Linden, NJ Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Linden's zoning code does not state a single citywide height limit; base maximum heights are set district by district in the Schedule of Limitations referenced in § 31-20, a table this source file does not render as extractable sentence text. Where the code does spell out a height figure in full sentences is in the supplementary use standards. 1(a) governs garden apartment construction in any district that permits it and ties height directly to density: buildings of one to two stories, capped at under twenty-eight feet, may have up to eighteen dwelling units per acre, while three-story buildings, capped at no more than thirty-five feet, may reach twenty-seven units per acre.

7 confirms that the height limitations set in the Schedule of Limitations do not apply to City of Linden public buildings, exempting municipal structures from the district maximum entirely. 9 provides a bonus available in any district: penthouses and rooftop structures housing elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans, air-conditioning equipment, along with fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, spires, flagpoles, chimneys, and similar features, may rise above the district's height limit by up to twenty-five percent, with water towers and radio or television towers exempted from any height restriction so long as they meet Federal Aviation Agency requirements. 3(d).