§ 190-111. B-2 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; car rental establishments; card shops; Christian Science reading room; cleaning, dry 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; coin-operated self-service laundries; confectioneries; coin stores; dance studios; delicatessens; department stores; drapery stores; drugstores; flower shops; franchised new car dealer showrooms; 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; musical instrument sales; office equipment stores; optician stores; pet shops; photographers; radio; religious article sales; restaurants; retail bakeries; shoe repair shops; -shoe sales stores; sporting goods stores; stamp stores; stationers; stereo and television sales and repair shops; tailor shops; taverns and inns; theaters; tobacconists; toy stores; travel and ticket agencies; and undertaking establishments;

(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;

(4) Buildings used for club, fraternal, recreational and athletic or social purposes;

(5) Shops of an electrician, plumber or similar tradesman;

(6) Furniture movers;

(7) Newspaper or job printing plants;

(8) Telephone and telegraph business offices, and telephone and telegraph equipment offices;

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

(10) Child care centers; and

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

(12) Surface parking lots.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been added as per Ordinance No. 3197.

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) Used car sales accessory to new car sales, not exceeding one (1) square foot of area devoted to used car lot use for each square foot of wall buildings devoted to new car dealer use;

(5) Instruction and organized parties; and

(6) 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-2 district only if they comply with the appropriate regulations for such uses or structures in § 190-123:

(1) Motor vehicle service stations and public garages.

(2) Public or private schools for kindergarten through grade twelve (12).

(3) Houses of worship.

(4) Public utility buildings and structures.

(5) Fast food restaurants.

(6) Drive-in banks.

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



D. 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, wholesale warehousing, with the exception of the storage of furniture and furnishings accessory to any permitted furniture mover, and those uses prohibited in the B-1 zone district, unless otherwise specifically permitted in this article, are specifically prohibited.

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 § 190-119A(1) (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: forty-five percent (45%) .

(6) Maximum coverage by improvements: Ninety percent (90%) of the lot area.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subparagraph (6) has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2670.

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 (10%) of an area equal to ten (10) feet times the width of the wall abutting the street.

(3) Any building constructed on piers, pillars or columns shall be enclosed on all sides by the same material as contained on the facade of the building, except for an opening which provides vehicular access to a street, alley or parking area. Said piers, pillars or columns shall not be visible from any abutting street or property.

(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.



§ 190-112. OB-1 Office Business District.

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

(1) Financial institutions, including banks and savings and loan institutions, stock brokerage houses, finance companies and similar institutions;

(2) Professional, business and administrative office uses;

(3) Child care centers; and

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

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) Parking and loading facilities, as regulated in 19090 and § 190-121;

(2) Signs, as regulated in § 190-122, and

(3) 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 OB-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.



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: forty (40) feet. Notwithstanding the above, roof-mounted service equipment structures shall not exceed forty-five (45) feet in height above the ground, and shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph F(2) below.



(2) Minimum front yard: forty-two (42)feet from the street center line.

(3) Minimum side yard: one (1) foot for every foot of height of the principal building, or twelve (12) feet, whichever is greater.

(4) minimum rear yard: three (3) feet for every foot of height of the principal building.

(5) Maximum coverage by above-grade structures: twenty-five percent (25%) of the land area of the lot.

(6) Maximum floor area ratio: forty-five percent (45%).

(7) Maximum coverage by improvements: sixty-five percent (65%) of the lot area.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subparagraph (7) has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2670.

(8) Buffer strip. There shall be provided within any OB-1 Zone that abuts any residentially zoned property a buffer strip, at no point less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth from such residential property line, that must be screened, landscaped and fenced as approved by the Planning Board pursuant to a required site plan; provided; however, that in lieu of the required buffer strip, the developer may install an unpierced masonry wall six (6) feet in height that meets the following requirements:

(a) The wall shall be at least twelve (12) inches thick.

(b) The wall shall not be located closer to the -property line than twelve (12) inches.

(c) The required area between the wall and any paved area shall be landscaped as required by the Planning Board.

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

(1) Roof-mounted service equipment structures shall be subject to the following:

(a) They shall be set back at least three feet for every one foot in height of the service equipment structures, measured from the perimeter of the roof on which said equipment structure is located.

(b) They shall not occupy more than 10% of the roof area of any building on which such service equipment structure is located.

(c) They shall be screened by a wall or other visual barrier made of material compatible with the architectural design of the building.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection, F., has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3242.

§ 190-113. OB-2 office Business District.

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

(1) Financial institutions, including banks and savings and loan institutions, stock brokerage houses, finance companies and similar institutions;

(2) Professional, business and administrative office uses;

(3) Veterinary hospitals;

(4) Child care centers; and

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

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) Parking and loading facilities, as regulated in 190- 90 and § 190-121;

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

(3) 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 OB-2 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.

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ŒD. 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: thirty (30) feet.



(3) Minimum side yard: one (1) foot for every two (2) feet of height of the principal building, or twelve (12) feet, whichever is greater.

(4) Minimum rear yard: thirty (30) feet.

(5) Minimum setback from residential zone boundary: fifty (50) feet.

(6) Minimum lot area: fifteen thousand (15,000) square, feet.

(7) Minimum lot width: seventy-five (75) feet, measured at the minimum front yard setback line.

(8) Maximum floor area ratio: thirty-five percent (35%).

(9) Maximum coverage by improvements: seventy percent (70%) of the lot area.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subparagraph (9) has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2670.

F. other regulations. In addition to the bulk and lot regulations, the following shall be complied with:

(1) Any building constructed on piers, pillars or columns shall be enclosed on all sides by the same material as contained on the facade of the building, except for an opening which provides vehicular access to a street! alley or parking area. Said piers, pillars or columns shall not be visible from any abutting street or property.

(2) Vehicular ingress to and egress from any lot shall only be permitted on State Highway Route No. 17 and Franklin Turnpike.