West Caldwell City Zoning Code
§ 20-17.14
Nursing or Convalescent Homes.
[Ord. No. 890 § 20-17.14; Ord. No. 937; Ord. No. 1797-2017 § 6]
For the purposes hereof, a nursing or convalescent home shall mean one licensed by the State of New Jersey to furnish lodging and nursing care to persons by reason of their being aged, sick, infirm, convalescent, invalid, bedfast, physically handicapped or impaired, and shall not include the mentally ill, persons suffering from a communicable disease or addicted to narcotics or alcohol.
a.
Minimum lot area shall be three acres.
b.
Minimum lot depth shall be 500 feet, and minimum lot width and lot frontage shall be 250 feet.
c.
Minimum front yard shall be 75 feet, and the minimum rear yard shall be 150 feet.
d.
There shall be two side yards, neither of which shall be less than 25 feet; provided, however, that the aggregate width of both side yards shall be at least equal to 25% of the lot width at the building setback line. A side yard shall not include the buffer area herein provided, except that the buffer area may be applied to the aggregate side yard requirement.
e.
No building or structure shall be greater than 28 feet or two stories in height.
f.
Buffer areas at least 30 feet in depth shall be provided, where applicable, pursuant to Subsection 20-21.1.
g.
Off-street parking shall be provided pursuant to Subsection 20-23.4 and all other parking requirements within the applicable zone district, except that parking may be permitted in the rear yard but not within 25 feet of any property line or within five feet of any buffer area.
h.
No parking shall be permitted within the front yard, nor in a side yard within 10 feet of the front yard.
i.
The maximum building coverage shall be no greater than 25% of the gross site area.
[Ord. No. 1797-2017 § 6]