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

The height standards sit in the same district-by-district dimensional tables as the setback and coverage rules, Chapter 345, Article XI of the City Code. Section 345-102 sets the R-1 One-Family Residential Zone's maximum building height for a principal building at 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet, whichever governs, and caps accessory buildings at 1 1/2 stories or 15 feet. Section 345-103 sets the R-2 One-Family Residential Zone slightly lower: 2 1/2 stories or 30 feet for the principal building, with the same 1 1/2 stories or 15 feet ceiling on accessory structures.

The R-3 and R-4 zones carry the same 2 1/2 stories or 30 feet principal-building limit and 1 1/2-story, 15-foot accessory limit as R-2, so R-1 is the only one-family district in the city where the taller 35-foot standard applies. Because the code states the limit as stories 'or' feet, a structure that meets the story count but exceeds the foot figure, or vice versa, does not automatically comply; both parts of the standard are read together in practice by the Zoning Officer and Construction Code Official reviewing plans.

The height table sits directly beneath the minimum gross habitable floor area requirements in each section, so an applicant sizing a new home works through lot coverage, setbacks, height and floor area together from the same table for the correct zone.