1675 Springfield Ave Maplewood, NJ 07040-2924

Pedestrian Retail Business (PRB Zone). (1) Permitted principal uses. (a) Retail businesses, not including pawnshops, and check cashing establishments. (b) Financial institutions. (c) Eat-in and/or takeout restaurants, not including fast-food restaurants. (d) Dwellings. (e) Offices. (f) Professional offices. (g) Businesses that are primarily instructional. (h) Social/fraternal clubs and lodges and union halls. (i) Alternative treatment centers. (2) Accessory uses. Fences not over six feet in height in side or rear yards only, radio antennas, receiving dish antennas, solar collectors and other uses customarily associated with the permitted uses, provided that such accessory uses are subordinate to the principal use and serve only the principal use. (3) Conditional uses: none. (4) Area and setback requirements. (a) Minimums. [1] Minimum requirements for lot area, lot width and rear yard shall be as follows: Type Feet or Square Feet Lot area 2,500 square feet Lot width 25 feet Rear yard 15 feet [2] Front yard. No front yard shall be required except on those lots which adjoin transitional lots, in which case the minimum front yard shall be 50% of that required in the district in which the transitional lot is located. [3] Side yard. No side yard shall be required except on those lots which adjoin transitional lots, in which case the side yard shall be a minimum of 15 feet and buffered in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. (b) Maximums. [1] Maximum requirements for curb cut, building coverage and lot coverage shall be as follows: Type Percent Curb cut (percent of lot width) * Building coverage 80% Lot coverage 100% NOTES: * Curb cuts are not encouraged in the PRB District since they can interrupt the safe flow of pedestrian traffic. [2] Building height. No building shall exceed 50 feet in height. However, that portion of the building over 30 feet in height shall be set back from the street line one foot for every foot in building height over 30 feet. (5) Other provisions. (a) Within the PRB District, additional building coverage can be achieved as a bonus for undertaking street or sidewalk beautification projects. The amount of the bonus shall be related to the extent of the beautification project undertaken, but in any event it shall not increase the allowable coverage by more than 10% (i.e., a maximum of 88% in the PRB District). (b) For alternative treatment centers: [1] A certificate to operate an alternative treatment center issued by the State of New Jersey shall accompany an application for continued use made to the Building Department.