Monroe Township (Gloucester County), NJ: Structure Height Limits (2026)

The base rule in § 175-109(B) is that, unless otherwise provided, no structure other than a farm building can exceed 35 feet in height. The limit also applies to radio and television transmission and other communication facilities that are not accessory to an otherwise permitted use.

Two adjustments follow. Except in the Pinelands Area of the Township, the height limit can be exceeded by one foot for each foot by which the width of each side yard is increased beyond the minimum side yard requirement, up to a maximum of 50 feet. And the initial maximum in any commercial or industrial zone outside the Pinelands Area, or in the Pinelands Regional Growth Area, is 45 feet instead of 35 feet.

Subsection A exempts church spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, ventilators, skylights, water tanks, solar heating apparatus and similar features, and necessary mechanical appurtenances carried above the roof level, provided the height does not exceed the imaginary surfaces necessary for safe aircraft operation and the feature rises only as high as its purpose requires. Parapet walls or cornices for ornament, without windows, can rise above the building height limit by not more than five feet. Outside the Pinelands, quasipublic and public buildings, schools, churches and similar permitted uses can exceed the limit if they increase the front, rear and side yards one foot for each foot of excess.

Inside the Pinelands Area, subsection C lifts the subsection B limit for compatible structures that meet § 175-153, including antennas not exceeding 200 feet that are accessory to a permitted use, silos, barns and other agricultural structures, water towers, fire observation towers, windmills, smokestacks and flagpoles. Subsection D exempts the antenna and supporting structure of a local communication facility that meets § 175-151.1.