Westville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Residential Use Regulations
§ 205-54 Residential home occupations.
[Added 5-14-1996[1]]
B.
Customary home occupations shall be subject to the following standards:
(1)
There shall be no more than one employee in addition to the owner/occupant.
(2)
There shall be one off-street parking space in addition to those otherwise required by this chapter. In the event that the addition of this parking space requires additional paving or the alteration or addition to any structure on the site, site plan approval shall be obtained from the appropriate board.
(3)
The area necessary for the accessory residential uses shall occupy no more than 15% of the total floor area of the dwelling, including basements, if occupied either in connection with the residential use or the accessory residential use.
(4)
No storage of materials or products outside of the dwelling unit shall be permitted, including the use of vans, trucks and other vehicles to store materials and equipment.
(5)
The use shall be clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling unit and shall not change the essential residential character of the dwelling.
(6)
No external alterations inconsistent with the residential use of the dwelling unit shall be permitted.
(7)
No display of products shall be visible from outside the dwelling.
(8)
Such accessory uses shall be conducted by the residential occupants, who must be continuous occupants of the dwelling while the use is in operation.
(9)
No advertising display shall be visible from the street or elsewhere other than a small professional nameplate which shall not exceed two square feet in area.
(10)
Except where specific provision is otherwise made in the Code of the Borough of Westville, professional offices, customary home occupations and any other business use in this district shall not be operated from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 a.m. In applications before the Land Use Board, the hours of operation may be further restricted as a condition to any approval.
§ 205-55 Conversion of dwelling to multiple-family use.
The Land Use Board may authorize as a conditional use the conversion of any dwelling existing at the effective date of this chapter in an R-1 Residential District, a C-3 Business District or an I-4 Light Industrial District into a dwelling for not more than two families subject to the following requirements:
A.
The lot area per family, yards and building area shall not be reduced to less than the requirements for the district in which the lot is situated.
B.
No structural alteration of the building exterior shall be made except as may be necessary. Such conversion shall be limited to single-bedroom apartments, unless such apartment shall exceed 720 square feet in area.
C.
The Land Use Board may prescribe such further conditions with respect to the conversion and use of such building or land as it deems appropriate to the end that the general architectural character of the area be maintained.
§ 205-56 Apartment buildings containing not more than two apartments.
The Land Use Board may authorize as a conditional use the construction of an apartment building to contain not more than two apartments in an R-1 Residential District, a C-3 Business District or in an I-4 Light Industrial District subject to the following requirements:
A.
The lot area per family, yards and building area shall not be reduced to less than the requirements for the district in which the lot is situated.
B.
The apartments shall be limited to single-bedroom apartments unless such apartment shall exceed 720 square feet in area.
C.
The two apartments shall abut and shall have a common wall, either horizontal or vertical, between them.
D.
The Land Use Board may prescribe such further conditions with respect to the construction and use of such building or land as it deems appropriate to the end that the general architectural character of the area be maintained.