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Toms River City Zoning Code

§ 348-10.10

R-120 Residential Zone.

A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Single-family dwellings.
(2) 
Federal, state, county and municipal buildings and grounds, including schools, parks and playgrounds, but not workshops, warehouses, garages and storage yards.
(3) 
Private and parochial schools not operated for profit.
(4) 
Essential services.
(5) 
Community residences for the developmentally disabled, community shelters for victims of domestic violence, community residences for the terminally ill, community residences for persons with head injuries and adult family care homes for elderly persons and physically disabled adults.
[Added 4-11-1990 by Ord. No. 2729-90; amended 11-26-2002 by Ord. No. 3748-02]
B. 
Required accessory uses.
(1) 
Off-street parking subject to the provisions of § 348-8.20.
C. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Fences subject to the provisions of § 348-8.13.
(2) 
Private swimming pools subject to the provisions of § 348-8.21.
(3) 
Signs subject to the provisions of § 348-8.26.
(4) 
Other customary accessory uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to the principal use and building.
D. 
Conditional uses subject to the provisions of Article IX of this chapter.
(1) 
Churches and places of worship (§ 348-9.5).
(2) 
Public utilities (§ 348-9.6).
(3) 
Home professional offices (§ 348-9.11).
(4) 
Quasi-public and private club recreation areas (§ 348-9.18).
(5) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D(5), Community residences for the developmentally disabled, added 12-26-1978 by Ord. No. 1801, was repealed 11-26-2002 by Ord. No. 3748-02.
(6) 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D(6), Community shelters for victims of domestic violence, added 4-11-1990 by Ord. No. 2729-90, was repealed 11-26-2002 by Ord. No. 3748-02.
E. 
Area, yard and building requirements.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 12,000 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 90 feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot frontage:
(a) 
Interior lot: 45 feet.
(b) 
Corner lot: 110 feet on both streets.
(4) 
Minimum lot depth: 135 feet.
(5) 
Minimum front setback: 40 feet on local, local collector, minor collector and major collector streets and 60 feet on minor or principal arterial highways.
(6) 
Minimum rear yard setback:
(a) 
Principal buildings: 30 feet.
(b) 
Accessory buildings: 15 feet.
(c) 
Private swimming pools: 10 feet.
(7) 
Minimum side yard setback:
(a) 
Principal buildings: 10 feet, with two combined side yards not less than 25 feet.
(b) 
Accessory buildings: 10 feet.
(c) 
Private swimming pools: 10 feet.
(8) 
Maximum building height: 35 feet subject to the provisions of § 348-5.12. In any event, the building shall not contain more than three usable floor levels counted vertically at any point in the building above the grade level as determined by the average grade elevation of the corners of the building.
(9) 
(Reserved)[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection E(9), regarding minimum gross habitable floor area requirements, amended 2-9-1982 by Ord. No. 2068, was repealed 12-23-2019 by Ord. No. 4652-19.
(10) 
In this zone, notwithstanding limitations imposed by other provisions of this chapter, a single-family dwelling and customary accessory buildings may be erected on a parcel existing at the date of adoption of this chapter, which parcel shall have a width not less than 80 feet, a depth not less than 100 feet and an area not less than 10,000 square feet, provided that:
(a) 
Such parcel shall consist of a single lot which is not contiguous to other lots in the same ownership; or
(b) 
Such parcel shall consist of all the contiguous lots that are in the same ownership; or
(c) 
If such parcel consists of a single lot contiguous to another lot or lots in the same ownership, the lot comprising the parcel shall have been created by a subdivision previously granted approval by the Toms River Township Planning Board; and
(d) 
The yard dimensions and other requirements not involving area, depth or width shall conform to the regulations for the R-120 Residential Zone, except that corner lots may have a reduced lot frontage on one street of not less than 100 feet.
[Amended 8-22-1978 by Ord. No. 1775]
(11) 
Maximum impervious coverage: 50%.
[Added 3-25-2014 by Ord. No. 4429-14]