West New York, NJ Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Height limits for specific residential building types are printed in the notes to the Schedule of District Regulations in § 414-15 of the Town of West New York Code. Note 1(3) provides that no garden apartment building shall exceed a height of two stories or 35 feet and no elevator apartment building shall exceed a height of 12 stories or 135 feet. Both types are permitted only subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board, and elevator apartment developments carry a floor area ratio cap of three to one under Note 1(9).

Note 6 governs row and townhouse developments. The principal building cannot exceed 31/2 stories or 40 feet, and an accessory garage building cannot exceed one story or 15 feet. Note 18 caps a shed at 12 feet as measured from grade level.

The Infill Development District in Note 17 uses no fixed number. Its height clause says the height of all structures is limited by the permitted density of development, setbacks and floor area ratio provisions, with a floor area ratio of 5 to 1 that can reach 7 to 1 where half the floor area above 5 to 1 is affordable housing. The Editor's Note says that district applies only to Block 29 of the Official Tax Map.

Section 414-11 defines how height is measured. For flat roofs it is the vertical distance from the curb level to the highest point of the roof beams adjacent to the street wall, and for pitched roofs it is the distance from the curb level to the average height of the gable. Where the front wall of a building is more than 20 feet from the street line, the average level of the ground adjoining the walls can be used instead of the curb level. The district-by-district heights sit in the Schedule of District Regulations, which § 414-12 adopts as an attachment to the chapter and which this page does not reproduce.