Roselle Park City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVII
R-1 Single-Family Residence District
§ 40-1701 APPLICABILITY OF REGULATIONS.
[1980 Code § 128-66]
The regulations set forth in this Article or set forth elsewhere in Part 3, Zoning, of this chapter and referred to in this Article are the district regulations in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District.
§ 40-1702 PERMITTED USES.
[1980 Code § 128-67; amended by Ord. No. 1348; Ord. No. 1856; Ord. No. 1976]
A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
A.
Single-family Detached Dwellings. Exclusive of the basement or cellar, a single-family dwelling unit may not contain more than one (1) kitchen.
B.
Parks and playgrounds owned and operated by the Borough by any of its agencies or the Union County Park Commission.
C.
Public schools and private schools having curriculums the same as ordinarily given in public schools in the public school system of the Borough of Roselle Park and institutions of higher learning licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Education, excluding nursery schools, but not excluding church school activities.
D.
Churches, convents, parish houses or church school buildings.
E.
Publicly-owned museums, libraries or community buildings and firehouses.
F.
Home occupations.
H.
Accessory Buildings, Including a Private Garage. No accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot until the construction of the main building has actually been commenced, and no accessory building shall be used unless the main building on the lot is completed and used. A private garage may only be used for the storage of one (1) commercial vehicle of not more than two and one-half (2 1/2) tons' gross vehicle weight. Space for not more than two (2) noncommercial vehicles may be leased. § 40-3003 may apply where applicable.
I.
One (1) temporary sign not exceeding one and one-half (1 1/2) square feet in area appertaining to the lease, hire or sale of the building or premises on which the sign is displayed.
J.
Church bulletin boards not to exceed twenty-four (24) square feet in total area.
K.
Nameplates not exceeding one (1) square feet in area.
L.
A sign displaying the name and address of an educational or religious institution not exceeding ten (10) square feet in area. Where the sign is attached to or is a part of one (1) wall of the main building, the area of the sign may be increased one (1) square foot for every three (3) feet that such sign is set back beyond fifteen (15) feet from the street line, but in no case shall the area of the sign exceed sixty (60) square feet. Such sign attached to or a part of the wall of the main building shall be flat against the wall and not project beyond the ends or above the roof of the building, and it may be illuminated only by shielded floodlighting or by interior, indirect, non-glare light.
N.
Family day-care homes.
O.
Group homes for the developmentally disabled.
§ 40-1703 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
[1980 Code § 128-68]
Except as hereinafter provided in § 40-2801, no building shall exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or twenty-eight (28) feet in height.
§ 40-1704 AREA REGULATIONS.
[1980 Code § 128-69; amended by Ord. No. 1140]
A.
Front Yard.
1.
There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than twenty (20) feet, but every building shall set back from the street line a distance at least equal to the average of the setbacks of all street walls within one hundred (100) feet on either side of the street wall in question and within the same street and block frontage, provided that in no case shall a setback of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the street line be required as a front yard, and provided further that a projection in the form of a one-story vestibule, hood or storm enclosure on the front of the building shall be exempt from the above front yard setback requirement if the projection does not extend at any point more than four (4) feet six (6) inches beyond the required setback line, and provided that the street wall of the projection shall not exceed in length the greater of the following: forty (40%) percent of the street wall of the building of twenty (20) feet.
2.
Interior lots having a frontage on two (2) or more streets shall have a front yard on each street as provided in Subsection 1 of this section.
3.
On a corner lot, no main or accessory building may be placed closer to the side street line than one-half (1/2) the distance which would be required if the side street frontage were assumed to be a front yard. However, in no case shall any building be closer than ten (10) feet to the side street line.
4.
There shall be no parking area within twenty (20) feet of the street line. Any parking area beyond twenty (20) feet from the street exposed to public view shall be screened from the street by hedges or other landscaping.
B.
Side Yard. On each side of a building there shall be a side yard having a width of not less than ten (10%) percent of the average width of the lot; provided, however, that such side yard shall be at least six (6) feet wide.
C.
Rear Yard. Except as hereinafter provided in subsequent sections of this chapter, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25%) percent of the average depth of the lot, subject to maximum requirement of thirty-five (35) feet.
D.
Lot Area. There shall be a lot area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet, and all lots shall have a frontage on a public street of not less than fifty (50) feet; provided, however, that any lot of record as of the effective date of this chapter which shall have a lot area of not less than three thousand three hundred (3,300) square feet and frontage on a public street of not less than thirty-three (33) feet may be utilized for construction of and occupied by a single-family detached dwelling. Nothing herein shall be construed as to permit the division of an existing lot for the construction of a building unless all requirements with respect to area and yards are complied with. Further, any structure in existence as of the effective date of this chapter may be converted to any use permitted in this district, as long as no alteration to the exterior shall increase any existing legal nonconformance as to front, side or rear yard or otherwise violate front, side or rear yard regulations contained herein.
E.
Interpretation of "lot" and "lot of record."
1.
The words "lot" and "lot of record" as used in Subsection D above shall have the same definition as the word "lot" in § 40-601, and the reference to the word "lot" and "lot of record" shall not necessarily be to a lot or lots as delineated on a Tax Map or any other field map.
2.
Under the provisions of Subsection E1 above, no building permit shall be issued where the proposed building lot resulting from the subdivision of a lot as defined herein will:
a.
Leave the developed portion of the lot without a garage where a garage heretofore existed;
b.
Leave the developed portion of a residential lot without accessible rear yard parking pursuant to the requirements of this chapter; or
c.
Leave the developed portions of a lot in violation of any of the area requirements of Part 3, Zoning, of this chapter as they apply prior to the subdivision of the lot.