows:
(1) 
Flat roof: 25 feet.
(2) 
Pitched roof: 30 feet.
(3) 
Flagstaffs, chimney flues, elevator shafts, radio and televisions antennas and screened mechanical equipment designed to service the building may exceed the height of the roof by not more than 12 feet, provided that such structures do not exceed 10% of the ground area covered by the building and are not used for any other purpose. Structures to provide for safe access to the roof area are, however, exempt from the above requirements. The screening provided shall be of a material similar to the building facing or as approved by the Land Use Board as compatible and durable.
B. 
Minimum lot area shall be 21,780 square feet.
C. 
Minimum width of lot shall be 100 feet.
D. 
Minimum frontage of a lot shall be 100 feet.
E. 
Maximum lot coverage shall be as follows:
(1) 
Building coverage — 15%.
(2) 
Impervious coverage — 80%.
F. 
Minimum front yard setback (from street right-of-way line) shall be 25 feet.
G. 
Minimum side yards shall be as follows:
(1) 
Total of both side yards shall be the greater of 50 feet or 1/3 of the width of the lot, provided however:
(a) 
If one side abuts a residential zone not less than 2/3 of the side yard shall be on the residential zone side; and
(b) 
If both sides abut a residential zone, both side yards shall be not less than 30 feet.
H. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
Minimum rear yard shall be 50 feet.
(2) 
The minimum open space in the rear yard shall be not less than 50 feet or the width of any required planted buffer area, whichever is greater. However, the open space in the rear yard need only be 30 feet if there is no paving, parking, egress or ingress in the rear yard and it is all in planted area, whether or not the same is required planted area. Minimum distance of building from every residential zone line shall be 50 feet.

§ 429-120 Sewer connection fee.

A. 
In addition to any fee, charge or cost provided elsewhere in the Paramus Code, there shall be a one-time sewer connection fee for each non-residential building to be served by any new connection or any increase in the anticipated flow to the public sewer in the NB Zone.
B. 
The purpose of the sewer connection charge is to provide a fair payment toward the capital costs of the public sewer system pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11.
C. 
The fee shall be paid to the Borough prior to the issuance of a construction permit issued in accordance with the Uniform Construction Code. In the event a connection is made without prior payment thereof for any reason, the sewer connection fee shall constitute a first lien upon the benefited property and shall bear interest as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-12 and as otherwise provided by law. This shall be in addition to any violations, penalties or other remedies otherwise provided by law.
D. 
The following schedule of fees is hereby established pursuant to this Article: Sewer connection for non-residential/commercial for every 5,000 square feet of development or portion thereof: $2,000.00.