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Borough of Roosevelt, NJ
Monmouth County
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New Laws (12) Index
[Ord. 97-34]
The regulations intended to guide development in each district are set forth in the Schedule of District Regulations and in the following sections and schedules which are supplemented by other sections of this ordinance.
Except as hereinafter provided:
a. 
No land or building shall hereafter be used, occupied, erected, moved or altered unless in conformity with the regulations hereinafter specified for the district in which it is located.
b. 
No part of a yard or other open space required about any building shall be included as part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.
c. 
No off-street parking or loading space required for one building or use shall be included to satisfy, in whole or in part, the off-street parking or loading space required for another building or use, except as provided in Article VI.
[Ord. 97; 97-16; 97-31; amended 8-16-2021 by Ord. No. 21-02]
a. 
Any use not designated as a principal permitted use, a permitted accessory use, or a conditional use is specifically prohibited from any zoning district in the Borough of Roosevelt. Farming, as defined in this chapter, shall be prohibited in all zones other than R-AG/400
b. 
The operation of cannabis cultivators, cannabis distributors, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, cannabis retailers, medical cannabis alternative treatment centers, medical cannabis cultivators, medical cannabis dispensaries, and medical cannabis manufacturers are prohibited uses in all zones within the Borough of Roosevelt.
[Ord. 97; 97-12]
No construction of a building or structure used for a principal use in any zoning district, other than the R-AG district, shall be undertaken in the Borough of Roosevelt unless provision has been made for said building or structure to be connected to the Borough public water and sewerage systems. Buildings or structures in the R-AG zoning district on tracts of land conforming to the standards of that district may utilize on-site water and sewerage systems.
a. 
All uses require off-street parking as noted in Section 6.200.
b. 
All uses must comply with site plan review, Section 6.100.
c. 
All conditional uses are governed by regulations set forth for the particular use in Article VII. Where no regulation comparable to those contained in this schedule is established in Article VII for a particular use the regulations for permitted uses in this schedule shall govern.
d. 
Front, rear and side yard requirements may vary under special circumstances noted in Article V.
e. 
Definitions of terms are contained in Article II.
[Ord. No. 16-005; Ord. No. 16-012]
a. 
Rentals Less than 30 Days Prohibited. All rentals of residential structures, in whole or part, or individual residences, in whole or part, in the R-40, R-100 and the R-AG 400 Districts for periods of less than 30 days are prohibited.
b. 
Other Provisions of the Code Applicable. All other provisions of the Roosevelt Borough Code, including, but not limited to the requirements for a Certificate of Occupancy found in Section 10-2 and Residential Rental Property License found in Section 10-3 remain unaffected by this section.
c. 
Enforcement. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, in addition to any other penalties for violations of other applicable Code provisions, shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with Section 11.700.
[Added 6-22-2020 by Ord. No. 20-07]
a. 
Definitions. "Portable storage container" refers to any portable temporary storage container ("POD"), trailer, storage unit, or portable structure; with or without axles or wheels; without a foundation; designed and used for storage.
b. 
Placement. In the R-40, R-100 and the R-AG 400 Districts, a portable storage container may only be placed on an existing off-street driveway, at the location furthest from the street as practicable. The portable storage container may not be placed in the front yard, except on a driveway or on the public right-of-way. The portable storage container must be in good repair and must be kept weed-free around its perimeter. In the event that the driveway does not accommodate a portable storage container of any size available, the Zoning Officer may approve a location contiguous to the driveway or in another location as far from the street as practicable.
c. 
Permitted size. No portable storage container may exceed a maximum height of 10 feet or maximum width of eight feet or maximum length of 20 feet.
d. 
Fees and permits. To place a portable storage container in the R-40, R-100 or R-AG 400 Districts, an application form must be completed before the portable storage container can be placed. A fee of $25 must be paid, with an additional $25 due if the permit is renewed for an additional 30 days. For portable storage containers used in conjunction with active construction, the fee is $25 for the six-month term, with an additional $25 paid for a one-month extension.
e. 
Time. Once the application for a zoning permit is filed and the fee is paid, the portable storage container may be in place for 30 days, unless such portable storage container is in conjunction with a building permit for the principal building. Its placement can be renewed for an additional 30 days with the approval of the Zoning Officer. Portable storage containers used in conjunction with an active building permit may be placed for six months, with a possible renewal of one additional month with approval of the Zoning Officer.
f. 
Enforcement. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, in addition to any other penalties for violations of other applicable Code provisions, shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with § 11.700.
This section sets forth use and density regulations by zone district.
DISTRICT R-40 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
[Ord. 97-17; 97-18; 97-19]
Purpose: The purpose of this district is to provide for the orderly development and maintenance of established residential areas; to prevent overcrowding of the land; to regulate those uses which are not compatible with residential neighborhoods or the greenbelt principles of the area's original design; and to create conditions which are otherwise conducive to carrying out the purposes of this ordinance.
Principal Permitted Uses:
[Ord. 97; 97-17; 97-39]
Detached dwellings on individual lots.
Parks and playgrounds.
Permitted Accessory Uses:
[Ord. 97; 97-17]
Private garages, storage buildings, swimming pools, tennis courts, and similar facilities pursuant to Section 5.400.
Signs pursuant to Section 6.300.
Home occupations pursuant to Section 6.400
Conditional Uses:
[Ord. 97; 97-17; 97-19; 97-40]
Garages or storage buildings in excess of maximum dimensions set forth in Section 7.430.
Separate buildings used as workshop or studio.
DISTRICT R-100 RESIDENTIAL/CONSERVATION DISTRICT
[Ord. 97-2]
Purpose: The purpose of this district is to provide for the careful and orderly development of environmentally sensitive lands and watercourses at the fringe of established residential areas; to protect watersheds, drainage ways, stands of developed trees and other environmentally sensitive areas; to employ where appropriate, transfer of development and other suitable techniques to preserve environmentally sensitive open space and the town's historic greenbelt pattern while maintaining average density; to regulate those uses which are not compatible with the purpose of this district; and to create conditions which are otherwise conducive to carrying out the purposes of this ordinance.
Principal Permitted Uses:
One family dwellings on separate lots.
Permitted Accessory Uses:
Same as R-40.
Conditional Uses:
[Ord. 97-2; 97-19]
Private noncommercial recreation facilities such as tennis and swim clubs.
[Ord. 97-19]
Garages or storage buildings in excess of maximum dimensions set forth in Section 7.430.
[Ord. 97-19]
Separate buildings used as workshop or studio.
[Ord. 97-19]
Note: Tax Lot 1, Tax Block 6 was zoned R-100 with the following conditions:
[Ord. 97-11]
a.
All habitable structures shall be connected to the Borough public water and sewerage systems;
b.
The location of all structures shall be in conformity with the Zoning Ordinance of the Borough, particularly as it applies to environmental constraint such as stream corridor protection.
DISTRICT AH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISTRICT
[Ord. 97-34]
Purpose: The purpose of this district is to provide for the orderly development of affordable housing for low and moderate-income housing as provided for in the Roosevelt Borough Housing and Fair Share Plans and in accordance with the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing Rules, N.J.A.C. 5:92, 5:93, 5:94 and 5:95.
Principal Permitted Uses:
All housing units within the AH zoning district shall be rental units that:
a. Shall be occupied only by persons or households that are of low or moderate income, as defined in the "Fair Housing Act" and rules of the Council on Affordable Housing, and
b. Shall be affordable to such persons or households in accordance with rental rate standards adopted by the Council on Affordable Housing.
Permitted Uses:
Group homes for the developmentally disabled licensed by the New Jersey Department of Human Services.
Low and moderate income residential housing.
Permitted Accessory Uses:
Off-street parking, loading and unloading in accordance with Section 6.200.
Private garages, storage and maintenance buildings and similar facilities pursuant to Section 5.400.
Signs pursuant to Section 6.300.
Conditional Uses:
Garages or storage buildings in excess of maximum dimensions set forth in Section 7.430.
DISTRICT C-40 RETAIL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
[Ord. 97; 97-17; 97-40]
Purpose: The purpose of this district is to provide suitable locations for commercial activities providing goods and/or services which meet the needs of the resident population, to minimize traffic congestion and incompatible activities in residential districts and to otherwise further the general purposes of this ordinance.
Permitted Principal Uses.
Retail stores
Business and professional offices
Business and personal services, including but not limited to banks, real estate offices, barbershops or beauty parlors, laundry or dry cleaning establishments
Public buildings
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Uses customarily incident to a principal permitted use and on the same lot.
Signs pursuant to Section 6.300
Conditional Uses.
Establishments serving food for consumption on premises.
Service stations pursuant to Section 7.420.
DISTRICT I-80 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
[Ord. 97; 97-17; 97-29]
Purpose: The purpose of this district is to facilitate the opportunity for employment of local residents, to strengthen the economic base of the municipality and to otherwise further the general purposes of this ordinance.
Principal Permitted Uses:
Wholesale and accessory use storage establishments conducted in completely enclosed buildings except that open storage is permitted if enclosed by an opaque fence or wall or appropriate planting of evergreens at least eight feet in height.
Light industrial activities or businesses of a kindred nature engaged in the manufacture, assemblage, treatment or packaging of products when conducted without public hazard or which by reason of odor, noise, dust, smoke or traffic generation constitute a nuisance.
Buildings for the conduct of office, research, and administrative activities.
[Ord. 97-17]
Municipal facilities.
[Ord. 97-29]
Permitted Accessory Uses:
[Ord. 97; 97-39]
Accessory uses customarily incidental to a principal permitted use and on the same lot.
Off-street parking, loading and unloading in accordance with Section 6.200
Signs in accordance with Section 6.300
DISTRICT R-AG 400 RESIDENTIAL/AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
[Ord. 97; 97-19]
Purpose: The purpose of this district is to facilitate the continuation of traditional agricultural lands for productive farming purposes in accordance with the original plan and design of Jersey Homesteads and the Roosevelt National Historical District; to minimize residential sprawl; to encourage the perpetuation of the Borough's agro-industrial design so long as it may be appropriate and to otherwise further the general purposes of this ordinance.
[Ord. 97; 97-31]
Principal Permitted Uses:
[Ord. 97; 97-19; 97-31]
Farms for growing of field, vegetable and tree crops
[Ord. 97; 97-19; 97-31]
Nurseries and greenhouses
[Ord. 97; 97-19; 97-31]
Single-family detached dwellings
[Ord. 97]
Group homes for the developmentally disabled license by the New Jersey Department of Human Services.
[Ord. 97-36]
Houses of worship subject to the requirements below.
[Ord. 97-36]
Public and private schools. Public and private schools shall comply with applicable requirements in accordance with State law and be subject to the requirements below.
[Ord. 97-36]
Athletic and recreation facilities ancillary to a public or private school provided that such facilities shall be located on the same parcel as the school within the R/Ag-400 Zone and further provided that such facilities shall not utilize field lighting, that any scoreboard structures be located a minimum of 500 feet from any off-tract residential use, and that a planted buffer and landscaping be provided in accordance with the requirements below.
[Ord. 97-36]
Dormitories for private schools in the R-AG400 Zone shall conform with the following:
[Ord. 97-36]
a. Dormitories shall be located on the same property as the school facility for which the dormitory is providing boarding services.
b. Dormitories shall comply with requirements applicable to dormitories in accordance with State law.
c. Provisions for affordable housing generated in accordance with State law shall be provided by private schools.
d. Parking. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 6.220.
e. Loading. Loadings bases shall be provided and designed in accordance with Section 6.230.
Houses of worship, private and public schools, athletic fields and dormitories shall provide for the following:
[Ord. 97-36]
a. A planted buffer of not less than 50 feet in width shall be provided between a dormitory, school and/or athletic and recreation field and an adjacent residential structure within 100 feet of the facility in accordance with the standards of Article 5 of Ordinance, 187, Subdivision and Site Plan Ordinance. The length of a planted buffer shall be sufficient to provide a visual screen from the residence to the facility or facilities to be developed.
b. Landscaping in accordance with Article 5 of Ordinance 187, Subdivision and Site Plan Ordinance.
Permitted Accessory Uses:
[Ord. 97; 97-17; 97-31]
Buildings and structures incidental to permitted principal uses, including customary farming accessory uses for farms, nurseries and greenhouses and customary residential accessory uses.
[Ord. 97; 97-19; 97-36]
Other accessory uses as permitted in the R-40 district
[Ord. 97; 97-19]
Signs pursuant to Section 6.300
[Ord. 97-36]
Parking pursuant to Section 6.200
[Ord. 97-36]
Conditional Uses:
[Ord. 97; 97-19; 97-28]
Breeding, raising, training, boarding and/or rehabilitation of horses provided that there is, at least, one acre of pasture per horse over the age of seven months and there are no nuisance factors generated.
[Ord. 97-31]
Roosevelt Borough
Schedule of District Regulations
District Lot, Yard, Coverage and Height Regulations
(Ordinance 97; 97-03 (R-100 District); 97-34 (AH District); 97-37A (R-40 District: Height 25 feet)
District Regulation
R-40
R-100
AH
C-40
I-80
R-Ag 400
Minimum Lot Area Per Family of Principal Permitted Use
Without Public Water or Sewer
—
100,000 square feet
60,000 square feet
—
—
10 acres
With Public Water and Sewer
40,000 square feet
100,000 square feet
60,000 square feet
40,000 square feet
80,000 square feet
—
Minimum Yards
Front Yard
40 feet (1)
75 feet
25 feet
50 feet
75 feet
75 feet
Rear Yard
40 feet
50 feet
25 feet
30 feet
50 feet
50 feet
Side Yard
Attached Buildings
1
50 feet
—
25 feet
—
—
—
Detached Buildings
1
25 feet
40 feet
25 feet
30 feet
40 feet
40 feet
Both
50 feet
80 feet
50 feet
60 feet
80 feet
80 feet
Minimum Lot Width
100 feet
200 feet
200 feet
100 feet
200 feet
400 feet
Minimum Lot Depth
200 feet
400 feet
200 feet
200 feet
400 feet
400 feet
Maximum Coverage
20%
30%
20%(2)
30%
30%
15%
Maximum Height
Stories
2
2.5
2
2
2
2.5
Feet
25 feet
30 feet
35 feet
30 feet
30 feet
35 feet
ft = feet; s.f = square feet
Notes:
(1)
See Section 5.300, Yard Regulations.
[Ord. 97-34]
(2)
Multifamily residential development shall have a maximum 35% lot coverage.
[Ord. 97-34]