West New York, NJ Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)

Lot coverage limits appear in the notes to the Schedule of District Regulations in § 414-15 of the Town of West New York Code. Section 414-11 defines coverage as that percentage of the lot area that is covered by a building or buildings, so the limits below count building footprints.

Note 1(4) covers garden and elevator apartment developments. The maximum percentage of any lot covered by all buildings cannot exceed 35 percent in garden apartment developments or 55 percent in elevator apartment developments. Where the required off-street parking is contained in the apartment structure, lot coverage cannot exceed 75 percent of the lot. Elevator apartment developments also carry a floor area ratio cap of three to one under Note 1(9), and both apartment types need site plan approval by the Planning Board.

Note 6(3) sets the row and townhouse limit: the maximum coverage of the lot by buildings cannot exceed 60 percent.

Note 17 is the only note that prints an impervious surface figure. For the Infill Development District, lot coverage by principal buildings cannot exceed 55 percent, the building coverage can rise to 90 percent if parking is located within the building, and total impervious surface coverage cannot exceed 90 percent in any case. The Editor's Note says this district applies only to Block 29 of the Official Tax Map of the Town of West New York.

The district-by-district coverage figures for other zones sit in the Schedule of District Regulations, which § 414-12 adopts and which is included as an attachment to Chapter 414. This page covers the coverage limits printed in text in the notes.