Irvington, NJ Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)

Sec. 650-49 sets three conditions for any child-care center operating as a permitted or conditional use under Article VI. First, subsection A requires the residence or facility to be licensed with the New Jersey Department of Health Services, Division of Youth and Family Services, and to place on file with the Township a copy of the license, prior to the Township granting a certificate of occupancy for the use, so the state license has to exist and be filed with the Township before occupancy is legal, not merely applied for.

Second, subsection B bars siting near or adjacent to areas determined to be hazardous to the physical health and safety of the children, a standard the code leaves undefined and therefore subject to case-by-case review by the Township's zoning and construction officials. A. 7, the floor area occupied by the child-care center is excluded from any parking-space calculation and does not count toward the maximum permitted floor space otherwise capped under Chapter 650. That exclusion can matter for an existing commercial building already near its floor-area ceiling, since adding a licensed child-care use will not push it over that cap.