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Ridgewood City Zoning Code

§ 190-116

P-2 Professional and Office District.

A. 
Principal uses and structures. The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted:
[Amended 2-8-2017 by Ord. No. 3579]
(1) 
Business, professional or administrative offices which are not engaged in retail or wholesale sale of goods on the premises and which are not engaged in the repair or servicing of goods on the premises.
(2) 
Single-family residential uses in detached single-family residential structures.
(3) 
Two-family residential uses in a single structure on the same lot.
(4) 
Business, professional or administrative offices permitted in Subsection A(1) above in the same building as dwelling units as a mixed use.
(5) 
Parking areas.
(6) 
Child-care centers.
(7) 
Municipal buildings owned or leased by the Village of Ridgewood and used for public purposes.
(8) 
Institutional uses, as defined by § 190-3.
(9) 
Medical offices, not including medical spas, which may be located in the same building as dwelling units as a mixed use.
[Added 6-12-2024 by Ord. No. 4002]
B. 
Accessory uses and structures. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted, provided that they are located on the same premises as the principal use or structure to which they are accessory:
(1) 
Parking facilities, as regulated in §§ 190-90 and 190-121.
(2) 
Private garages accessory to a permitted residential use for up to four motor vehicles, subject to § 190-121G(3).
(3) 
Private swimming pools as permitted and regulated by § 190-124T.
[Amended 9-11-2019 by Ord. No. 3730]
(4) 
Private tennis courts, racquetball courts, paddleball courts, platform tennis courts, handball courts and similar recreation facilities accessory to a permitted residential use and designed to serve the residents on the premises, all as regulated in § 190-124G.
(5) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(5), pertaining to home professional offices, was repealed 4-13-2005 by Ord. No. 2933.
(6) 
The office, contained in a detached single-family residence, of an ordained clergyman of any faith or Christian Science practitioner.
(7) 
Family day-care homes accessory to a detached single-family residence, as regulated in § 190-124B.
(8) 
Signs, as regulated in § 190-122.
(9) 
Accessory uses customarily incident to the above principal uses, provided that residential uses shall not include any activity commonly conducted for gain unless specifically permitted in this section.
C. 
Conditional uses and structures. The following conditional uses and structures shall be permitted in the P-2 District only if they comply with the appropriate regulations for such uses or structures in § 190-123:
[Amended 10-13-1998 by Ord. No. 2643; 2-8-2017 by Ord. No. 3579]
(1) 
Public utility buildings and structures.
D. 
Prohibited uses. Any use other than those uses permitted by this section are prohibited. Without in any way limiting the generality and prohibition of this section, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to permit any bank, savings and loan association, finance company or similar financial institution or company.
E. 
Bulk and lot regulations. Single-family detached dwellings and two-family dwellings shall comply with the bulk and lot regulations in § 190-106E. All other permitted uses shall comply with following conditions and requirements:
(1) 
Maximum building height: 45 feet, and two stories.
(2) 
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
(3) 
Minimum side yard: six feet.
(4) 
Minimum both side yards: 18 feet.
(5) 
Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
(6) 
Minimum lot area: 8,400 square feet.
(7) 
Minimum lot width: 60 feet, measured at the minimum front yard setback line.
(8) 
Minimum average lot width: 60 feet, calculated so that at least 8,400 square feet of lot area shall be provided within 140 feet of the front lot line.
(9) 
Maximum total coverage by above-grade structures: 40% of the land area of the lot, except in the case of a parking area as a principal use, 10% of the land area of the lot or 40 square feet, whichever is less.
(10) 
Maximum floor area ratio: 40%.
(11) 
Maximum coverage by improvements: 80% of the lot area.
[Amended 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 2670]
F. 
Other regulations. In addition to the bulk and lot regulations, the following requirements shall be complied with:
(1) 
[2]Every dwelling unit shall contain a minimum habitable floor area of 600 square feet.
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection F(1), regarding enclosure of piers, pillars or columns, was repealed 10-8-1996 by Ord. No. 2583, which ordinance also provided for the renumbering of the remaining subsections.