Somerdale City Zoning Code

Single detached dwellings.

Cultivation of the soil, tree or plant nurseries or greenhouses as noncommercial uses.

Public and parochial schools.

Noncommercial accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

Senior citizen housing complexes, designed specifically for occupancy by persons 62 or over and subsidized by the federal and/or state governments.

Clubs, community centers or lodges as noncommercial uses.

Monuments, municipal buildings, public libraries or public museums.

Parks, playgrounds or tennis courts as noncommercial uses.

Churches, chapels or other places of worship.

Lot area and width. The lot area and width shall not be less than:

Building setback lines shall not be less than 25 feet back from the street line (front lot line). However, no new building in the same front or alteration or addition to an existing building, exclusive of porches, eaves or cornices, shall project beyond the average front wall of any existing building located within 200 feet on either side of the side lines of the premises, and provided that such a building setback line need not be more than 40 feet back from the street line (front lot line).

Front yard. There shall be a front yard conforming to above setback regulations as in Subsection B above.

Side yard, corner lots. There shall be one side yard abutting the intermediate lot having a width of not less than eight feet and one side yard 20 feet wide facing the side street.

Side yards, intermediate lots. There shall be two side yards, one on each side of every dwelling or structure each having a width of not less than 10 feet.

Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard the depth of which shall not be less than 20 feet.

Nine hundred square feet for every dwelling one story high.

Seven hundred fifty square feet for every dwelling 1 1/2, two or 2 1/2 stories high.

Seven hundred fifty square feet for every dwelling 1 1/2, two or 2 1/2 stories high where a one-car garage, 200 square feet in area, having a 50% or more habitable floor area over the same is a structural part of the building.

A private garage (detached), provided that the building shall not provide storage for more than one private passenger automobile for each 1,500 square feet of lot area; however, such detached garage shall not be designed or built to house more than two private passenger automobiles, shall not exceed 400 square feet in total floor space and shall not contain more than two vehicle doors, overhead or otherwise, each of which shall not be larger in width or height than is required for the ingress and egress of a private passenger automobile or for two private passenger vehicles if the two vehicle doors are combined as one door. Such a garage shall not be placed nearer to a side or rear property line than five feet and shall not be within 10 feet of the rearmost portion of the main building or nearer to a side street line than 25 feet. Nothing herein, however, shall prevent the construction of a garage as a structural part of a dwelling, provided that such a garage does not store more than two private passenger automobiles, and provided, further, that the outer walls of the building are used when measuring the front, side and rear yards as required under § 162-142.

A doghouse limited to two dogs for any one family, chicken houses, rabbit hutches, pigeon lofts, etc., provided that the buildings shall not be placed nearer to a rear property line than eight feet nor within 20 feet of the rearmost portion of any dwelling.

Design. A senior citizen housing complex may include designs for efficiency apartments and one-bedroom apartments which are economical in size and which are intended for use by persons 62 or over. The building must include facilities for internal recreation areas, and outdoor sitting areas and an appropriate sized apartment for a live-in maintenance superintendent. Buildings of more than one story shall have at least one elevator with sufficient dimensions to permit access by a stretcher on wheels for the efficient evacuation of individuals by an ambulance crew.

Unit size. Minimum unit sizes and occupancies are as follows:

Minimum lot size. One acre (43,560 square feet) of land area is required.

Density. Density provisions shall be waived in favor of a maximum floor area ratio of 0.75 square foot of building area for each one square foot of land area of the proposed site.

Height. No building may exceed three stories in height or a maximum of 38 feet.

Minimum frontage. One hundred twenty-five feet measured at the building line is required.

Front yard. Per § 162-142, Area, setback and yard requirements.

Side yard. Per § 162-142, Area, setback and yard requirements.

Rear yard. Per § 162-142, Area, setback and yard requirements.

Parking. Parking spaces shall be provided at the ratio of one parking space for each two dwelling units contained in the building. Additionally, there shall be one parking space for each full-time employee. Handicapped parking shall be in compliance with the then current New Jersey Barrier Free Subcode regulations and provisions.