The territory of the Township of Cedar Grove
is hereby divided into the following zones:
A.
R-5A One-Family Residential Zone (minimum lot size
five acres). The R-5A Zone is the lowest density residential zoning
district in the Township. The district was established to broaden
the array of residential housing options available to Township residents,
and to provide for limited development of properties containing critical
environmental resources or designated by the New Jersey Office of
State Planning as "environmentally sensitive planning areas." It is
anticipated that large portions of the district may be retained for
use as public open space.
B.
R-40 One-Family Residential Zone (minimum lot size
40,000 square feet). The R-40 Zone is established in anticipation
of development of lots on properties located on the steep slopes and
the tops of the Watchung Mountains. The Township began to experience
overdevelopment in these critical and environmentally sensitive areas
when they were regulated by the R-18 Zone. The zone creates greater
open air, light and space, and is designed to preserve a portion of
the lots in their natural state while allowing reasonable use of the
land, thus respecting the environmentally sensitive nature of these
areas.
C.
R-30 One-Family Residential Zone (minimum lot size
30,000 square feet). The R-30 Zone is established to provide greater
variety in the availability of low-density housing options in the
Township, to create greater open air, light and space, and to preserve
a portion of the lots in their natural state while allowing reasonable
use of the land, thus respecting the environmentally sensitive nature
of these areas. The R-30 Zone provides less restrictive zoning when
the property is not affected by either crest lines or steep slopes.
D.
R-18 One-Family Residential Zone (minimum lot size
18,000 square feet). The R-18 Zone is established as a district in
which the principal use of the land is for large lot single-family
homes. The district is composed of low-density residential areas,
plus certain open areas where similar residential development appears
likely to occur. In addition to permitting single-family homes and
public recreational uses, religious and educational facilities are
permitted conditional uses, encouraged as the basic elements of a
balanced neighborhood.
E.
R-15 One-Family Residential Zone (minimum lot size
15,000 square feet). The R-15 Zone is a low-density residential zone
composed chiefly of single-family homes on lots of approximately 1/3
of an acre, together with public recreational, religious and educational
uses. The intent of this section is to encourage the construction
of and continued use of single-family homes and the other basic neighborhood
uses permitted by this section.
F.
R-10 One-Family Residential Zone (minimum lot size
10,000 square feet). The R-10 Residential Zone is composed of areas
within the Township which are to a great extent already developed
with lots of approximately 10,000 square feet in area. The intent
of this section is to encourage the continued use of the zone as basically
single-family in character and to discourage and prohibit uses which
would substantially interfere with either the development of vacant
land for single-family homes or the continuation of the predominantly
single-family character of the district.
G.
R-8 One-Family Residential Zone (minimum lot size
8,000 square feet). The R-8 Zone is the more densely developed of
the single-family zones and includes older areas in which some nonconforming
uses and buildings are to be found. The intent of this section is
to encourage the continued use of the zone as basically single-family
in character and to discourage and prohibit uses which would substantially
interfere with either the development of vacant land for single-family
homes or the continuation of the predominantly single-family character
of the district.
H.
MF Multifamily Residential Zone (minimum lot size
three acres). The intent of the MF Zone is to provide for integrated
multifamily communities of garden apartments and townhouses. It is
located in areas suited to such development by virtue of proximity
to major roadways, availability of utility infrastructures, compatibility
with surrounding land uses, and ability to adequately and safely contain
multifamily communities and their related amenities. Regulations require
comprehensive planning to ensure orderly site configuration, proper
vehicular and pedestrian access, adequate interior traffic circulation,
and attractive architectural design.
I.
SL/C Senior Living/Care Residential Zone (minimum
lot size three acres). For planned residential retirement communities,
minimum lot size of 10 acres. The SL/C Zoning District is established
in recognition of the need for senior citizen housing and residential
health care. Permitted uses within the zone include planned residential
retirement communities and long-term care facilities such as nursing
homes. SL/C zoning is located in areas with ready access to major
roadways and public transportation as well as other supporting infrastructure.
J.
O Office Building Zone (minimum lot size one acre).
The O Office Building Zone is located where it has been determined
that the land may be used for offices without adversely affecting
traffic, available utilities, the general character of the Township,
the neighborhood, or other zoning districts in the vicinity.
K.
B Retail Shopping Zone (no minimum lot size). The
B Zone is intended for the conduct of general business which supplies
the basic current family needs, including but not limited to such
retail stores as drug, food, clothing and hardware and, in addition,
such other uses as theaters and restaurants. In addition, it is the
intent of this zone to promote the development of the central shopping
district with ample off-street parking and to encourage the tendency
of retail commercial development to concentrate, to the mutual advantage
of both consumers and merchants, for the convenience, ease and safety
of the public and thus to strengthen the economic base of the Township.
L.
RC Restricted Commercial Zone. The RC Zone is located
in several different areas on both sides of Pompton Avenue. The zone
is designated for nonresidential uses limited in a manner intended
not to adversely affect the development and vitality of the B District
as a well-defined central shopping area. The permitted uses in the
RC Zone are designed to encourage the development of the land in the
district primarily for retail uses, with additional provisions for
professional and business offices, recreational uses, and commercial
schools. In addition, the zoning will permit special commercial-type
uses, without area limitations, that may attract considerable traffic
and parking to locations away from the congestion of the general retail
trade area where such uses can be accommodated in beneficial relation
to one another.
M.
M-1 and M-2 Office/Warehouse Zones. It is the intent
of these zones to provide for light manufacturing and warehouse uses
while at the same time permitting development of professional and/or
business offices, whether as accessory or principal uses. District
standards for the height and size of buildings and the area and dimensions
of yards and open spaces are intended to minimize the effect of such
sites being adjacent to residential areas and to minimize noise, glare,
air pollution, water pollution and fire and safety hazards. The basic
distinction between the M-1 and the M-2 Zones is that the M-2 Zones
are composed of large areas of land where campus-style development
is encouraged on lots larger than that required for the M-1 Zones.
N.
GF Government Facilities Zone (no minimum lot size).
The GF Zone provides for uses pertinent to the various agencies of
federal, state, county, and/or municipal government including facilities
such as offices, libraries, United States Postal Service, utility
installations, public works garages, and storage buildings.
O.
Multifamily Affordable Housing (MF-AH) Zone.
[Added 9-17-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-829]
P.
Multifamily Affordable Housing Inclusionary Overlay (MF-AH-IO) Zone.
[Added 9-17-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-830]
The aforesaid zones are hereby established by
the designation, location and boundaries thereof set forth and indicated
on the Zoning Map, dated June 2001, as may be revised by ordinance.
Said map shall be known as the "Zoning Map of Cedar Grove Township"
and is hereby declared to be a part of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in
the office of the Township Clerk.
Where uncertainty exists as to any of said boundaries
as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Zone boundary lines are intended to follow the center
line of streets, railroad rights-of-way, streams and lot or property
lines as they exist on plats of record at the time of the passage
of this chapter, unless such zone boundary lines are fixed by dimensions
as shown on the Zoning Map.
B.
Where such boundaries are not fixed by dimensions
and where they approximately follow lot lines and where they do not
scale more than 10 feet distant therefrom, such lot lines shall be
construed to be such boundaries unless specifically shown otherwise.
C.
In unsubdivided land and where a zone boundary divides
a lot, the location of such boundary, unless the same is indicated
by dimensions shown on the map, shall be determined by the use of
the scale appearing thereon.
The schedule of regulations entitled "Schedule
of Requirements, Cedar Grove Township Zoning Ordinance" and attached
hereto, applying to the land, buildings, yards and other open spaces
to be provided contiguous thereto, and all other matters contained
therein, as indicated for the various zones established by this chapter,
is hereby declared to be a part of this chapter. The regulations listed
for each zone as designated, reading from left to right across the
schedule, are hereby prescribed for such zones, subject to the other
provisions in this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Schedule of Requirements is included at the end of this chapter.
