Ridgefield Park City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
District Regulations
§ 96-4.1 Schedule of Regulations.
The development regulations that control permitted uses, accessory and conditional uses, are hereby as set forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto. Development regulations that control lot configuration, coverage, height and yard requirements in the zones listed in Schedule 1 are set forth in Schedule 2 attached hereto.
§ 96-4.2 Application of regulations.
Except as hereinafter otherwise provided:
A.
No building or structure shall be erected and no existing building or structure shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building be designed, used or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than as specified among the uses hereinafter listed as permitted in the district in which such building or land is located.
B.
No building or structure shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit hereinafter designated for the district in which such building is located.
C.
No building or structure shall be erected, no existing buildings shall be altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any open space surrounding any building be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, lot area and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the district in which such building or open space is located.
D.
No yard or other open space provided around any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building, and no yard or other open space on one lot shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a building on any other lot.
E.
No minimum off-street parking area or loading or unloading area shall be considered as providing off-street parking, loading or unloading for a use or structure on any other lot or parcel than the principal use to which it is ancillary, except as provided herein.
F.
The sale of goods outside the confines of a building or structure is prohibited except for the following:
(1)
The sale of automobiles by new automobile sales dealerships.
(2)
Outdoor sales for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, subject to the issuance of a special permit by the Village Board of Commissioners, on public or quasipublic lands as provided by law.
(3)
Outdoor sales of winter holiday season trees and wreaths, subject to the issuance of a special permit by the Village Board of Commissioners.
(4)
The sale of gasoline and related automobile parts at automobile service stations.
(5)
Preexisting garden supply retail stores in the C-1(H) zone.
G.
No commercial trailers, recreation vehicles, trailers or vehicles used or intended for conveyance upon public highways, either under their own power or by attachment to a motor vehicle or through other means of transportation, shall be parked on any premises in any zoning district within the Village. Any commercial trailers or vehicles described in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be used for storage purposes if the trailer or vehicle remains on the premises in excess of seven days.
§ 96-4.3 General use restrictions.
Any use not specifically designated as a principal permitted use, an accessory use or a conditional use is specifically prohibited from any zone district in the Village.
§ 96-4.4 Affordable housing obligations.
All applicants for the construction of any new buildings or additions to new buildings, whether they be residential, commercial or industrial, shall be required to comply with the applicable regulations promulgated by the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, N.J.A.C. 5:94-1 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:95-1 et seq., as well as any provisions contained in the Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq., at the time the application is approved by the Ridgefield Park Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Any applicant may be required to contribute to the affordable housing trust fund maintained by the Village of Ridgefield Park and/or construct affordable housing units within the Village of Ridgefield Park, in accordance with the above rules and regulations and in accordance with the Code of the Village of Ridgefield Park.
§ 96-4.5 Certain uses related to cannabis prohibited.
[Added 4-23-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-06]
A. CANNABIS CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT CANNABIS PARAPHERNALIA HEMP
Wherever used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
All or parts of the plant genus cannabis, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant or its seeds (except those containing only resin extracted from the plant). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this definition shall not be deemed to include hemp, as such term is defined herein.
All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in Section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16,[1] but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service. This definition shall also include businesses where the sale and/or distribution of cannabis paraphernalia takes place. This definition shall not include legally authorized medical care, pharmaceutical research or clinical trials performed or conducted by or under the direction and supervision of a licensed physician, medical research facility, hospital or pharmaceutical company.
Any equipment, products, or materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, composting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, vaporizing, or containing cannabis, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis into the human body.
A cannabis plant containing less than 0.3% THC, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant or its seeds. This definition shall include cannabinoids (CBDs) derived from hemp.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:6I-33.
B.
In all zoning districts in the Village of Ridgefield Park, the following uses shall be prohibited:
(1)
Cannabis establishments. This prohibition shall not include premises regularly in the business of selling and/or dispensing medical marijuana under a license issued by the State of New Jersey and having been prescribed by a licensed physician and dispensed in accordance with applicable law.
(2)
Signs, billboards or other similar structures or devices that advertise or promote cannabis or cannabis establishments.