ARTICLE V Residence B Districts
§211-13. Permitted structures and uses

Buildings. structures and uses thereof and land uses permitted in Residence B Districts shall be the same as those permitted in Residence A Districts

§211-14 Setback

Front yard requirements shall be the same as for Residence A Districts, except

A. When the building setback at the front is not governed by existing buildings, and for frontage on streets and roads other than main thoroughfares, the minimum setback of buildings shall be forty (40) feet from the street line or sixty-five (65) feet from the street center line, whichever may be greater For frontage on all main thoroughfares the building setback at the front shall be fifty (50) feet from the front street line or seventy-five (75) feet from the center line of the street, whichever is greater Such main thoroughfares in Residence B Districts shall include Routes 23, 46 and 202, Alps Road, Valley Road, Naachpunkt Road, Ratzer Road, Preakness Avenue and Hinchman Avenue.

B. On a corner lot, no building may be placed within twenty-five (25) feet of the side street property line or fifty (50) feet of the center line of the side street, whichever may be greater, and the front street setback shall be observed on the side street if the side street includes lots other than comer lots

C. Building setbacks may be increased by the Planning Board incidental to plat map approval

§211-15 Rear yard

A. There shall be a rear yard not less than fifty (50) feet deep, except that in the case of a lot with a depth of less than one hundred fifty (150) feet, the minimum fifty-foot rear yard may be reduced one (1) foot for each foot of lot depth below one hundred fifty (150) feet, but in no case shall any rear yard be less than thirty-five (35) feet deep When a lot extends from street to street, the front yard restrictions shall be observed on both streets.

B. Private swimming pools, portable pools or wading pools shall be permitted in rear yards. [Added 8-6-75 by Ord. No. 70-1975]

§211-16 Side yards [Amended 7-26-67 by Ord No 45 -1967]

A. There shall be two (2) side yards with a total width of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot width at the front street setback line The width of the narrower side yard shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot at the front street setback line or ten (10) feet whichever is greater

B. No private Swimming pools which are above-surface, portable or wading pools shall be permitted in side yards abutting the street on corner lots No pool or its appurtenances shall be permitted in any side yard [Added 86-75 by Ord No 70-1975]

§211-17 Depth of lot [Amended 6-17-70 by Ord No 30-1970]

No interior lot shall be less than one hundred (100) feet in depth, and no comer lot shall have a depth less than one hundred twenty, (120) feet

§211-18 Width of lot

No interior lot shall have a width of less than one hundred (100) feet and no corner lot shall have a width of less than one hundred twenty (120) feet

§211-19 Height

Requirements for height shall be the same as for Residence A Districts

§211-20 Area; subdivision and resubdivision.

A. No parcel or tract of land shall be subdivided into building plots having an area of less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet and a width of less than one hundred (100) feet [Amended 2-3-65 by Ord No. 2-1965]

B. Any subdivision prior to July 12, 1949, of any section or sections of lots through which no street has been constructed is hereby canceled with respect to -such section or sections, and the owners thereof shall replat such section or sections and provide improvements in accordance with current requirements The revised plat shall be submitted to the Planning Board for approval

C. In the case of prefiled maps where the developer, -by agreement with the Planning Board, files a revised map which substantially upgrades substandard lots, the Planning Board, may, in its discretion modify the requirements of this Article

D. [Added 7-26-1967 by Ord. No. 45-1967] Where a lot does not meet the area and width requirements for this district but has an existing Dwelling thereon, a lot area of at least five thousand (5,000) square feet and a minimum lot width of at least fifty (50) feet, the existing one-family Dwelling may be enlarged, subject to the following conditions

(1) Such addition shall not violate any of the yard requirements set forth for this district

(2) In those cases where the front setback is less than that required in this district (under the setback provisions which are not governed by existing buildings), the deficiency of the front setback shall be added to the required rear yard depth

(3) Nothing in Subsection D(2) of this section shall prevent, on lots having a depth of one hundred thirty-five (135) feet or less, the construction of an open porch or deck without a roof, up to two hundred twenty-five (225) square feet in area, in a rear yard, provided that in no case shall such open porch or deck be closer to a rear lot line than thirty-five (35) feet [Added 9-3-1975 by Ord. No. 78-1975]

§211-21. Private garages and other outbuildings; driveways.

A. No Dwelling unit shall be erected unless equipped with a garage having not less than two hundred thirty-one (231) square feet in floor area Such garage may be attached to or built into the Dwelling unit or separately constructed as hereinafter provided in this section Every Dwelling unit hereafter erected shall be provided with an improved driveway Any driveway entering onto a street which has an existing right-of-way of sixty (60) feet or more or which is shown on the Official Map of Streets of Wayne Township as having a proposed width of sixty (60) feet or more shall provide turnaround space of sufficient area to allow cars to turn around in order to permit entrance onto such thoroughfares frontwards.

B. No garage or other outbuilding shall be placed nearer to a side or rear property line than ten (10) feet For each foot the height of the walls of such building exceeds ten (10) feet measured from the finished floor, the offset from the side and rear property lines shall be increased by six (6) inches, but in no case shall the height of such building exceed eighteen (18) feet to the top of the ridge of a pitched roof measured from the finished floor or twelve (12) feet to the top of a flat roof measured from the finished floor Any detached garage or other outbuilding must be placed in a rear yard with a distance of no less than fifteen (15) feet between the primary structure and any such garage or outbuilding In the case of a corner lot, the setback as established by § 211-14 of this Article on the side street shall be maintained Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the construction of a garage as a structural part of a Dwelling, provided that the outer walls of the garage are taken as the main walls of the Dwelling when measuring all yard requirements under this Article [Amended 12-5-1973 by Ord. No. 138-1973]

C. On a residential use property or a residential zoned property, no private detached garage shall exceed seven hundred (700) square feet in building lot coverage nor shall its height exceed the maximum height permitted under § 211-21B The total lot coverage of all-accessory buildings located in the rear yard, including a private garage, shall not exceed seven percent (7%) of the total lot area or one thousand (1,000) square feet, whichever is less Where the private garage is attached to or part of the principal building on the site or not in the rear yard. the accessory building area or coverage is reduced to three hundred (300) square feet maximum [Added 10-6-1993 by Ord. No. 63-1993]

§211-22. Minimum size of dwellings.

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, every Dwelling erected or placed in a Residence

B. District shall have a living floor space of not less than one thousand sixty-eight (1,068) square feet for a onestory dwelling, one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet for a one-and-one-half-story Dwelling and one thousand three hundred (1,300) square feet for a two-story Dwelling

B. In the case of a lot existing on October 7, 1958, and not adjoining other property in the same ownership and fronting on the same street, having an area of not more than eleven thousand two hundred fifty (11,250) square feet and a width of not more than seventy-five (75) feet, the minimum living floor space shall be not less than nine hundred twelve (912) square feet for a one-story Dwelling, one thousand (1,000) square feet for a one-and-one-half-story Dwelling and one thousand one hundred (1,100) square feet for a two-story Dwelling

§211-23 Uniformity of exterior design and appearance.

A. Except as provided in this section, no one-family Dwelling shall be erected if it is like or substantially like any neighboring building (as that term is defined in this section) then in existence or for which a building permit has been issued, in more than three (3) of the following respects.

(1) Height of the main roof ridge or, in the case of a building with a flat roof, the highest point of the roof beams above the elevation of the first floor.

(2) Height of the main roof ridge above the top of the plate (all flat roofs shall be deemed identical in this dimension)

(3) Length of the main roof ridge or, in the case of a building with a flat roof, length of the main roof.

(4) Width between outside walls at the ends of the building, measured under the main roof at right angles to the length thereof.

(5) Relative location of windows in the front elevation or in each of both side elevations with respect to each other and with respect to any door, chimney, porch or attached garage in the same elevation

(6) In the front elevation, both

(a) Relative location with respect to each other of garage, if attached, porch, if any, and the remainder of the building; and

(b) Either height of any portion of the building located outside the limits of the main roof, measured from the elevation of the first floor to the roof ridge or, in the case of a flat roof, the highest point of the roof beams, or width of said portion of the building if it has a gable in the front elevation, otherwise length of said roof ridge or said flat roof in the front elevation

B. For the purposes of this section, a building shall be deemed to be a 'neighboring building if the distance between such building and the subject building is not more than one hundred fifty (150) feet and if both buildings front on the same street.