No land, lot or premises and no building or structure shall be used for any purpose other than those permitted by this Article for the zone district in which it is located. No building or structure may be erected, razed, moved, extended, enlarged or altered unless such action is in conformity with the regulations provided for the zone district of this Article in which the said building or structure is located.

Whenever a new lot or lots is or are formed from a part of any other lot or lots, the assembly or separation shall be effected in such a manner as not to impair any of the requirements of this Article.

A.

Every lot shall contain front, rear and side yards as required in the zone district in which said lot is located unless otherwise regulated by section 15-11.5. All front yards must face upon a street, as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-7 and shall be of the size required for the particular zone district in which the lot is located.

B.

No open space which has been counted or included as part of a side yard, rear yard, front yard, court or other open space as required by this Chapter for one building may, by reason of change of ownership or for any other reason, be counted or included in order to comply with yard, court or other open space requirement of any other building.

A lot which at the time of the adoption of this ordinance fails to comply with the minimum lot size requirements of this Article may be used for any use otherwise permitted in the district in which it is located provided said lot is in single ownership at the time of the adoption hereof, and providing all yard requirements hereof are complied with. In the event that a lot which fails to comply with the minimum lot size requirements of this Article is contiguous and in single ownership with another lot, such lots shall be deemed merged and construed to be one lot for all purposes. Use thereof as other than one lot is prohibited except as may be authorized by subdivision approval.

All yards on corner lots abutting any street shall be construed as front yards and shall be subject to the front yard setback requirement of the zone in which said lot falls. All yards other than front yards of a corner lot shall be construed as side yards and shall conform to the side yard setback requirement of the zone in which said lot falls.

A.

Only one principal building may be erected on a lot except for related compatible buildings constituting one basic use or operation under one management and limited to the following:

1.

Planned residential or garden apartment developments.

2.

Village center developments.

3.

Public or institutional building complexes.

4.

Shopping center developments.

5.

Industrial or manufacturing building complexes.

6.

Farms.

7.

Planned developments.

B.

No building to be used as a dwelling shall be constructed, altered or moved on, to or in the rear of any building situated on the same lot.

No lot, yard, parking area or other open space shall be so reduced in area or dimension as to make it less than the minimum required under this Article. No lot, yard, parking area or other open space which is already less than the minimum required under this Article shall be further reduced in area or dimension.

The height limitations required in each zone district shall not apply to masts, flag poles, household receiving antennas, tanks, ventilating fans, air conditioning equipment or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, skylights, spires, cupolas, chimneys or similar structures. The maximum height for these uses shall not exceed fifty-five (55) feet or the height limitation set for the zone district in which it is located, whichever is greater.

The height limitations required in each zone district shall also not apply to solar panels when the solar panels do not exceed a height of one and one-half (1.5) feet.

(Ord. No. 2-98, § 1, 2-5-98; Ord. No. 19-10, § 2, 9-30-2010)

Every principal building shall be built upon a lot with usable frontage upon a street or streets, as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-7, and shall be improved to meet the Township's standards or accepted by the Township.

A.

No building shall be erected and no building shall be reconstructed or altered so as to project in any way beyond the average set back lines observed by existing buildings on the same side of the street within the block at the time of the passage of these regulations. Where the block affected has a length of more than 1,000 feet between its intersecting or intercepting streets, the average setback line observed by buildings on the same side of the street within 300 feet on each side of the lot in question shall control.

B.

In cases where a building exists at the time of passage of these regulations with front yard setback less than that set forth in the Schedule, the front yard setbacks of buildings erected on successive adjoining lots, shall be increased over the front yard setbacks of such existing building by the following increments until the minimum set back is attained:

R-1  25 feet

R-2  15 feet

However, the Board reserves the right to require the use of standard setbacks for health and safety reasons.

Basements and cellars shall only be used for secondary purposes such as storage, utilities or similar uses.

All improved lots within the area(s) rezoned to RR or RLD by this ordinance which contain houses existing prior to the adoption thereof and which conform to the pre-existing zone regulations shall comply with the bulk standards applicable to the R-1 zone with respect to the construction of decks and additions or extensions of existing dwellings. Said lots shall be exempt from the provisions of this Ordinance and may be developed in accordance with the requirements of the R-1 zone. This Ordinance shall also apply to any unimproved lots which conform to the requirements of the pre-existing zone if the lots would otherwise be rendered nonconforming or substandard by the change in zone to RR or RLD as per this Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 44097, § 4, 11-25-97)

A.

The following structures are not permitted within the required yard areas unless they meet the following criteria:

1.

Open porches and porticos not over one story high attached to single- and two-family dwellings shall be considered as part of the principal structure and may project into any required yard area, provided that:

(a)

Not more than 100 square feet of said structure shall project into the required yard area;

(b)

No portion of any such structure shall be closer than ten feet to any property line as measured horizontally; and

(c)

The maximum depth of the structure shall be eight feet.

2.

Decks attached to first floor of single- and two-family dwellings may project into the side or rear yard with the following limitations when the deck is:

(a)

Located in side yard:

(1)

Not more than 80 square feet of such structures may project into the required yard area; and

(2)

No portion of any such projection shall be closer than ten feet to any property line as measured horizontally.

(b)

Located in rear yard:

(1)

The deck does not occupy more than 20% of the existing rear yard area; and

(2)

The side and rear setback is at least equal to twice the height of the deck as measured from the grade plane to the highest point of the deck floor, but the minimum side setback shall never be less than ten feet and the rear setback shall never be less than thirty feet to any property line as measured horizontally.

(Ord. No. 18-19, § 4, 10-3-2019; Ord. No. 25-21, § 2, 7-22-2021)

Cottage food operations are permitted in all residential uses. Cottage food products shall not be relinquished, distributed or handed over at the home of the cottage food operator.

(Ord. No. 06-22, § 1, 3-17-2022)