11 Olcott Sq Bernardsville, NJ 07924-2317

Downtown Corridor Subdistrict (D-Co). 1. Description and Intent. The Downtown Corridor subdistrict extends along Morristown Road east of the core and serves as a portion of the eastern gateway into Bernardsville. The area has a more auto-dependent character than other subdistricts. The intent is to limit the future expansion of this character while recognizing that the corridor will remain auto-oriented for the foreseeable future. 2. Permitted uses: Uses as permitted in § 12-12.6, § 12-12.8 and § 12-12.9. 3. Conditional uses: Conditional uses as permitted in § 12-12.7. 4. Prohibited uses: As regulated by § 12-12.10 and residential on a ground floor. 5. Lot Coverage: Maximum 80%. 6. Building Setbacks. (a) Front Yard. Minimum: five feet; Maximum 75 feet. (b) Side Yard. Minimum: five feet. (c) Rear Yard. Minimum: 20 feet. (d) Distance between buildings on same lot: Minimum 20 feet. (e) Frontage buildout: Minimum 60% of the front facade shall extend along the front setback line. 7. Principal Building Height Requirements. (a) Maximum Stories: 2 1/2 stories. (b) Feet to bottom of eave: Maximum 30 feet. (c) Feet to top of parapet: Maximum 35 feet. (d) Story Height as measured floor to floor. (1) Ground level: Minimum 13 feet. (2) Upper level: Minimum nine feet. 8. Accessory Building Height Requirements. (a) Maximum stories: two. (b) Maximum height: 30 feet. 9. Ground floor above sidewalk measured at doorway: zero feet. 10. Building articulation. (a) Flat facade - Primary Street: Maximum 50 feet. (b) Flat facade - Secondary Street: Maximum 50 feet. (c) Permitted attachments subject to § 12-12.16: awnings, canopies, balconies, bay windows, drive-throughs for pharmacies only, porches and stoops. 11. Required Building Transparency. (a) Primary Street Ground Level - Non-residential: Minimum 40% Maximum 80%; For non-residential uses located within a building designed to resemble a single-family residential building type with a porch frontage, required transparency may be reduced to 20%. (b) Secondary Street Ground Level - Non-residential: Minimum 20%; Maximum 80%. (c) Primary Street Ground Level - Residential: Minimum 20%; Maximum 60%. (d) Secondary Street Ground Level - Residential: Minimum 15%; Maximum 60%. (e) Upper Level: Minimum 15%; Maximum 50%. 12. Parking setbacks from property lines. (a) Primary Street: Minimum five feet; Surface parking is limited to one double-loaded aisle of parking between the building and the street. (b) Secondary Street: Minimum five feet. (c) Side: Minimum five feet. (d) Rear: Minimum five feet. 13. Parking Access.