§ 190-108. R-5 Multi-Family Residence District.



A. Principal uses and structures. The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted:

(1) Multi-family dwelling units;

(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

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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 R5 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.

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ŒD 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 multi- family dwelling units:

(1) Maximum building height: thirty (30) feet, and two (2) stories.

(2) Minimum front, side and rear yard: forty (40) feet.

(3) Minimum distance between principal buildings: forty (40) feet.

(4) Minimum distance between arms of "U"-shaped buildings or groups of buildings forming a court yard: sixty (60) feet, and no accessory building shall be permitted in any such court.

(5) Maximum bedrooms per gross acre: twenty-four (24).

(6) Maximum density: fourteen and one half (14 1/2) dwelling units per acre.

(7) Maximum unbroken wall length: one hundred fifteen (115) feet.

(8) Maximum total 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, including balconies, fire escapes, canopies and the like, notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary.

§ 190-109, R-7 Multi-Family Residence District,

A. Principal uses and structures. The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted:

(1) Multi-family dwelling units;

(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.

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ŒD. 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 multi- family dwelling units:

(1) Maximum building height: thirty-five (35) feet, and three (3) stories.

(2) Minimum front, side and rear yard: twenty-five (25) feet, subject to the following:

(a) The provisions of with; and § 190-119A(4) shall be complied with

(b) Balconies and patios shall be setback at least twenty (20) feet from all property lines.

(3) Minimum distance between principal buildings: thirty-five (35) feet.

(4) Maximum bedrooms per gross acre: thirty-six and two tenths (36.2).

(5) Maximum density: twenty-two and eleven hundredths (22.11) dwelling units per acre.

(6) Maximum unbroken wall length: one hundred eighty-five (185) feet, provided that the visual effect of long building walls shall be broken with building offsets, building materials and landscaping.

(7) Minimum lot area: forty-four thousand (44,000) square feet.

(8) Maximum total coverage by above-grade structures: thirty percent (30%) of the land area of the lot, including balconies, fire escapes, canopies and the like, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary.

(9) Buffer screen. A dense evergreen screening hedge at least ten (10) feet in height as approved by the Planning Board shall be installed along the property line of any R-7 multifamily development abutting any R-1, R-2 or R-3 Residential Zone. Said screening hedge shall be used as a buffer to physically screen the multifamily from the one- and two-family areas. The buffer screen may be waived or modified by the Planning Board, in whole or in part if the Planning Board concludes that because of topographical or site conditions the same shall not be necessary to protect the abutting or facing premises located in any abutting residential zone.

§ 190-110, B-1 Retail Business District.

A. Principal uses and structures. The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted:

(1) Retail sales and service businesses which carry only merchandise intended to be sold at retail on the premises, and limited to antique shops, appliances shops, art studios, art supply shops, barbershops, beauty parlors, bicycle shops, bookstores, butcher shops, camera stores, card shops,, cleaning, dyeing and pressing done exclusively for individual retail customers but not including work done for the trade or the wholesale market, clothing and dress shops, confectioneries, coin stores, delicatessens, department stores, drapery stores, drugstores, flower shops, furniture and furnishing stores, gift shops, grocery stores, haberdashers, hardware and paint stores, hobby shops, interior decorators, jewelers, leather goods shops, linen stores, liquor stores, music and record shops, office equipment stores, pet shops, photographers, radio, stereo and television sales and repair shops, restaurants, retail bakeries, shoe repair shops, shoe sales stores porting goods stores, stamp stores, stationers, tailor shops, taverns and inns, theaters, tobacconists, toy stores, travel and ticket agencies, Christian Science reading room, religious article sales, musical instrument sales and optician stores;

(2) Financial institutions limited to banks and savings and loan institutions and similar institutions, stock brokerage houses, and finance companies;

(3) Professional office and business office uses on other than the ground floor or basement;

(4) Dwelling units on other than the ground floor or basement;

(5) Parking lots and structures;

(6) Child care centers; and

(7) Municipal buildings owned or leased by the Village of Ridgewood and used for public purposes.

B. [Amended 5-13-96 by Ord. No. 2566] 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) Parking and loading facilities, as regulated in § 19090 and § 190-121;

(2) Signs, as regulated in 190-122;

(3) Outdoor cafes either on private property or within the public sidewalk right-of-way as an accessory use to an eating establishment, as regulated by Ordinance No. 2412;

(4) Instruction and organized parties; and

(5) Accessory uses and structures customarily incident to the above principal uses.

C. Conditional uses and structures. The following conditional uses and structures shall be permitted in the B-1 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.

(4) Cellular telecommunications antennas mounted on an existing structure at least forty (40) feet high.

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ŒD. Prohibited uses. Any uses other than those uses permitted by this section are prohibited. In addition, without in any way limiting the generality and prohibition of this section, the following uses are specifically prohibited:

(1) Residential construction or conversion unless permitted as regulated herein;

(2) Road stands and establishments commonly called and known as "snack bars", "dairy bars" and similar businesses;

(3) New or used car lots;

(4) Public garages and gasoline service stations;

(5) Places of amusement, other than theaters, contained in buildings, such as penny arcades or shooting galleries, or buildings or structures containing games of chance or other types of carnival enterprises, such as palmistry, phrenology, astrology and the like; and

(6) Fast-food restaurants.

E. Bulk regulations. The following conditions and requirements shall be complied with:

(1) Maximum building height: forty-five (45) feet.

(2) Minimum front yard: as established by adjacent buildings and as regulated by § 90- 119A(l)(b). No vault rights shall extend past the existing curb line or the curb line proposed on the master plan or official map of the Village.

(3) Minimum side yard: none required, but if provided, twelve (12) feet. If adjacent to a residential zone, a minimum twelve (12) feet side yard is required.

(4) minimum rear yard: six (6) inches for each foot of height of the principal building or ten (10) feet, whichever is greater.

(5) Maximum floor area ratio: fifty percent (50 %).

F. Other regulations. In addition to the bulk regulations, the following shall be complied with:

(1) The store frontage for each space devoted to a different occupant on the ground level abutting any street shall be at least fifteen (15) feet wide, exclusive of any entrances for upper floors.

(2) All ground level stores abutting any street shall contain window areas on any side of at least ten percent (lot) of an area equal to ten (10) feet times the width of the wall abutting the street.



(3) No building shall be permitted which is not supported on a continuous footing and foundation and enclosed on all sides by an exterior wall that rests on said footing and foundation.

(4) Except for parking lots and outdoor cafes, any use permitted by this section shall only be conducted within the confines of a building.

(5) Any dwelling unit shall contain a minimum habitable floor area of six hundred (600) square feet.