Wyckoff City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Permitted Uses
§ 186-7 Uses permitted in various zones.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
Within the various zones as indicated on the Wyckoff Zoning Map and subject to all dimensional requirements and other regulations, requirements and conditions set forth in this chapter, land, buildings and structures may only be used and erected in accordance with the listed permitted uses and the following sections. Any use not listed as a permitted uses or in the following sections is specifically prohibited. In addition, no building or structure shall hereafter be reconstructed, moved, structurally altered, extended or enlarged otherwise than in conformity with the list of permitted uses and the following sections.
§ 186-8 Uses permitted in the RA-25 Rural Residence Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
In the RA-25 Residence Zone, only the following uses are permitted.
Accessory uses clearly and customarily incidental to a permitted use being conducted on the same premises |
Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses |
Cemeteries as a conditional use (see Article VI) |
Dwellings, single-family |
Farmers' roadside stands (see definition) |
Farms (see definition) |
Garage, private (see Article V) |
Roadside stands (see "farmers' roadside stands") |
Signs, as permitted under § 186-28 |
§ 186-9 Uses in the R-15 Residence Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477; 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 1874]
In the R-15 Residence Zone, only the following uses are permitted:
Accessory uses clearly and customarily incidental to a permitted use being conducted on the same premises | |
Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses | |
Cemeteries as a conditional use (see Article VI) | |
Dwellings, single-family | |
Farmers' roadside stands (see definition) | |
Farms (see definition) | |
Garage, private (see Article V) | |
Home occupation, subject to the following regulations: | |
A. | Such home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling and only by the occupants thereof and not more than one person who does not reside in said dwelling. Such use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes. |
B. | The residential character of the lot and the dwelling unit shall be maintained. Neither the interior nor the exterior of the dwelling will be structurally altered so as to require compliance with nonresidential construction codes to accommodate the home occupation. No additional buildings, driveways or parking lots shall be added on the property to accommodate the home occupation. |
C. | The occupation shall not produce external noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat, glare, fumes, electrical interference, runoff, waste or nuisance outside the dwelling unit. No equipment or materials associated with the home occupation shall be displayed or stored where visible from anywhere outside the premises. |
D. | There shall be no direct selling of merchandise on the premises. |
E. | Such use shall not occupy more than 25% of the gross floor area of the dwelling. |
F. | No vehicle used in connection with the home occupation which has commercial lettering or markings and/or requires a commercial driver's license to operate is allowed to be parked on the premises or on any street adjacent to the residentially zoned property. |
G. | No signs shall be permitted on the exterior or interior of the home, which shall advertise or indicate the location of the home occupation office, with the exception that a lawyer, doctor, dentist, architect, planner, engineer or like professional shall be permitted one sign pursuant to the regulations of § 186-26E(2). |
Roadside stands (see "farmers' roadside stands") | |
Senior citizen residential cluster development | |
Signs, as permitted under § 186-28 | |
§ 186-10 Permitted uses in the B-1 Central Business Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477; 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 1874]
In the B-1 Central Business Zone, only the following uses are permitted:
Academic tutoring services |
Accessory uses clearly and customarily incidental to a permitted use being conducted on the same premises |
Aerobics/gym facility, weight training and weight control establishments. |
Alcoholic beverages, package and retail sales |
Antique and gift retail shops |
Art galleries and art supply retail shops |
Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses |
Automobile sales (new and used) within buildings and sale of automobile accessories within buildings |
Automobile service station as conditional use (see Article VI) |
Bakeries and baking plants, where clearly incidental to retail sales or package goods being conducted on the premises |
Banks |
Barber, barber and beauty shops. |
Book and stationery stores |
Bowling alleys to be located at least 300 feet from any residence zone |
Business colleges |
Bus passenger stations |
Candy products manufacturing, where clearly incidental to retail sales being conducted on the same premises |
Catering, where clearly incidental to sales or services being conducted on the same premises |
Clothing sales |
Dance studio, center and workshop |
Department and variety stores |
Drugstores |
Dry cleaning pickup stations |
Dry cleaning, pressing and dyeing plants operated in conjunction with retail service counter |
Dwellings, single-family* |
Dwellings, two-family* |
Farm machinery sales carried on within a building |
Finance and loan companies |
Florists, retail sales |
Food processing for sale at retail on the premises but excluding the killing and dressing of any flesh or fowl |
Food stores, retail |
Funeral homes, undertaking establishments, except crematories |
Furniture, retail sales |
Furriers, retail sales |
Fur storage |
Garage, private (see Article V) |
Hardware, appliances, plumbing and electrical supplies: retail sales thereof (wholesale sales thereof) |
Home occupation, as regulated by § 186-9 |
Hotels |
Jewelry, retail sales |
Launderettes where individual family-sized laundry equipment is rented for use by the customer |
Laundries where the same are clearly incidental to a retail service counter being conducted on the premises, provided not more than 2,000 square feet of floor space is devoted to the laundering and finishing process |
Laundry pickup stations |
Locksmith shops |
Lodges, fraternal and social organizations not conducted for profit |
Music stores |
Newspapers, publication of |
Newsstands |
Office equipment and supplies, sales and services |
Offices and office buildings |
Opticians and optical supplies sales |
Paint, retail sales |
Pet shops |
Photographic studios |
Printing and reproduction establishments, only where clearly incidental to an otherwise permitted use being conducted on the same premises |
Professional buildings and offices |
Public buildings of a governmental or cultural nature, but not including warehouses or workshops |
Radio, television, retail sales and services |
Restaurants and taverns |
Retail stores similar to those otherwise named on this list |
School of theatrical arts |
Shoe repair shops |
Signs, as permitted under § 186-28 |
Sign painting, exclusive of manufacture |
Sporting goods sales |
Tailors, dressmakers, milliners (shops) |
Taxi stands (off-street) |
Telephone booths (pay phones) within 10 feet of principal building |
Telephone exchanges |
Theaters and assembly halls housed in a permanent structure |
Video sales and rentals |
Wholesale merchandising clearly incidental to a retail business being operated on the same premises |
* Dwellings in the B-1 Zone shall be subject to all dimensional requirements of the R-15 Zone.[1] |
§ 186-11 Uses in the B-1A Triangle Business Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
A.
Only the following uses are permitted in the B-1A Business Zone:
Academic tutoring services, provided that not more than 1,500 square feet of floor area is devoted to these purposes | |
Accessory uses clearly and customarily incidental to a permitted use being conducted on the same premises | |
Aerobic/gym facility, weight training and weight control establishments | |
Alcoholic beverages, packaged retail sales | |
Antique and gift retail shops | |
Automobile dealers and service stations | |
Art galleries and art supply shops | |
Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses | |
Bakeries | |
Banks | |
Barbers, barber and beauty shops | |
Books and stationery stores | |
Candy products | |
Clothing sales | |
Churches and similar places of worship, including accessory buildings incidental thereto, and assembly halls housed in a permanent structure | |
Dance studio, center and workshop | |
Drugstores | |
Dwellings, single-family and two-family | |
Garage, private (see Article V) | |
Hardware | |
Jewelry, retail sales | |
Music stores | |
Offices, business and professional | |
Opticians and optical supply sales | |
Paint and decorator stores | |
Pet shops | |
Photographic studios | |
Public building of a governmental or cultural nature, but not including warehouse or workshops | |
Restaurants and taverns where food is consumed within the building | |
Retail stores similar to those otherwise named on this list | |
Retail stores, such as florists, food, furniture, furriers and stores of a similar type (excluding supermarkets) | |
School of theatrical arts | |
Signs, as permitted under § 186-28 | |
Sporting goods sales | |
Tailors, dressmakers and milliners (shops) | |
Telephone exchanges | |
Theaters | |
Toys, retail | |
Television and appliance stores | |
Variety stores |
B.
Mixed use in existing buildings shall be permitted, provided that commercial uses shall be confined to the first floor and basement of the structure, and residential uses (no more than two dwelling units) shall be confined to the second; except, however, that commercial uses shall be permitted on the first and second floor of the structure where all of the required on-site parking spaces are provided.
[Amended 8-21-2012 by Ord. No. 1696]
§ 186-12 Permitted uses in the B-2 Neighborhood Business Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
A.
In the B-2 Neighborhood Business Zone, only the following uses are permitted:
Academic tutoring services, provided that not more than 1,500 square feet of floor area is devoted to these purposes | |
Accessory uses clearly and customarily incidental to a permitted use | |
Aerobic/gym facility, weight training and weight control establishments | |
Alcoholic beverages, packaged retail sales | |
Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses | |
Automobile service stations as a conditional use | |
Bakeries and baking plants where incidental to retail sale of baked goods on the premises | |
Banks | |
Barbers, barber and beauty shops | |
Bus passenger stations | |
Catering, where incidental to sales or services on the premises | |
Drugstores | |
Dry-cleaning pickup stations | |
Dry-cleaning and service counter, provided that no more than 2,000 square feet of floor area is devoted to these processes | |
Food stores, retail | |
Garage, private (see article V) | |
Hardware, retail sales | |
Laundries incidental to retail service counter, provided that not more than 2,000 square feet of floor space is devoted to the laundering and finishing processes | |
Launderettes where individual family-size laundry equipment is rented for use by the customer | |
Laundry pickup stations | |
Libraries | |
Newsstands | |
Offices and office buildings | |
Paint, retail stores | |
Restaurants and taverns | |
Retail stores similar to those otherwise named on the list | |
Shoe repair shops | |
Signs, as permitted under § 186-28 | |
Stationery stores | |
Tailors | |
Telephone booth (pay phone) within 10 feet of a principal building |
§ 186-13 Permitted uses in the B-3 Office Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477; 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 1874]
In the B-3 Office Zone, only the following uses are permitted: professional, administrative and sales offices, provided that no storage, handling or physical transfer of goods takes place upon the premises and that any display of samples is not visible from the exterior of the structure; banking, lending and savings institutions; clubhouses for fraternal, social, charitable, recreational or veterans organizations, not conducted for profit; mortuaries and funeral homes, but not crematories; dwellings, single-family; dwellings, two-family; accessory uses incidental to a permitted use; places of worship, including parish houses and Sunday school buildings (see Article IV); incidental home occupations as regulated by § 186-9; professional artists' and photographers' studios; public buildings of a governmental nature, but not including workshops or warehouses; pay telephone booths within 10 feet of principal building; academic tutoring services, provided that not more than 1,500 square feet of floor area is devoted to these purposes.
§ 186-14 Uses in the RC-25 Cluster Options Residence Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
Permitted uses in the RC-25 Zone are the same as those permitted in the RA-25 Zone, plus cluster development as provided in § 186-33.
§ 186-15 Uses in the RPP-1 Recreation/Public Purpose Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
In the RPP-1 Recreation/Pubic Purpose Zone, only the following principal uses are permitted:
A.
Public and quasi-public recreational uses which clearly serve a recreational and congregate social function, which are limited to the following specific activities:
(1)
Indoor and outdoor swimming and ice skating.
(2)
Fields for baseball, softball, soccer, football and similar field sports.
(3)
Indoor and outdoor court games, including tennis, racquetball and basketball.
(4)
Picnicking and leisure-time activity.
(5)
Nursery school and day-care center.
(6)
Indoor aerobics, gymnasium and exercise facilities.
(7)
Indoor and outdoor social, athletic, cultural and educational activities.
(8)
Jogging, bicycling and walking paths and trails.
(9)
Municipal or governmental buildings, structures and facilities.
(10)
Schools and related educational facilities, governmental or proprietary in nature.
C.
Permitted buildings on site: such buildings as are necessary and incidental for the carrying on of the aforementioned uses and purposes. Any principal and accessory buildings as are permitted shall be limited and not cover more than 20% of the lot upon which such buildings are located and shall not exceed 35 feet in height.
D.
Parking requirements:
Use | Number of Spaces | |
|---|---|---|
Offices, classrooms and other indoor facilities | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area | |
Swimming pools | 1 per 100 square feet of water surface area for indoor pools |
E.
Buffer requirements:
(1)
Where the RPP-1 District adjoins a street, 100 feet, with adequate screening and landscaping. No encroachment into the buffer shall be permitted, except that an access road or utilities may be permitted from Wyckoff Avenue and Spring Meadow Drive.
(2)
Where the RPP-1 District adjoins any other property line, 30 feet. The interior 15 feet of the buffer may be used for parking areas, jogging or walking paths or trails. The remaining 15 feet of the buffer along the adjacent property lines shall be screened with fencing and/or planting.
§ 186-15.1 Uses in the RPP-2 Recreation/Public Purpose Zone.
[Added 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
In the RPP-2 Recreation/Public Purpose Zone, only the following uses are permitted:
A.
Principal uses: public and quasi-public recreational uses which clearly serve a recreational and congregate social function which are limited to the following specific activities:
(1)
Outdoor picnicking and ice skating.
(2)
Fields for baseball, softball, soccer, football and other similar field sports.
(3)
Outdoor court games, including tennis, racquetball and basketball.
(4)
Jogging, biking, walking paths or trails.
(5)
Municipal or governmental buildings, structures and facilities.
(6)
Schools and related educational facilities, governmental or propriety in nature.
C.
Permitted buildings on site: such buildings as are incidental and necessary for carrying on the aforementioned uses and purposes. Such necessary and incidental buildings shall be limited and not cover more than 10% of the lot upon which such buildings are located. They shall not exceed 35 feet in height.
D.
Buffer requirements:
(1)
Where the RPP-2 District abuts a residential or nonresidential use, 50 feet. The interior 30 feet of the buffer may be used for parking, jogging, walking paths and trails. The remaining 20 feet of the buffer adjacent to the residential or nonresidential uses shall be adequately screened and planted.
E.
The parking requirements for the RPP-2 Recreation/Public Purpose Zone shall be the same as the requirements for the RPP-1 Recreation/Public Purpose Zone.
§ 186-16 Permitted uses in the L-1 Zone.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
In the L-1 Zone, only the following uses are permitted, subject to conformance with the performance standards as set forth in §§ 186-24 and 186-25A: manufacture, processing, compounding, assembly, packaging, treatment or repair of materials or products; research and testing laboratories; wholesale warehouses, but not truck terminals or tank storage; utility substations, transformer stations; pumping stations and telephone buildings; bus and rail stations; uses of land and buildings by the Township for Township purposes; office buildings; blueprinting, photostatting and printing establishments; building supply establishments; sales and servicing of office equipment and supplies; trade, technical and vocational schools; telephone pay booths within 10 feet of the principal building; indoor courts for tennis, squash, handball and racquetball; skating rinks, including roller and/or ice skating; indoor repair or storage of motor vehicles as a conditional use in accordance with § 186-36C; accessory uses incidental to the above uses; private garages.
§ 186-16.1 Permitted uses in the L-2 Zone.
[Added 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1477]
The uses permitted in the L-2 Light Industrial Zone shall be the same as those permitted in the L-1 Zone, except that motor vehicle repair shall not be permitted in the L-2 Zone.
§ 186-17 Uses in B-5 Planned Community Shopping Center Zone.
[Amended 9-20-1988 by Ord. No. 1044]
Only the following uses are permitted in the B-5 Zone, provided that they are consistent with the purposes of this chapter, i.e., serving primarily the residents of the Township of Wyckoff as distinguished from the surrounding regional area:
Academic tutoring services, provided that not more than 1,500 square feet of floor area is devoted to these purposes. [Added 9-12-1989 by Ord. No. 1073] |
Aerobic/gym facility, weight training and weight control establishments |
Alcoholic beverages, packaged retail sales |
Antique and gift retail shops |
Art galleries and art supply retail shops |
Automobile accessories where sold within buildings |
Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses |
Bakeries and baking plants where clearly incidental to retail sale of baked goods being conducted on the premises |
Banks |
Barbers, barber- and beauty shops |
Book and stationery stores |
Candy products manufacture where clearly incidental to retail sales being conducted on the same premises |
Clothing sales |
Department and variety stores |
Drugstores |
Dry-cleaning pickup stations |
Dry-cleaning, pressing and dyeing plants operated in conjunction with a retail service counter on the same premises, provided that not more than 3,000 square feet of floor area is devoted to these processes |
Finance and loan companies |
Florists, retail sales |
Food processing for sale at retail on the premises but excluding the killing and dressing of any flesh or fowl |
Food stores, retail |
Furniture, retail sales |
Furriers, retail sales |
Fur storage |
Hardware, appliances, plumbing and electrical supplies, retail sales thereof |
Hat cleaning and blocking clearly incidental to retail shop being operated on the same premises |
Jewelry, retail sales |
Laundries where the same are clearly incidental to a retail service counter being conducted on the same premises, provided that not more than 3,000 square feet of floor space is devoted to the laundering and finishing processes |
Launderettes where individual family-size laundry equipment is rented for use by the customer |
Laundry pickup stations |
Locksmith and gunsmith shops |
Music stores |
Newsstands |
Offices and office buildings |
Office equipment and supplies, sales and services |
Opticians and optical supply sales |
Paint, retail sales |
Pet shops |
Photographic studios |
Printing and reproduction establishments where clearly incidental to an otherwise permitted use being conducted on the premises |
Professional buildings and offices |
Public buildings of a governmental or cultural nature, but not including warehouses or workshops |
Radio and television, retail sales and services |
Real estate offices |
Restaurants and taverns |
Retail stores similar to those otherwise named on this list |
Shoe repair shops |
Signs, as permitted under § 186-28 |
Sporting goods sales |
Tailors, dressmakers and milliners (shops) |
Taxi stands (off-street) |
Telephone exchanges |
Telephone booths (pay phones) within 10 feet of principal building |
Theaters and assembly halls in a permanent structure |
Wholesale merchandising clearly incidental to a retail business being operated on the same premises |
§ 186-17.1 Uses in B-5/SDAH-2 Planned Community Shopping Center/Affordable Housing Zone.
[Added 1-17-2006 by Ord. No. 1519]
A.
Only the following uses are permitted in the B-5/SDAH-2 Zone, with all uses subject to § 186-30. The 16 affordable rental units pursuant to Subsection A(3) below are required as a condition for the development of the B-5/SDAH-2.
(2)
Supermarkets, video rental stores and quasi-governmental offices serving walk-in customers.
(3)
Housing above retail establishments, provided there shall be no more than 17 dwelling units, including 16 affordable rental units and one manager unit, with 70% of the affordable rental units to be reserved for low-income households and 30% to be reserved for moderate-income households. All of the affordable units shall comply with Wyckoffs Affordable Housing Ordinance and the Affirmative Marketing Ordinance and COAH's current rules. Certificates of occupancy shall be issued for all the affordable units prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the retail portion of the new building known as "retail B" on the concept plan prepared by Langan Engineering dated August 17, 2004. The certificate of occupancy may be issued for the new proposed supermarket, in connection with the August 16, 2005, consent agreement between Munico and the Township of Wyckoff, as long as a building permit has been issued for retail B construction has commenced on retail B.
B.
In the B-5/SDAH-2 Zone, the following accessory uses are permitted:
(1)
Home delivery services accessory to retail and service uses.
(2)
Banks, where located within and accessory to retail uses.
(3)
The sale of food and beverages for consumption on the premises while shopping, accessory to retail uses.
(4)
Drive-through facility serving bank, as shown on the concept plans prepared by Langan Engineering entitled "Boulder Run Shopping Center" dated August 17, 2004, as amended.
C.
In the B-5/SDAH-2 Zone, more than one principal building and more than one principal use shall be permitted on a single lot.
§ 186-17.2 Uses in RA-15/SDAH-2 Zone.
[Added 1-17-2006 by Ord. No. 1519]
The uses permitted in the RA-15/SDAH-2 Zone shall be as follows:
A.
The uses permitted in the RA-15/SDAH-2 Zone shall be single-family dwellings and the permitted uses allowed in the SDAH-2 Zone, provided that once the Planning Board has approved a mixed use development for property in the B-5/SDAH-2 Zone, consisting of retail and 16 affordable rental units, as provided for in the concept plan prepared by Langan Engineering entitled "Boulder Run Shopping Center" dated August 17, 2004, as amended, the properties in the RA-15/SDAH-2 Zone shall only be permitted to be developed with single-family homes pursuant to such plans prepared by Langan Engineering entitled "Boulder Run Shopping Center" dated August 17, 2004, as amended.
B.
Where the site is proposed to be developed for detached single-family residential use, the use provisions, and associated area and bulk requirements, of the RA-15 Zone shall apply, except that where a side yard adjoins an RA-25 Zone, the side yard shall comply with the RA-25 Zone side yard requirement, and where a rear yard adjoins an RA-25 Zone, the rear yard shall comply with the RA-25 Zone rear yard requirement.