Every property in Atlantic County sits inside a municipality, and each town's zoning ordinance fixes front, side, and rear setbacks under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65. Egg Harbor Township, Galloway, and Hammonton each set their own yards.
There is no unincorporated land in New Jersey, so an Atlantic County parcel is always governed by a municipal zoning ordinance, never by the county. The Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65, authorizes each municipality to regulate the size of buildings, minimum lot sizes and dimensions, and the yards required around a structure. Egg Harbor Township, Galloway, Hamilton, and Hammonton each write their own minimum front, side, and rear setbacks by zoning district, and the shore towns of Ventnor, Margate, and Brigantine impose tight side yards on their narrow beach-block lots. Larger inland tracts in Hamilton and Mullica commonly demand deep front yards and wide side yards, while the dense grid of Atlantic City and Ventnor allows compact lots.
The municipal zoning officer and construction official enforce setbacks, not the county.
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