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Rockaway City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

O-B Office Business District

§ 172-62 Permitted principal uses.

[Amended 11-10-2022 by Ord. No. 25-22; 9-11-2025 by Ord. No. 25-19]
The following shall be permitted principal uses in the O-B District:
A. 
Professional and medical offices.
B. 
Single-family dwellings.
C. 
Home occupations.
D. 
Public parks and playgrounds.
E. 
Community residences and shelters for the developmentally disabled, for victims of domestic violence, for persons with head injuries and for the terminally ill pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1.
F. 
Family day-care homes per N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.5b.
G. 
One apartment dwelling unit within a mixed-use building with professional and/or medical offices.

§ 172-63 Permitted accessory uses.

A. 
Signs conforming to Article IV, Signs, of this chapter.
B. 
Parking and parking facilities.
[Amended 12-14-2023 by Ord. No. 23-24]
C. 
Outdoor storage as regulated in § 172-22.
D. 
Other accessory uses customarily incident to the permitted principal uses.

§ 172-64 Conditional uses.

[Amended 11-10-2022 by Ord. No. 25-22]
A. 
The following shall be conditionally permitted uses in the O-B District, subject to compliance with the following requirements for each principal building:
(1) 
Front yard: 75 feet.
(2) 
Rear yard: 50 feet.
(3) 
Side yard: 25 feet.
(4) 
Frontage: 200 feet.
(5) 
Floor area ratio: 0.20.
(6) 
Maximum impervious coverage of lot: 50%.
B. 
Churches and similar places of worship of recognized religious groups as defined in § 169-4.
C. 
Public and private schools teaching academic subjects.
D. 
Public libraries.
E. 
Public utility facilities.
F. 
Garden apartments in compliance with § 172-54, Requirements for garden apartments.
G. 
Townhouse developments in compliance with § 172-55, Requirements for townhouses.
H. 
Community residences and shelters for the developmentally disabled, community residences and shelters for victims of domestic violence and community residences and shelters for persons with head injuries pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1 of the Municipal Land Use Law.
I. 
Medical and dentistry offices, subject to compliance with the following additional standards:
(1) 
Minimum lot size: 10,000 square feet.
(2) 
Medical and dentistry offices shall comply with off-street parking requirements for offices pursuant to § 172-114.
[Amended 12-14-2023 by Ord. No. 23-24]

§ 172-65 Compliance with scheduled requirements.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the requirements and limitations contained in the Schedule of Zoning Requirements referred to in § 172-5 shall be complied with.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Schedule is located at the end of this chapter.