Weehawken Township City Zoning Code
§ 23-6.2
Height exceptions.
[Ord. No. 2-1979 § 17-6.2; Ord. No. 17-1986 § 13; Ord. No. 17-1987 § 7]
a.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, rooftop structures shall be permitted to exceed the otherwise permitted height of a building provided:
1.
The height of the rooftop structure shall not be greater than 25% of the actual height of the building on which it is located, or greater than 25% of the maximum height of buildings permitted in Schedule "A" in the District, whichever is less.
2.
The aggregate horizontal area of all such rooftop structures on a building shall not exceed 10% of the ground area covered by the building.
b.
No parapet, wall or cornice may exceed the height limitations of this chapter.
c.
A railing on a flat roof may exceed the height limitations by up to five feet provided such railing has at least 50% of its vertical face open.
d.
No height exception permitted by this subsection shall permit a building or rooftop structure to exceed the following:
1.
In that portion of the I and SW Zones lying north of the Kings Bluff Dividing Line and south of the southerly boundary of the North Weehawken View Plane, the overall height of building, including rooftop structures, shall not exceed 50 feet above sea level.
2.
In that portion of the I, B-2 and B-3 Zones lying north of the southerly boundary of the North Weehawken View Plane and south of the easterly prolongation of Cooper Place no building or rooftop structure shall penetrate the North Weehawken View Plane.
3.
In that portion of the B-2 and B-3 Zones lying north of the easterly prolongation of Cooper Place no building or rooftop structure shall penetrate the Palisades Plane.