A.
Every principal building shall be built upon a lot
with usable frontage upon a street or streets, as defined in N.J.S.A.
40:55D-7, and shall be improved to meet the Township's standards or
accepted by the Township.
B.
The minimum required lot width shall be measured at
the required front yard setback line. However, in cases of irregularly
shaped lots whose sides are not parallel, the lot width may be measured
at either the required front yard setback or front lot line as follows:
(1)
In cases of irregularly shaped lots whose sides are
not parallel and the lot width is measured at the required front yard
setback, the street frontage shall not be less than 60% of the minimum
lot width required, provided that the lot width measured at the front
yard setback line shall conform to the minimum width specified in
the zoning schedule[1] for the district in which the lot is contained.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Schedule A, Area and Bulk
Regulations, included at the end of this chapter.
(2)
In cases of irregularly shaped lots whose sides are
not parallel, the lot width may be measured at the front lot line,
provided that the width of the lot measured at the required front
yard setback line shall not be less than 85% of the required lot width
measured at the front lot line.
C.
Within any sight triangle, no grade, vegetation, sign
or other object shall be placed or allowed to exceed a height of 30
inches above the adjacent roadway or be placed in such manner as to
limit or obstruct the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving
the intersection. Said triangle shall be formed by the street lines
of such lot and a line drawn between points along such street lines
25 feet distant from their point of intersection.
D.
Where a single lot under individual ownership extends
from one street to another, defined herein as a "through lot," both
frontages shall be subject to the front yard requirements of this
chapter. However, in the case of construction of a single principal
building and/or an accessory building on a through lot, the applicant
shall specify which street line is the front street line. The other
frontage shall be deemed the rear line and shall comply with the rear
yard setback of the district .
A.
No yard or other open space that is provided about
any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this
chapter shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for
any other building.
C.
Projections into required yards; general exceptions.
(1)
Cornices and eaves may not project more than 18 inches
into any required yard.
(2)
Sill, belt courses and similar ornamental or structural
features may project six inches into any required yard. An open fire
balcony or fire escape or fire tower may project into a required yard
no more than four feet.
(3)
Ground story bay windows, oriels or balconies having
a combined total width not exceeding 1/2 of the length of the wall
to which they are attached may project not more than three feet into
any required rear yard nor more than three feet into any required
side yard which is more than six feet wide. An open porch or port
scorcher not more than one story high may project into any required
side yard, provided that it does not come closer to the side lot line
than a distance equal to 1/2 of the width of the required side yard.
(4)
No porch, oriel, bay window, port cochere or stairway
shall project more than 1/2 of the width of the structure.
(5)
An open porch, stairway or entranceway or a bay window
not higher than the first story of a building may not project more
than 10 feet into a required front yard. If any open porch extends
into a required front yard, the columns supporting the roof shall
present the minimum obstruction to the circulation of air and the
view sideways through the porch. Any sash placed between the columns
during the winter season shall be glazed with glass.
(6)
A chimney, smokestack, flue or elevator shaft may
project into any required yard, provided that the horizontal section
of the projection does not exceed eight square feet in any residential
district or nine square feet in any nonresidential district.