A. Principal uses and structures. The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted:
(1) Single-family residential uses in detached single-family residential structures;
(2) Municipal buildings owned or leased by the Village of Ridgewood and used for public purposes; and
(3) Community residences and shelters.
B. Accessory uses and structures. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted, provided they are located on the same premises as the principal use or structure to which they are accessory:
(1) Private garages as an accessory use for up to four (4) motor vehicles, subject to § 190- 121G(3);
(2) Private swimming pools as permitted and regulated by Chapter 251;
(3) Private tennis courts, racquetball courts, paddleball courts, platform tennis courts, handball courts and similar recreation facilities designed to serve the residents on the premises, all as regulated in 190124G;
(4) Signs, as regulated in § 190-122;
(5) No more than one (1) office, contained in a detached single-family residence, of a single practitioner licensed by the State to practice chiropody, podiatry, dentistry, acupuncture, medicine, chiropractic and osteopathy, as regulated in § 190-124C;
(6) The office, contained in a detached single-family residence, of an ordained clergyman of any faith or Christian Science practitioner;
(7) Family day-care homes, as regulated in 190-124B; and
(8) Accessory uses customarily incident to the above principal uses, provided that they shall not include any activity commonly conducted for gain unless specifically permitted in this section.
C. Conditional uses and structures. The following conditional uses and structures shall be permitted in the R2A district only if they comply with the appropriate regulations for such uses or structures in § 190-123:
(1) Renovation and conversion of a single existing structure for dwelling units.
(2) Public or private schools for kindergarten through grade twelve (12).
(3) Houses of worship.
(4) Public utility buildings and structures.
**Webmasters Note: Subsection C(5) has been deleted as per Ordinance No. 3177.
D. Prohibited uses. Any uses other than those permitted by this section are prohibited.
E. Bulk and lot regulations. All bulk and lot regulations set forth in § 190-102E shall be complied with.
A. Principal uses and structures. The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted:
(1) Single-family residential uses in detached single-family residential structures;
(2) Two-family residential uses in a single structure on the same lot;
(3) Municipal buildings owned or leased by the Village of Ridgewood and used for public purposes; and
(4) Community residences and shelters.
B. Accessory uses and structures. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted, provided they are located on the same premises as the principal use or structure to which they are accessory:
(1) Private garages as an accessory use for up to four (4) motor vehicles, subject to § 190- 121G(3);
(2) Private swimming pools as permitted and regulated by Chapter 251;
(3) Private tennis courts, racquetball courts, paddleball courts, platform tennis courts, handball courts and similar recreation facilities designed to serve the residents on the premises, all as regulated in 190124G;
(4) Signs, as regulated in § 190-122;
(5) No more than one (1) office, contained in a detached single-family residence, of a single practitioner licensed by the State to practice chiropody, podiatry, dentistry, acupuncture, medicine, chiropractic and osteopathy, as regulated in § 190-124C;
(6) The office,, contained in a detached single-family residence, of an ordained clergyman of any faith or Christian Science practitioner;
(7) Family day-care homes, as regulated in § 190-124B; and
(8) Accessory uses customarily incident to the above principal uses, provided that they shall not include any activity commonly conducted for gain unless specifically permitted in this section.
C. Conditional uses and structures. The following conditional uses and structures shall be permitted in the R3 district only if they comply with the appropriate regulations for such uses or structures in § 190-123:
(1) Public or private schools for kindergarten through grade twelve (12).
(2) Houses of worship.
(3) Public utility buildings and structures.
**Webmasters Note: Subsection C(4) has been deleted as per Ordinance No. 3177.
D. Prohibited uses. Any uses other than those permitted by this section are prohibited.
E. Bulk and lot regulations. The following conditions and requirements shall be complied with:
(1) Maximum building height: thirty (30) feet.
(2) Minimum front yard: forty (40) feet.
(3) Minimum side yard: ten (10) feet.
(4) Minimum both side yards: thirty-three percent (33%) of the lot width-measured at the minimum front yard setback line.
(5) Minimum rear yard: thirty (30) feet.
(6) Minimum lot area: 8,400 square feet, provided, however that the minimum lot area of corner lots shall be 12,600 square feet.
(7) Minimum lot width: 60 feet, measured at the minimum front yard setback line, and 60 feet at any other point within 140 feet of the front lot line, provided, however that the minimum lot width of corner lots shall be 90 feet at the minimum front yard setback line, and 80 feet at any other point within 140 feet of the front lot line.
(8) Minimum average lot width: 60 feet, calculated so that at least 8,400 square feet of lot area shall be provided within 140 feet of the front lot line, provided, however that the minimum average lot width of corner lots shall be 90 feet, calculated so that at least 12,600 square feet of lot area shall be provided within 140 feet of the front lot line.
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsections, (6) through (8), have been amended as per Ordinance No. 2744.
(9) Minimum lot depth: one hundred twenty (120) feet.
(10) Maximum total coverage by above-grade structures: twenty-five percent (25%) of the land area of the lot.
(11) Maximum coverage by above-grade structures located within one hundred forty (140) feet of the front lot line: twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot area within -one hundred forty (140) feet of the front lot line.
(12) Maximum habitable floor area of principal building: thirty percent (30%) of the lot area.
(13) Maximum habitable floor area of principal building located within one hundred forty (140) feet of the front lot line: thirty percent (30%) of the lot area within one hundred forty (140) feet of the front lot line.
(14) Minimum buildable area. Within any lot developed or intended to be developed for residential purposes, there shall be provided within the building envelope a rectangular area having a width of 40 feet and a depth of 50 feet. For purposes of administering this requirement, the rectangle width shall be construed to be that dimension that is generally parallel with the lot width, and the rectangle depth shall be construed to be that dimension that is generally parallel with the lot depth, The buildable area rectangle shall be located so as to encompass the existing principal building and above-grade structures attached to the principal building, unless such building and structures occupy an area larger than the rectangle or are located outside of the building envelope, in which case the rectangle shall encompass as much as possible of such building and structures within the building envelope. New principal buildings and attached above-grade structures shall also be located se as to result in compliance with the foregoing requirement.
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2744.
(15) Minimum usable area. Within any lot developed or intended to be developed for residential purposes, there shall be provided a usable area rectangular in shape and having a width of 50 feet and a depth of 120 feet. For purposes of administering this requirement, the rectangle width shall be construed to be that dimension that is generally parallel with the lot width, and the rectangle depth shall be construed to be that dimension that is generally parallel with the lot depth. Such usable area rectangle shall encompass the buildable area rectangle on the lot required by Paragraph (14) above, and shall also be located to comply with the following:
(a) The front of the usable area rectangle shall be parallel to and forty (40) feet from the front of the buildable area rectangle.
(b). The sides of the usable area rectangle shall be parallel to and five (5) feet from the sides of the buildable area rectangle.
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2753.
(c) The rear of the usable area rectangle shall be parallel to and thirty (30) feet from the rear of the buildable area rectangle.
The terms "front", "side" and "rear" in the foregoing paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) shall be construed to mean those sides of the rectangle that generally face the front, side and rear lot lines, respectively. The area within the usable area rectangle, and including the area within the buildable area rectangle, shall comply with the provisions of § 190-120.
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection, (15), has been added as per Ordinance No. 2744.
A. Principal uses and structures. The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted:
(1) Garden apartments, multi-family dwellings and single-family attached residential dwelling units
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection (1) has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3015
(2) single-family residential uses in detached single family residential structures;
(3) Municipal buildings owned or leased by the Village of Ridgewood and used for public purposes; and
(4) Community residences and shelters.
B. Accessory uses and structures. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted, provided they are located on the same premises as the principal use or structure to which they are accessory:
(1) Private garages as an accessory use for up to four (4) ,motor vehicles, subject to § 190- 121G(3);
(2) Private swimming pools as permitted and regulated by Chapter 251;
(3) Private tennis courts, racquetball courts, paddleball courts, platform tennis courts, handball courts and similar recreation facilities designed to serve the residents on the premises, all as regulated in 190124G;
(4) Signs, as regulated in § 190-122;
(5) No more than one (1) office, contained in a detached single-family residence, of a single practitioner licensed by the State to practice chiropody, podiatry, dentistry, acupuncture, medicine, chiropractic and osteopathy, as regulated in § 190-124C;
(6) The office,, contained in a detached single-family residence, of an ordained clergyman of any faith or Christian Science practitioner;
(7) Family day-care homes, as regulated in § 190-124B; and
(8) Accessory uses customarily incident to the above principal uses, provided that they shall not include any activity commonly conducted for gain unless specifically permitted in this section.
C. Conditional uses and structures. The following conditional uses and structures shall be permitted in the R4 district only if they comply with the appropriate regulations for such uses or structures in § 190-123:
(1) Public or private schools for kindergarten through grade twelve (12).
(2) Houses of worship.
(3) Public utility buildings and structures.
**Webmasters Note: Subsection C(4) has been deleted as per Ordinance No. 3177.
D. Prohibited uses. Any uses other than those permitted by this section are prohibited.
E. Bulk and lot regulations. All required conditions as set forth in § 190-102E shall be complied with, except that the following conditions and requirements shall be complied with for all garden apartments, multi-family dwellings and single-family attached residential dwelling units:
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection (E) has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3015
(1) Maximum building height: thirty (30) feet, and two (2) stories.
(2) Minimum front, side and rear yard: thirty (30) feet.
(3) Minimum distance between principal buildings: thirty (30) feet.
(4) Minimum distance between arms of "U"-shaped buildings or groups of buildings forming a court yard: sixty (60) feet. No accessory building shall be permitted in any such court.
(5) Maximum bedrooms per gross acre: thirty-two (32).
(6) Maximum density: twenty (20) units per acre.
(7) Maximum unbroken wall length: one hundred fifteen (115) feet.
(8) Maximum building dimension: one hundred fifty (150) feet.
(9) Minimum lot area: forty-four thousand (44,000) square feet.
(10) Maximum total coverage by above-grade structures: twenty-five percent (25%) of the land area of the lot. The calculation shall include the area of all balconies, fire escapes, canopies and the like, any other provisions notwithstanding.
F. Additional requirements for garden apartment and multi-family dwelling developments. Every garden apartment or multi-family dwelling project shall meet the following requirements:
(1) A building superintendent shall reside in the project.
(2) All dwelling units shall be limited to the first and second floors thereof, and no floor of any dwelling unit shall be in any basement.
(3) The exteriors of all accessory buildings shall conform architecturally and be constructed of materials of alike character to those used in the garden apartment or multi-family dwelling unit structures to which they are accessory.
(4) A minimum storage area of five hundred (500) cubic feet shall be provided for each dwelling unit within any garden apartment or multi-family dwelling structure, exclusive of any garage or dwelling unit or closet space.
(5) All outside clothes-drying areas shall be fenced or screened.
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3242.
(6) All open spaces in any garden apartment or multifamily dwelling project shall be adequately landscaped and maintained in good condition.
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3242.
(7) All garden apartment and. multi-family dwelling developments shall be se screened and buffered as required by
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection (F) has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3015
G. Additional requirements for single-family attached residential dwelling developments. Every single-family attached residential dwelling development shall meet the following requirements:
(1) No more than four dwelling units shall be permitted in any principal building.
(2) There shall be no more than two driveways providing direct access to a public street from any development.
(3) Screening and buffers shall be provided as required by
**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection (G) has been added as per Ordinance No. 3015
