192 Manalapan Rd Spotswood, NJ 08884-1616

units in the R-10 District. § 120-304. Nonconforming lots, structures and uses. A. Non-conforming lots (in terms of area or bulk requirements). (1) Abutting lots under common ownership Whenever title to two or more contiguous lots is held by the same owner, regardless of whether or not each of the lots h ave been approved as part of a subdivision or acquired by separate conveyance or by other operation of law, and one or more of the individual lots should, by reason of exceptional shallowness, topographic conditions, substandard area or yard space or simil ar measurements, not conform with the minimum lot area and dimensional requirements for the zoning district in which it is located, the contiguous lots shall be considered to be a single lot. 120:57 (2) Street dedication exemption Whenever the owner of an existing lot has dedicated or conveyed land to the Borough of Spotswood in order to meet the minimum street width requirements of this chapter, the Construction Official shall issue construction permi ts and certificates of occupancy for the lot whose depth and/or area is rendered substandard only because of such dedication and where the owner has no other adjacent lands to provide the minimum requirements. (3) Conforming expansion (use or bulk) on a non-conforming lot. Any existing permitted use, or existing building or structure located on an existing lot which does not meet the applicable minimum lot area, width or depth requirements of this chapter, shall be permitted to construct additions to the principal building and/or accessory building without an appeal for variance relief, provided that no new bulk or use or parking violations are created. (4) Development of vacant undersized lots. Unless specifically permitted by this chapter, any vacant lot existing at the time of the adoption of this chapter, as shown on the official map of the Borough or as indicated on other public records, which does not meet the minimum lot area, size or width for the district in which it is located, may be used for a permitted use in that district only upon the granting of variance(s) relief by the Planning Board. B. Non-conforming structures and uses. (1) Permitted to continue Any existing building, use or structure made non-conforming with this ordinance may be continued upon the lot or in the structure so occupied, and any such str ucture may be repaired in the event of partial destruction thereof. Partial destruction shall be determined by the Zoning Officer.