The Borough of Rumson is hereby divided into districts as follows:

R-1 Residential Zone District

R-2 Residential Zone District

R-3 Residential Zone District

R-4 Residential Zone District

R-5 Residential Zone District

R-6 Residential Zone District

POB Professional Office Building Zone District

GB General Business Zone District

NB Neighborhood Business Zone District

POS Public Facilities and Open Space Zone District

RSC Rumson Road Scenic Corridor Overlay District

H-BP Historic-Barley Point, Seasonal Residential District

ROI-2 Residential Overlay Inclusionary District-2

ROI-4 Residential Overlay Inclusionary District-4

ROI-5 Residential Overlay Inclusionary District-5

FIIO Faith Institution Inclusionary Overlay District

BA Bingham Avenue Housing Zone District

RR Rumson Road Housing Zone District

AH-1 Carton Street Affordable Housing Zone

MUMFO Mixed Use and Multi-Family Overlay Zone

AH-2 West River Road Affordable Housing Zone

The regulations set forth in this chapter for each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class of structure or land within the district, except as hereinafter provided.

No building or structure shall hereafter be erected and no existing building or structure shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building or portion of a building or structure be used, designed, or arranged to be used for any purpose unless in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Ordinances of the Borough of Rumson to the contrary, a building occupied as a residential dwelling may continue to be so occupied during the construction of a second dwelling on the same lot for a period of not more than one year from the commencement of construction of the new dwelling or until 30 days after this issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the newly constructed dwelling, whichever shall first occur, provided that the newly constructed dwelling when completed will conform in all respects with the Ordinances of the Borough of Rumson and that the owner posts with the Borough Clerk a surety bond in a form and amount satisfactory to the Borough Attorney, which shall guarantee that the owner shall vacate and shall satisfactorily demolish the dwelling within 30 days of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the newly constructed dwelling.

Every principal building shall be located on a lot as defined in this chapter. Except for multi-family and nonresidential development no more than one principal building and its accessory buildings shall hereafter be erected on any one lot.

Yards or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet the minimum requirements established by this chapter.