Maximum height
35 ftHow tall the building may be.
“five (35) feet (85%)”§ 345-41. - R-1 Neighborhood Housing District. › 345-41 · Jersey City code · read 2026-10-02
Jersey City, NJ · zoning record
R-1 zoning in Jersey City.
The dimensional standards that govern what you can build in the R-1 district, straight from Jersey City's ordinance, with every figure quoting its source. Check a specific address to see how these rules apply to a real lot.
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R-1 dimensional standards.
These are the letter-of-the-law limits for the base R-1 district. Overlays (historic, neighborhood plan, and similar) can tighten them; a specific address check resolves the overlays that actually apply.
Maximum stories
3 storiesStory cap where the code sets one.
“Three (3) stories, thirty-”§ 345-41. - R-1 Neighborhood Housing District. › 345-41 · Jersey City code · read 2026-10-02
Minimum lot width
25 ftNarrowest conforming lot.
“Minimum Lot Width: Twenty-five (25) feet.”§ 345-41. - R-1 Neighborhood Housing District. › 345-41 · Jersey City code · read 2026-10-02
Sources
Every figure above is quoted verbatim from the current ordinance. We never substitute a typical-for-zone default: a field absent from the record shows nothing, not a guess.
- § 345-41. - R-1 Neighborhood Housing District. · Jersey City, NJ code of ordinances (read 2026-10-02)
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