For the purpose of this chapter, the Borough of Westwood is
hereby divided into 16 zone districts as follows:
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R-1
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Detached Single-Family Residential District
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R-2
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Residential/Office District
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R-3
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Medium Density Residential District
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CO
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Central Office District
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CBD
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Central Business District
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CBD/SPE
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Central Business District/Special Pedestrian Environment District
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SC
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Shopping Center District
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RW
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Retail Wholesale District
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RW-RM
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Retail/Wholesale — Residential Multifamily Affordable
Housing Overlay Zone
[Added 12-18-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-41] |
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LB-1
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Limited Business District 1
[Amended 9-19-2006 by Ord. No. 06-11] |
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LB-RM
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Limited Business — Residential Multifamily Affordable
Housing Overlay Zone
[Added 12-18-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-40] |
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LB-2
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Limited Business District 2
[Added 9-19-2006 by Ord. No. 06-11] |
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LB-3
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Limited Business District 3
[Added 9-19-2006 by Ord. No. 06-11] |
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LM
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Light Manufacturing District
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HSO
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Health Services/Offices District
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O
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Office District
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CEM
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Cemetery District
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H
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Hospital District
[Added 9-19-2006 by Ord. No. 06-10] |
[Amended 1-18-2011 by Ord. No. 11-04]
The location and boundaries of said districts are hereby established
on the Zoning Map of the Borough of Westwood, prepared by Boswell
McClave Engineering, dated October 21, 2008 (Drawing No. WW466), which
is hereby made a part of this chapter.[1] Said map or maps and all notations, references and designations
shown thereon shall be a part of this chapter as if the same were
fully described and set forth herein.
A.
The Map is amended by adjusting the RW Retail Wholesale Zone District
and the R-1 Residential Zone District boundary by moving the following
lot to the R-1 Residential Zone District from the RW Retail Wholesale
Zone District: Block 2208, Lot 17, lands containing the Westwood Swim
Club.
[Added 6-25-2013 by Ord. No. 13-15]
B.
The Map is amended to identify the LB-RM Limited Business —
Residential Multifamily Affordable Housing Overlay Zone to encompass
Block 701, Lots 1 through 8, 10 through 13 and 16, while retaining
the underlying LB-1 Limited Business District 1 Zone designation for
these lots, as shown on the accompanying map.[2]
[Added 12-18-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-40]
[2]
Editor's Note: The LB-RM Overlay Zone Map is on file in the
Borough offices.
C.
The Map is amended to identify the RW-RM Retail/Wholesale —
Residential Multifamily Affordable Housing Overlay Zone to encompass
Block 2001, Lot 62; Block 2003, Lot 2; Block 2210, Lot 1 and 3.01
while retaining the underlying RW Retail/Wholesale District Zone designation
for these lots, as shown on the accompanying map.[3]
[Added 12-18-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-41]
[3]
Editor's Note: The RW-RM Overlay Zone Map is on file in the
Borough offices.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included as an attachment to this chapter.
A.
Zoning district boundary lines are intended to follow lot lines,
railroad rights-of-way, streams and street center lines unless otherwise
indicated by dimensions on the Zoning Map. Any disputed zoning district
line shall be determined by the Board of Adjustment.
B.
Where a street or public way serves as the zoning district line and
it is lawfully vacated, the former center line shall be the zoning
district line, unless the zone line is specifically changed by ordinance.
The area and bulk regulations which control development in each
district are set forth in the attached Schedule A, which is supplemented
by other sections of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
A.
No building shall be erected, moved, altered, constructed, reconstructed
or enlarged except as specified in this chapter, nor shall any land
or building be used for any purpose or in any manner except in conformity
with all the regulations, requirements and/or restrictions specified
in this chapter for the district in which such building or land is
located.
B.
In interpreting and applying this chapter, the requirements herein
are declared to be the minimum requirements for the protection and
promotion of the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.
A.
Prohibited uses. All uses not expressly permitted in each zone district
are prohibited. The following uses are specifically prohibited in
all districts, unless otherwise provided:
[Amended 1-18-2011 by Ord. No. 11-04]
(1)
Drive-in restaurants or refreshment stands, commonly called
"snack bars," "dairy bars," or "hamburger stands," where customers
and patrons thereof are served food, soft drinks, ice cream and similar
confections which are prepared and served as to be intended for immediate
consumption over a counter or bar to customers and patrons while seated
or standing outside the confines of the building or structure in which
the business is conducted, or served in cars by waiters or waitresses.
(2)
Junkyards and automobile wrecking yards.
(3)
Self-operated and coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments
and laundromats, and any other unattended self-operated establishment.
(4)
Commercial amusements other than movie theaters.
(5)
Motorcycle and motorbike sales and service establishments.
(6)
The slaughtering of animals or the manufacture, processing or
conversion of any commodity of which the principal ingredient is refuse
animal matter.
(7)
The manufacture of acids or other corrosive chemicals; abrasives;
ammonia; asphalt; caustic soda; cellulose; celluloid; cement; chlorine
cleaning, bleaching or washing compounds; coal tar distillates; coke;
cottonseed products; creosote or creosoted products; fertilizers;
fireworks; acetylene gas; glue; gunpowder or other explosives; glucose;
insecticides; lime; linoleum; matches; oilcloth, oils or petroleum
products; paint; paper pulp; potash; shoeblack; soap; starch; stove
polish; sulfur products; varnish; vinegar; wall plaster; wood distillates;
and yeast.
(8)
Any trade, industry or purpose that is so noxious or offensive
by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas or noise as to be
dangerous to the public health, safety or general welfare.
(9)
Auction halls.
(10)
Adult entertainment.
(11)
Outdoor manufacturing, fabrication and assembly of parts, components,
or materials.
(12)
Gun shops.
(13)
All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors
or cannabis delivery services, as said terms are defined in Section
3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16, but not the delivery of cannabis items and
related supplies by a delivery service.
[Added 10-2-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-33; amended 5-14-2021 by Ord. No. 21-6]
B.
Any lawful conforming use which existed at the time of passage of
this chapter may be continued. However, none shall be enlarged, extended,
relocated, converted to another use or altered, except in conformity
with this chapter and as permitted below. Land on which a nonconforming
use or structure is located shall not be reduced in size, nor shall
any lot already nonconforming be made more nonconforming in any manner.
The applicant claiming a nonconforming right shall have the burden
of proof of all aspects to demonstrate the claim of existing nonconformity.
C.
Required area. The area or dimension of any lot, yard or other space
shall not be reduced to less than the minimum required by this chapter,
and if already existing at less than the minimum required by this
chapter, said area or dimension may be continued and shall not be
further reduced.
E.
Number of uses on a lot. There shall be no more than one principal
use on each lot, with the exception of the CBD/SPE, CBD, O, CO and
SC Districts.
F.
Number of principal buildings on a lot. No lot may contain more than
one principal building, except that shopping centers, industrial and
office complexes and multifamily residential developments may be permitted
to have multiple buildings, provided they comply with the provisions
set forth in this chapter.
G.
Dwellings.
(1)
Placement of single-family dwellings. For the purposes of building
placement, the front or main entrance of the dwelling, which shall
be determined from an architectural and design prospective, shall
be oriented to the front yard street line of the property. On lots
fronting on a cul-de-sac, the front or main entrance of the dwelling
may be skewed a maximum of 30° from a line perpendicular to a
line running from the center of the cul-de-sac through the midpoint
of the arc of the setback line on the lot.
(2)
Design of dwellings. No detached dwelling shall hereafter be
erected, constructed, placed, altered or enlarged which shall be like,
or substantially like, any neighboring building then in existence
or for which a building permit has been issued if the neighboring
dwelling is within 100 feet of the building to be erected, constructed,
placed, altered or enlarged and faces on the same street. End-to-end
reversal of house plans or roofline changes alone shall not render
a dwelling substantially unlike a neighboring dwelling to allow its
construction, placement, alteration or enlargement within the prohibited
distance above set forth. On corner lots, all facades facing the street
shall have windows and other architectural details so as to preclude
the construction of blank walls fronting adjacent streets.
(3)
Residential buildings: street frontage. No building designed
for residential purposes shall be erected or altered unless the building
so designed shall front upon a state-, county- or Borough-approved
street, or a street on a plat duly filed in the office of the Bergen
County Clerk prior to the passage of an ordinance requiring prior
approval of plats by the Planning Board, or a street shown upon a
plat approved by the Planning Board for which suitable improvement
has been assured by means of a performance guaranty.
(4)
Residential buildings: improvements in place prior to issuance
of certificate of occupancy. On no occasion shall a certificate of
occupancy be issued by the Construction Official for any residential
building constructed on a lot shown on an approved plat unless and
until the improvements required by the Planning Board have been completed
and installed in accordance with Borough specifications and to the
satisfaction of the Borough Engineer, up to and including and affecting
the lot and building for which the certificate of occupancy has been
requested.
