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City of Trenton, NJ
Mercer County
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New Laws (11) Index Notes (1)
A. 
Detached single-family dwelling units.
B. 
Semidetached single-family dwelling units.
C. 
Row house dwelling units.
A. 
Private residential swimming pools and tennis courts, in accordance with §§ 315-238 and 315-239.
B. 
Private residential greenhouses, storage sheds and private garages, in accordance with § 315-233.
C. 
Attached and detached private garages and carports.
D. 
Home occupation use, provided that such use is conducted only in the principal dwelling structure, only by the residents of such structure, does not occupy more than one room or 25% of the gross floor area of the dwelling structure, there is no exterior evidence of such use, i.e., no exterior display, no exterior storage of materials and no exterior change in the residential character of the principal building, and no sounds, vibrations, fumes, odors, generation of traffic or other such nuisances shall be discernible outside the dwelling structure. No more than one client, customer or pupil may be on the premises at any one time, and no stock-in-trade or commodity shall be sold upon the premises as in a sales outlet.
E. 
Family day-care homes, in accordance with § 315-241.
F. 
Animal shelters for domestic pets, provided that the total area of the shelter does not exceed 24 square feet.
G. 
Signs, in accordance with Article XXV (§ 315-191 et seq.).
H. 
Unroofed exterior accessory uses customarily incidental to permitted residential uses, such as, but not limited to, patios, child play facilities and decks, in accordance with Article XXX (§ 315-230 et seq.).
I. 
Satellite communications dish receiving antennas, provided that the dish antenna is located only in a rear yard area and does not exceed 15 feet in height, measured from the ground level at the installation location. Roof installations may be permitted only if the dish antenna is not visible from the street frontage.
[Refer to Article XXII (§ 315-132 et seq.).]
A. 
Public utility use.
B. 
Schools.
C. 
Churches.
D. 
Parking lot.
E. 
Day-care/child-care center.
F. 
Nursing home.
G. 
Telecommunications facilities.
[The lot size, area, yard and building requirements for the Residence B District are included at the end of this chapter.]
A. 
Not more than one principal residential structure shall be located on a lot.
B. 
Two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each single-family dwelling unit (including detached, semidetached, and rowhouse units). Other permitted uses shall comply with the parking requirements of Article XXIV (§ 315-178 et seq.), or other applicable sections.
C. 
The parking of vehicles on front or side yards in front of the front building line is prohibited, including parking provided, except in enclosed garages. Permitted parking must comply with the requirements of § 315-180.
D. 
The exterior storage of vehicles, trucks and boats shall comply with the requirements of § 315-234.
E. 
Fences and masonry walls shall comply with the requirements of § 315-236.
F. 
When a residential structure is proposed to be built on a vacant parcel of land, the building design of the proposed dwelling unit shall be similar to other residential structures within a radius of 200 feet, with respect to:
(1) 
Building height.
(2) 
Roof shape.
(3) 
Wall siding materials.
(4) 
Window and door type, size and number.
(5) 
Street orientation.
(6) 
Housing type, detached, semidetached or row.
G. 
When a garage door is proposed to be located on the front facade of a residential structure, the residential structure must be at least 20 feet wide and the garage door must not comprise more than 40% of the front facade. Such door must be incorporated into the ground floor facade in such a manner as to provide the appearance of residential living space on the ground floor level.