Building Setbacks & Zoning in New Jersey (2026)

Every Bergenfield residential lot must meet its zone's minimum front yard from Schedule B, but § 186-43A sets an…

Brick Township sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks separately for each zoning district in Chapter 245's…

In Clifton's Planned Residential Community (PRC) Zone District, § 461-13S(11) sets fixed yard setbacks: residential…

Elizabeth City Code Section 17.36.110(A) sets minimum yard setbacks for one- and two-family homes: a 20-foot front…

Freehold Township's Schedule C bulk table, which sets standard per-zone setbacks, is not published as a stand-alone…

Galloway sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks in Chapter 233's bulk tables. Accessory structures in R and…

Hackensack sets the front-yard setback for a one- or two-family home to match the block's existing average once more…

Hamilton's R-15, R-10, R-7 and R-5 Single-Family Districts each carry their own minimum yard setbacks under § 550-74E…

Irvington's General Provisions article sets real numbers for two setback questions the zoning map alone won't answer…

Jersey City sets yard setbacks district by district under its 2022 zoning ordinance. In the RH-1 Residential Housing…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, sets front, rear, and side yard setbacks district by district in its Unified…

Linden's base yard setbacks are set district by district in the zoning code's Schedule of Limitations, but City Code §§…

Long Branch's zoning schedule sets required front, side and rear yard setbacks separately for each residential…

Morris County does not set residential building setbacks. Front, side and rear yard setbacks are fixed by your…

Newark's R-1 zone sets a floating front setback pegged to the two nearest houses on the block, not a fixed number…

Paterson's zoning ordinance sets citywide floor setbacks: side yards never below 3 feet (5 feet standard), rear yards…

Village Code § 190-100E fixes yard setbacks in Ridgewood's R-125 Single-Family Residence District at a 50-foot minimum…

Toms River Township ties every yard setback to the bulk schedule for that lot's zoning district, but layers on flat…

Trenton's Land Use Ordinance sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in Table 4-1…

Bergenfield measures a structure's zoning height from average finished grade to the roof's highest point on a flat roof…

Brick Township defines building height by a 35-foot mean-roof-height cap above grade (or elevation 41 feet NAVD 1988)…

Cherry Hill Township zoning caps building height by district in Chapter 40's bulk requirements tables. Single-family…

Clifton's Planned Residential Community (PRC) Zone District fixes exact height ceilings by building type under City…

City Code Section 17.36.120(A) caps R-1 and most other residential buildings at three stories and 38 feet, or the…

Freehold Township caps single-family homes at two and a half stories or 35 feet, and limits accessory buildings to one…

The maximum permitted height for structures in Galloway is generally 35 feet. Along Jimmie Leeds Road the cap rises to…

Hackensack caps every building at the story and foot maximum set for its zoning district, allows narrow rooftop…

Single-family homes in Hamilton Township's R-15, R-10, R-7 and R-5 zones cannot exceed 35 feet or 2.5 stories under…

Chapter 650 sets a different maximum building height for each of Irvington's zoning districts in the schedule attached…

Jersey City caps principal residential buildings in the RH-2 Residential Housing District, the city's standard…

Lakewood Township caps residential building height at 35 feet in its Agricultural (A-1) and R-40 residential zoning…

Linden's clearest height figures sit in the apartment standards: City Code § 31-19.1(a) caps garden apartments at under…

Long Branch limits one-family homes to 2 1/2 stories and a set number of feet, with the ceiling running slightly higher…

Morris County sets no building-height limit. Maximum building height and number of stories are fixed by your…

Newark caps one-family houses in the R-1 zone at three stories and 35 feet under the § 41:5-2 bulk table, with a…

Village Code § 190-100E(1) caps residential buildings in the R-125 zone at 30 feet and 2 1/2 stories, but allows up to…

Toms River Township caps residential buildings in the R-75 Zone at 35 feet and three usable floor levels under Toms…

Trenton caps residential building height at 40 feet across every low, medium, and most high-density zoning district…

Bergenfield defines lot coverage, improved lot coverage, and impervious lot coverage as separate, precisely worded…

Brick Township caps impervious lot coverage, buildings, pavement, walks, and drives, at a maximum percentage set per…

Cherry Hill Township defines lot coverage as any impervious surface covering a lot, and every zoning district caps it…

In Clifton's Planned Development No. 1(A) District, § 461-13J(6) caps building lot coverage at 60% of the site, paired…

Edison Township caps deck lot coverage by zone under Code § 37-4.16(a): 2% in R-AA, 3% in R-A, R-A(PRD) and R-BB, and…

City Code Section 17.36.110(F) caps impervious surface, roofs, pavement and sidewalks alike, on a sliding scale for…

In the Rural Residential/Planned Adult Community (RR/PAC) Zone, Freehold Township caps building coverage at 20% of the…

In Galloway, building coverage generally may not exceed 30% of the lot, and total impervious coverage (including…

Hackensack sets its maximum lot coverage percentages by zoning district in the bulk tables at Sections 175-7.3 and…

Hamilton caps building coverage at 20% of the lot in the R-15 and R-10 Single-Family Districts, rising to 25% in R-7…

Jersey City caps how much of a lot can be built or paved over on a district-by-district basis. In the RH-1 Residential…

In Lakewood Township's R-40 Residential zoning district, the Unified Development Ordinance caps building coverage at…

Linden's zoning code sets its clearest lot coverage numbers in the apartment standards at City Code § 31-19.1: building…

Long Branch caps how much of a residential lot buildings can cover. In the R-1, R-2 and R-4 one-family zones the…

Morris County sets no lot-coverage limit. The maximum percentage of a lot that structures or impervious surface may…

Newark limits new one-family houses in the R-1 zone to covering 50% of the lot with the building footprint itself and…

Passaic caps lot coverage at 35% for the conditional uses permitted in every zoning district, houses of worship…

In Ridgewood's R-125 Single-Family Residence District, Village Code § 190-100E(10) caps total lot coverage by…

Toms River Township caps building coverage at 35% and impervious coverage at 70% of lot area in the R-75 Residential…

Trenton's Land Use Ordinance caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings and pavement. Table 4-1…