Saddle River City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XX
Private Educational Zone
[Added 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 23-1069]
§ 210-122 Purpose.
The Private Educational Zone (PEZ) is created in order to allow for the expansion of existing private educational institutions within the Borough to meet the needs of current and future students and of the community.
§ 210-123 Permitted uses.
Permitted uses are as follows:
A.
Private educational institutions.
§ 210-124 Accessory uses.
A.
Any use or structure shall be permitted which is clearly and customarily incidental and subordinate to a permitted principal use on the same property including but not limited to the following:
(1)
Athletic fields/courts.
(2)
Generators shall be permitted within a front yard, provided that they are set back a minimum of 100 feet from the street and suitably screened with a minimum four-foot fence and/or landscape planting screen.
(3)
Outdoor heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment.
(4)
Roof-mounted units are permitted provided that they are screened with parapets or other architectural features and meet the standards of the New Jersey Noise Control Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:1G-1 et seq.
(5)
Parking including overnight parking of commercial vehicles/buses associated with the private educational institution.
B.
Notwithstanding § 210-32, accessory uses shall be permitted in all yards subject to the bulk standards contained in this article.
§ 210-125 Bulk standards.
The bulk standards are as follows:
A.
Minimum site area: 20 acres.
B.
Maximum building coverage: 15%.
C.
Maximum lot coverage: 35%. (Artificial turf fields are exempt from the lot coverage total.)
D.
Maximum building height for performing arts building: 48 feet.
E.
Maximum building height for all other buildings: 44 feet. (NOTE: Maximum building height shall not apply to rooftop appurtenances, cupolas, equipment or other architectural features above parapet which are permitted to extend an additional 10 feet above the maximum building height as measured from the two corners of any proposed building in relationship to Chestnut Ridge Road.)
F.
Maximum accessory building height: 25 feet (two story).
G.
Maximum accessory building square footage: 1,200 square feet.
H.
Minimum frontage: 2,500 feet.
I.
Minimum front yard setback: 150 feet (Chestnut Ridge Road); 80 feet (Woodcliff Lake Road).
J.
Minimum rear yard: 100 feet.
K.
Minimum side yard: 80 feet.
L.
Minimum setback of accessory structures from property line: 100 feet.
M.
Minimum parking lot buffer to property line: 70 feet.
N.
Minimum distance to the property line for courts and fields: 50 feet.
O.
Minimum distance of a driveway to an intersection: 400 feet.
P.
Minimum off-street parking requirement:
(1)
One space per teacher.
(2)
Seventy-five hundredths space per senior students.
(3)
Ten visitor spaces.
Q.
Maximum retaining wall height: eight feet. (Shall not apply to fencing for tennis courts.)
R.
Maximum fence height for tennis/other courts: 12 feet.
S.
Number of buildings. Notwithstanding § 210-28, a private educational institution shall be permitted to erect and maintain multiple primary and accessory buildings on-site.
T.
Athletic activities. No outdoor athletic activity shall be permitted on any day from dusk to dawn unless specifically approved by resolution by the Borough Council.
U.
Construction code. Buildings shall comply with all applicable building codes.
V.
Exemptions. Sections 210-28, 210-32 and 210-34 shall not apply to buildings and uses in the PEZ District, nor shall conditional requirements for schools in other zone districts.
W.
Inspections. The Borough of Saddle River, the Saddle River Fire Department and/or the Saddle River Board of Health shall cause annual inspections to be made of educational institutions operating within the Borough of Saddle River to determine whether such are in compliance with the terms of Chapter 113, Fire Prevention; Part III, Board of Health Legislation; and this chapter. Such inspection shall be made at the mutual convenience of the educational institution and the inspecting parties during the second quarter of each calendar year.
