Undersize lots of record.

Height. The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to silos, church spires, belfries, cupolas, and domes not used for human occupancy, nor to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, water tanks, similar features, and necessary mechanical appurtenances usually carried above the roof level. Such features, however, shall be erected only to such height as is necessary to accomplish the purpose they are to serve. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to prevent the erection above the building height limit of a parapet wall or cornice for ornament (and without windows) extending above such height limit not more than five feet. Public buildings, schools, and churches shall increase the front, rear and side yards by one foot for each foot by which such building exceeds the height limit herein established for such zone in which it is located, and further provided that in no case shall any building have a height greater than 50 feet unless explicitly permitted by the schedule of this chapter.

Irregularly shaped lots. In the case of irregularly shaped lots, the minimum lot frontage specified in the schedule, measured at the street line, may be reduced to not less than 50% of the minimum lot width requirement. The side yard width at the building line shall not be less than the required minimum side yard width set forth in the schedule.

In the R-1A Zone, the following exceptions and supplements to the general provisions dealing with the specific items hereinafter set forth shall be permitted:

No structure shall be built within 50 feet of the bed of a stream carrying water on an average of six months of the year. No building shall be constructed on land subject to periodic overflow or on land which has an average water table within two feet of the ground surface.

No persons, firm or corporation shall strip, excavate, or otherwise remove any topsoil for sale, nor remove or cause topsoil to be removed from Willingboro Township for any purpose whatever.

Existing natural features, such as clusters of trees, brooks, and drainage channels, shall be retained whenever practicable. To this end, in areas zoned as R-1, R-2 and R-3, there shall be no clearance of the land until the Planning Board has approved a site plan outlining the location of all existing natural features and which of these features shall be retained.

No lot in any R-1, R-2, or R-3 Zone shall have erected upon it more than one single-family residential building with attached accessory buildings. No yard or other open space provided around any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be considered to provide a yard or open space for any other building. No accessory building in any R-1, R-2, or R-3 Residential Zone shall be detached, except one used as a dollhouse, greenhouse, toolshed, wellhouse or doghouse and which shall conform to Subsection N below.

All lots requiring reverse frontage shall have a minimum of 20 feet of depth above the requirements of this chapter. Ten feet of this depth adjacent and parallel to the street line, to be known as a "reverse planting strip," will be planted by the developer in evergreen trees or shrubs to provide a visual screen at least six feet in height and covering 50% of the frontage of the property by the end of three growing seasons. These 10 feet shall not be included in determining the required rear yard space of that lot. Reverse planting strips may contain only ornamental plantings, and no fence, driveway, accessory building or structure of any kind, whether attached or detached, is permitted therein.

Every principal building shall be built upon a lot with frontage upon a public street improved to meet the Township's requirements or for which such improvements have been ensured by the posting of a performance guarantee pursuant to Chapter 205, Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review, of the Code of the Township of Willingboro, unless relief has been granted by the Board of Adjustment under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70. However, in the case of the attached townhouses only, where a building lot does not front upon a public street, no such building lot shall be located further than 150 feet from a public street.

Where a building lot has frontage on a street which the Development Plan or the Official Map of the Township indicates is proposed for right-of-way widening, the required front yard area shall be measured from such proposed right-of-way line.

Boat and boat trailer storage.

All construction of commercial or business uses, wherever authorized by this chapter, is requested to be an approved colonial or early American architectural design or an equivalent mode which is satisfactory to the Planning Board of Willingboro Township.

Business structures or uses shall not display goods for sale purposes or coin-operated vending machines of any type in any location which would infringe upon the required yard areas specified in this chapter.

All yards, open spaces, off-street parking, and landscaping as required by this chapter and the schedule must be contained within the zone in which the primary use to which they are requirements is permitted.

On any corner lot, no wall or fence, and no hedge, tree, shrub, or other growth, shall be maintained which may cause danger to traffic on a street by obscuring the view, as determined by the Chief Police Officer of the Township.

Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the Township Council, the zoning district shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacated public way, and all areas included in the vacated area in question shall be subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended district.

For the purpose of regulating the locations of principal and permitted accessory buildings on corner lots, and on lots extending through between two parallel streets, all portions of a corner lot or a through lot which fronts on a public street shall be subject to the front yard requirements of the zone district in which the corner lot or through lot is located.

When a new lot is formed so as to include within its boundaries any part of a former lot on which there is an existing building or use, the subdivision must be carried out in such a manner as will not infringe upon any of the provisions of this chapter either with respect to any existing structures or use and any proposed structures or use.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to customary local utility distribution or collection lines for water, gas, telephone, sewer, or electric service. All facilities such as repeater stations and electric substations which require a structure above grade shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter with respect to other uses requiring a conditional use permit application as indicated in each of the respective districts and subject to §§ 370-78 through 370-88 of this chapter.

Accessory buildings.

Any use not specifically permitted in a zoning district established by this chapter is hereby expressly prohibited from that district, and it is further provided that the following uses and activities shall be specifically prohibited in any zone in the Township of Willingboro:

For purposes of this chapter, portable pools as defined herein shall meet all yard requirements applicable to a detached accessory building. A private swimming pool as defined herein shall not be erected or placed nearer to a street property line or nearer to a side or rear property line than would be permitted for the principal building in the applicable zoning district as set forth in the schedule, § 370-7. No swimming pool may be placed or erected in the front or side yard of any lot.

Any temporary swimming pool, as defined in § 333-1 of the Code of the Township of Willingboro, which has been legally erected before June 3, 1974, and which is registered with the Department of Inspections on or before September 15, 1974, shall be permitted to be situated in the rear yard of a residence, although it may intrude upon the rear yard setback area set forth in the schedule which is made a part of § 370-7 to the extent and under the same status that it intruded before June 3, 1974.

In accordance with § 370-15E, Secondary Uses: No barbecue grills, inflatable amusement devices, playsets, outdoor playhouses, trampolines or sports apparatus may be placed or erected in the front and side of any lot.