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South Orange City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 185

XXVIII Title, Zoning Districts And Map

185-160 Short Title

This Part 13 of this chapter shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance." 

185-161 Zoning Districts And Map; Application Of Regulations; Interpretation Of Boundaries

  1. Districts established. South Orange Village is hereby divided into the following classes of districts:

    Residence A-100 - Single-Family 
    Residence A-75 -   Single-Family 
    Residence A-60 - Single-Family 
    Residence A-50 -  Single-Family 
    Residence B - Two-Family 
    Residence PRD - Planned Residential Development 
    Residence C-1 - Multifamily/Office District 
    Residence SC - Senior Citizens Housing 
    Residence TH - Townhouse 
    Business B-1 - Primary Business 
    Business B-2 - Secondary Business 
    Business B-3 - General Business 
    Business B-4 - Supplemental Business 
    PRC A - Planned Residential Cluster A 
    PRC B - Planned Residential Cluster B 
    U - University Zone 
    OS/PU - Open Space/Public Use Zone 

  2. Zoning Map. The boundaries of each above-created district are established as shown on the Zoning Map, which is attached to this Part 13 as part thereof.1 Said map is hereinafter to be known as "Zoning Map of South Orange Village, Essex County, New Jersey, April 19, 1994."
  3. Application of regulations.
    1. From and after the date this Part 13 becomes effective, except as hereinafter specified, no building shall be erected or altered and no building or premises shall be thereafter used for any purpose than a use permitted in the district in which the building or premises is located and except in conformity with the regulations prescribed for the district in which the building is located.
    2. Where a lot is formed from part of a parcel of land then already improved, the separation must be effected in such manner as not to impair any of the provisions of this Part 13, whether related to the then-existing improvement or to the proposed new improvement.
    3. Where a lot existing at the time of passage of this Part 13 is subdivided by a zone boundary, no building or structure or portion thereof permitted in the less restricted zone shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed or structurally altered or moved so that said building or structure encroaches on the more restricted zone. The above provision shall not apply to uses allowed in both the less restricted and more restricted zone. That portion of a lot subdivided by a district boundary which is in the more restricted zone may be used for parking.
    4. There shall be no permanent access to a less restricted zone through a more restricted zone, except by way of a public street. 
  4. District boundary lines. Boundary lines as shown on the Zoning Map accompanying this Part 13 are intended to coincide with lot lines, the center lines of streets, drainage courses or railroads as they existed at the time of adoption of this Part 13 or as they are designated on the Zoning Map by figures or dimensions. 

1. Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the office of the Village Clerk.