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Scotch Plains City Zoning Code

§ 23-3.5

R-1 Residence Zone.

a. 
Permitted primary uses.
1. 
One-family dwellings.
2. 
Customary and conventional limited farming operations, including the raising of flowers and vegetables and horticultural materials but not including the use of commercial greenhouses nor the raising of any animals except customary household pets.
(a) 
Beekeeping shall be encouraged in accordance with applicable standards and requirements for beekeeping.
3. 
Municipal parks and playgrounds, buildings and uses which are deemed appropriate and necessary by the Township Council of the Township.
4. 
Golf clubs.
5. 
One-family dwelling, using density zoning. Applicable to tracts being subdivided of 10 acres or more, subject to Planning Board approval.
b. 
Permitted secondary buildings and uses.
1. 
Private garages not in excess of 1,200 square feet of building area, including detached and attached garages.
2. 
Customary residential storage buildings not in excess of 200 square feet of building area.
3. 
Shelters for domestic pets not in excess of 50 square feet of building area, exclusive of runs.
4. 
Other customary residential secondary structures, such as private swimming pools, private tennis courts, fireplaces, trellises, post lights, secondary structures customarily associated with a swimming pool on the premises, not exceeding 200 square feet and providing that no residential living quarters are contained therein, and the like.
5. 
Customary farm buildings for the storage of products or equipment located on the same property as the primary use.
6. 
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided to all dwelling units in the R-1 Residence Zone subject to the following criteria: each unit shall be provided with not fewer than three off-street spaces, one of which parking spaces, if applicable (see Subsection 23-2.3l4), shall be within a garage and the remaining parking spaces to be located in the driveway leading thereto.
6.1. 
Residential professional offices and other uses, such as artists, music teachers both vocal and instrumental, etc., shall provide at least one off-street parking space for each 100 square feet of floor space devoted to such office use, but in no case fewer than three such spaces. Said parking space to be to the rear of the building line. Residential professional offices shall be limited to those of the practice of medicine, dentistry, law, architecture and engineering. The conduct of such profession shall permit the employment of not more than one employee and shall be limited to 1/4 of the gross floor area of the building. The balance of the area shall be occupied by the professional practitioner as his principal residence.
7. 
Signs, in accordance with Subsection 23-3.4b.
8. 
The following secondary buildings and uses are permitted in conjunction with a permitted golf club, provided that the operation of such facilities is clearly incidental and subordinate to the operation of the golf club.
(a) 
Clubhouse facilities, including dining and refreshment facilities.
(b) 
Caretaker dwellings, including not less than 600 square feet of floor space.
(c) 
Buildings for the storage of maintenance equipment and supplies.
(d) 
Supplemental recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, tennis courts and other similar facilities.
9. 
The keeping of horses or ponies shall be permitted in the R-1 Residence Zone only, subject to the following standards, and further subject to the requirement that a certificate of occupancy be obtained from the Zoning Officer, certifying that the following standards have been met:
(a) 
Not more than two horses and/or ponies are allowed per acre.
(b) 
Not less than 20,000 square feet shall be provided for the first horse or pony.
(c) 
Horses shall be safely corralled. Corral shall not be less than 20 feet from the side lot line, stable shall not be less than 30 feet from the side lot line, and stable or corral shall not be less than 50 feet from any neighboring dwelling.
(d) 
Stable (as defined in Subsection 23-1.8, Definitions).
10. 
Chickens/hens not to exceed six chickens and coops not to exceed 100 feet shall be permitted subject to the requirements of § 5-10 and Subsection 23-2.3t1(e) of the Code of the Township of Scotch Plains.
c. 
Conditional uses (subject to the conditions of § 23-5).
1. 
Public utility uses.
2. 
Public and private schools.
3. 
Churches and similar places of worship.
4. 
Buildings operated by chartered membership organizations for the benefit of the public and not for profit.
d. 
Other provisions and requirements.
1. 
Residential uses shall provide not less than two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit, one of which shall be a garage and the second may be a driveway leading thereto.
2. 
Outdoor storage of produce, fertilizer or equipment in connection with an agricultural use shall not be located within 60 feet of a street line or within 200 feet of any adjoining residence.
3. 
Farm operations shall have a minimum lot area of five acres, exclusive of the lot area required for one-family residence, if both uses are included.
4. 
No building erected in conjunction with a permitted golf course shall be located closer than 200 feet to a street or property line of the lot on which the use is located.