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South Bound Brook City Zoning Code

§ 34-25.3

Required Conditions.

[Ord. 1/13/87, § 14A-03]
The following requirements shall be complied with in the O-R Office Residential District:
a. 
Height. No building shall exceed a maximum of two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or thirty-five (35') feet in height, whichever is the lesser.
b. 
Front Yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five (25') feet.
c. 
Side Yard. There shall be two side yards, and no side yard shall be less than six (6') feet, provided, further that the aggregate width of the two side yards combined shall equal 30% of the lot width at the building line.
d. 
Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least twenty-five (25') feet.
e. 
Minimum Lot Area. Each lot shall have a minimum lot area of 5,000 square feet, with an average width of fifty (50') feet measured within one hundred (100') feet of the front property line.
f. 
Minimum Residential Floor Area. Each dwelling unit shall have a minimum floor area of 800 square feet per unit.
g. 
Combined Uses. Combined residential and professional office or home professional office uses shall comply with the following additional requirements:
1. 
Professional office use and home professional use shall only be permitted on the ground floor level of any building.
2. 
A separate exterior entrance shall be provided to the residential unit of buildings having professional office use, except in the case of home professional office use conducted by the resident of such premises, in which case uses shall be physically separated by a door or other type of partition to be approved by the Borough.
3. 
All open spaces on premises of professional office use or home professional uses shall be adequately landscaped and maintained in good condition after approval by the Borough. All parking service areas shall be so screened that adjacent residential areas are shielded from the parking or service areas.
4. 
Lighting shall be provided during the hours of darkness to provide illumination for the premises and all interior sidewalks, walkways and parking areas thereon during business hours of all professional office and home professional uses. All wiring shall be laid underground and all lighting fixtures shall be so arranged that the direct source of light is not visible from any adjacent residential area.
5. 
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 34-13 of this chapter.