Tenafly City Zoning Code
§ 35-804.1
Off-Street Facilities Required.
[Ord. No. 97-29 § 804A; Ord. No. 99-10 § 1; Ord. No. 00-15 § 1; Ord. No. 04-26 § 9; Ord. No. 05-24 §§ 4, 5; Ord. No. 08-16 § 1; Ord. No. 10-14 § 1; Ord. No. 10-24; 8-5-2024 by Ord. No. 24-16]
In all districts in which the types of buildings and uses specified hereunder are permitted by this chapter, off-street parking and off-street loading facilities in connection with uses or buildings shall be provided in an amount not less than hereinafter specified in Schedule C,[1] provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the reconstruction or repair without enlargement of any lawful nonconforming building existing at the effective date of this chapter,[2] except that the floor area of any lawful building may be increased within the said building a maximum of 400 square feet without any increase in parking area.
Notwithstanding the above, the parking requirements for restaurants specified in Schedule C shall not be deemed to apply to a change of permitted use in any existing building or to any new building replacing an existing building and having a gross floor area equal to or smaller than the former building located in the Retail Business Zone B-1, the Retail Business Zone B-2 or the B-1DOD Downtown Overlay District.
a.
Open air parking, storage or keeping of commercial vehicles in any residential district shall be prohibited; however, that not more than one commercial vehicle of not more than two tons capacity and owned by persons residing on the premises may be parked, stored or kept in a private garage that is an accessory to the main building in such residential district.
b.
The parking of unregistered motor vehicles in the open is prohibited, except as an adjunct to new car sales establishments where these are permitted. For the purpose of this section, the storage or deposit on a lot of two or more wrecked or broken down vehicles or parts of two or more such vehicles shall be construed to be the maintenance and establishment of a junk yard, which use is prohibited in all zoning districts.
c.
Nothing contained in this section shall be read to prohibit the temporary parking of commercial vehicles in residential driveways as follows:
1.
For emergency work or service at any time during the day or night;
2.
For delivery of goods during daylight hours from such commercial vehicle to the premises on which it is parked; or
3.
During the performance of work or delivery of services during daylight hours when such commercial vehicle is reasonably necessary for such work or service.
d.
Open air parking, storage or keeping of commercial vehicles overnight within any business district shall be prohibited, except as follows:
1.
Commercially licensed vans which satisfy all of the following conditions will be permitted to park overnight in a business district:
(a)
Fully enclosed, single chassis, nonsegmented body with driver's seating area not physically separated from other passenger or cargo area, four wheels, and not more than 20 feet long.
(b)
No equipment, ladders or other accessories that are not an integral part of the vehicle shall be permitted.
(c)
Vehicle must be parked in the rear of any building on the property. No vehicle shall be parked in the front yard or side yard of any lot.
(d)
Only one commercially licensed van per business, meeting all of the above criteria, shall be permitted to park overnight within any business district.