Building Setbacks & Zoning in New Jersey (2026)

In the City of Bayonne, Schedule I under Zoning Code § 35-5.26 fixes yard setbacks by zone district rather than a…

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

In Bloomfield Township, every lot must keep the front, side and rear yards its zone requires in Schedule A to the Land…

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…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, the R-1 Single Family Rural Residence District requires a 50 foot front yard, a…

In the City of East Orange's R-1 single-family district, side yards must be at least 3 feet each (13 feet combined) and…

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…

Hoboken's R-1 and R-CP residential zones set exact minimum yard dimensions under City Code § 196-14. Front setbacks…

In Howell Township, an accessory structure in a residential zone sits five feet from the lot line on lots under 10,000…

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

Jackson Township's R-2, R-3, and R-5 Residential Zones set fixed yard setbacks for the principal building under §…

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…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, protects required yards under § 175-152. A yard counted for one building cannot…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, nonresidential lots on the perimeter of the VC-1 Village Center Overlay need a 25…

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…

Old Bridge Township's zoning code sets each district's exact front, side and rear setback in the Appendix E dimensional…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, § 430-10 fixes the yard rules that apply in every zone: sheds no closer than six…

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

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a high-rise multifamily project needs a 50-foot front yard, a 50-foot side yard…

Piscataway Township's Zoning Chapter sets a Township-wide front yard floor: no front yard may be less than 25 feet…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, accessory structures stay out of the front yard and sit at least three feet from…

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…

In the City of Vineland's Pinelands Forest (P-F) and Pinelands Residential (P-R) Zones, City Code § 425-202U requires…

In Wayne Township's R-45 district a dwelling needs a 75 foot front yard on a Passaic County road, a 60 foot rear yard…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, the notes in § 414-15 set printed yard minimums: 15 feet front and rear and…

In the City of Bayonne, Schedule I of Zoning Code § 35-5.26 caps a principal residential building in the R-1 District…

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

In every residential zone in Bloomfield Township, a garage is capped at 15 feet in height and any other accessory…

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…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, a house in the R-2 Single Family Suburban Residence District may not exceed a…

In the City of East Orange's R-1 single-family district, City Code § 51-92, Table 51-92.A caps building height at…

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…

In the City of Hoboken, City Code § 196-14F(6) caps residential building height at 40 feet or three stories above…

In Howell Township's R-25 single-family zone, the maximum principal building height is 30 feet and the maximum number…

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

Jackson Township caps the height of any principal building in its R-2, R-3, and R-5 Residential Zones at 35 feet under…

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…

Section 175-109(B) of the Monroe Township Code caps structures at 35 feet, other than farm buildings, and sets the…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, § 108-5.10 bars any structure from extending higher than the building height…

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

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, the bulk schedule in Section 17.04.050 caps principal building height by…

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…

Old Bridge Township ties every structure's height ceiling to the limit listed for its zone in the Appendix E schedule…

Parsippany-Troy Hills measures building height from the average finished grade six feet out from every side of the…

In the City of Perth Amboy, a high-rise multifamily building is capped at 100 feet and 10 stories. A two-family…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-807 caps building height in the LI-1 and M-1 Industrial Zones at three stories and…

In a residential zone or on a residential property in the City of Plainfield, no accessory structure can be taller than…

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…

In the City of Vineland, single-family homes built as part of an age-restricted planned development on an IN-2…

In Wayne Township's R-45 district a building is capped at 35 feet and 2 1/2 stories, measured from the average finished…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, § 414-15 caps garden apartments at two stories or 35 feet, elevator…

In the City of Bayonne, Schedule I of Zoning Code § 35-5.26 sets maximum building coverage by zone instead of one…

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

In Bloomfield Township's Commuter-Oriented Residential District (CORD), maximum impervious lot coverage is 80%, and at…

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…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, residential lot coverage is capped by lot size: 25% for lots of 30,000 square…

In the City of East Orange's R-1 single-family district, City Code § 51-92, Table 51-92.A limits impervious building…

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…

In the City of Hoboken, City Code § 196-14F(4) caps building lot coverage at 60% in the R-1 District and 50% in the…

In Howell Township, a residential lot subdivided from preserved farmland under the ARE zone farmland preservation…

In Jackson Township's R-1 Residential Zone, no more than 50% of a lot may be covered by buildings, driveways, patios…

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…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the Township Code prints a hard coverage cap for single-family attached…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, the VC-1 Village Center Overlay caps building coverage at 30%, impervious…

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…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, § 430-13B(5) lets accessory storage sheds in residential districts cover an…

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

In the City of Perth Amboy, a high-rise multifamily project may cover 20 percent of its lot with buildings and 50…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-805 caps building coverage at 45 percent of lot area for development in the LI-1…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 17:9-20 caps assisted living facilities at 40 percent building coverage and 50…

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…

In the City of Vineland, redevelopment of an institutional campus, such as the Vineland Developmental Center, into…

In Wayne Township's R-45 district, impervious coverage is capped at 40% of the lot, and impervious coverage inside the…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, § 414-15 limits building coverage to 35 percent of the lot for garden…