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Borough of Fort Lee, NJ
Bergen County
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The restrictions and controls intended to regulate development in each district are set forth in the attached schedules which are supplemented by other sections of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Schedules are included at the end of this chapter.
Except as hereinafter otherwise provided:
A. 
No building shall be erected and no existing building shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building be designed, used or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than as specified among the uses hereinafter listed as permitted in the district in which such building or land is located.
B. 
No building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit hereinafter designated for the district in which such building is located.
C. 
No building shall be erected, no existing buildings shall be altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any open space surrounding any building be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, lot area and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the district in which such building or open space is located.
D. 
No yard or other open space provided about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building and no yard or other open space on one lot shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a building on any other lot.
E. 
No minimum off-street parking area, loading or unloading area shall be considered as providing off-street parking, loading or unloading for a use or structure on any other lot or parcel than the principal use to which it is ancillary, except as provided herein.
F. 
One or more parcels or lots in a residential zone shall not be used to fulfill open space, parking or other similar requirement for uses in nonresidential or apartment zones and no vehicular access shall be permitted through a residential zone to serve a use in a nonresidential or apartment zone, except as provided herein.
Any use not specifically designated as a principal permitted use, a permitted accessory use or a conditional use is specifically prohibited from any zone district in the Borough of Fort Lee.
[Added 8-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-14; amended 8-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-16]
A. 
All classes of license for cannabis establishments pertaining to adult-use cannabis are hereby prohibited from operating anywhere in the Borough, except for the operation of a medicinal cannabis dispensary and a Class 5 retailer and the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a licensed cannabis delivery service based and initiated from a cannabis delivery service licensed location outside of the Borough of Fort Lee.
B. 
All cannabis establishments with the exception of a medicinal cannabis dispensary in the Highway Development (C-5) Zone District.