22-5.9     Off-Street Parking for One and Two-Family Residential Use

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  For each dwelling unit on any one-family or two-family residential lot, there shall be provided one (1) enclosed parking space per unit directly accessible to the street for the parking and garaging of one (1) passenger vehicle per unit. 

a.     The parking of automobiles, buses, motorcycles, trailers, boats and other vehicles in the front yard of a lot (as hereinafter defined) within the Borough is prohibited except as follows:

b.     The parking for any vehicles shall be limited to paved and/or other kinds of stone surfaces combined and shall not exceed fifty (50%) percent of the total square footage of the required front yard. The remaining fifty (50%) percent shall be some kind of natural vegetation.

c.     The term "front yard" is defined as an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building situated between the nearest roofed portion of the building and the street line of the lot and extending from side lot line to side lot line.

1.     In the event of a corner lot, the term "front yard" shall be that as defined elsewhere in the zoning code.

2.     However, the term "front yard" is not intended to include a depth in excess of the minimum requirements of the Borough of Moonachie Zoning Ordinance.

d.     Enforcement. The provisions of this subsection shall be enforced by the Police Department of the Borough of Moonachie and/or the Building Department.

        (Ord. #72-10; Ord. #73-2; Ord. #79-20; 1970 Code §17-5.9; Ord. #2003-4, §1; Ord. #2009-4, §2)