Borough of Paramus, NJ
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2023-12-19
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 429 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Access to All Advisory Board
- Ch 4 Administrative Assistant
- Ch 5 Administrator, Municipal
- Ch 6 Administrative Code
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing Liaison/Rehabilitation Coordinator
- Ch 8 Aggregation Program for Energy and Natural Gas
- Ch 9 Emergency Medical Services, Division of
- Ch 10 Emergency Management Stipend Program
- Ch 13 Buildings and Traffic Maintenance, Department of
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Consultant for Site Plan Review
- Ch 21 Consumer Protection Committee
- Ch 25 Court, Municipal
- Ch 25A Credit Card Payments for Municipal Fees
- Ch 26 Cultural Arts Council
- Ch 27 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27A Direct Deposit, Mandated
- Ch 28 Director, Management of Information Services
- Ch 30 Director of Emergency Preparedness
- Ch 31 Director of Human Resources
- Ch 32 Director of Planning
- Ch 32A Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy
- Ch 33 Environmental Commission
- Ch 35 Employees, Part-Time and Seasonal
- Ch 37 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 43 Finance Department
- Ch 47 Fire Department
- Ch 49 Golf Course Manager/Superintendent
- Ch 51 Harassment Policy
- Ch 55 Health and Human Services, Department of
- Ch 57 Head Golf Professional
- Ch 59 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 65 Insurance
- Ch 69 Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 77 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 81 Legal Department
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Life Safety Complex, Use of
- Ch 87 Municipal Clerk, Deputy
- Ch 89 Municipal Humane Law Enforcement Officer
- Ch 91 Municipal Swimming Pool Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 95 Anti-Nepotism Policy
- Ch 99 Personnel Policies
- Ch 103 Police Department
- Ch 105 Public Advocates for Board of Adjustment and Planning Board
- Ch 106 Public Health Supervisor
- Ch 107 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 113 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 117 Rescue Squad
- Ch 121 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 125 School Security
- Ch 129 Shade Tree Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 133 Shopping Center Safety Review Committee
- Ch 140 Veterans Affairs Officer
- Ch 141 Office of Emergency Management
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 149 Adult Uses
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 158 Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary
- Ch 161 Amusement Businesses
- Ch 165 Amusement Devices and Arcades
- Ch 169 Animals
- Ch 173 Background Checks
- Ch 175 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 179 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 181 Building Construction and Alteration Permits
- Ch 183 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 187 Buildings, Truss-Type
- Ch 191 Businesses
- Ch 195 Cell Phones, Use in Motor Vehicles
- Ch 197 Certificates of Compliance and Continued Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 203 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 204 Contribution Disclosure
- Ch 207 (Reserved)
- Ch 210 Affordable Housing — Inclusionary Zoning Requirements
- Ch 211 Demolition Permits
- Ch 212 Door Numbering Requirements
- Ch 213 Drainage and Environmental Protection
- Ch 217 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 219 Duplicate Bills and Fraudulent Checks
- Ch 221 Eminent Domain
- Ch 223 Environmental Impact Statements
- Ch 229 Fees, Land Use
- Ch 233 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 237 Fire Lanes
- Ch 241 Fire Prevention
- Ch 245 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 249 Flea Markets, Auctions and Games of Chance
- Ch 253 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 254 Fracking (Hydraulic Fracturing)
- Ch 256 Garage Sales
- Ch 259 Golf and Country Clubs
- Ch 265 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 269 Home Buyers Protection
- Ch 277 Landscaping
- Ch 278 Firewood and Commercial Firewood Processors
- Ch 281 Library
- Ch 285 Limousine Services and Taxicabs
- Ch 289 Littering
- Ch 293 Massage Establishments
- Ch 295 Merchandise, Display of
- Ch 299 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 303 Motion Pictures and Television
- Ch 309 Noise
- Ch 311 Nudity on State-Owned Lands
- Ch 313 Nursing Homes and Commercial Recreational Facilities
- Ch 316 Official Street Map
- Ch 319 (Reserved)
- Ch 322 Rental Properties
- Ch 323 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 327 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 331 Pool Halls and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 335 Professional Services
- Ch 339 Property Maintenance
- Ch 340 Registration of Foreclosing Mortgages and Vacant Property
- Ch 341 Public Records
- Ch 343 Public Utilities
- Ch 345 Restaurants and Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 346 Retail Theft
- Ch 351 Sales, Close-Out
- Ch 355 Satellite Earth Stations
- Ch 359 Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods, Dealers
- Ch 363 Sewers
- Ch 365 Sex Offenders
- Ch 367 Signs
- Ch 371 Site Plan Review
- Ch 373 Smoking
- Ch 375 Soil Removal
- Ch 379 Solid Waste
- Ch 383 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 387 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 391 Sunday Activities
- Ch 395 Swimming Pools
- Ch 397 Telecommunications Systems
- Ch 398 Temporary Storage Containers
- Ch 401 Towers and Towing
- Ch 403 Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System
- Ch 405 Trapping
- Ch 409 Trespassing
- Ch 412 Vaccinations
- Ch 415 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 419 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 423 Vending Machines
- Ch 426 Volunteer and Veteran Fee Exemptions
- Ch 429 Zoning
- Ch 429 Art I General Provisions
- § 429-1 Title.
- § 429-2 Legislative authority.
- § 429-3 Purposes.
- § 429-4 Prior provisions and construction.
- Ch 429 Art II Definitions and Word Usage
- § 429-5 Word usage.
- § 429-6 Definitions.
- Ch 429 Art III Compliance Required; Unlawful Structures and Uses
- § 429-7 Compliance required.
- § 429-8 Site plan approval required.
- § 429-9 Unlawful structures and uses.
- Ch 429 Art IV Nonconforming Structures and Uses
- § 429-10 Continuation.
- § 429-11 Compliance required.
- § 429-12 Restoration or repair.
- § 429-13 Buildings under construction.
- § 429-14 Abandonment.
- Ch 429 Art V Expansion of Certain Uses; Street Frontage
- § 429-15 Expansion of nonconforming or conditional use.
- § 429-16 Street frontage required.
- Ch 429 Art VI Zoning Map; Districts
- § 429-17 Zoning Map; enumeration of districts.
- § 429-18 (Reserved)
- Ch 429 Art VII Uses Prohibited in All Zones
- § 429-19 Prohibited uses.
- § 429-20 Commercial activity in home or residence.
- Ch 429 Art VIII Regulations Applicable to Residential Districts
- § 429-21 Permitted uses.
- § 429-22 Permitted accessory uses.
- § 429-23 Permitted locations for accessory structures/flagstaffs.
- § 429-24 Conditional uses in residential zones.
- § 429-25 Additional requirements for conditional uses.
- § 429-26 Uses and buildings permitted by variance.
- § 429-27 Minimum lot size.
- § 429-28 Structures in required yards restricted.
- § 429-29 Minimum yard depth; rear yard setbacks.
- § 429-30 Additions to existing residential structures.
- § 429-31 Floor area ratio.
- § 429-32 Off-street parking.
- § 429-33 Garages.
- § 429-34 Private swimming pools.
- § 429-35 Private driveways to business or industrial uses unlawful.
- § 429-36 Use and erection of tents.
- § 429-37 Adult uses.
- § 429-38 Visual clearance at intersections.
- § 429-39 Curb cuts.
- § 429-40 Fences and walls.
- § 429-41 Conditional Uses.
- Ch 429 Art IX Residential One-Family (R-50) Zone
- § 429-42 Permitted uses.
- § 429-43 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- Ch 429 Art X Residential One-Family (R-75) Zone
- § 429-44 Permitted uses.
- § 429-45 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- Ch 429 Art XI Residential One-Family (R-100) Zone
- § 429-46 Permitted uses.
- § 429-47 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-48 Continuous open space subdivisions.
- Ch 429 Art XII Residential One-Family (R-150) Zone
- § 429-49 Permitted uses.
- § 429-50 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-51 Continuous open space subdivisions.
- Ch 429 Art XIII Mount Laurel Residential (R-150 ML) Zone
- § 429-52 Purpose.
- § 429-53 Permitted uses.
- § 429-54 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- Ch 429 Art XIV Residential Two-Family (R-2F) Zone
- § 429-55 Permitted uses.
- § 429-56 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- Ch 429 Art XV R-AH Residential - Affordable Housing Zone
- § 429-57 Purpose.
- § 429-58 Extent; availability of units.
- § 429-59 Permitted uses.
- § 429-60 Accessory uses.
- § 429-61 Tract and lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-62 Minimum off-street parking ratios.
- § 429-63 Minimum road widths.
- § 429-64 Major parking lot setbacks.
- Ch 429 Art XVI Golf Course Cluster Townhouse (R-GC) Zone
- § 429-65 Purpose.
- § 429-66 Permitted uses; requirements.
- § 429-67 Accessory uses.
- § 429-68 Tract and lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-69 Minimum road widths.
- § 429-70 Minimum off-street parking ratio; reduction.
- § 429-71 Major parking lot setbacks.
- Ch 429 Art XVII Mount Laurel Residential (RML) Zone
- § 429-72 Purpose.
- § 429-73 Maximum number of units.
- § 429-74 Nonbuildable areas.
- § 429-75 Buffer areas; setbacks.
- § 429-76 Applicability of other provisions.
- § 429-77 Permitted uses.
- § 429-78 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-79 Minimum off-street parking requirements.
- § 429-80 Minimum road widths.
- § 429-81 Major parking lot setbacks.
- Ch 429 Art XVIII Mount Laurel Affordable Care (MFAC) Zone
- § 429-82 Purpose.
- § 429-83 Permitted uses.
- § 429-84 Accessory uses.
- § 429-85 Floor area ratio.
- § 429-86 Lot size, dimension, bulk and setback.
- § 429-87 Parking.
- § 429-88 Building setbacks and yard requirements.
- § 429-89 Parking setback.
- § 429-90 Aboveground detention/retention basin setback.
- Ch 429 Art XVIIIA MFML Mount Laurel Multifamily Residential Zone
- § 429-91 Purpose.
- § 429-92 Permitted uses.
- § 429-93 Accessory uses.
- § 429-94 Density and maximum number of multifamily units.
- § 429-95 Floor area ratio.
- § 429-96 Planted buffer areas; setbacks.
- § 429-97 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-98 Minimum road widths.
- § 429-99 Major parking lot setbacks.
- Ch 429 Art XIX GOV Government Zone
- § 429-100 Permitted uses.
- § 429-101 Accessory uses.
- § 429-102 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-103 Reversion of property to private use.
- Ch 429 Art XX Regulations Applicable to All Business (HCC, HCC-2, NB and LB) Zones
- § 429-104 Use of accessory buildings restricted.
- § 429-105 Tents.
- § 429-106 Accessory structures and trailers.
- § 429-107 Maximum size of accessory buildings.
- § 429-108 Use variance limitations.
- § 429-109 Access driveways.
- § 429-110 Variations in side yard requirements.
- § 429-111 Required planted area.
- § 429-112 Existing lots or structures.
- § 429-113 Radioactive materials.
- § 429-114 Outdoor storage.
- § 429-115 Floor area ratio.
- Ch 429 Art XXI Neighborhood Business (NB) Zone
- § 429-116 Permitted uses.
- § 429-117 Accessory uses.
- § 429-118 Prohibited uses.
- § 429-119 Lot area bulk requirements.
- § 429-120 Sewer connection fee.
- Ch 429 Art XXII Highway Corridor Commercial (HCC) Zone
- § 429-121 Permitted uses.
- § 429-122 Accessory uses.
- § 429-123 Parking structures.
- § 429-124 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-124.1 Design standards for self-storage buildings.
- § 429-125 Minimum distance of buildings on parcels contiguous to residential zone districts.
- § 429-126 HCC Zone parking requirements.
- § 429-127 Planted areas and planted buffer areas.
- § 429-128 Hospitals and health care facilities campus.
- § 429-129 Sewer connection fee.
- § 429-130 Amusement game machines, devices, arcades and similar uses.
- § 429-131 Conditional use standards; minimum distances between certain uses.
- § 429-132 New car dealer establishments.
- § 429-133 Medical Cannabis Dispensary.
- § 429-133.1 Compliance required.
- Ch 429 Art XXIII Highway Corridor Commercial — 2 (HCC-2) Zone
- § 429-134 Permitted uses.
- § 429-135 Regulations applicable.
- § 429-136 Sewer Connection Fee.
- Ch 429 Art XXIV Limited Business (LB) Zone
- § 429-137 Permitted uses; prohibited uses.
- § 429-138 Accessory buildings and uses.
- § 429-139 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-140 Parking.
- § 429-141 Sewer connection fee.
- Ch 429 Art XXV Cemetery (CEM) Zone
- § 429-142 Permitted uses/Prohibited uses.
- § 429-143 Maximum building height.
- § 429-144 Height exceptions; screening.
- § 429-145 Yard and setback requirements.
- § 429-146 Landscaping plan required.
- § 429-147 Parking area requirements.
- § 429-148 Mausoleum construction requirements.
- § 429-149 Administration.
- § 429-150 Minimum design elements.
- Ch 429 Art XXVI Historic Preservation (HP) Zone
- § 429-151 Applicability; purpose.
- § 429-152 Properties included.
- § 429-153 Permitted uses.
- § 429-154 Preservation of existing buildings.
- § 429-155 Land Use Board review; demolition or movement of buildings.
- § 429-156 Application for inclusion in zone.
- § 429-157 Appeals.
- § 429-158 Review of designated sites.
- Ch 429 Art XXVII Conservation/Recreation (CR) Zone
- § 429-159 Purpose; applicability.
- § 429-160 Uses.
- § 429-161 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- Ch 429 Art XXVIII Municipal (MU) Zone
- § 429-162 Permitted uses.
- § 429-163 Accessory uses.
- § 429-164 Lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 429-165 Reversion of property to private use.
- Ch 429 Art XXIX Outdoor Dining
- § 429-166 Outdoor dining regulations.
- § 429-167 Review of application by Zoning Code Enforcement Official.
- § 429-168 Permit nontransferable.
- § 429-169 Insurance and indemnification requirements.
- § 429-170 Fees.
- § 429-171 Miscellaneous provisions.
- § 429-172 Terms of permits; renewals.
- § 429-173 Violations and penalties.
- § 429-174 Enforcement.
- Ch 429 Art XXX Planted Areas and Planted Buffer Areas
- § 429-175 Required planted areas; existing vegetation.
- § 429-176 Relationship of planted area to buffer area.
- § 429-177 Required planted buffer areas.
- § 429-178 Reduction in required buffer area.
- § 429-179 Location, shape and content of areas.
- § 429-180 Use of areas restricted.
- § 429-181 Minimum standards.
- § 429-182 Design criteria.
- § 429-183 Plant selection and placement.
- § 429-184 Submission of proposed landscape plans.
- § 429-185 Contents of landscape plan.
- Ch 429 Art XXXI Parking
- § 429-186 Parking requirements for nonresidential uses.
- § 429-187 General requirements.
- § 429-188 Parking of commercial vehicles during non-business hours.
- § 429-189 Minimum number of off-street parking spaces.
- § 429-190 Nursery schools, child learning and adult day care centers.
- § 429-191 Off-street loading zones.
- Ch 429 Art XXXII Signs
- § 429-192 Compliance required.
- § 429-193 Permitted signs; size.
- § 429-194 Freestanding business signs.
- § 429-195 Freestanding entrance signs.
- § 429-196 Wall signs.
- § 429-197 Monument signs.
- § 429-198 Institutional signs.
- § 429-199 Gas station signs.
- § 429-200 Illumination.
- § 429-201 Additional requirements.
- § 429-202 Nonconforming signs.
- Ch 429 Art XXXIII Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- § 429-203 Purpose.
- § 429-204 Nonapplicability to amateur radio stations and to receive-only antennas.
- § 429-205 Checklist for applications.
- § 429-206 Application fees.
- § 429-207 Other ordinances.
- § 429-208 Definitions.
- § 429-209 Rooftop Antennas.
- § 429-210 Monopoles.
- § 429-211 Restoration provisions; performance bond.
- § 429-212 Conditions on approval.
- § 429-213 Cable microcell networks.
- Ch 429 Art XXXIV Electric Vehicle Supply/Service Equipment Requirements
- § 429-214 Compliance required.
- § 429-215 Definitions.
- § 429-216 Approvals and permits.
- § 429-217 Requirements for new installation of EVSE and make-ready parking spaces.
- § 429-218 Minimum parking requirements.
- § 429-219 Reasonable standards for all new EVSE and make-ready parking spaces.
- Ch 429 Art XXXV Permits and Fees
- § 429-220 Permit required.
- § 429-221 Fees schedule.
- § 429-222 Applicability of article.
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 435 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 436 Animals
- Ch 436A Barbershops, Beauty Parlors and Nail Salons
- Ch 437 Body Piercing, Ear Piercing and Permanent Cosmetics
- Ch 439 Food Service Managers
- Ch 443 Sanitation
- Ch 447 Tattooing
- Ch 449 Tobacco and Cigarettes
- Ch 450 Retail Plastic Bags and Polystyrene Foam
- Part IV: Board of Shade Tree and Park Commissioners Legislation
- Ch 453 Trees and Shrubbery
- Appendix
- Ch A457 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A460 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Paramus 6-14-1983 by Ord. No. 83-10. Additional amendments included Ord. Nos. 83-18, 84-2, 84-7, 84-20, 84-21, 84-28, 85-20, 85-27, 85-28, 85-29,
85-32, 86-2, 86-3, 86-7, 86-16, 86-26, 88-11, 88-21, 88-31, 88-32,
89-31, 89-32, 90-6, 91-1, 91-3, 91-4, 91-12, 91-16, 91-35, 91-37,
91-12-38, 91-12-39, 92-16, 92-18, 92-23, 93-26, 94-6, 94-25, 95-17,
96-35, 97-7, 97-9, 97-13, 97-28, 98-11, 98-12, 98-13, 99-21, 00-6,
00-23, 00-38, 00-40, 01-11, 02-30, 03-12, 04-7, 05-5, 05-32, 05-36,
06-2, 06-12, 07-15, 07-19, 07-28, 08-11, 08-32, 09-14, 09-19, 09-23,
09-25, 13-4, 13-5, 13-35, 14-1, 14-4, 14-10. Amended in entirety 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08, Articles I-XXXIV, Sections 429-1 through 429-216. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Consultant for site plan review — See Ch. 17.
Environmental Commission — See Ch. 33.
Historic Preservation Commission — See Ch. 59.
Land use procedures — See Ch. 77.
Board of Shade Tree and Parks Commissioners — See Ch. 129.
Builders and contractors — See Ch. 179.
Certificates of compliance — See Ch. 197.
Drainage and environmental protection — See Ch. 213.
Environmental impact statements — See Ch. 223.
Land use fees — See Ch. 229.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 241.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 253.
Motels and hotels — See Ch. 299.
Satellite earth stations — See Ch. 355.
Signs — See Ch. 367.
Site plan review — See Ch. 371.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 387.
Swimming pools — See Ch. 395.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 415.
