Wyckoff City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Purpose
§ 186-1 General purpose.
There is hereby established a comprehensive zoning plan for the Township of Wyckoff, Bergen County, New Jersey, which plan is set forth in the text, schedules, tables and map that constitute this chapter. Said plan is adopted for the purposes set forth in Chapter 291 of the Public Laws of 1975, known as the "Municipal Land Use Law" (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.), and more particularly for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety and welfare and with the objective of conserving the value of property and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the Township.
§ 186-2 Establishment of zones; purpose of each.
A.
The territory of the Township of Wyckoff is hereby divided into the following zones:
Zone | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|
RA-25 Rural Residence | The RA-25 Zone, the most restrictive residential zone in the Township, is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for single-family residences on lots having a minimum area of 25,000 square feet. | |
R-15 Residence | The R-15 Zone is established as a district in which the principal use of the land is for single-family residences on lots having a minimum area of 15,000 square feet, with the option for senior citizen residential cluster development in accordance with the purpose stated in § 186-32A. | |
RC-25 Cluster Option Residence | The RC-25 Zone is intended as a district in which the principal use of land is for single-family residences either on lots having a minimum area of 25,000 square feet or, under the cluster option, in a development preserving open space by utilizing lots having a smaller size but maintaining the same density as for conventional development by the setting aside of permanent open space. | |
B-1A Triangle Business | The B-1A Zone is intended to cover the central business triangle area of the Township and to provide for retail and service establishments of a type including convenience goods, food, clothing, drugs, gifts, boutiques and similar retail uses and service uses (excluding supermarkets); small professional offices; residential uses consisting of single-family and two-family homes; and mixed residential-commercial uses in a single building, provided the residential uses do not exceed two in number. [Amended 10-7-1980 by Ord. No. 830] | |
B-1 Central Business | The B-1 Zone is intended for conduct of retail trade, administrative and professional offices and service to the general public in the central business district; residential uses consisting of single-family and two-family homes; and mixed residential-commercial uses in a single building, provided the residential uses do not exceed 2. [Amended 10-7-1980 by Ord. No. 830] | |
B-2 Neighborhood Business | The B-2 Zone is intended for the conduct of local retail trade and household and personal services in outlying shopping areas with emphasis on grouping small retail and service businesses for the convenience of surrounding residential neighborhoods. | |
B-3 Office | The B-3 Zone is intended as an area for the provision of offices, banks and funeral parlors at the edges of the central business section where the permitted uses would have less impact on adjacent residences than general business uses and would provide a transition between general business and residence. | |
B-4 Outdoor Recreational [Repealed 10-6-1992 by Ord. No. 1146] | ||
B-5 Planned Community Shopping Center | The purpose of the Planned Community Shopping Center Zone is to provide a shopping center area primarily serving the residents of the Township of Wyckoff and developed and built in accordance with a plan affording adequate protection for adjoining residential areas and meeting certain requirements and specifications for shopping centers. Particular uses in the B-5 Zone shall be subject to review by the Planning Board and Township Committee to determine that these are primarily directed toward serving the residents of the Township of Wyckoff as distinguished from other communities in the region and are thus not such uses as would comprise a regional shopping center. | |
L-1 Light Industry | The L-1 Zone is intended to provide for industrial facilities on three-acre and larger sites in accordance with site plan standards provided for in the Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review Ordinance[1] and in keeping with the predominantly residential character of development in the community. | |
L-2 Light Industry | The L-2 Zone is intended to provide for industrial facilities on four-acre and larger sites in accordance with site plan standards provided for in the Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review Ordinance[2] and in keeping with the predominantly residential character of development in the community. | |
RPP-1 Recreation/Public Purpose District [Added 10-6-1992 by Ord. No. 1146] | The purpose of this district is to provide for the preservation of publicly and semipublicly owned and/or used lands within the Township of Wyckoff which, due to their size and location, have special value and suitability for recreation and public purpose uses and which may also constitute scarce and sensitive land resources due to their location and environmental constraints. The RPP-1 Recreation/Public Purpose District is intended for indoor and outdoor recreational uses and buildings incidental thereto. | |
RPP-2 Recreation/Public Purpose District [Added 10-6-1992 by Ord. No. 1146] | The purpose of this district is to provide for the preservation of publicly and semipublicly used land within the Township of Wyckoff which, due to their size and location, have special value and suitability for recreation and public purpose uses and which may also constitute scarce and sensitive land resources due to their location and environmental constraints. The RPP-2 Recreation/Public Purpose District is intended for outdoor recreational uses and activities and for structures incidental thereto. | |
B-5/SDAH-2 Planned Community Shopping Center/Affordable Housing Zone [Added 1-17-2006 by Ord. No. 1519] | The purpose of the Planned Community Shopping Center/Affordable Housing Zone is to provide a shopping center area primarily serving the residents of the Township of Wyckoff and adjoining municipalities and developed and built in accordance with a plan affording adequate protection for adjoining residential areas and meeting certain requirements and specifications for shopping centers. It is further designed to address a portion of the Township's affordable housing obligation as established by the Council on Affordable Housing. Particular commercial uses in the B-5/SDAH-2 Zone shall be subject to review by the Planning Board to determine that these are primarily directed toward serving the residents of the Township of Wyckoff and adjoining municipalities as distinguished from other communities in the region and are thus not such uses as would comprise a regional shopping center. | |
RA-15/SDAH-2 Zone [Added 1-17-2006 by Ord. No. 1519] | The RA-15/SDAH-2 Zone is established as a district in which the principal use of the land is for single-family residences on lots having a minimum area of 15,000 square feet. |
B.
The uses provided for in the L-1 and L-2 Zones are intended to be contained within protective zones for the development of industry based upon the performance of the industry as well as the type of industry. In order to secure this type of development, the various regulations hereinafter described must be met. These regulations are established so as to provide an appropriate operating environment for industry, to protect industries within the zones from the adverse effect of other incompatible industries and at the same time to reduce to a minimum the impact of industries on surrounding nonindustrial land used; to lessen congestion in the streets; to protect the health and safety of the residents and workers in the vicinity; to prevent detrimental effects on the use or development of property in the vicinity; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health, morals and the general welfare of the present and future inhabitants; and to prevent the overcrowding of land and buildings.
§ 186-3 Zoning Map.
[Amended 4-17-1979 by Ord. No. 795; 4-20-1982 by Ord. No. 870; 7-17-1984 by Ord. No. 932; 4-15-1986 by Ord. No. 985; 6-28-1986 by Ord. No. 895; 10-6-1992 by Ord. No. 1146; 4-20-1999 by Ord. No. 1316; 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477; 1-17-2006 by Ord. No. 1519; 6-1-2010 by Ord. No. 1614; 8-20-2019 by Ord. No. 1885; 10-15-2019 by Ord. No. 1890; 10-15-2019 by Ord. No. 1891; 10-15-2019 by Ord. No. 1892; 10-15-2019 by Ord. No. 1894; 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 1896; 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 1897; 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 1898; 12-19-2023 by Ord. No. 1995; 9-16-2025 by Ord. No. 2048]
The boundaries of all zones are shown on a map attached hereto and made a part hereof[1], entitled Zoning Map, Township of Wyckoff, Bergen County, New Jersey, dated August 1984, revised July 1992, revised August 1992, by Moskowitz, Heyer and Gruel, PA; revised August 1998, by Lawrence Edler, P.E. A copy of said Zoning Map shall replace and supersede all prior zoning maps. Said map and all notations and references contained thereon are declared to be a part of this chapter, as if the same were fully described and set forth herein. The map is further amended and supplemented as follows:
A.
The B-1 Zone on Goffle Road adjacent to the L-1 Zone is extended to include that portion of Lots 103 and 104 in Block 498 which is within 100 feet of the northwesterly side line of Goffle Road.
B.
A B-2 Zone is created to include the most northerly 100 feet of Lot 18:1 in Block 492 for the full depth of that lot.
C.
Lot 49:3 in Block 443, in its entirety, is to be included in the RA-25 Zone.
D.
Lots 115, 116, 117 and 118 in Block 320 are to be included in the RA-25 Zone.
E.
A B-2 Zone is created to include all that portion of Lot 1 and of Lot 2 in Block 205 which is within 225 feet of the center line of Crescent Avenue.
F.
The B-3 Zone on Greenwood Avenue is extended to include the entire portion of Lot 13:5, Block 216
G.
Lot 17, Block 219.
(1)
Lot 17, Block 219, is changed from the RA-25 Rural Residence Zone District to the B-1 Central Business District. Said property hereby included in the B-1 Central Business Zone District is described as follows: description of Lot 17 in Block 219 on the Assessment Map of the Township of Wyckoff, New Jersey, also known as "300 Godwin Avenue": beginning at a point in the easterly sideline of Godwin Avenue (50 feet wide) distant therein 342.71 feet northerly from the intersection of said line with the northerly sideline of Franklin Avenue and running thence north 88° 16' east a distance of 175 feet to a point; thence north 12° 54' west a distance of 100 feet to a point; thence south 88° 16' west a distance of 175 feet to the easterly sideline of Godwin Avenue; thence south 12° 54' west along said easterly side line of Godwin Avenue a distance of 100 feet to the point and place of beginning.
H.
Additional R-15 Zone.
(1)
An additional R-15 Zone designation is created for the purpose of a senior citizen residential cluster development on land in the Township of Wyckoff, described as follows: beginning at the point formed by the intersection of the center line of Cedar Hill Avenue with the center line of Sicomac Avenue, said point also being described as the beginning point of Tract 1 in Deed Book 6370 on Page 387, and running, thence; along said center line of Cedar Hill Avenue, north 33° 06' 10" east 194.35 feet to a point, thence; along said center line of Cedar Hill Avenue, north 41° 44' 00" east 298.34 feet to a point, thence; south 51° 13' 00" east 34.90 feet to a point on a curve on the southeasterly side line of Cedar Hill Avenue, thence; along said southeasterly line of Cedar Hill Avenue on a curve to the right in a southeasterly direction having a radius of 519.40 feet an arc length of 82.63 feet to a point, thence; still along said southeasterly line of Cedar Hill Avenue, north 64° 20' 22" east 140 feet to a point of curvature, thence; still along said southeasterly line of Cedar Hill Avenue on a curve to the left in a northeasterly direction having a radius of 550.63 feet an arc length of 266.99 feet to a point, thence; north 36° 33' 28" east 134.05 feet to a point of curvature, thence; on a curve to the right in an easterly direction having a radius of 115 feet an arc length of 148.59 feet to a point of compound curvature on the southwesterly line of New Jersey State Highway Route No. 208, thence; along said southwesterly line of New Jersey State Highway Route No. 208 on a curve to the right in a southeasterly direction having a radius of 240 feet an arc length of 109.87 feet to a point, thence; still along said southwesterly line of New Jersey State Highway Route No. 208, south 46° 28' 17" east 243.44 feet to a point, thence; still along said southwesterly line of New Jersey State Highway Route No. 208, south 43° 10' 30" east 605.32 feet to a point, thence; south 34° 49' 20" west 500 feet to a point, thence; south 43° 10' 30" east 220 feet to a point on the northwesterly line of Lot 14 in Block 449 as shown on the Township of Wyckoff Tax Maps, thence; along said northwesterly line of Lot 14, 13, 12, 11 and 15, south 34° 49' 20" west 564.75 feet to a point, thence; north 52° 18' 30" west 89.96 feet to a point, thence; north 51° 49' 29" west 202.29 feet to a point on the southeasterly line of Lot 1:4 in Block 298 as shown on the Township of Wyckoff Tax Maps, thence; along said southeasterly line of Lot 1:4 in Block 298, north 44° 53' 10" east 138.11 feet to a point on the northeasterly line of Lot 1:4 in Block 298 as shown on the Borough of Hawthorne Tax Maps, thence; along said northeasterly line of Lot 1:4 and also along the northeasterly line of Lot 1:3 and Lot 1:2 in Block 298, north 45° 08' 44" west of 272.75 feet to a point on the northwesterly line of Lot 1:2 in Block 298, thence; along said northwesterly line of Lot 1:2 south 52° 20' 40" west 203.07 feet to a point on the aforementioned center line of Sicomac Avenue, thence; along said center line of Sicomac Avenue north 37° 39' 20" west 103.53 feet to a point thence; still along said center line of Sicomac Avenue, north 49° 40' 50" west 90.62 feet to a point, thence; still along said center line of Sicomac Avenue, north 52° 59' 20" west 294.40 feet to a point, thence; still along said center line of Sicomac Avenue, north 47° 14' 50" west 214.87 feet to a point, thence; still along said center line of Sicomac Avenue, north 54° 19' 20" west 194.19 feet to the point or place of beginning.
I.
Additional RA-25 Zone.
(1)
An RA-25 Zone designation is created on land in the Township of Wyckoff, described as follows: beginning at a point on the southwesterly line of New Jersey State Highway No. 208, said point being described as the terminus of the first course of Tract III in Deed Book 6609 on Page 868, said point also being distant 220 feet southeasterly on a course of south 43° 10' 30" east from the end of the 11th course in a description of the R-15 Zone abutting the herein described parcel, and running, thence; south 34° 49' 20" west 500 feet to a point, thence; north 43° 10' 30" west 220 feet to a point, thence; north 34° 49' 20" east 500 feet to a point on the aforementioned southwesterly line of New Jersey State Highway Route No. 208, thence; along said southwesterly line of New Jersey State Highway Route 208, south 43° 10' 30" east 220 feet to the point or place of beginning.
(2)
That portion of the RA-25 Zone designation described in Section 1(2) of Ord. No. 895[3] which is inconsistent with the description contained in Subsection I(1) is hereby repealed.
[3]
Editor's Note: "Section 1(2) of Ord. No. 895" refers to Subsection 1(1) prior to amendment by Ord. No. 985, adopted 4-15-1986.
J.
An RPP-1 Recreation/Public Purpose Zone is created to include land in the Township of Wyckoff described as follows: designated on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Wyckoff as Block 202 Lot 80.03, containing approximately 13.661 acres, beginning at a point in the northerly right-of-way line of the New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad which point is 620 feet, more or less, measured in a northwesterly direction from the intersection of said right-of-way line with the northwesterly side line of Wyckoff Avenue, 50 feet wide, thence along the northwesterly right-of-way line of the New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad north 64° 52' 00" west a distance of 859.47 feet to a point, thence north 25° 08' 00" east a distance of 520.01 feet to a concrete monument, thence south 64° 52' 00" east along lands now or formerly of Pulis a distance of 752.10 feet to a point of curvature, thence on a curve to the left having a radius of 1,000 feet still along lands now or formerly of Pulis an arc distance of 242.97 feet to a concrete monument, thence south 11° 12' 44" west still along lands now or formerly of Pulis a distance of 181.73 feet to a concrete monument, thence south 71° 00' 08" east still along lands now or formerly of Pulis a distance of 286.80 feet to the corner of lands now or formerly of Epple, thence south 21° 19' 52" west along lands now or formerly of Epple and of Coman, a distance of 140.23 feet, thence south 71° 00' 08" east, still along lands now or formerly of Coman a distance of 58.23 feet to lands now or formerly of Milnor, thence south 21° 19' 52" west along lands now or formerly of Milnor a distance of 33 feet to a point, thence north 71° 00' 08" west still along lands now or formerly of Milnor a distance of 35 feet to a point, thence south 21° 19' 52" west still along lands now or formerly of Milnor a distance of 35 feet to a point, thence south 71° 00' 08" east, still along the lands now or formerly of Milnor a distance of 110 feet to point in the northwesterly side line of Wyckoff Avenue, 50 feet wide, thence south 21° 19' 52" west along the northwesterly side line of Wyckoff Avenue a distance of 33 feet to a concrete monument at the corner of lands now or formerly of Mowerson, thence north 71° 00' 08" west along lands now or formerly of Mowerson a distance of 621.48 feet to a point, thence south 21° 19' 52" west still along lands now or formerly of Mowerson a distance of 111 to the point and place of beginning, containing 13.661 acres.
K.
An RPP-2 Recreation/Public Purpose Zone is created to include land in the Township of Wyckoff described as follows: designated on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Wyckoff as Block 346 Lot 36, containing 779,189 square feet or 17.888 acres, beginning at a concrete monument on the southerly sideline of Wyckoff Avenue, said point being 30 feet southerly and right angles from the center line of Wyckoff Avenue and also being the intersection of the division line between Lots 7 and 36 Block 346 and the said southerly line of Wyckoff Avenue and running from thence along the line of Lot 7 (Wyckoff Baptist Church) south 38° 14' 06" west, 606.85 feet to a concrete monument; thence along the same south 41° 37' 40" east, 119.46 feet to a concrete monument, thence along the same south 37° 51' 36" west, 263.72 feet, thence along the same north 41° 59' 49" west, 80.14 feet, thence south 42° 15' 00" west, 234.75 feet, thence south 47° 45' 00" east, 270 feet, thence south 41° 12' 15" east, 144.84 feet, thence south 48° 05' 16" east, 50 feet, thence south 72° 26' 16" east, 163.25 feet, thence south 59° 23' 52" east, 127.48 feet, thence south 45° 22' 26" east, 250.62 feet to a concrete monument, thence north 42° 35' 40" east, 289.61 feet to an iron pin and cap, thence north 41° 52' 50" east, 237.55 feet to a concrete monument, thence along Lot 10, Block 346, property now or formerly of Fitzsimmons north 42° 04' 00" west, 215.67 feet to a concrete monument, thence still along said Lot 10 north 49° 16' 00" east, 125.49 feet to a concrete monument, thence along Lots 8 and 9, Block 346, property now or formerly of Meer north 42° 45' 02" west, 619.87 feet to a concrete monument, thence along said Lot 8 north 38° 14' 06" east, 280.48 feet to an iron pin and cap in a paved driveway at the southerly sideline of Wyckoff Avenue, thence along said sideline north 40° 11' 18" west, 255.20 feet parallel to and 30 feet southerly from the center line of Wyckoff Avenue to the point or place of beginning.
L.
A MF/AH-1 Multifamily/Affordable Housing 1 Zone is the name of the zone to include land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 222, Lot 1.02, on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Wyckoff.
M.
A MF/AH-2 Multifamily/Affordable Housing 2 Zone is the name of the zone to include land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 202, Lot 4, on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Wyckoff.
P.
A MF/AH-5 Multifamily/Affordable Housing 5 Zone is the name of the zone to include land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 497, Lot 13.01, on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Wyckoff.
Q.
A MF/AH-6 Multifamily/Affordable Housing 6 Zone is the name of the zone to include land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 245, Lots 51, 52-01 and 52-02, on the Tax Assessment map of the Township of Wyckoff.
R.
A SF/AH-1 Single-Family/Affordable Housing 1 Zone is the name of the zone to include land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 349, Lot 20-01, on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township off Wyckoff.
S.
A SF/AH-2 Single-Family/Affordable Housing 2 Zone is the name of the zone to include land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 498, Lot 96.06, on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Wyckoff.
T.
A SD/AH-1 Special District/Affordable Housing I Zone is the name of the zone to include land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 293, Lot 16.02, on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Wyckoff.
U.
A B-5/SDAH-2 Planned Community Shopping Center/Affordable Housing-2 Zone is the name of the zone that includes land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 216.01 Lots 13.01, 23.01, 24.01, 25 and 34. The designation of the B-5/SDAH-2 Zone and its permitted uses is conditioned on 16 affordable rental units being constructed on the site as part of a shopping center expansion pursuant to the August 16, 2005, agreement between the Township of Wyckoff and Munico Associates et als.
V.
The following lots, in their entirety, shall be included in the B-1 Zone. Lots 1, 2, and 3, in Block 239; Lot 1 in Block 242; Lots 7 and 8 in Block 238; Lots 5 and 6 in Block 241; Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.01, 10 and 1 in Block 240; Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 and 1.01 in Block 236; Lots 8, 7.01, 5.01 and 1.01 in Block 225. All such lots shall remain as part of the Township of Wyckoffs Central Business Triangle Streetscape Master Plan prepared by Volmer Associates, dated October of 1987, and therefore, shall be required to comply with all obligations of the interior block parking plan as articulated in the Township of Wyckoff Zoning Ordinance.
W.
Lot 1.05 in Block 203, in its entirety, is to be included in the RA-25 Zone.
X.
An RA-15/SDAH-2 Planned Community Shopping Center/Rural Residence Zone is the name of the zone that includes land in the Township of Wyckoff designated as Block 216 Lot 13.04.
Y.
Rezoning of lots to RA-25 and L-2.
(1)
Property identified on the Wyckoff Township Tax Map as Lot 10.02 in Block 320 is hereby rezoned from its current designation as MF-AH-4 to RA-25. The MF-AH-4 Zone is hereby deleted from the Zoning Map, and all references thereto are hereby deleted from the Zoning Chapter.
(2)
Property identified on the Wyckoff Township Tax Map as Lot 7.02 in Block 202 is hereby rezoned from its current designation as MF-AH-3 to L-2. The MF-AH-3 Zone is hereby deleted from the Zoning Map, and all references thereto are hereby deleted from the Zoning Chapter.
Z.
The MF/AH-7 Zone is the name of the zone established to include a portion of Lot 10.02 and a portion of Lot 11 in Block 320.
AA.
The AHO-3 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 224, Lots 1.01, 2.01, 3, 4, 5.01, 6.01, and 7.
BB.
The AHO-2 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 517, Lot 3.01, Block 516, Lots 6.03 and 6.04.
CC.
The AHO-1 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 202, Lot 78.01.
DD.
The AHO-4 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 235, Lot 3.
EE.
The MF/AH10 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 259, Lots 1 and 2.
FF.
The MF/AH9 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 216, Lots 13.07, 13.08, 13.09 and 13.10.
GG.
The MF/AH8 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 216, Lots 17.01, 18 and 19.
HH.
The SF/AH3 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 265, Lots 72 and 73.
II.
The AHO-5 Zone is the name of the zone established to include Block 437, Lots 18, 19, 20.02.
JJ.
The RA-25 Zone shall apply to Block 437, Lots 16, 18, 19, 20.02.
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Editor's Note: A copy of the Zoning Map is included in a pocket at the end of this volume.
§ 186-4 Zone boundaries.
Zone boundary lines are intended to follow the center lines of streets, railroad rights-of-way and lot or property lines as they exist on plats of record at the time of passage of this chapter. Where boundary lines do not follow lot lines and where they are not indicated by dimensions on the map, they shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the map. (Where boundaries are not fixed by dimensions and where they approximately follow lot lines and do not scale more than 10 feet distant therefrom, such lot lines shall be construed to coincide with such boundaries unless specifically shown otherwise.)