Zoning Overlays & Bonuses in New Jersey (2026)

Newark does not use a single citywide zoning code alone: named Redevelopment Plans adopted under the state Local…

In the City of Vineland, landowners in the Pinelands Agricultural (P-A) Zone hold a use right called a Pinelands…

In Brick Township's R-R-2 and R-R-3 zones, single-family density can rise to 2.5 units per buildable acre if a…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, the MXD/R Mixed Use Development/Residential District allows twelve (12)…

Edison Township grants density bonuses in multi-family zones when developers set aside 10 to 20 percent of units as…

Freehold Township's Mount Laurel Contribution Zone MLC-6 lets a developer build at up to 6 dwelling units per…

Hamilton's RRC Rural Resource Conservation zone caps base density at 0.167 units per net developable acre, but §…

In Jackson Township, New Jersey, Pinelands development credits redeemed for a density bonus in the RG-2, RG-3 and RG-4…

Monroe Township's density bonus runs through Pinelands development credits under § 175-157F of its Code. Each credit…

Newark's inclusionary zoning ordinance rewards affordable-housing compliance with a real number: any residential…

Old Bridge Township allows a density bonus only inside planned developments built under the cluster option. The…

Passaic offers developers up to a 20% density bonus above the maximum Dwelling Units per Acre once they satisfy the…

In the City of Perth Amboy, a developer subject to the mandatory affordable housing set-aside can request a density…

In the TC, Towne Center Zone, Piscataway Township lets developers build beyond the eight-unit-per-acre base residential…

Toms River Township's RHB-AH9 affordable-housing overlay grants a 15% residential density bonus when the low- and…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, § 414-29C caps the Controlled Waterfront Development District at 50 dwelling…

Jersey City has no citywide density bonus: its only bonus-density program sits inside the optional MWORD (Marion Works…

Hoboken has no active zoning density bonus ordinance. The City Council repealed its Affordable Housing article, Chapter…

Brick Township requires Planning Board Architectural Review Committee approval for new nonresidential and mixed-use…

In the City of East Orange, every project in the Transit Village District must supply a set list of streetscape…

Long Branch controls the look of new buildings in its West End "village" commercial core through the West End Design…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, constructing or altering a building facade needs prior review against design…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, new downtown buildings in the TODD/CBD, TODD/NAHD, TODD/CLAD and TODD/PD zones…

Every development application inside the Village of Ridgewood's Village Center Historic District, the Bergen County…

In the City of Vineland, the Downtown Improvement District Area operates under its own facade and signage design…

Jackson Township, New Jersey has no historic "downtown" design code; the functional equivalent is the Mixed Use…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, the VC-2 Village Center Overlay on the Route 33 corridor carries binding design…

Section 21-32.15 sets pedestrian-scaled design guidelines for Piscataway's TC, Towne Center Zone, requiring building…

In Toms River Township's Village Seaport Zone, new buildings must be designed to protect public views of the Toms…